Protests following the killing of George Floyd

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"Gone with the Wind" pulled by HBO Max.
White House staff apparently heard "Frankly my dear I don't give a damn" from the oval office!
The actress that played the nanny was the first black woman to win an Oscar. Surely that alone makes it an important film for black history?

I’ve heard that there is a possibility that only fools and horses and Dads army may get pulled in the UK too.
 

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Ok the world has now lost it:

The article seems to be based on a straw man. She admits as much by opening it telling us people made jokes on twitter in response to a tweet from Paw Patrol.

She using that along with a quote from a producer of Monk to construct the article.

No one is really coming for Paw Patrol
 

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Ok the world has now lost it:

I wouldn’t be surprised if the origin of this is reductio ad absurdum by right wing trolls looking to ridicule the movement and turn those sympathetic neutrals into critics.
 

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Watching a bunch of white (bitter) conservative Poolites losing their sh*t is quite entertaining,mind.
Honestly it’s truly hilarious watching them meltdown over an artist/sport/institution when they realize “wait, you aren’t an outright racist dickhead like myself?”

Twitter and reddit have been full of this sort of tears and I’m really enjoying it.
 

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The actress that played the nanny was the first black woman to win an Oscar. Surely that alone makes it an important film for black history?

I’ve heard that there is a possibility that only fools and horses and Dads army may get pulled in the UK too.
:lol: that's a good point.

I think everything from 70s British telly probably has to go.
 

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Removing Paw Patrol is just a running joke on twitter,isn't it ?
It is but it's been seized upon by the likes of Megan Kelly in an effort to undermine BLM and muddy the water.

People are believing it too. There are now more tweets about leave paw patrol alone etc than there were jokes in the first place.

:lol: that's a good point.

I think everything from 70s British telly probably has to go.
Did you watch that 'It was alright in the 70s?' program? Some of it is absolutely shocking by today's standards.
 

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Accommodation, both private and student. There's not much else going on at the moment. There is absolutely no demand for office space and retail space. Both those sectors are in serious difficulties.
 

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The actress that played the nanny was the first black woman to win an Oscar. Surely that alone makes it an important film for black history?

I’ve heard that there is a possibility that only fools and horses and Dads army may get pulled in the UK too.
Hattie McDaniel. It’s an important film in many ways
 

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From his wiki page...

Tim Jeal, who wrote the biography Baden-Powell, argued that Baden-Powell's distrust of communism led to his implicit support, through naïveté, of fascism. Baden-Powell admired Benito Mussolini early[when?] in the Italian fascist leader's career. In 1939 Baden-Powell noted in his diary: "Lay up all day. Read Mein Kampf. A wonderful book, with good ideas on education, health, propaganda, organisation etc. – and ideals which Hitler does not practise himself."[11]:550
So another upper class Nazi sympathiser. Unlike George Orwell. He didn't fancy eugenics as well did he?
 

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That was George Clooney's 'were different here' award speech where he trumpeted Hollywood's progressiveness for awarding Hattie McDaniel an OSCAR for playing Mamie.
 

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It is but it's been seized upon by the likes of Megan Kelly in an effort to undermine BLM and muddy the water.

People are believing it too. There are now more tweets about leave paw patrol alone etc than there were jokes in the first place.



Did you watch that 'It was alright in the 70s?' program? Some of it is absolutely shocking by today's standards.
I lived it mate!
 

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There is a petition online to get the White cliffs of Dover renamed the Black Lives Matter cliffs of Dover.

I really hope that this is a parody. The cliffs are white in colour. Nothing to do with race ffs:lol:
 

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There is a petition online to get the White cliffs of Dover renamed the Black Lives Matter cliffs of Dover.

I really hope that this is a parody. The cliffs are white in colour. Nothing to do with race ffs:lol:
When is the White House name being changed?
 

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There is a petition online to get the White cliffs of Dover renamed the Black Lives Matter cliffs of Dover.

I really hope that this is a parody. The cliffs are white in colour. Nothing to do with race ffs:lol:
I just looked at that petition and the sign count is going up like seconds counting.
 

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The actress that played the nanny was the first black woman to win an Oscar. Surely that alone makes it an important film for black history?

I’ve heard that there is a possibility that only fools and horses and Dads army may get pulled in the UK too.
Yes, but that's a 'positive,' when you are in 'berserker' mood' nothing stands in the way; at least with only fools and Dads Army we will be spared the endless repeats. The re-writing of history seems to be in vogue, I blame the 'Horrible History' TV show myself.

