BLM - adopting Tory/Lib Dem austerity policies
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A very powerful moment in British sport
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Yes I do,
Then we have a forum were people are discussing a topic and anyone who doesn't agree with what happened last night is being called a racist.
Not really equality when some people are judged in that way just because they don't agree with others
parsonjohn1985
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GordonMuchallNo1Fan
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Fair play to Rashford, I praised him several times on here relating to his school meals campaign and the fact he has raised a lot of £££ early on in the lockdown.
please don't give me the inequality speeches when they're earning 200k a week, and wearing kit made in appalling conditions in Asia for example, it's very hypocritical. Of course they can speak out, I just find some aspects a tad hypocritical.
I'm sure nee fucker is gonna read this or let their mind be changed but "defund the police" varies from complete abolishment (batshit mental) to reducing amount spent on police and instead invest in mental health services, invest in education and training for impoverished communities and to invest in community engagement which could end up treating the root of the cause, not the symptoms, which isn't as mental as it first sounds.
So you have no problem with what the Premier League did yesterday? Given it was non violent (unlike the protests), and promotes equality?
good news
GordonMuchallNo1Fan
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If the players were doing it because that's what they wanted to do and they believe it what they were doing then I have no problem whatsoever and I would applaud them for standing up for what they believe in.
I think everyone in life should stand up for what they believe in
Once again, I'm saying people's view on this varies. You found one source, I could find another saying something different, we could go on all day. Complete abolishment is, in my mind, batshit mental so you won't catch me defending that, but less money on police and more on actually helping people (like addiction services) makes a lot of sense to me.
sketchy
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You keep posting this but Gary McFarlane is not part of the leadership of the main Black Lives Matter movement. He is a member of SWP and have a read up on why BLM have distanced themselves from SWP.
GordonMuchallNo1Fan
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1 source???
it's on their go fund website which mentions nowt about mental health
How we’ll spend the funds!
- Work towards making change at the level of law.
- Developing and distributing educational resources.
- Developing and delivering healing practices in black communities.
- Developing and delivering training, police monitoring and strategies for the abolition of police. Working alongside existing anti-racist organisations to strengthen the wider movement across the UK.
- Supporting the United Family & Friends Campaign (UFFC) in accessing justice for friends and loved ones killed at the hands of British police.
- Providing emergency relief to black communities bearing the brunt of the Coronavirus crisis
Scunny Dan
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Well said.
Person A - I believe in equality and democracy.
Person A - if you don't agree with everything I say you are a racist who loves Tommy Robinson.
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"The Black Lives Matter cofounder Alicia Garza is calling for national defunding of police and the reallocation of resources to social services, including housing and healthcare."
As I say, it's a complex situation with different people wanting different things. There's no membership cards, no terms of conditions, no political manifesto so you can't pin down an entire movement based on a few voices. Just view the movement like a platform and then our politics need to take the issues that have been raised and move from there.
I'm sure some politicians are already promising things in relation to the movement. I highly doubt abolishment of police will ever be on the cards.
It’s time to get over all this false praise for the nhs mind, now that is embarrassing, it’s nothing but an archaic money pit where mismanagement is rife, abuse of sick leave is rife, more mismanagement, etc, etc...it should be an absolute beacon of what this country is capable of but no, it’s an absolute farce and so is putting it on an untouchable pedestal
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Both of those things are also linked to poverty. If black people aren't given the same opportunities, then there will be higher levels of poverty & by default higher levels of crime & poor academic performance.
GordonMuchallNo1Fan
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Nowt complex about wanting to defund/abolish the police
Truth is we should be less worried about slavery From 200 years ago which was abolished by the most enlightened and progressIve country of ‘its time ‘ and worry about modern slavery which exists across the world, makes a few people rich at the cost of others well being and creates economic pressures which costs jobs in country’s where workers rights and opportunity exist.
Maybe in time these countries will become enlightened as they get richer and apply the same privileges EVERY worker has in this country and many many people made sacrifices for.
As I said, "I'm sure nee fucker is gonna read this or let their mind be changed". I'll leave it there, have a good one marra.
Won't catch me arguing. Not defending that at all, think it's a stain on the game that we are only 2 years away from playing in brand new stadiums built with slave labour in Qatar.
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