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A very powerful moment in British sport

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SpiritofBurnden said:
It's not worthwhile if it's not followed up by some actual progress.
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There is daily progress across the pond. Loads of decent things happening there.
Not so much here but at least people are more aware of stuff embedded in our history...plus that statue has fucked off from Bristol...People speaking out. Been a lot of positive change the last few weeks. The protests have had an effect.
 
chunkylover53 said:
Oh poor you.

It’s absolutely bizarre to get triggered by something that doesn’t impact you in the slightest, and can only help others.
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Nothing in life annoys you which doesn't impact you directly? Good for you. I'm afraid I'm not as patient with bullshit as I once was.

I'm not as perfect as you. Thank god.
 
Tictactom66 said:
Must admit I feel uneasy at all this forced virtue signalling .
George Floyd a career criminal , with five different prison terms , died in a way yet to be determined by a court . This happened in a country thousands of miles away , and is of no significance to most people .
I am then accused of "white privilege " which again is something I do not understand . Is a person from a single parent family , educated at a poor comprehensive school , living in the North East more privileged than a wealthy , university educated BAME person from Surrey ?
Surely BAME people from Europe and the USA are more privileged than 90% of Chinese , Indians , Africans and South Americans .
There is an often repeated line on Radio 5,s "Fighting Talk " which is " I did not come on this show for a lecture on communism " and the same thought process applies when I watch sport I do not want a parade of virtue signalling .
Will sporting events have to start half an hour earlier to give enough for all our outpourings of pleas for atonement and understanding ?
Sorry but I am baffled by this whole over reaction
We live in a country where thousands of children have been gang raped , which produced barely a murmur from the left . Then a career criminal dies in the State's , and thousands take to the streets .
What is going on ?
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If America does it, Britain follows.
 
chunkylover53 said:
You seem incredibly snowflakey in general Dan
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Averse to bullshit. Slick, empty, PR wank like yesterday, the modern Poppy inclusivity, minutes applauses. No dignity of real feeling to any of it.

It seems this means I am a "triggered, racist, snowflake". Used to be ok to hold opinions different to other people once upon a time.
 
Scunny Dan said:
Averse to bullshit. Slick, empty, PR wank like yesterday, the modern Poppy inclusivity, minutes applauses. No dignity of real feeling to any of it.

It seems this means I am a "triggered, racist, snowflake". Used to be ok to hold opinions different to other people once upon a time.
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Triggered and a bit of a snowflake for sure.
 
safccfas said:
So all lives matter. Regardless of colour, religion or who you support. Not just black ones. All lives. All races. All religions.
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Exactly, but still pulling statue's down of people we grew up iearning about in History. It's all knee bends now, that was STARTED to remember a drug addict, robber and gunman that held a gun against a pregnant woman. What a world we live in.
 
KNGHTHOOD said:
Exactly, but still pulling statue's down of people we grew up iearning about in History. It's all knee bends now, that was STARTED to remember a drug addict, robber and gunman that held a gun against a pregnant woman. What a world we live in.
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I thought BLM started as a result of the Trayvon Martin murder, an unarmed 17 year old who was shot when Neighbourhood Watch “Marshall” accosted him for being a black boy wearing a hoodie when he was walking through the gated community where his dad’s fiancée lived and the murderer was acquitted? And the latest round of protests because a black man was killed for being suspected of trying to use a fake $20 bill?
 
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Scunny Dan said:
I absolutely hated it tbh. I thought it was a load of PR bollocks. That's just my opinion. I'm not arrogant enough to assume everyone not holding the same opinion is wrong.

Everyone reacts differently to things.
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You’ll find that a lot on here mate. Usually the same few posters too.

One of them even wished the PM would die when he caught coronavirus yet they still try to take the moral high ground on any subject. :lol:
 
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