Depends mate....I guess if their wives are blond haired Lithuanian stunners I can somehow get it......would be different if they’ve got a Mrs who comes from Nigeria though
We’ve become such a binary ‘pick your side and stick with them regardless’ society in recent years that nuanced debate is more difficult than its ever been imo mate. I’m not ashamed to admit that I knew absolutely nothing about Colston until last weekend, and I speak as someone who’s from Liverpool, a city who’s slave trade past lead to the creation of the International Slavery museum at the Albert Dock, a place I’ve visited a couple of times. However, I do now, as I researched him and more importantly the history of both the statue itself and the local battle to see it removed, that been going on for the last 20-30 years. Plenty of locals did their utmost to have it rightly removed and were blocked at every turn, even the erection of a second plaque explaining his slave trade past was blocked - notably by a Tory councillor called Richard Eddy (google him). So I completely understand why in the context of a BLM protest that particular statue attracted the focus of locals, who’d been failed by the local politicians and decided to take direct action. The wider point about racism in our society is way more complex, have things improved in the last 40 years? Of course they have, is the issue now firmly a thing of the past? Absolutely not.
A good and fair post......You never cease to amaze me Tobes In the words of Raving.......‘we are just on a different stage of the same journey’
You’ve not had the Peter Saxton experience. When there was a perm board politics thread he was ...... something... he also provided this entire forum with the most amazing moment when he accidentally posted something that wasn’t meant for the forum... he was meaning to respond to a dominatrix on Twitter
Someone's defaced Robert the Bruce statue with ’racist king’. And I believe the statue of the Mel Gibson Scottish fella also got a paint job Sorry I see you posted earlier.
He ****ed up like no other... so how do you get yourself off the hook? Get Kustard in to cover your back
Eh ? Where you getting this info from Ellers......I mean I am genuinely interested but can’t find any note of that statue being vandalised recently.......have you got a link ??
That's the simplicity of some people I'm afraid. They accept being lied to as it suits their agenda or beliefs. Some even make excuses for it which is quite unbelievable really. This is part of the problem with society. Lies, greed, corruption has become widely accepted.
Ah ok, apology accepted. That is the graffiti that was put, rather bizarrely on Robert The Bruce’s statue.......two completely different things. Easy mistake to make but please be careful next time. However it does emphasise Wills point about rumours, stories and how mistakes and half truths become absolute certainty via social media.
You’ve not seen his ‘secret’ Twitter account have you? It’s quite something. For a 67 year old, 22 stone, married bloke, it has to be seen to be believed. He’s one sick old **** him.
Anyone that thinks that racism in this country is a thing of the past should have been in the pub (yes!) with me this afternoon. I felt like I was the copper out of Life on Mars who'd gone back to 1973. All brought back into the open by the BLM protests. It was only sleeping.
Trump being Trump. If you support Trump this is the kinda thing he thinks will keep you on side. https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http...KoLvC_qTtzdNXo2HulxruKN3BUBQm5Rm-tAdXWzhc&s=1