What happens when they run out of statues and street names?

Historians of the future will ponder "just how did those Brits build such an empire, 'the sun never sets...' etc". without subjugating anyone, really inventive people did it all on their own!
 

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There is a petition online to get the White cliffs of Dover renamed the Black Lives Matter cliffs of Dover.

I really hope that this is a parody. The cliffs are white in colour. Nothing to do with race ffs:lol:

But is there an actual sign nailed to them that says 'White Cliffs'? I mean they are just there, being cliffy and white in Dover, aren't they?
 

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Yes, but that's a 'positive,' when you are in 'berserker' mood' nothing stands in the way; at least with only fools and Dads Army we will be spared the endless repeats. The re-writing of history seems to be in vogue, I blame the 'Horrible History' TV show myself.

What happens when they run out of statues and street names?

Historians of the future will ponder "just how did those Brits build such an empire, 'the sun never sets...' etc". without subjugating anyone, really inventive people did it all on their own!
History books, museums, primary sources, secondary sources, the internet... between all of this we'll be fine.

I'm fine with moving statues into a museum. I don't think they should be destroyed. Neither should they be in places where they were placed to be venerated
 

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Yes, but that's a 'positive,' when you are in 'berserker' mood' nothing stands in the way; at least with only fools and Dads Army we will be spared the endless repeats. The re-writing of history seems to be in vogue, I blame the 'Horrible History' TV show myself.

What happens when they run out of statues and street names?

Historians of the future will ponder "just how did those Brits build such an empire, 'the sun never sets...' etc". without subjugating anyone, really inventive people did it all on their own!
. They will build statues to the Empire and the cycle will begin anew.
 

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History books, museums, primary sources, secondary sources, the internet... between all of this we'll be fine.

I'm fine with moving statues into a museum. I don't think they should be destroyed. Neither should they be in places where they were placed to be venerated

So History books and museums are to be spared then.... phew that's a relief, no burning of books, but presumably lots of rewrites? Not sure about internet, social media not really the place is it, the echo-chambers etc., transfer of ignorance, and out and out propaganda will be hard to sort out!
 

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People who don't understand, or don't want to, the difference between a statue and a museum, are really stupid.
 

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So History books and museums are to be spared then.... phew that's a relief, no burning of books, but presumably lots of rewrites? Not sure about internet, social media not really the place is it, the echo-chambers etc., transfer of ignorance, and out and out propaganda will be hard to sort out!
Yeah I don't see why not

History books don't glorify bad things they just state what happened, and that fine. If more people read history books a lot of discussions would not be needed. By internet I mean Wikipedia, archived news sites, written records and so on (although social media can be used as a gauge of public sentiment at a certain time)
 

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Yeah I don't see why not

History books don't glorify bad things they just state what happened, and that fine. If more people read history books a lot of discussions would not be needed. By internet I mean Wikipedia, archived news sites, written records and so on (although social media can be used as a gauge of public sentiment at a certain time)
Statues teach you feck all. And if learning is all that matters, then museums are also pretty pointless. As you say, the historical record can be preserved without the need to store physical remnants of the past. On the whole, though, I like to see very old things left alone. Purely on the basis that they're very old. There would have to be a statute (not a typo) of limitations though. Maybe leave alone anything over 200 years old and anything younger than that is fair game?
 

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Are we all satisfied we've defeated racism now that we've helped spread corona virus around, unfairly smeared every police officer in the land and started a campaign to smash up some statues?

Next we should start punching anyone in the face who doesn't look anti racist enough.

As far as campaigns/protests go, this is among the stupidest I've witnessed I'm afraid...apart from ones that are for stupid causes in the first place.
 

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Statues teach you feck all. And if learning is all that matters, then museums are also pretty pointless. As you say, the historical record can be preserved without the need to store physical remnants of the past. On the whole, though, I like to see very old things left alone. Purely on the basis that they're very old. There would have to be a statute (not a typo) of limitations though. Maybe leave alone anything over 200 years old and anything younger than that is fair game?
I like this.
 

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Are we all satisfied we've defeated racism now that we've helpd spread corona virus around, unfairly smeared every police officer in the land and started a campaign to smash up some statues?

Next we should start punching anyone in the face who doesn't look anti racist enough.

9/10. All your usual nuance but you miss out on the 10/10 because you delivered in under 18 paragraphs.