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[gordondaviesmoustache]

Her middle name was Paula. Don't know why but that always amuses me. Its very incongruous

It is. I’m pretty sure Hitler’s sister was called Paula too.

Edit: yep.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Hitler

I actually know someone called Simon who pronounces it Si-mon, and insists on it being proniubced thus, like it’s French, even though he’s from Coventry. Sad ****.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

It is. I’m pretty sure Hitler’s sister was called Paula too.

I actually know someone called Simon who pronounces it Si-mon, and insists on it being proniubced thus, like it’s French, even though he’s from Coventry. Sad ****.

My mother in law was called Paula and she was nothing but trouble too (RIP). Maybe best we give the Paulas a sverve?

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

My mother in law was called Paula and she was nothing but trouble too (RIP). Maybe best we give the Paulas a sverve?

I knew one who was under five foot and had hair like Vera Duckworth when she had a perm. Count me in.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

NYPD Police Union press conference mysteriously without any of their many minority or female officers.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

NYPD Police Union press conference mysteriously without any of their many minority or female officers.

It’s starting to get ugly over there. Not a nation remotely at ease with itself. We’ve got comparable problems, but they’re on another scale over there.

 

[slick]

It's going a bit overboard now, Ben and Jerry's get in on the act........

https://www.benjerry.com/about-us/media-center/dismantle-white-supremacy

 

[I'm With Stupid]

It's going a bit overboard now, Ben and Jerry's get in on the act........

https://www.benjerry.com/about-us/media-center/dismantle-white-supremacy

I think Ben and Jerry's have been in on the act since Ferguson, to be fair to them. In fact they came up when Unilever were warning their brands about disingenuous jumping on the bandwagon as an example of how to do it right.

Microsoft on the other hand...

 

[I'm With Stupid]

It's written anonymously, so take that as you want, but...

Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

What about a statue of a ticket tout in Stretford?

 

[lust overlord]

It's written anonymously, so take that as you want, but...

Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop.

Yeah.

Don't believe the author of that was a cop.

 

[jimharri]

They'll be after the Morrisey statue behind Stretford Arndale next.

@Mad Eyed Screamer will be one the first flight home to team up with Millwall to defend it.

@jimharri is already there pissing on it and spray painting 'racist' on the plinth.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Yeah.

Don't believe the author of that was a cop.

Why not?

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Funniest Twitter idiots of the day.



I used to love Rage Against the Machine until they started spouting their political opinions. You know, in the first line of the first song.

 

[FCBarca]

Classy move with the BLM

 

[SWP's back]

That's why my point was more about how the passage of time changes views rather than those views for the people of the time becoming any less valid.

Of course the Coleseum shouldn't come down, but I bet a fair few people would have been happy to see it dropped in 90AD

The Tower of London was built to subdue to British and was a base of power for the Harrying of the North. Not sure what point I’m making tbh.

 

[Bill Walker]

It's written anonymously, so take that as you want, but...

Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop.

Tbh, anonymous writings could've been written by anyone with any agenda.

 

[Ballet-on-ice]

Removing statues is utterly futile and is the perfect demonstration of our 'instant fix' society. As a 'person of colour' (I hate that phrase) I find it ridiculous that this is happening. The only purpose it serves is to pander to the anger of black people by giving them a tangible display of action against that which they protested in their thousands against while also giving white people a sense of achievement by thinking they are addressing the problem 'head on'. I can tell you that both are an illusion, removing a statue will not in any way remove, reduce or iraducate rasicm, it will only make racist people more racist and angry and will probably anger people who were sympathetic to the BLM cause.

It's the ultimate act of virtue signalling and also the ultimate act in complete and utter pointless lunacy.

Even this very site has chose to get on the bandwagon and change the Bluemoon typeface to display the B, L and M of bluemoon to black.

Fuck off, whoever decided that was a good idea is deluded.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Removing statues is utterly futile and is the perfect demonstration of our 'instant fix' society. As a 'person of colour' (I hate that phrase) I find it ridiculous that this is happening. The only purpose it serves is to pander to the anger of black people by giving them a tangible display of action against that which they protested in their thousands against while also giving white people a sense of achievement by thinking they are addressing the problem 'head on'. I can tell you that both are an illusion, removing a statue will not in any way remove, reduce or iraducate rasicm, it will only make racist people more racist and angry and will probably anger people who were sympathetic to the BLM cause.

It's the ultimate act of virtue signalling and also the ultimate act in complete and utter pointless lunacy.

Do you feel the same way about renaming thoroughfares after Martin Luther King or Caesar Chavez, or having holidays in honor of them? You could write the exact same post in response to those decisions (see the state of Arizona re: MLK Day).

 

[Ballet-on-ice]

Do you feel the same way about renaming thoroughfares after Martin Luther King or Caesar Chavez, or having holidays named after them? You could write the exact same post in response to those decisions.

Exactly, it clearly demonstrates the futility of it all. I would wager (without having any facts in front of me) that racism and racist acts haven't been iradicated by changing the name of a street to that of a prolific civil rights campaigner.

 

[Bill Walker]

Funniest Twitter idiots of the day.



I used to love Rage Against the Machine until they started spouting their political opinions. You know, in the first line of the first song.

Yes, I hate musicians telling me how to think.
Fucking Roger Waters.