| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 12:33 - Sep 11 with 939 views | Zx1988 |
For whatever reason, things seem to have ramped up in the last few days.
Here in Norwich, local progressives ended up protecting a local mosque last night after the EDL decided to try and mount a demonstration outside during evening prayers.
It feels that whatever this bulls*it is, has moved on to the next phase of the operation. |  |
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| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 13:18 - Sep 11 with 764 views | Illinoisblue |
People are angry and often misinformed which is never a good combination. Why so angry, though? Essays and books wouldn’t be enough to cover or explain it, but some thoughts:
Cost of living goes up and up while wages stagnate or deflate. The rich get get very richer while many others do not. Leads to resentment.
The UK is changing and people react in certain ways to that. Look at parts of Ipswich for example. Unrecognizable from a generation ago. Can lead to resentment and anger.
24/7 social media rage bait. Can’t underestimate how much of a role this plays. Nobody questions anything or considers the source. These are dangerous
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| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 13:30 - Sep 11 with 681 views | Dubtractor |
| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 13:18 - Sep 11 by Illinoisblue |
People are angry and often misinformed which is never a good combination. Why so angry, though? Essays and books wouldn’t be enough to cover or explain it, but some thoughts:
Cost of living goes up and up while wages stagnate or deflate. The rich get get very richer while many others do not. Leads to resentment.
The UK is changing and people react in certain ways to that. Look at parts of Ipswich for example. Unrecognizable from a generation ago. Can lead to resentment and anger.
24/7 social media rage bait. Can’t underestimate how much of a role this plays. Nobody questions anything or considers the source. These are dangerous
times. |
That last paragraph is the main issue for me. It feels increasingly like social media is being used as a tool to direct and control people.
Appreciate that sounds a bit tin foil hatted of me, but the evidence is increasingly hard to ignore. I don't think that was the intent of social media, but people with power have realised how powerful it is at influencing people. |  |
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| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 13:31 - Sep 11 with 668 views | Swansea_Blue |
| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 12:33 - Sep 11 by Zx1988 |
For whatever reason, things seem to have ramped up in the last few days.
Here in Norwich, local progressives ended up protecting a local mosque last night after the EDL decided to try and mount a demonstration outside during evening prayers.
It feels that whatever this bulls*it is, has moved on to the next phase of the operation. |
I doubt the EDL could mount a donkey |  |
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| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 13:39 - Sep 11 with 591 views | Illinoisblue |
| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 13:30 - Sep 11 by Dubtractor |
That last paragraph is the main issue for me. It feels increasingly like social media is being used as a tool to direct and control people.
Appreciate that sounds a bit tin foil hatted of me, but the evidence is increasingly hard to ignore. I don't think that was the intent of social media, but people with power have realised how powerful it is at influencing people. |
Oh, absolutely. What’s left of the mainstream media has become largely irrelevant. Yesterday’s shooting…. You can get 15 different angles of it and eyewitness reaction within minutes on Twitter. Nobody needs to wait for the breaking news report on regular TV. Of course, rage tweets on issues provide zero context or empathy. Hate sells and millions are buying. | |
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| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 13:40 - Sep 11 with 578 views | J2BLUE |
Upvoted for the superb use of febrile
Edit: just realised how that looks and balanced it out! [Post edited 11 Sep 13:41]
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| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 13:44 - Sep 11 with 537 views | giant_stow |
| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 12:33 - Sep 11 by Zx1988 |
For whatever reason, things seem to have ramped up in the last few days.
Here in Norwich, local progressives ended up protecting a local mosque last night after the EDL decided to try and mount a demonstration outside during evening prayers.
It feels that whatever this bulls*it is, has moved on to the next phase of the operation. |
last line is a bit mental, but also feels true. |  |
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| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 13:46 - Sep 11 with 526 views | textbackup |
| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 13:31 - Sep 11 by Swansea_Blue |
I doubt the EDL could mount a donkey |
Are they even a thing these days?
Or has the poster just said EDL for effect? |  |
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| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 13:48 - Sep 11 with 505 views | J2BLUE |
| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 13:18 - Sep 11 by Illinoisblue |
People are angry and often misinformed which is never a good combination. Why so angry, though? Essays and books wouldn’t be enough to cover or explain it, but some thoughts:
Cost of living goes up and up while wages stagnate or deflate. The rich get get very richer while many others do not. Leads to resentment.
The UK is changing and people react in certain ways to that. Look at parts of Ipswich for example. Unrecognizable from a generation ago. Can lead to resentment and anger.
