tenebrisnox
@tenebrisnox@feddit.uk
Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash… and I’m delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever!
- Baron Munchausen
- Comment on Five injured in suspected Islamophobic attacks as bare-chested man roams Edinburgh 12 hours ago:
Pretty much all the news outlets I read and listened to said the same thing. There’s no exceptionalism happening. Black and brown men who are possibly - but might not be - followers of Islam are immediately branded as terrorists (even if the “terrorist” has a history of mental illness). White racists engaged in similar attacks (including attempted beheadings, rape, firebombings, knocking down muslim women with cars) don’t receive the same labelling. We saw in Southampton that, instead, the media wants is to understand white “patriots’ grievances”. It DOES help drawing attention to the two-tier journalism we have operating.
Worth also reminding about the so-called “terrorism” of the potestors in the Filton trial. Or the elderly people and priests arrested and soon to be prosecuted for holding up a sign saying they support Palestine Action and will end up with a conviction as terrorists. We DO need to draw attention to the two-tier nature of all this.
- Comment on Five injured in suspected Islamophobic attacks as bare-chested man roams Edinburgh 20 hours ago:
Two-tier reporting going on with headline-grabbing stuff like this:
The Golders Green terrorist was stopped by heroic members of the public who trapped him with a car before helping police detain him.
The suspect in the Golders Green terror attack has been named as Essa Sulieman, a Somali-born British man
And
The site of the terrorist incident is just a seven-minute walk from where four ambulances owned by a Jewish volunteer-led medical association were firebombed
But I applaud your reticence in using the “terrorist” moniker and calling him a “topless man” instead… because he is white and clearly not a danger to other white people. I forgot “terrorists” are only brown and black people. Apologies.
- Comment on Five injured in suspected Islamophobic attacks as bare-chested man roams Edinburgh 1 day ago:
I’d like the usual knee-jerk declarations of “TERRORISM” by the usual lot immediatley - without any proper scrutiny and with prejudice.
- Comment on Five injured in suspected Islamophobic attacks as bare-chested man roams Edinburgh 1 day ago:
Can someone help me with this. When a man with mental health issues threatened people in a jewish area of London, it was called terrorism. This incident is… an “incident”.
- Comment on British Charlie Kirk wannabe beaten up debating people in Manchester 1 day ago:
Was that a reply to me? I’m 100% in agreement with you. At some point it will come down to force.
- Comment on British Charlie Kirk wannabe beaten up debating people in Manchester 1 day ago:
I had no idea who Young Bob was until a video of him in the front lines of the rioting in Southampton and then being interviewed by Owen Jones in Makerfield. He’s certainly not a British Charlie Kirk: has zero charisma, couldn’t understand Jones’ (pretty basic) questions and struggled to articulate coherent answers. Jones had to continuously repeat and simplify his questioning and even then Young Bob couldn’t comprehend. He’s the big, loud-mouthed rightwinger who sits in Year 11 classes who won’t stop giving his racist and misogynist views and everyone hates.
- Comment on Pubs Shut and Streets Close as Police 'Screen Attendees' for Oxford Union Tommy Robinson Debate 3 days ago:
Who thought the Oxford Union was in any way progressive in the first place - or, for that matter, anyone who attends Oxford or Cambridge (other than to gain employent as a British state agent)?
- Comment on UK Introduces Full Social Media Ban For Under 16s - Including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X. 6 days ago:
How would politicians get their class A drugs delivered if they banned under-16s from Telegram?
- Comment on Derbyshire Police officer accused of using AI to 'create evidence' 1 week ago:
That’s the opening episode of Blake’s 7.
- Comment on Daily Mail Retracts False Claim That Green Party Councillor Praised Hamas 1 week ago:
What happened to the idea that a retraction had to be published on the same page or location in the same size as the original?
- Comment on Average person eats six times more chicken than in 1961, UN report finds | Agriculture is the second most polluting sector of the global economy 1 week ago:
Plus there’s all the damage caused by these chicken “farms”: nutrient overflow killing rivers is only one aspect.
- Comment on Average person eats six times more chicken than in 1961, UN report finds | Agriculture is the second most polluting sector of the global economy 1 week ago:
Wow. But not surprising. I really don’t think most people realise how catastrophically damaging to the world’s environment the meat industry is (or the whole agricultural industry, really).
- Comment on Average person eats six times more chicken than in 1961, UN report finds | Agriculture is the second most polluting sector of the global economy 1 week ago:
The report:
does not go on to recommend they eat less meat
- Comment on Anti-immigration protesters in Belfast set bins and vehicles on fire amid unrest over knife attack 1 week ago:
This exactly. Where in the media are they calling this terrorism? Which it is. It’s a pogrom. Seems you can only be a terorist in the uk if you are not white, a muslim, an environmentalist, an anti-war protester or an old lady holding up a “I support Palestine Action” placard. When neo-nazi terrorists appear it’s called a “disturbance”.
