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I've seen it mentioned quite a lot, actually.
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Originally posted by Artie Ziff Artie Ziff wrote:

No social distancing going on as well, that isn't getting mentioned but when it was those protesting about opening up the economy it was a huge issue. These protests will only help spread the virus even more.
 

Originally posted by HuntysCousin HuntysCousin wrote:

I've seen it mentioned quite a lot, actually.

Anger at the continuing oppression of a people doesn't go away in a time of pandemic. 

If the police and the regime in the US didn't treat black people like sh*t and instead treated them as the equal of whites, there wouldn't be protests on the streets right now.




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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/01/mr-president-dont-go-hide-china-goads-us-over-george-floyd-protests

“US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi once called the violent protests in Hong Kong ‘a beautiful sight to behold.’… US politicians now can enjoy this sight from their own windows,” Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of nationalist tabloid Global Times, wrote on Saturday. 

I'm no supporter of the Chinese regime but they have a point over the U.S.'s blatant hypocrisy on how a state treats its citizens. 
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Attitudes to protest are often laden with personal political preferences. You can easily spot it, and a Trump has been a prime example during the pandemic and the reaction to the killing of George Floyd. The other side of the coin are those who walk around with a clench fist while jeering the Venezuelan protestors.
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Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

Originally posted by Artie Ziff Artie Ziff wrote:

No social distancing going on as well, that isn't getting mentioned but when it was those protesting about opening up the economy it was a huge issue. These protests will only help spread the virus even more.
 

Originally posted by HuntysCousin HuntysCousin wrote:

I've seen it mentioned quite a lot, actually.

Anger at the continuing oppression of a people doesn't go away in a time of pandemic. 

If the police and the regime in the US didn't treat black people like sh*t and instead treated them as the equal of whites, there wouldn't be protests on the streets right now.



Just as many innocent white people are killed by police. 
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Originally posted by Jackal Jackal wrote:

Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

Originally posted by Artie Ziff Artie Ziff wrote:

No social distancing going on as well, that isn't getting mentioned but when it was those protesting about opening up the economy it was a huge issue. These protests will only help spread the virus even more.
 

Originally posted by HuntysCousin HuntysCousin wrote:

I've seen it mentioned quite a lot, actually.

Anger at the continuing oppression of a people doesn't go away in a time of pandemic. 

If the police and the regime in the US didn't treat black people like sh*t and instead treated them as the equal of whites, there wouldn't be protests on the streets right now.



Just as many innocent white people are killed by police. 

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Originally posted by Jackal Jackal wrote:

Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

Originally posted by Artie Ziff Artie Ziff wrote:

No social distancing going on as well, that isn't getting mentioned but when it was those protesting about opening up the economy it was a huge issue. These protests will only help spread the virus even more.
 

Originally posted by HuntysCousin HuntysCousin wrote:

I've seen it mentioned quite a lot, actually.

Anger at the continuing oppression of a people doesn't go away in a time of pandemic. 

If the police and the regime in the US didn't treat black people like sh*t and instead treated them as the equal of whites, there wouldn't be protests on the streets right now.



Just as many innocent white people are killed by police. 
Black people are killed by police at two and a half times the rate whites are.
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Originally posted by Jackal Jackal wrote:

Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

Originally posted by Artie Ziff Artie Ziff wrote:

No social distancing going on as well, that isn't getting mentioned but when it was those protesting about opening up the economy it was a huge issue. These protests will only help spread the virus even more.
 

Originally posted by HuntysCousin HuntysCousin wrote:

I've seen it mentioned quite a lot, actually.

Anger at the continuing oppression of a people doesn't go away in a time of pandemic. 

If the police and the regime in the US didn't treat black people like sh*t and instead treated them as the equal of whites, there wouldn't be protests on the streets right now.



