exile Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 (edited) Anyone know what's happening in George Square? Supposedly something called the "National Defence League (NDL)" having a counter protest against "No Evictions" (asylum seekers)? https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/police-george-square-protest-glasgow-18440771 Seems if you let these people get away with "protecting statues" they'll next be attacking peaceful protestors? Edited June 17, 2020 by exile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 On 6/16/2020 at 3:25 PM, bonzo said: That's GRRRRRRREAT. i laughed way too much at that 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 3 hours ago, exile said: Anyone know what's happening in George Square? Supposedly something called the "National Defence League (NDL)" having a counter protest against "No Evictions" (asylum seekers)? https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/police-george-square-protest-glasgow-18440771 Seems if you let these people get away with "protecting statues" they'll next be attacking peaceful protestors? It was feenyin basturd asylum seekers apparently... Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 9 hours ago, Toepoke said: It was feenyin basturd asylum seekers apparently...   Grown men, those are grown men 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 I forget where I read it but it said something like if you want to provoke something into existence create its opposite and someone somewhere will then manifest to oppose it. The entirely predictable consequence of creating an army of left wing thugs is going to be an army of right wing thugs. They go hand in hand and as one increases so will the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 How many times can you find yourself in awe at Dominic Raab's complete incompetence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlad Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 What I don't understand is why all these demonstrations are being allowed to go ahead just now. As far as I'm aware lockdown has been eased - slightly - but it's not over yet. That's not to criticise the sentiment of last night's demonstration (or to in any way justify the behaviour of the pond life who attacked the peaceful demonstrators) but we're not out of the woods yet, not by a long chalk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 The left wing thugs are protesting hundreds of years of racial prejudice though, so they're the product of having a racial prejudicial society for century upon century. I'm pretty sure this didn't start in the last couple of years, hence why statues from the 19th century are getting flung in rivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 1 minute ago, scotlad said: What I don't understand is why all these demonstrations are being allowed to go ahead just now. As far as I'm aware lockdown has been eased - slightly - but it's not over yet. That's not to criticise the sentiment of last night's demonstration (or to in any way justify the behaviour of the pond life who attacked the peaceful demonstrators) but we're not out of the woods yet, not by a long chalk. I guess banning all protests and demonstrations - even under current circumstances - is a big political no-no.  All you can do is to appeal to people's better judgement, which in the case of the obsessive activist is pretty much impossible.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, scotlad said: What I don't understand is why all these demonstrations are being allowed to go ahead just now. As far as I'm aware lockdown has been eased - slightly - but it's not over yet. That's not to criticise the sentiment of last night's demonstration (or to in any way justify the behaviour of the pond life who attacked the peaceful demonstrators) but we're not out of the woods yet, not by a long chalk. Probably the fear of civil unrest, both sides are much more likely to get rowdy as fuck so the veil would have to come off and violence used to actually stop the protests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 I would tend to agree with this assessment of Antifa and the bigger picture of what they are trying to achieve. Some interesting history of how it evolved as well. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Uncle ben next for the chop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 On 6/15/2020 at 2:25 PM, Toepoke said: How not to defend a monument... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-53051096 Â Part 2.... Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Tucker Carlson set up Daily caller (he sold his stake in it like 2 weeks ago), here's what lawyers representing his current employer said about him yesterday. Fox News Lawyer Suggests No Reasonable Viewer Would Think Tucker Carlson Is News An attorney representing Fox News reportedly made an interrogative statement in federal court that directly called into question the news value of the number one host in all of cable news. “Would a reasonable viewer be coming here and thinking this is where I’m going to be hearing the news of the day? Fox News attorney Erin Murphy asked U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil during a hearing conducted via telephone on Wednesday, according to Law360 reporter Frank G. Runyeon’s account of what was said."  https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/fox-news-lawyer-suggests-no-reasonable-viewer-would-think-tucker-carlson-is-news/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 15 minutes ago, Toepoke said: Part 2.... Â Â "Yer da guards statues" seems to be the new "your da sells avon" Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 20 hours ago, thplinth said: I would tend to agree with this assessment of Antifa and the bigger picture of what they are trying to achieve. Some interesting history of how it evolved as well. Â Antifa isn't even an organisation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 This is one co founder of BLM and 'Alicia' is another. Both 'trained Marxists' in her own words. Estimates vary but communists killed 65 million people (and not that long ago) and we are supporting this group... ooookaaay. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 They are organized all right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 24 minutes ago, thplinth said: This is one co founder of BLM and 'Alicia' is another. Both 'trained Marxists' in her own words. Estimates vary but communists killed 65 million people (and not that long ago) and we are supporting this group... ooookaaay.  Probably funded by rich white men as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 (edited) Back to Scotland here and now... This letter has been criticised for implying "equivalence of peaceful anti-racist protestors with violent far-right racist thugs" Edited June 19, 2020 by exile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 (edited) Another statement has been more unequivocal: "Police Scotland has issues a stern warning that it will not tolerate peaceful protests being hijacked by thugs as was seen in George Square on Wednesday." https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18527119.top-cop-gives-clear-warning-george-square-violence-thuggery/ Has been welcomed by likes of both Susan Aitken and Aamer Anwar (who had both critcised the letter above) Edited June 19, 2020 by exile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaundy Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 I think the first statement was neutral from the correct Police stance and is able to point directly at the politicians, maybe the media too indirectly. They’re so right though. It was civil disobedience from both sides regards public assembly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 No tolerance ANY LONGER. Says it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 34 minutes ago, ParisInAKilt said: Probably funded by rich white men as well. Apparently funded by the "Mega Group". i.e. the same group of ultra wealthy people who were funding the Geoffrey Epstein operation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 55 minutes ago, exile said: Back to Scotland here and now... This letter has been criticised for implying "equivalence of peaceful anti-racist protestors with violent far-right racist thugs" To be fair the letter isn't using it in that context. It's saying there is no mitigating cause to breaking the laws/guidelines for dealing with a pandemic. As opposed to trying to make a comparison between the two camps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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