- Comment on Tommy Robinson meets Elon Musk’s father in Moscow 1 week ago:
Tommy Robinson’s World tour. Isn’t it strange that there’s a network of billionaires, oligarchs, tech bosses, crypto-enthusiasts and neo-nazis who are organising internationally - and people wonder why the far-Right is on the ascendence?
- Comment on A&E patients with non-urgent ailments may be told to come back later under NHS plans 1 week ago:
If you live anywhere near me then your GP will not see you. There’s no way to legitimately book a regular appointment and you are given the advice to call 111 or go to A&E. They have an “online” system where you take photos of whatever’s ailing you and someone will call you. When I tried that a couple of years ago, the app didn’t work. My impression is that older and elderly people are deiberately given more access to NHS services (but that could be just my perception).
- Comment on [Video] Hasan Piker gets LBC journalist Lewis Goodall to admit he values Israeli lives a thousand times more than Palestinian lives 1 week ago:
I listened to the interview when the shortened version was broadcast as part of Goodall’s show. I didn’t hear him say that. Incredibly disappointing if Goodall said it as blatantly as that. What I heard was Goodall repeatedly pushing Piker about comparisons with the Holocaust (which Piker answered well I thought) only for Goodall to ignore Piker’s answer and repeat the question again and again with mock outrage.
Can anyone post the link to the video as it doesn’t seem to be working?
- Comment on The Neo-Nazi and Far-Right Coalition that Converged on Southampton Over Henry Nowak’s Murder 2 weeks ago:
Yes, eaten up by it. Gnashing their teeth and rending at their own flesh as they blame small badges of the Palestinian flag for everything that’s wrong about the UK!
- Comment on Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's Daughters Are Still Receiving Rent-Free Royal Accommodation 2 weeks ago:
Nothing to see here… move along, please, move along… LOOK AT THOSE WORKSHY DISABLED ON PIP BENEFITS OVER THERE!
- Comment on The Neo-Nazi and Far-Right Coalition that Converged on Southampton Over Henry Nowak’s Murder 2 weeks ago:
Funny how we have nazis openly sieg heiling on the streets - unabashedly standing right in front of rows of police when they do - and yet MPs and the media are consumed with banning NHS workers from wearing small badges.
- Comment on Jeremy Clarkson's choir wins Britain's Got Talent 3 weeks ago:
Next year’s winners: Enoch Powell’s rhythm and blues combo.
- Comment on Self Esteem says efforts to make West End more accessible ‘aren’t going that well’ 3 weeks ago:
I’ve long wanted to take my kids to the theatre in London but it’s just far too beyond our means. Back in the 1990s I could get tickets to see plays at the National Theatre or RSC for £10-20. Not always the best seats but good enough to see some of the country’s finest actors performing in stunning performances. Even though I was from a working class background I had the chance to develop a sense of culture. It’s something just not possible now.
- Comment on Manchester cafe owner says police tried to recruit him to spy on Palestine Action 3 weeks ago:
GMP said it was unable to comment.
I’ve long felt that the whole UK is riddled with so many state “agents” of varying degrees that it would make soviet East Germany look like a model of democratic propriety. All the political parties are full of undercover agents, all major media, civil service, education. Wonder where the old bobby on the beat is? He’s spying on you and me to keep an eye on us to make sure we’re not a threat to the established order.
- Comment on UK experiences ‘tropical night’ after hottest ever May day 3 weeks ago:
Quite soon it will Wimblon and will rain and people will say they’ve never seen the like before and Cliff Richard will be wheeled out to croak “Summer Holiday”.
- Comment on From @bbcnewsni on Instagram 4 weeks ago:
And yet millions of people travel with cancer across the world. And probably travel without the assistance of a dozen aides, security and who knows what else. Just like the King smelling bread, a woman with cancer travelling to another country really isn’t news.
- Comment on From @bbcnewsni on Instagram 4 weeks ago:
It’s bizarre. Same as the reports of his son praising Kate for going abroad on her own. What a weird fucking country.
- Comment on UK Sees Lowest Viewing Figures for Eurovision Final Since 2010 4 weeks ago:
Shouldn’t the UK also be barred from entry bearing in mind a majority of this country declared it was opposed to the Euro vision?
- Comment on UK Sees Lowest Viewing Figures for Eurovision Final Since 2010 4 weeks ago:
Is asking why Australia IS allowed to take part - but the USA not also hatred?
- Comment on Fire and ‘sheer volume’: how Britain’s 6m-vape problem is putting recycling under strain 5 weeks ago:
Stick a massive recycling tax on them.
- Comment on Man hit by van in Birmingham after residents take down union flags put up by anti-migrant group 5 weeks ago:
Black flags!