Just as many innocent white people are killed by police. 
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Originally posted by Green Cockade Green Cockade wrote:

I recall the start of what became known as the " Troubles " in NI. I was in my teens and not politically sophisticated but even the young could see at the time that the genie was out of the bottle and would not be going back in. I get a similar sense of that now in the USA, a country that was falling apart anyway even before the latest racist murder by cops. It's going to be a long hot summer. This isn't ending anytime soon.
On the contrary, it has always died down in the past and surely enough the media will highlight elsewhere in a week or two
I don't agree with THAT, in the workplace!
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This is f**king insane 
They finally did it man... They killed my f**kin' car...
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 this thread is absolutely insane, basically al the videos of cops attacking peaceful protesters. Trump trying to turn the country into a dictatorship. 
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Originally posted by Dalymount79 Dalymount79 wrote:

A good read in The Atlantic- most of them are - it’s framed around the pandemic and how its spreading in the US.

But also touches on roots of social injustice and imbalance over there.

30 minutes with a brew of choice required.


Very good read. 

"When Larry Hogan, Maryland’s Republican governor, procured 500,000 tests from South Korea, he kept them guarded in an undisclosed location so they wouldn’t be seized by the feds"

This just shows how flawed the US federal approach to this is.
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Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

Originally posted by Jackal Jackal wrote:

Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

Originally posted by Artie Ziff Artie Ziff wrote:

No social distancing going on as well, that isn't getting mentioned but when it was those protesting about opening up the economy it was a huge issue. These protests will only help spread the virus even more.
 

Originally posted by HuntysCousin HuntysCousin wrote:

I've seen it mentioned quite a lot, actually.

Anger at the continuing oppression of a people doesn't go away in a time of pandemic. 

If the police and the regime in the US didn't treat black people like sh*t and instead treated them as the equal of whites, there wouldn't be protests on the streets right now.



Just as many innocent white people are killed by police. 
Black people are killed by police at two and a half times the rate whites are.
In fairness they've a much higher rate of crime. Not because their black but because they live in poverty. There was a time when the Irish were highly involved with crime but we were the ones living in poverty back then. 
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Sidney has gone full TJ on this thread LOL

f**k me i love a good meltdown on YBIG LOL
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Originally posted by Yiksheemash Yiksheemash wrote:

Sidney has gone full TJ on this thread LOL

f**k me i love a good meltdown on YBIG LOL
What did I miss? Was there posts removed?
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Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

Originally posted by Yiksheemash Yiksheemash wrote:

Sidney has gone full TJ on this thread LOL

f**k me i love a good meltdown on YBIG LOL
What did I miss? Was there posts removed?
Nah it's just that some simpletons think that endemic racism and fascism is somehow funny.

This Yiksheemash chap is obviously one of them.
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Originally posted by eireland eireland wrote:

Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

Originally posted by Jackal Jackal wrote:

Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

Originally posted by Artie Ziff Artie Ziff wrote:

No social distancing going on as well, that isn't getting mentioned but when it was those protesting about opening up the economy it was a huge issue. These protests will only help spread the virus even more.
 

Originally posted by HuntysCousin HuntysCousin wrote:

I've seen it mentioned quite a lot, actually.

Anger at the continuing oppression of a people doesn't go away in a time of pandemic. 

If the police and the regime in the US didn't treat black people like sh*t and instead treated them as the equal of whites, there wouldn't be protests on the streets right now.



Just as many innocent white people are killed by police. 
Black people are killed by police at two and a half times the rate whites are.
In fairness they've a much higher rate of crime. Not because their black but because they live in poverty. There was a time when the Irish were highly involved with crime but we were the ones living in poverty back then. 

A good ol' "I'm not a racist but" rationalising of institutional racism. 
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Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

Originally posted by Yiksheemash Yiksheemash wrote:

Sidney has gone full TJ on this thread LOL

f**k me i love a good meltdown on YBIG LOL
What did I miss? Was there posts removed?
Nah it's just that some simpletons think that endemic racism and fascism is somehow funny.

This Yiksheemash chap is obviously one of them.



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