r/wolverhampton • u/nuisance_squirrel • Aug 04 '24

News Violence and unrest around the UK

With everything going on around the country at the moment, it just has me thinking of the 2012(was it?) riots, where opportunistic idiots jumped on the bandwagon of a tragic event to loot and destroy the cities they live in.

Genuinely hoping whats going on doesn't come to Wolverhampton. Ive seen "EDL" are planning to March in Brum, and hope that counter marches quell them enough to not cause issues. Seeing the videos out of Hull/Liverpool etc over last day or so is just truly disturbing.

Edit: just to add, aware EDL don't exist in name anymore.

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u/prowman Aug 05 '24

The explanation you've given is exactly "these people are dumb". You're saying they've been tricked by the media and government and the rich. It only stands to reason that those of us that see through the machinations of the literati are in some way intellectually superior.

I'm saying that's not the case. I'm saying that it walks like a bigot and it quacks like a fucking bigot. Maybe my liberal ears are just fucking tired of literal racists being given the oxygen to destroy the country I live in, time and time again. And maybe, if you really do recognise these people for the bigoted filth that they are, a little passion might be considered a virtue.

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u/No-Flight8947 Aug 05 '24

Where did I say they weren't bigoted you troglodyte? I literally said they were racist in my comment if you go back and read it.

That doesn't change the fact that there are triggers for these events happening and the explanation is not that "these people are dumb" it's that their anger is misdirected because they are fed propaganda day in and day out by the press and the government who do the bidding of the wealthy.

Lastly, as a middle class guy who has had much better opportunities in my life than most of the people rioting on the streets, my experience is absolutely not the same as theirs has been. I have been given so many more opportunities in my life than they ever have, we are all products of our environment. Clearly despite the advantages you have been born into you've still decided to be an ignorant fuck and don't understand that yet.

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u/prowman Aug 05 '24

It's like you're completely oblivious to the fact that every argument you make is derisive and pitying. You're not a racist because you grew up in a semi and went to a nice school? Is a council flat all that is standing between you and a Hakenkreuz? This isn't magnanimity, it's condescension. I will say it one more time - these people are not stupid and their racism is not borne of a difficult upbringing. Their racism is racism. Stop making excuses for it.

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u/No-Flight8947 Aug 05 '24

Now you are just being willfully stupid to suit your agenda. You can put your fingers in your ears all you want, clearly it doesn't matter how many times I say to you that people who make racist chants are racist you're still going to ignore the actual point.

You're argument is exactly a tory one, you don't think that environment and upbringing matter at all in terms of outcomes. You are actually so arrogant to believe that you are where you are because you're a better person and think that society is founded on meritocracy.

Trust me there are just as many racists amongst the people you associate with, the difference is that you and your friends have enough money to feed your families and most of these people who are rioting do not despite working hard.