George Floyd murder | Clashes between US police and protestors

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Hurricane Nigel sounds a bit more British than American to me, mate!

Hurricane Nigel might crack on he's British but, should it all look a bit dodgy, he'll have a new passport and be off to the near continent at the drop of a tree..

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I had a grandparent who was raised in Hitler's Germany. We have a photo at home somewhere in a cupboard of one of my grandmother's uncles in the full get up, complete with eagle and swastika. My grandmother wasn't ever offended by that episode whenever it came on the telly.

Even the part with the N-word?

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Even the part with the N-word?

Nein!

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Nein!

Ha!

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

It wasn’t taken down because of the war. It was taken down whist they edit the N-word out. BBC already did this back in 2013 so it’s available on IPlayer I believe if you want to watch it

If they are going to delete that word from the last 40 years of TV, film and music it will take a while and there will be some very short films and songs at the end of it. I'm particularly looking forward to the edited versions of nwa and public enemy albums.

 

[Mike Cledford]

What recent history is that?

See what l mean?

 

[Rascal]

In this country, is this not a class thing more than it is a race thing?
.

Its always about class in the UK, always has been. This whole episode is about class.

That's why the capitalist class are so keen to divide the working class with their idiotic references to ANTIFA, they are designed to fracture the working class. There is a recession hitting now and a scapegoat is needed, what better excuse is there to now divide and fragment the working class over this BLM issue. You get the right blaming middle class students as being wreckers and vandals, that pits the middle class against the working class and vice versa. In the end the scapegoating will be put on the working class as per normal who will pay the price for capitalist excess. Austerity doesn't hit the capitalist class, it hits the working class and if they are divided by issues like statues then they are less likely to form a cohesive defence against the imposition on the austerity designed to protect the capitalist class.

Thatcher knew this, her attacks on Union power were not about destroying the Unions, it was about destroying working class solidarity which meant she could impose her neo-liberalism without a cohesive opposition to it. Immigration is used now to divide the working class, again it pits working class people against each other so the capitalist class can enjoy greater wealth.

It is always about class, race, immigration, unions, whatever can be, are all used to divide people who have more in common than what sets them apart and what they have in common is class.

 

[Ban-jani]

I had a grandparent who was raised in Hitler's Germany. We have a photo at home somewhere in a cupboard of one of my grandmother's uncles in the full get up, complete with eagle and swastika. My grandmother wasn't ever offended by that episode whenever it came on the telly.

A friend of the Mrs had a grandfather in the SS.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Looking at some of these protests today. The police are in full riot gear and look ready to stop violence

where was all of this last week?

 

[Mike Cledford]

I thought the Rooney rule involved picking the oldest female who applied for the job...

Thats how Alison Rudd gets on the Sunday Supplement so often?

 

[DrBlueBob]

It’s just mindless, they have no concept of history.

I’ll say it again, Robert the Bruce probably never met a black man in his entire life, let alone discriminated against one.

Maybe it's because he blued his face. Blue lives matter.

 

[Rascal]

Looking at some of these protests today. The police are in full riot gear and look ready to stop violence

where was all of this last week?

Hopefully they are getting ready to give tiny Tommy ten names and his morons a good taste of British justice if they misbehave.

Seeing as TTTN and his morons are guarding a wooden box though, they may just fall about laughing instead.

 

[ganganvince]

Maybe it's because he blued his face. Blue lives matter.

Cruelty to spiders maybe rather than watching it struggle he could have helped would that have been the difference between spiderist and anti spiderism?

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Looking at some of these protests today. The police are in full riot gear and look ready to stop violence

where was all of this last week?

Last week was a largely peaceful protest despite the debate since concentrating on the idiots. This week the EDL types are turning up tooled up for a fight, and the general anti-establishment arseholes at the other end of the spectrum will be using BLM as a cover story for a riot.

 

[BLUEMATT23]

I don't feel safe in this country anymore.

 

[urban genie]

Looking at some of these protests today. The police are in full riot gear and look ready to stop violence

where was all of this last week?

This week there are protests and counter protests so trouble will happen between each set of groups

 

[urban genie]

I don't feel safe in this country anymore.

Why?

 

[BLUEMATT23]

Why?

Just dont mate.
It's a scary place at the moment, so much division, hatred and selfishness.
It's awful, I hate the UK.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Looking at some of these protests today. The police are in full riot gear and look ready to stop violence

where was all of this last week?

wasnt needed was it. Would have stirred up more trouble.

the protests last week was relatively peaceful bar a few idiots

 

[urban genie]

Just dont mate.
It's a scary place at the moment, so much division, hatred and selfishness.
It's awful, I hate the UK.

I live in inner city manchester I am in danger of getting fucking mugged or battered by random dickheads any day of the week though it would be rare to happen.

These protests 3 miles or in london and other cities from me are putting me in no danger unless I am at them and it kicks off.

I feel as secure today going out and about as I did before, as far as I know most peolle are gping about their business as normal.


Things may be different for you and I appologise if they are and I seem insensitive to your concerns.