WigstonWanderer Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 I expect most people have seen this eulogy, but I found it extremely powerful and thought it was worth posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WigstonWanderer Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 These lot seem worse than the Hong Kong police to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 They didn't learn anything from the Imagine video then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnfox Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 1 hour ago, WigstonWanderer said: I expect most people have seen this eulogy, but I found it extremely powerful and thought it was worth posting. This an excellently constructed speech. Very powerful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
los dedos Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 42 minutes ago, WigstonWanderer said: These lot seem worse than the Hong Kong police to me. Really, that seemed quite tame compared to Hong Kong . If fact I've seen British police go in harder at the football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 2 hours ago, WigstonWanderer said: These lot seem worse than the Hong Kong police to me. Well the context is not clear just like it isn't with these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 https://au.news.yahoo.com/man-crushed-while-pulling-down-confederate-statue-050219545.html Whoops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 18 minutes ago, davieG said: Well the context is not clear just like it isn't with these What a shit society we live in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-53008122 'A school has dropped plans to name one of its houses after JK Rowling in response to the Harry Potter author's tweets about transgender women.' 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxile5 Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, urban.spaceman said: They didn't learn anything from the Imagine video then. Shower if self entitled pricks making themselves feel better. Good god the level of smug twattery in that video makes me feel sick. Edited 11 June 2020 by foxile5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 BLM protest in London at the weekend now cancelled. Not sure if it's been posted anywhere else. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/11/blm-organisers-call-off-london-event-to-prevent-clashes-with-far-right 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokes Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 8 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said: BLM protest in London at the weekend now cancelled. Not sure if it's been posted anywhere else. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/11/blm-organisers-call-off-london-event-to-prevent-clashes-with-far-right Well hopefully that will prevent god awful scenes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tom27111 Posted 11 June 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 11 June 2020 Now this is fantastic. Marcus Rashford doing more than anyone who is speaking out about BLM. Well done. Things like this will help eradicate racism 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 1 hour ago, tom27111 said: Now this is fantastic. Marcus Rashford doing more than anyone who is speaking out about BLM. Well done. Things like this will help eradicate racism Well done Marcus that's a great cause to get involved in. Seems like he's got his head screwed on properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosbehFox Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 1 hour ago, tom27111 said: Now this is fantastic. Marcus Rashford doing more than anyone who is speaking out about BLM. Well done. Things like this will help eradicate racism Totally agree with most of your post - don’t necessarily how it eradicates racism. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom27111 Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 Just now, Cardiff_Fox said: Totally agree with most of your post - don’t necessarily how it eradicates racism. Because it transcends colour. It's about making the world better. In my opinion, maybe not yours, if people work to make the world a better place, no matter what their race or background, that achieves more than breaking lockdown rules and causing resentment. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosbehFox Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 Just now, tom27111 said: Because it transcends colour. It's about making the world better. In my opinion, maybe not yours, if people work to make the world a better place, no matter what their race or background, that achieves more than breaking lockdown rules and causing resentment. Still don’t get it if it I’m honest. Many people do incredible charitable acts. Rashford is providing for all here brilliantly so but why his act any different for countless others? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom27111 Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 Just now, Cardiff_Fox said: Still don’t get it if it I’m honest. Many people do incredible charitable acts. Rashford is providing for all here brilliantly so but why his act any different for countless others? Because he hasn't made it about race. He's bought communities together that transcend race. He's not feeding black kids, or white kids, he's feeding families. Maybe when people understand that..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosbehFox Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 1 minute ago, tom27111 said: Because he hasn't made it about race. He's bought communities together that transcend race. He's not feeding black kids, or white kids, he's feeding families. Maybe when people understand that..... But there has been countless examples of celebrities, sportsmen and the general public carrying out community uniting acts before the last two weeks. Yet we are still here discussing racism. What makes Rashford’s noble act any different to eradicate racism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom27111 Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 6 minutes ago, Cardiff_Fox said: But there has been countless examples of celebrities, sportsmen and the general public carrying out community uniting acts before the last two weeks. Yet we are still here discussing racism. What makes Rashford’s noble act any different to eradicate racism? If everyone conducted themselves the same way, it would help. That's it. Maybe I'm being optimistic, maybe you're being cynical, maybe it's a mix. Rashford's actions have been 100% more constructive than pulling down a statue though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosbehFox Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 2 minutes ago, tom27111 said: If everyone conducted themselves the same way, it would help. That's it. Maybe I'm being optimistic, maybe you're being cynical, maybe it's a mix. Rashford's actions have been 100% more constructive than pulling down a statue though. Rashford’s actions hugely assist with poverty and poor families in the UK. I don’t see how the action combats the institutional issues when it comes to education, employment and policing. The statue in context of Bristol was a sorry symbol of slavery. I see the direct link of how a person could be pissed off that such a symbol is erected in celebration. It certainly goes away from the core of BLM in the UK but it’s been a long debate in Bristol. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom27111 Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 8 minutes ago, Cardiff_Fox said: Rashford’s actions hugely assist with poverty and poor families in the UK. I don’t see how the action combats the institutional issues when it comes to education, employment and policing. The statue in context of Bristol was a sorry symbol of slavery. I see the direct link of how a person could be pissed off that such a symbol is erected in celebration. It certainly goes away from the core of BLM in the UK but it’s been a long debate in Bristol. BLM is very divisive. Actually backing things up and helping the community is unifying. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie1999 Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 3 hours ago, Leicester_Loyal said: https://au.news.yahoo.com/man-crushed-while-pulling-down-confederate-statue-050219545.html Whoops. Well that ain’t going to get the kkk and American white suprematist backs up is it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 11 June 2020 Share Posted 11 June 2020 Starbucks next on the boycott list, because they refused to let their employees wear BLM t-shirts. https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/502252-starbucks-bans-employees-from-wearing-anything-in-support-of-black-lives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 12 June 2020 Share Posted 12 June 2020 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53013189 Interesting analysis. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53012783 Imagine the moral hypocrisy of calling out someplace like China for brutalising their own citizens and then turning around and saying your own soldiers are untouchable no matter how dirty their hands might get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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