So why call it Black Lives Matter? To my knowledge, when it comes to flavors of racism in the UK, black is not an exceptionally strong one. If they're really all that concerned about bigotry in general, why segregate their base? Why not something more generalized and inclusive, unless they're just trying to ride the BLM coattails in some petty attempt to feel that they have the same issues and the same level of political relevance on a social platform that doesn't warrant it.

The cause has nothing to do with any drawing attention to the fact that black lives matter or any lives matter.

From the looks of the protesters they're just privileged young students following the latest hashtag and looking to take a cool selfie.

The victims are all the people trying to get to airports or to just go about their daily lives, visiting family, going to work and so on.
And in the victims there surely were people of all races, genders, sexualities and so on.

(August 5, 2016 at 12:18 pm)paulpablo Wrote: No, it doesn't. It's a statement. Made with sarcastic overtones.

So let's this make a loaded assumption then. You assume there are no working people among them. Let me ask you something. Would you apply the same sarcasm to a BNP rally? A rally of red blooded males fighting for white rights?

I'm sure you find some way of dodging the question, since that's about the only thing you're good at. Tap dancing around statements you made. Such as the wish for them to be run over.

(August 5, 2016 at 1:15 pm)paulpablo Wrote: From the looks of the protesters they're just privileged young students following the latest hashtag and looking to take a cool selfie.

You apparently have no idea how badly this betrays your own prejudice.

(August 5, 2016 at 1:18 pm)abaris Wrote:

(August 5, 2016 at 12:18 pm)paulpablo Wrote: No, it doesn't. It's a statement. Made with sarcastic overtones.

So let's this make a loaded assumption then. You assume there are no working people among them. Let me ask you something. Would you apply the same sarcasm to a BNP rally? A rally of red blooded males fighting for white rights?

I didn't assume there are no working people among them.

You always try and tilt my argument slightly to be something I'm not saying, so I have to say a million times "'no abaris, I didn't say that"

I said I wonder how many of them are working class black people who have a job to go to or how many of them are students or just unemployed.

They have nothing better to do on a Friday day time within working hours than this and they look like young students.

Yeh if a bnp rally was out in the middle of the day in working hours id think a fair percentage were unemployed and had nothing better to do. Especially since that's a bnp target audience, unemployed angry white people.

What was the point in asking me would I think the same if they were white people in another organisation?

I don't think the protesters are stupid and doing something pointless because they're black, it's because of their actions, which are stupid and pointless.

(August 5, 2016 at 7:19 am)abaris Wrote: Yes, and I hope you extend the same courtesy to farmers or other grassroot organisations blocking roads in order to protest some political decision. And no, I'm not looking these instances up for you, since a simple google is your friend. Just enjoying the double standards, as usual. Poor whitey is prevented from going on holiday. Clear case of persecution I'm sure. I'm wating for the terrorism card to be played.

At least Pablo is showing his real colours for a moment in hoping for them to be run over.

That is absolute bollocks and you know it. BLM are stopping those who are white, those who have Indian, Pakistani, Chinese ancestry and who reside in the countries that were mentioned from travelling to see their families. Birmingham has a diverse community, just like Manchester, London, Nottingham etc, and all BLM are doing are stopping people of all races from going on holiday or go to work to put bread on the table, feed their children and keep a roof over their heads. BLM is just that, Black lives. For the other races i.e. Indian, Pakistani, Chinese and others can just go fuck themselves as far as they're concerned. They are no different to Pegida. Assholes who have too much time on their hands having got involved with left-wing politics and need to find a job after their social science (as taught by a biased professor.)

(August 5, 2016 at 1:19 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:

(August 5, 2016 at 1:15 pm)paulpablo Wrote: From the looks of the protesters they're just privileged young students following the latest hashtag and looking to take a cool selfie.

You apparently have no idea how badly this betrays your own prejudice.

They look young and they have very nice clothes and hair and they obviously don't have to worry about missing work on a Friday daytime.
So they're privileged enough to not have to work and to lie in the sunshine on a road on what is a very pleasant day here in the uk.
I'm not prejudice against them you could at I'm making assumptions, but I admit they're assumptions, I'm doing some guess work based on the appearance of the protestors.

(August 5, 2016 at 12:48 pm)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: So why call it Black Lives Matter? To my knowledge, when it comes to flavors of racism in the UK, black is not an exceptionally strong one. If they're really all that concerned about bigotry in general, why segregate their base? Why not something more generalized and inclusive, unless they're just trying to ride the BLM coattails in some petty attempt to feel that they have the same issues and the same level of political relevance on a social platform that doesn't warrant it.

Au contraire, if there was a fight between two people of different races and one of them was white, I'm afraid that the white person would be arrested because the other would play the "race-card", which is the norm in the United Kingdom.

No it isn't for fuck's sake.

(August 5, 2016 at 1:30 pm)paulpablo Wrote:

(August 5, 2016 at 1:19 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: You apparently have no idea how badly this betrays your own prejudice.

They look young and they have very nice clothes and hair and they obviously don't have to worry about missing work on a Friday daytime.
So they're privileged enough to not have to work and to lie in the sunshine on a road on what is a very learnt day here in the uk.
I'm not prejudice against them you could at I'm making assumptions, but I admit they're assumptions, I'm doing some guess work based on the appearance of the protestors.

...which is exactly the point. You're judging them based on appearances -without known a goddamned thing about them-.

You don't even see it, which was exactly my point.