August 7, 2024Aug 7 I was feeling anxious about racists coming to my town centre today (was absolutely heartbreaking to hear a muslim colleague talking about how he feared for his safety) and there were a few arrests, but they were massively outnumbered here by peaceful counter-protests too tonight including "the people united will never be defeated" chants, has restored my faith in humanity a tiny bit.
August 7, 2024Aug 7 It’s great to see the counter protests in action. I actually spent the day in Liverpool today and was quite anxious that there may have been planned riots and yet the atmosphere was really calm. There certainly are more of us than them and I guess a fight back was inevitable. Riots take people off guard but after a week and some very public planning, the non racists have enough time to sort themselves out and show that these racist rioters actually are the minority. But shame on the media and certain politicians, they have helped stoke this. They have framed this rioters as ‘ordinary people’ with ‘legitimate concerns’, tried to avoid saying racism and Islamophobia whilst attacking the phrase ‘right wing thugs’. They’ve made the rioters believe they are the majority and caused a lot of anxiety.
August 7, 2024Aug 7 I'm so proud of my home town. Nowhere else I'd ever want to live. And it's amazing to see the true face of Britain stand up and be counted.
August 8, 2024Aug 8 I'm so proud of my home town. Nowhere else I'd ever want to live. And it's amazing to see the true face of Britain stand up and be counted. sharing the same sentiments with the counter-protests in Birmingham tonight - the far-right were completely outnumbered by the local community, I couldn’t make it myself but heard from neighbours that there were thousands gathered in the city centre to stand off against the fascists ! very proud to live in Brum city centre, such a wonderful community <3
August 8, 2024Aug 8 I'm planning to meet up with a friend in Birmingham on Sunday when it'll be potentially 27 degrees. We're obviously planning to see how we feel on the day, but I really hope they're bored by then.
August 8, 2024Aug 8 Agreed, especially with the quick sentencing and the videos of arrests the days after on Twitter. Looks lile they completely failed in the bigger cities, so that's probably why they targeted the small towns first. My question is, who wss organising sll of this??
August 8, 2024Aug 8 The anti-riot protests warm my heart. My cousin and his family were at the Newcastle one and sent me a photo of a sign saying Newcastle loves it black + white with a picture of the Newcastle United striped tshirt, + brown with a picture of Newcastle brown! So clever, cute and funny. I've then seen it on several websites since!
August 8, 2024Aug 8 I'm so proud of my home town. Nowhere else I'd ever want to live. And it's amazing to see the true face of Britain stand up and be counted. Me too. Let’s hope the fascists slink back off into the gutter with their tails between their legs.
August 9, 2024Aug 9 I wonder whether any of those responsible genuinely thought they'd get away it and escape jail time or whether they were willing to take the bullet and perceived as a "hero" within their circles.
August 9, 2024Aug 9 I wonder whether any of those responsible genuinely thought they'd get away it and escape jail time or whether they were willing to take the bullet and perceived as a "hero" within their circles.Seeing as so many of them wept in court (as they say), I think the former. Having said that, I wouldn't be surprised if many fell into the latter.
August 9, 2024Aug 9 I think a lot of them are basically just idiotic pawns. I'm not convinced they'd thought about it having repercussions. I don't have any sympathy for them at all for any of this - but it is quite easy these days to get caught in a bubble where you can convince yourself that your opinions and views are shared by more people than they actually are. Those that fuel the hatred, organise riots and spread misinformation need to be held as accountable imo.
August 10, 2024Aug 10 I was feeling anxious about racists coming to my town centre today (was absolutely heartbreaking to hear a muslim colleague talking about how he feared for his safety) and there were a few arrests, but they were massively outnumbered here by peaceful counter-protests too tonight including "the people united will never be defeated" chants, has restored my faith in humanity a tiny bit. Honestly that is probably not even a new feeling for them. I was talking with one of my Muslim co-workers and she told me she always feels like that, and how she was once in the supermarket and this old lady came up and called a "dirty foreigner" and "to go home" and then spat, yes actually SPAT in her face! I was so appalled and heartbroken for her, she is the one of the most wonderful, caring, kind, accepting, giving people I know and for that to happen to her. I got quite angry actually and asked her if she reported it to the store manager or the police and she said she was so humiliated she just dropped her shopping and walked out of the supermarket and went home. She is that much of a lovely person she was trying to justify her behaviour saying "it's a different generation, they still have the old views" and I was like, one I completely disagree you are never too old to learn and change your views, and two it has never in ANY generation been acceptable to SPIT in someone's face! The "lady" (if she can be called that) is lucky I wasn't there I would have grabbed her by the arm, dragged her to supermarket security and told them to phone the police. I love my co-worker to bits, we've shared similar stories about how scary it can be sometimes as a person of a certain race, religion or sexuality in a world that needs to learn so much more. Edited August 14, 2024Aug 14 by spiceboy
August 10, 2024Aug 10 I think a lot of them are basically just idiotic pawns. I'm not convinced they'd thought about it having repercussions. I don't have any sympathy for them at all for any of this - but it is quite easy these days to get caught in a bubble where you can convince yourself that your opinions and views are shared by more people than they actually are. Those that fuel the hatred, organise riots and spread misinformation need to be held as accountable imo. I agree with this, I'd say they need to be held to more responsibility really. The problem with "free speech" is they can always use that as a defence as sickening as it is.
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