24/7 social media rage bait. Can’t underestimate how much of a role this plays. Nobody questions anything or considers the source. These are dangerous
times. |
Agree with all those.
Gerald Celente, who I consider to be a bat sh1t crazy broken clock, says "when people have nothing left to lose, they lose it" which I think just about sums it up. | |
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| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 13:52 - Sep 11 with 470 views | lowhouseblue |
this is appalling. very worrying times. |  |
| And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show |
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| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 13:58 - Sep 11 with 422 views | Swansea_Blue |
| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 13:46 - Sep 11 by textbackup |
Are they even a thing these days?
Or has the poster just said EDL for effect? |
I don't think so. Robinson (SYL) went his own way years ago. I'm not sure what happened to the other significant figures. Britain First (reincarnation of the BNP) seem to be the most prominent group these days, but there's a load of small groups that keep mutating. It seems quite an incestuous field. | |
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| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 14:03 - Sep 11 with 381 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 13:18 - Sep 11 by Illinoisblue |
People are angry and often misinformed which is never a good combination. Why so angry, though? Essays and books wouldn’t be enough to cover or explain it, but some thoughts:
Cost of living goes up and up while wages stagnate or deflate. The rich get get very richer while many others do not. Leads to resentment.
The UK is changing and people react in certain ways to that. Look at parts of Ipswich for example. Unrecognizable from a generation ago. Can lead to resentment and anger.
24/7 social media rage bait. Can’t underestimate how much of a role this plays. Nobody questions anything or considers the source. These are dangerous
times. |
Don't underestimate covid either. People were already addicted to their phones and then had the best part of two years learning to live in an online world without socialization full time. |  |
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| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 14:10 - Sep 11 with 338 views | Plums |
| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 13:30 - Sep 11 by Dubtractor |
That last paragraph is the main issue for me. It feels increasingly like social media is being used as a tool to direct and control people.
Appreciate that sounds a bit tin foil hatted of me, but the evidence is increasingly hard to ignore. I don't think that was the intent of social media, but people with power have realised how powerful it is at influencing people. |
The guy who was shot last night was a major player in peddling that influence. It was previously unthinkable for a US funded outfit to overtly influence British politics and the national narrative in the way these guys have over the past 10 years. Yet here we are. |  |
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| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 14:19 - Sep 11 with 289 views | Zx1988 |
| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 13:46 - Sep 11 by textbackup |
Are they even a thing these days?
Or has the poster just said EDL for effect? |
Sorry, my mistake.
Sam Burgess, the chap who orchestrated the fascist protest, is *former*-EDL.
You're quite right, though. The take-home is definitely the fact that I got my nomenclature slightly wrong, and not the fact that fascists are now picketing mosques. [Post edited 11 Sep 14:23]
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| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 14:36 - Sep 11 with 209 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| An MPs office has been set on fire in Sunderland on 13:18 - Sep 11 by Illinoisblue |
People are angry and often misinformed which is never a good combination. Why so angry, though? Essays and books wouldn’t be enough to cover or explain it, but some thoughts:
Cost of living goes up and up while wages stagnate or deflate. The rich get get very richer while many others do not. Leads to resentment.
The UK is changing and people react in certain ways to that. Look at parts of Ipswich for example. Unrecognizable from a generation ago. Can lead to resentment and anger.
24/7 social media rage bait. Can’t underestimate how much of a role this plays. Nobody questions anything or considers the source. These are dangerous
times. |
What you say is true, but it goes far far beyond that. It's too complex an issue to go into on a single post, but the delegitimisation of traditional media sources began sometime ago and increased exponentially in the wake of 9/11.
Traditional media (the term 'MSM' is one deliberately devised to speed up the decline in trust of traditional news delivery).
A legitimate press does not serve the new era of authoritarianism that is now part of our daily lives, not exclusive to world leaders however, we now have authoritarian 'influencers' too. If people don't trust the traditional media, where do they get their news? Social Media in the main, unregulated, unchecked and often without sound basis. But why would the media be trusted? Trump, Putin, Johnson, Farage, Musk, Zukerberg, Tate, Robinson et al all say it can't be trusted, 'fake news'.
The orchestrated campaign by populists to systematically remove trust in traditional media by all sources gives people like Trump, Netenyahooo, Putin and co, give just enough mistrust to make many believe that things really are as these types of people say, despite being presented with irrefutable proof to the contrary.
I have to say that the legitimate press made it very easy by being caught in multiple scandals and not getting its house in order quickly enough, but, at least we found out about those and people lost their jobs or were imprisioned in some cases.
We never see what scandals 'citizen journalists' and algorithms are involved in do we? |  |
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