Renton 17610 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 It's not just the states either, although it seems most fucked up over there. There's Brazil, the UK, Hong Kong and China, Russia etc all fucked up to various degrees. I'm just hoping things settle down and my kids will experience "normal", but it seems to heading down the "ayears and years" route. That series looks increasingly prescient. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14527 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 The reasonably liberal (for Western democracies anyway) "post war consensus" has been dying a slow lingering death for about 40 years... I think Trump is here to deliver it's death blow. Back to ordinary folk being terrorised by facists all over the planet it is then. Maybe democracy, peace & security were just an illusion after all 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26168 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 What a disgusting excuse of a human being this cunt is. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12736 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 1 hour ago, PaddockLad said: The reasonably liberal (for Western democracies anyway) "post war consensus" has been dying a slow lingering death for about 40 years... I think Trump is here to deliver it's death blow. Back to ordinary folk being terrorised by facists all over the planet it is then. Maybe democracy, peace & security were just an illusion after all I'm more hopeful that there's a much more socially liberal generation of politicians that will come to the fold along with a more socially liberal, younger generation and see this off. This all feels like the last vestiges of a crumbling political wave, at least in the West anyway. A final assault on the racist, elderly elite who will hopefully die out and leave no real heritage behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4949 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, Ayatollah Hermione said: I'm more hopeful that there's a much more socially liberal generation of politicians that will come to the fold along with a more socially liberal, younger generation and see this off. This all feels like the last vestiges of a crumbling political wave, at least in the West anyway. A final assault on the racist, elderly elite who will hopefully die out and leave no real heritage behind. I hope this too, and there's a lot of evidence that we have Blair to thank for it due to his drive to get so many young people into university and thus foster far more positive values and critical thinking skills than their parents (by and large) seem to have. However, the right are the ones with the power and influence in the immediacy, and who knows what they'll do to retain that. I am inclined to think that Trump, if he loses the election in November, won't go without a fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 3586 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38556 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 3 minutes ago, spongebob toonpants said: Jesus. Is that a child the bald bastard is punching and throwing about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4949 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 That video was grim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26168 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 2 hours ago, PaddockLad said: The reasonably liberal (for Western democracies anyway) "post war consensus" has been dying a slow lingering death for about 40 years... I think Trump is here to deliver it's death blow. Back to ordinary folk being terrorised by facists all over the planet it is then. Maybe democracy, peace & security were just an illusion after all You wouldn't get it in the UK... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alex 30239 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I wouldn’t mind if any of these fuckers had beliefs that bore any resemblance to the supposed beliefs of Jesus. See also: The Tories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ayatollah Hermione 12736 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) I know these people mean well with their blackouts on Instagram but quite how using an inherently disposable social source and doing nothing else will affect anything is news to me especially once it all goes back to normal. I’m sure it’ll give the people posting it some self-satisfaction though. Maybe I’m becoming an impossibly cynical bastard though. Edited June 2, 2020 by Ayatollah Hermione 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14527 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 2 hours ago, ewerk said: You wouldn't get it in the UK... I thought you'd correctly point out the flaws in my very general comment...some parts of England were approaching a police state in the early-mid 80s too. Whoever said we're possibly only a couple of years behind the US in this cycle is on the money I expect... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26168 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I was more trying to point out the similarities between the police actions taken against peaceful protest in NI and the US. Thankfully nowadays everyone has a camera on their person at all times because if they didn’t then that murdering police officer would be going about his business like any other day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26168 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) I don’t like using the term but th’on buck eejit on C4 News from Black Voices for Trump is the perfect Uncle Tom. Edited June 2, 2020 by ewerk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38556 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 You’re right to be uncomfortable using it. We’re all fairly liberal on here, but even we have limits. Totally unnecessary use of “guy” here. You should be ashamed. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26168 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Edited. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30239 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Ayatollah Hermione said: I know these people mean well with their blackouts on Instagram but quite how using an inherently disposable social source and doing nothing else will affect anything is news to me especially once it all goes back to normal. I’m sure it’ll give the people posting it some self-satisfaction though. Maybe I’m becoming an impossibly cynical bastard though. The best bit is when they’re having a go at other ‘influencers’ for not doing the same. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5882 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 4 hours ago, Alex said: The best bit is when they’re having a go at other ‘influencers’ for not doing the same. I could get behind police brutality of “influencers” tbh 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13806 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 6 hours ago, ewerk said: I was more trying to point out the similarities between the police actions taken against peaceful protest in NI and the US. Particularly the use of rubber bullets which killed many a NI youth. Apparently They were designed to be fired at the floor so as to ricochet towards a crowd, causing them to disperse. They can be lethal fired at point blank. Some of the other weapons the yanks are using are pure evil as well. The LRAD loudspeaker is louder than a jet plane & can be precision targeted. Whilst Id love to plug my guitar into one I don’t think they’re strictly in line with the old human rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 9163 Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 10 hours ago, Ayatollah Hermione said: Maybe I’m becoming an impossibly cynical bastard though. Becoming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 9163 Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 13 hours ago, ewerk said: What a disgusting excuse of a human being this cunt is. Absolutely! Tear-gassing peaceful protesters so he can attend a Church he would probably only be seen dead in, for a photo opportunity and without seeking the permission of the Bishop involved. I am sure he doesn't even know what the Bible is, and presumably someone had to put it in his tiny hand otherwise it would have been Mein Kampf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26168 Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Just incase there was any doubt about how big a bellend Desmond 'blackface' Swayne was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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