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Racism is systemic in England - it must be true 'cause the UN says so

I think this site is definitely one of the more lenient in terms of what is deemed "free speech".

A big thing to factor in, is that a lot of our members are in their 70s. You know what it's like with older people - they tend to, how shall we say, be less 'politically correct' than your average Joe.

That's another consideration which goes into it. Hence I don't think the majority of "racist" comments I (and others) delete are genuinely racist.

The tricky part comes when you're trying to separate those elderly, not quite with it types - from those genuinely nasty types who think they can get away with saying what they like because they've mistaken a few out of touch ramblings for a right wing echo chamber which appeals to their own ideals.

Fortunately these are quite easy to spot when you try to calmly explain to them their comments might land us in trouble and they go apeshit at you for "stifling free speech" and kick off like a spoilt teenager.
Oh no, right wing people hanging together. Considering Left wing echo chambers brought us the Soviet Union and that german fella......

Ref the OP, abusive SoMe post Euro match was 0.2%, less so racist, of which 2/3 was from outside the UK. 2 arrests was a 50 yo, and 12 yo and the UK spent the whole week beating itself over the head about such minute numbers......so the UN can continue to be irrelevant.

This guy analyses the reaction well;

 
Absolutely.

And similar to what @Nemesis44UK was saying earlier too.

The amount of times I've seen certain swathes of society stating "we need to discuss racism on this country", but when you try to discuss it, it's immediately shut down.

What they really mean is "agree with us or you're part of the problem".

Most people in the centre give up. At this point, so you're left with the far right flinging shite at the far left and vice versa.

It perpetuates itself.
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My take on the matter is that many who complain about the left's stifling of free speech don't realise that being able to get excited about non-existent racism is all part of free speech.

The best thing is for everyone to voice an opinion, and if it withers in the sunlight, it says it all.

"You can't say this, anymore". Yes, you can. Just because some vegan on Twitter says you can't doesn't make them an authority. The far-right shoot themselves in the foot by repeating what some self-aggrandising rent-a-gob says.

Take our recent Twitter football hooligan: you have the left in raptures because they've managed to find the national racist.

On the other hand, you have the knuckleheads on the right claiming you can't wear the English flag "because it's racist". Yes you can, you just can't be a racist in it.

The good old days when the BNP could campaign to be the government before disappearing up their own arrse need revisiting:

Insist that extremist parties take the democratic option: if they waste their own money and resources only to die a deaths Nick Griffin style, so be it.
 
My take on the matter is that many who complain about the left's stifling of free speech don't realise that being able to get excited about non-existent racism is all part of free speech.

The best thing is for everyone to voice an opinion, and if it withers in the sunlight, it says it all.

"You can't say this, anymore". Yes, you can.
You can say anything you like as long as you realise that actions (in this case saying things) have consequences.
 
You can say anything you like as long as you realise that actions (in this case saying things) have consequences.
Same argument Xi jinping makes, you might want to think about that. Its words, grow a skin, people need to stop letting personal emotional reaction to peoples words control you.

#FreeSpeech
 
Not Wikipedia mate.

Considering Fascism was an italian philosophers ideology, and that german guy smashed it with Socialism. TBF early ideals of Facism came from France also. Prove me wrong.
Can you explain how 'Left wing echo chambers bought us the Soviet Union'?

"Oh no, right wing people hanging together. Considering Left wing echo chambers brought us the Soviet Union and that german fella......"
 
Same argument Xi jinping makes, you might want to think about that. Its words, grow a skin, people need to stop letting personal emotional reaction to peoples words control you.

#FreeSpeech
It's also the same thing the 1st Amendment says. You might want to think about that...
 
Can you explain how 'Left wing echo chambers bought us the Soviet Union'?

"Oh no, right wing people hanging together. Considering Left wing echo chambers brought us the Soviet Union and that german fella......"
Its taken me close to a decade of study, research and understanding. If you cant see the ideological pathway of Marxism/Socialism/Soviet Union and the Left Wing. Then go study, read up, and be content that I'm wrong or right when you get there.
 
It's also the same thing the 1st Amendment says. You might want to think about that...
Whole quote from 1st Amendment:

First Amendment​

First Amendment Annotated


Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.


Where does it say, words have consequences? and should be punished?

I'm at risk of being dragged to your very low level.......you know the rest. Read more.
 
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