To be fair, you can be white (or at least appear white) and still be mixed race.
Protests following the killing of George Floyd
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It's nearly summer, maybe he tanned a bit?
And my point stands. The Government response to covid19 has been pathetic, and those protesting today have the right to protest, esp when Government have reduced the threat level.
There is sequencing and a timeline to those views. Both views can be independently held .
What?
Which they should. It is totally unnecessary to enter a thread discussing the issue of police brutality towards black lives and the death of George Floyd and say it. If you want to discuss all lives matter create a separate thread and do it there.
And people claiming that as a defence also go for a 40 mile drive to test their eyesight.
More seriously, of course you're right, eg Ryan Giggs.
Indeed, but they tend not to switch between how they choose to identify based on the debate they’ve got themselves into on an online forum.
Or don't do it at all because the point of Black lives matter is that to a part of the population they didn't and still don't. It's to denounce a lack of care compared to others not to put blacks above others but I bet that he knew it and everyone with that type of rhetoric knows it.
It's 2020, he can be what he wants.
That’s not the issue here nor what I’m calling out, the post you quoted me on I even state the protests are ‘right’.
The issue is you calling people racist on this forum, who are obviously still concerned about the spread. I just don’t understand why you insist on extremes with everything. And every time someone questions you on it, you go off on something else and completely ignore what’s put to you just as you’ve done again in this post.
You have a very high opinion on your 'calling people out' as though it's meaningful. I have an opinion, this is a forum, disagree if you choose, and move on.
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Noodle is a clever guy, it’s wilful ignorance on hIs behalf; ie implicit racism. Noodle may not be a racist but his view stated in that post is definitely racist, whether intended or not
There so so many bad faith actors in these type of arguments. Systemic racism within the medical profession is already killing black people during covid by denying them necessary healthcare. Instead of using this discussion to acknowledge this and the sheer amount of anti blackness that plagues the profession, they absolutely feel the need to display to everyone how casual racism works.
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That’s a great post. I just can’t help being cynical about the sort of social media fuelled agitation that seems to be rife in a certain generation. They’re whipping each other into a frenzy, with no room for common sense. One of the spokespeople for the Irish march said “we can’t pause our emotion “ but to me that just seems childish. This pandemic calls for everyone to make sacrifices and if those sacrifices involve internalising bruised emotions for the time being then so be it. That’s my opinion anyway.
possibly in the states but I hope not in the UK? My knowledge of the front line of the NHS is these are people in their professions to help other people regardless of their skin colour.
What will be systemic racism is if Covid kicks off again in a big way and we don’t go back into lockdown, knowing BAME communities are more seriously affected
Do you think he's being truthful? He is 60 yo, very low chance he will miraculously see the error of his ways.
Sound like BS to me. Its been 5 days since he was busted. More like his lawyer had advised him to say this as a way of reducing his legal punishment.
US has pretty much opened every business, non essential ones too. Why can saloon's run but not protests? If protestors were defying lockdown, that was a different story. Millions are going to work everyday and are using public transport. Compared to that the protests are just a drop in the ocean.
Healthcare workers lives apparently don't matter enough.
This is the complete difference in British to US policing...
When the protestors line up in front of the police on their knees (from 1.30 minute mark) "saying hands up dont shoot",they just walk past and confuse them. In the US as we have seen, you get pepper sprayed, tear gassed, dragged to the floor or shot with a rubber bullet..
This is why its so embarrassing attacking police and using copy cat behaviour
When the protestors line up in front of the police on their knees (from 1.30 minute mark) "saying hands up dont shoot",they just walk past and confuse them. In the US as we have seen, you get pepper sprayed, tear gassed, dragged to the floor or shot with a rubber bullet..
This is why its so embarrassing attacking police and using copy cat behaviour
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What you’re doing is not expressing an opinion. Calling people racist with no grounds and posting daft tweets doesn’t fall into expressing an opinion. It just falls into rubbish and unhelpful posting. But whatever, carry on doing what you’re doing. You clearly have a very high opinion on the level of quality of your posting.
Absolute nonsense. Sadly it seems you're not a very clever guy.
If the three people he accosted accept it then that's good enough for me.
Black people getting choked on the streets and getting shot in their own homes. But no, protest when Corona is over. Ridiculous.
Sorry I don’t believe for one second that you’re mixed race. In your posts that were dug up about being white, it wasn’t like you said you are a white passing mixed race man. You specifically and made it a point to say ‘white British’ and talked about ‘racism’ you’ve faced as a white British man. I also searched the word black with your name and you’ve made no mention of your black side before this thread where you talk about black and white people in general.
May well just be shameless PR and/or a legal strategy but that is as strong and introspective an apology as you could ask for, in fairness.
Whatever you say chief, if you can’t understand I can’t explain. I’m tired of doing it; educate yourself
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i dont think these apples are very edible
People are getting shot in their homes in the UK? While under lockdown? Surely under lockdown this hasn't been happening that much. Obviously racism is a big issue in general, everywhere. But so is Covid and even moreso given the immediacy of the problem.
Sentence him to 20 minutes alone in a room with the Dads of the kids.
One of the problems I have with the importance given to American news on British TV is that UK citizens end up believing they're a part of the same narrative.
We have our own issues that need to be addressed in a different way. The kneeling protest doesn't make sense here.
We have our own issues that need to be addressed in a different way. The kneeling protest doesn't make sense here.
The replies are madness. So many CT nuts follow these RWNJ hate spewers.
\ These UK protesters very stupid, as virtually all UK police don't carry guns.
UK BLM need to localise their message, if it is to have further resonance. Else wont lead to any change in UK.
Not interested in receiving an explanation from someone who can't form a decent argument and cluelessly resorts to the desperate act of calling people names/racist.
People exercise their brains a tiny bit and stay away from these fairly pointless mass protests. Talking just about the UK of course.
People won't like them being referred to as pointless, but they really are. It's just a show of solidarity for most and also clearly looked at as another go at the London riots for quite a few. Many trying to bait the Met into behaving like the NYPD.
We already know black people are more susceptible to Covid. The young people out there marching will probably be fine but their parents and grandparents might not be so lucky.
You don’t need to apologise or justify anything mate. This thread is a fecking disaster.
Thanks. Though I don't need your permission for that.