Violent Racist Attack
Discussion
All over the news as you would expect
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news...
Absolutely disgusting behaviour. What is wrong with some people?
And would this be getting different coverage if the ethnic backgrounds were reversed?
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news...
Absolutely disgusting behaviour. What is wrong with some people?
And would this be getting different coverage if the ethnic backgrounds were reversed?
jas xjr said:
i grew up in the sixties and seventies. people were murdered by racists and it was never reported. attacks such as this were never reported.
it is still a scummy thing to do and i hope they are brought to justice
Interesting parallel. it is still a scummy thing to do and i hope they are brought to justice
Do you think we're now in an era of the same sort of denial about racism that we were in the sixties and seventies? Albeit a different kind of racism.
Trabi601 said:
Do you spend all day searching for any kind of negative press about brown people? - only you seem to find a huge number of incidents to pontificate about from your, if I may say so, ever so slightly alt-right perception of the world.
Which incidents that I have found do you have in mind?Trabi601 said:
You've posted 6 topics this month alone which are there to get some confirmation for your unpleasant views. Plus 4-5 last month, too.
Not every one will specifically mention brown people, but there's almost always some underlying alt-right / borderline racist theme.
So 11 topics over 2 months, a couple of which mention bad things done by brown people. Not every one will specifically mention brown people, but there's almost always some underlying alt-right / borderline racist theme.
What does this prove exactly?
Trabi601 said:
SKP555 said:
So what are these topics and what is my unpleasant standpoint?
You obviously feel there's nothing wrong, so I'll leave you and your fellow loons to it.An explanation why you think that and feel it's ok to say it would be appreciated.
Alpine
Since the media decided to politicise them by focusing on some incidents while ignoring others, and certain groups jumped on this bandwagon to see racism everywhere except where there is genuine racism. See comments above by Trabi and yourself.
Jdw
It does show a remarkably cool head and strength of character.
Since the media decided to politicise them by focusing on some incidents while ignoring others, and certain groups jumped on this bandwagon to see racism everywhere except where there is genuine racism. See comments above by Trabi and yourself.
Jdw
It does show a remarkably cool head and strength of character.
Anyway now that we can see that Alpine and Trabi are just massive racists, the more interesting point to me is how and why the media select the stories they cover and don't cover?
Is it just what sells? Or is there some other agenda?
I would tend to think the former but when you have thr police in Australia telling journalists not to mention potential links with terror or Islam following the attack there last week you do start to wonder.
Is it just what sells? Or is there some other agenda?
I would tend to think the former but when you have thr police in Australia telling journalists not to mention potential links with terror or Islam following the attack there last week you do start to wonder.
Alpinestars said:
It really bothers you that you've been busted doesn't it?
Is the race, religion, background of a perpetrator more important than the crime?
That is kind of what I was asking. Because if not then I would expect something like this to get far more coverage, as I am fairly sure it would if the attackers were white and the victim not.Is the race, religion, background of a perpetrator more important than the crime?
Busted for what? Being a nasty racist? Being someone else? No, it doesn't bother me at all what you think. My inherent correctness stands on its own merit.
Well I am quite likely to assume you mean "busted" for one of the two things I've been accused of.
I'm not responsible for reporting every mugging in the country. It sounds horrible and I hope they are caught and punished.
Neither the victims ethnicity nor the level of violence, nor the nature of the racial abuse are mentioned in the article, so if for example it was "give us your wallet you Irish git" then it's a step short of knocking someone into a freezing canal and blocking their path out. Deplorable, but a step short.
If you want to start a thread on that then feel free. I'll even promise not to hijack it with guessing your identity or ulterior motives.
As it is, this thread is about an attack that was violent and racist. There's a clue in the title. And about the media coverage (or lack of) compared to other attacks, as mentioned in the OP. Yes, I speculate about whether the media are driven by the ethnicities involved.
It's not about all brown people being bad, otherwise the title would be "Brown people are bad" and the OP wouldbe explaining why I think this. But I don't. And it isn't.
I'm not responsible for reporting every mugging in the country. It sounds horrible and I hope they are caught and punished.
Neither the victims ethnicity nor the level of violence, nor the nature of the racial abuse are mentioned in the article, so if for example it was "give us your wallet you Irish git" then it's a step short of knocking someone into a freezing canal and blocking their path out. Deplorable, but a step short.
If you want to start a thread on that then feel free. I'll even promise not to hijack it with guessing your identity or ulterior motives.
As it is, this thread is about an attack that was violent and racist. There's a clue in the title. And about the media coverage (or lack of) compared to other attacks, as mentioned in the OP. Yes, I speculate about whether the media are driven by the ethnicities involved.
It's not about all brown people being bad, otherwise the title would be "Brown people are bad" and the OP wouldbe explaining why I think this. But I don't. And it isn't.
Mark
Yes it casts an interesting light on some people that they assume everyone goes around inventing hate crimes for political advantage. But sadly that sort of behaviour is not unknown.
Alpine
Obfuscating what exactly? I've broken down the thread bit by bit.
You think I'm someone else. Fine. Report it or deal with it. I don't care.
You think I hate brown people. Fine. Think that if you like. I will obviously say I don't. Because I don't. Is it even relevant?
Anything else?
Yes it casts an interesting light on some people that they assume everyone goes around inventing hate crimes for political advantage. But sadly that sort of behaviour is not unknown.
Alpine
Obfuscating what exactly? I've broken down the thread bit by bit.
You think I'm someone else. Fine. Report it or deal with it. I don't care.
You think I hate brown people. Fine. Think that if you like. I will obviously say I don't. Because I don't. Is it even relevant?
Anything else?
I'm not squirming at all.
Maybe there are similar or worse attacks. Feel free to post them.
This seems like an especially nasty one which received especially little coverage. Hence the thread.
And yes I think that had the ethnicities been reversed the coverage would have been different, and that also warrants discussion.
What part of that means I have anything against brown people?
Maybe there are similar or worse attacks. Feel free to post them.
This seems like an especially nasty one which received especially little coverage. Hence the thread.
And yes I think that had the ethnicities been reversed the coverage would have been different, and that also warrants discussion.
What part of that means I have anything against brown people?
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