Looking at history with a modern lens

[Aikiwolf]

Seen a lot of famous people on twitter criticising the far right today what’s most depressing is the comments they get back in reply. I absolutely despise comments like “no surrender” to whom is that actually directed?
It’s obvious today’s been hijacked by elements of football hooligans looking for a fight.
Problem is a lot of decent level headed English people now get labelled and associated with this shite.

More appropriate for this thread is that normal football fans (like the majority, if not all, on here) are retarnished with the brush of football hooligans again. Brilliant. 2020 and football fans will be viewed as football hooligans from the 1970s/80s because a few thugs claimed to be "top football lads".

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[The Saturday Boy]

People are saying that's an old pic of National action and not from today.

Bolton 2016

 

[arklowolf]

Yes

Ah, Sky reported him to be urinating 'on' it rather than what looks like behind it. Sort of thing you see on a Saturday night in most towns up and down the country. Not nice. Too much pop probably.

 

[visage]

Why is getting pissed a prerequisite for defending memorials?

 

[arklowolf]

Why is getting pissed a prerequisite for defending memorials?

Shouldn't be. Suppose we don't know he was, I was guessing, maybe he was just desperate.
Can't condone that sort of thing or any vandalism/graffiti imo.

 

[Boozad]

Twitter is a fucking depressing place today. Think I’ll give it a miss for the time being.

 

[Parkins left foot]

Twitter is he fucking depressing place today. Think I’ll give it a miss for the time being.

Am glad that I am too old to understand how to do it - a toxic place

 

[Tony Towner]

Twitter is fine if you follow a few rules.
Don't follow more than 100 people.
Don't follow just random Wolves fans
Don't click below the post and read the comments of the bots and Russian farms.
If you are into politics follow a few people with an alternative viewpoint to challenge yourself
Don't follow too many people who are only in it for the clicks

 

[Boozad]

I think I manage my Twitter quite well and keep it pretty enjoyable but there's no getting away from the shit daarn saarf today.

 

[Tony Towner]

I think I manage my Twitter quite well and keep it pretty enjoyable but there's no getting away from the shit daarn saarf today.

Agreed, but I've not seen anything other than condemnation beyond the videos themselves, but I do know that #whitelivesmatter is a thing

 

[arklowolf]

Video circulating of lad getting his throat slit by a blm knifer. #peacefulprotest

 

[sycophantia]

I never believe any pic/video shown online anywhere... too easy to falsify anything

 

[jd1981]

Twitter is fine if you follow a few rules.
Don't follow more than 100 people.
Don't follow just random Wolves fans
Don't click below the post and read the comments of the bots and Russian farms.
If you are into politics follow a few people with an alternative viewpoint to challenge yourself
Don't follow too many people who are only in it for the clicks

Twitter is basically a place that allows people to say what they want without having to worry about the reaction from the other person, I am guilty of following a lot of people but thankfully I’ve got the ability to switch off from it especially after a bad football result or today.
Some people can spend hours getting bogged down in tit for tat debates.
Things I’ve learnt through the years no matter how much you debate you’ll never change someone’s deep set opinion, learning to accept people see the world differently and respecting that everyone has an opinion no matter how outrageous or offensive it may be.

 

[arklowolf]

I never believe any pic/video shown online anywhere... too easy to falsify anything

Hmm, looks genuine enough tbh. There's a second one now with the police treating the lad and photo's of the cunt who did the slashing. Sad, sad times.

 

[arklowolf]

Think I've seen too much of it for one day. Time to put the headphones on.

 

[sycophantia]

Made an effort to avoid the news today, was expecting a shit fest and I've had enough doom and gloom over the last few months

 

[Kenny]

Hmm, looks genuine enough tbh. There's a second one now with the police treating the lad and photo's of the cunt who did the slashing. Sad, sad times.

It would be a fair assumption that, if true, that as the majority of people planning to do a peaceful protest in London actually stayed away (a lot did their protest yesterday) as they knew the mob was coming into town that the person was not there to peacefully protest but just another thug in town to look for a fight. Also a bonus if true, his face is all over the place so an easy arrest and sentence heading his way

 

[arklowolf]

Reports are six stabbed by blm and the lad with his throat slashed didn't make it.

 

[Keef]

I'm always disbelieving of social media videos,they never show the build up to what happened,so you only get one side that can be twisted to fit any narrative

 

[Aikiwolf]

Reports are six stabbed by blm and the lad with his throat slashed didn't make it.

Not being reported in the Guardian or BBC (which reports 15 injuries, 6 taken to hospital)

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...rotesters-clash-with-police-in-central-london

Edit: I also wouldn't call them "the BLM". I don't think they represent the anti racism movement, they represent hate.