Black Lives Matter

[pod 7,191]

13 minutes ago, Russian Saint said:

 

Maybe I’m missing something?
I was of the impression that this whole taking the knee was in support of the BLM movement (not to be confused with actual black lives as the BLM movement don’t seem to care about them) which found prominence as a result of the death of George Floyd at the hands (or knee) of a police officer.
So Football players take a knee for a week or for a season.......... then what? What’ll have changed? Will that have stopped racists being racist?

Your second point WRT Trinidadians of African heritage. I suggest you do a bit of research on that one. Racism is a global issue, and it’s just not whites that are racist.

 

Wouldn't hold my breath on that one. 

[Bud the Baker 8,667]

Even if they all look the same - a mistake like this must mean ritual self-disembowelment for a Guardian columnist like Owen Jones. 

The main image on this article was changed on 29 July 2020. An earlier version incorrectly used an image of the rapper Kano. 

 

 

Edited July 29, 2020 by Bud the Baker

[antrin 4,819]

You mispelled "Fatuous".

 

 

Hope this helps?

[ALBIONSAINT 1,608]

Welcome to the forum freethinker. You should have joined a few weeks ago, there was a poster called Shull that had very very similar opinions as yourself, you two would have got on like a house on fire. 

[W6er 659]

14 hours ago, ALBIONSAINT said:

Welcome to the forum freethinker. You should have joined a few weeks ago, there was a poster called Shull that had very very similar opinions as yourself, you two would have got on like a house on fire. 

Haha! Nobody's that brazen, surely it's just a coincidence?

[BuddieinEK 8,677]

https://truthout.org/articles/protests-erupt-after-wisconsin-police-shoot-unarmed-black-man-seven-times/

And so it continues... ...

[ALBIONSAINT 1,608]

On 8/23/2020 at 3:29 PM, freethinker said:

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest TPAFKATS]

https://truthout.org/articles/protests-erupt-after-wisconsin-police-shoot-unarmed-black-man-seven-times/

And so it continues... ...

That is utter hideous. Shooting an unarmed man 7 times in the back from point blank range.

Unfortunately many will find a way to defend the police officer and try to blame the individual.

[bazil85 3,278]

4 minutes ago, TPAFKATS said:

That is utter hideous. Shooting an unarmed man 7 times in the back from point blank range.

Unfortunately many will find a way to defend the police officer and try to blame the individual.

Agreed or a way to completely miss the point. Reading through the pages of this post, some peoples ignorance on the severity of this issue and the importance of highlighting the problem is shameful 

[BuddieinEK 8,677]

That is utter hideous. Shooting an unarmed man 7 times in the back from point blank range.

Unfortunately many will find a way to defend the police officer and try to blame the individual.

The police were called to a dispute between two white women but end up shooting an unarmed black man in the back 7 times!

I bet the first thought be many is still "what did he do wrong?"

[oaksoft 13,128]

3 hours ago, BuddieinEK said:

The police were called to a dispute between two white women but end up shooting an unarmed black man in the back 7 times!

I bet the first thought be many is still "what did he do wrong?"

I think the first thought of EVERYONE should be "let's wait and see what happens and not immediately jump to conclusions".

 

[Long John Baldy 880]

8 minutes ago, oaksoft said:

I think the first thought of EVERYONE should be "let's wait and see what happens and not immediately jump to conclusions".

 

Aye, they who throw the first stone should show some consistency or shut the feck up. 

PS Them dirty police done it. 

Edited August 25, 2020 by Long John Baldy

[Bud the Baker 8,667]

@freethinker - Boris & Rule Britannia, what a pretty pair - neither of them what they really seem to be. The song was commissioned as a criticism of the then King's naval policy before Britain ruled the waves and was altered to a triumph by the Victorians although now with our rump of a navy in thrall to the USA it may well be appropriate again.

Anyway the battle has already been won - and not by your side! 

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The Last Night Of the Proms was watched by 3.5 million viewers on BBC One last year, with three-fifths of those watching aged 65 and over.

Outside of the "professionally offended" Alt-Right snowflakes you admire very few people seem to care and I doubt very much if that figure include many "freethinkers". 

One final thought it'll always be The Henry Woods Proms to me.

[Guest TPAFKATS]

I think the first thought of EVERYONE should be "let's wait and see what happens and not immediately jump to conclusions".
 

Didn't see anyone jumping to conclusions about what happened.

[Guest TPAFKATS]

Agreed or a way to completely miss the point. Reading through the pages of this post, some peoples ignorance on the severity of this issue and the importance of highlighting the problem is shameful 

I was meaning in general and not necessarily this forum. However, you do have a point.

[ALBIONSAINT 1,608]

 

[Buddymarvellous 495]

Still skimming Shull....

[pod 7,191]

On 8/23/2020 at 10:42 PM, freethinker said:

The poster on top right,  don't understand. Pitiful example.

Edited August 26, 2020 by pod

[ALBIONSAINT 1,608]

 

[Long John Baldy 880]

Going to watch this at the weekend, quite relevant with recent issues.

 

[ALBIONSAINT 1,608]

 

[ALBIONSAINT 1,608]

Great piece on the radicalisation of white people by the far right. 

Edited August 27, 2020 by ALBIONSAINT

[ALBIONSAINT 1,608]

Basketball, tennis and soccer all out in support of this terrible crime against an unarmed man in front of his three children. Shot in the back seven times, no justification.  

[Long John Baldy 880]

This picture by the WNBA team is visually very impressive.................

[ALBIONSAINT 1,608]

The Panda club will be giving these free masks out when games return to the stadium. Great idea to support two great causes.