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I hate that I have to share a country with these people.
The UK that I grew up in was multicultural, and proud of it. And now this.
So much misplaced anger. Yes the economy is fucked, and your life is probably in the shitter, but immigrants aren't the ones to blame for this. Blame the 1%
Which doesn't suit the 1% hence all the misdirection of people's anger. They learned their lesson during the French Revolution and the Russian Revolution drove home the fact that it can happen again and they've been running scared since.
Oh yeah, of course. The rich have done a very good job of deflecting blame and convincing people the blame lies elsewhere. Excellent marketing and diversionary tactics.
Just wish people would see through that.
That is one if the most annoying aspects - they're being played and either don't known or don't care. Some people want to wreck things and aren't that picky about the motivation.
You know, the funny thing is, that these Global South/Third World migrants, most of them have migrated mainly because the Global North's countries decided to dominate these migrants' countries through unequal exchange/resource and labor exploitation, such as the Philippines, which is the reason they came here in the first place; to escape poverty!
How long do you think rich people live?
Don't they just shed their human suits every now and again?
Joking aside, It's never about the individuals, it's the system of greed and vested interests. Once the robber barons get their hooks in they can be difficult to shake off this side of the guillotine or firing squad.
Was it?
I fully support multiculturalism, but these cunts have existed for decades, whether it's the national front, Britain first, EDL, BNP, etc.
The only difference between then and now is that back in the early 2000's we treated these cunts like nutters and didn't entertain their delusions. They were treated like you'd treat anyone with extreme views - with caution and distance.
I put the blame 100% on politicians and newspapers who pandered to the racists and dressed racism up as "legitimate concerns" in order to stoke up anger and get votes. Their policies gave us Brexit and now this shit. Wankers.
They absolutely deserve the blame, but the point is that these people have always existed, and probably in much larger numbers than we'd like to believe.
A lot of people seemingly believe that the UK went from a country that loves all immigrants to a hate-filled country in just over a decade of Tory rule, but all that has happened is the government and the media have informed the public that extreme views are welcome in society.
IMO what needs to happen is a swift push from the government to say "no, violent protest will result in prison" AND actually fucking stopping them. The police know ahead of time where people are protesting, and the second so much as a can is thrown at a building the police should be making arrests - hundreds of them. Doing anything else sends a message that peaceful protest results in jail time, whereas torching an immigration law firm or hotel is fine.
Yeah, I grew up in East London. I remember clearly in the 80s my Sikh PRIMARY SCHOOL classmate, was beaten up by national front thugs. Yeah, primary school kids were fair game.
People like this have always existed. Make no mistake, they're always on the periphery, waiting for an excuse to use as the thinnest veneer of their main intention, just to come out and start a fight.
I think it's a misconception that these people are angry at immigrants for economic reasons. They're angry at immigrants because they're racists.
They are without a doubt using whatever they can as an excuse to be their racist selves. Unfortunately the media and Facebook/WhatsApp echo chambers exacerbate the issue further, working these Neanderthals into a violent frenzy