Public disorder in Leicester

[clapham_gull]

Then wait for you to nibble.

I'll have another.

I'd take a little bit more responsibility on how you comment on such events.

The violence in Leicester has been fuelled by misinformation on the internet.

Not doing so is simply lighting the touch paper, so you come back later to observe the effect.

 

[jcdenton08]

Interesting how this thread gets moved, but plenty of others which are far more toxic remain.

Very interesting.

 

[Weststander]

I agree that it can be on any subject as so many threads get hijacked by those that want to find an angle to push their political bias.

I have no idea who I'd vote for if there was an election tomorrow. Some of my views would be considered slightly to the left and some slightly to the right. I detest those with such an extreme view that you can never have a sensible debate ... on politics, gender and other subjects.

I just get the feeling that more of the barbed targeting of comments come from those on the left ... maybe reflecting the overall make up of board contributors.

Just my view anyway ...

Apart from the odd sulker or two who can't take someone possibly having a different view from them, who can be from the left or right, I think it's not too bad here.

The mods/Bozza personally have a mix of political views, in no way a bunch of Corbynistas

Always remember, we've mentioned this before, that if a left-wing poster gets the immediate support of say a dozen others, in the big picture that's an unrepresentative sample of NSC, Sussex and this country. Just another echo chamber in the thread, in the internet age, we're all used to that by now.

A sense of humour helps you keep your sanity too. The Argus covered the scuffles/shouting at the weekend on Victoria Gardens between devout (biological) feminists and transgender rights folk. The comments underneath the article between the sides did make me laugh.

 

[rogersix]

What I find a bit odd, is that the OP has a side-hustle in the media…..yet did not carry out the very simplest of due-diligence to check his source before starting this thread. All he had to do was literally type just the single word Leicester into Google to see all the main news outlets are carrying this story…and in turn find out his source was talking rubbish.

i'm starting to recognize a pattern, maybe the poster has some sort of agenda?

 

[rogersix]

It's generally OK on here for those on the left to make such comments ...

that's a wee bit paranoid

 

[WATFORD zero]

I agree that it can be on any subject as so many threads get hijacked by those that want to find an angle to push their political bias.

I have no idea who I'd vote for if there was an election tomorrow. Some of my views would be considered slightly to the left and some slightly to the right. I detest those with such an extreme view that you can never have a sensible debate ... on politics, gender and other subjects.

I just get the feeling that more of the barbed targeting of comments come from those on the left ... maybe reflecting the overall make up of board contributors.

Just my view anyway ...

Because whether we are getting barbs from the left or right bears no relationship whatsoever to where we sit on the political spectrum, because everyone of us is a finely balanced middle of the political spectrum poster. It's obviously them that are left or right

 

[Deleted member 37369]

Because whether we are getting barbs from the left or right bears no relationship whatsoever to where we sit on the political spectrum, because everyone of us is a finely balanced middle of the political spectrum poster. It's obviously them that are left or right

 

[sydney]

Interesting how this thread gets moved, but plenty of others which are far more toxic remain.

Very interesting.

it has to be down to the subject matter surely , we can't have this sort of content on the main board and even in here we will not discuss the 48 arrests , 1 jailing , numerous injuries to police and also a police dog injured but we will harangue and contradict the OP .....what a strange bunch we have on this board.

 

[sydney]

that's a wee bit paranoid

there's non as blind who can not see or as deaf who will not hear....

 

[sydney]

No the post clearly refers to a media blackout and a single journalist covering it. Both of which aren't true.

There was an extended piece on BBC News radio yesterday, I listened to it.

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it's been going on for over 3 weeks mate...

 

[jcdenton08]

People (including the mods here, apparently, given their decision to move this thread) just get very twitchy whenever an issue involves race. Even when it’s the usual NSC discussion. I just don’t understand it.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Me or Julia Greg?

Both? Whoever is peddling that kind of information, to be honest.

The scary thing about media (social, mainly) is that people will believe whatever they want to believe. Even when you point out that what they've said/written is blatantly not true.

Part of that is because they have an agenda, but also because they can't be arsed to do the slightest bit of research into what is true or not. So a lot of what is written is a load of subjective nonsense.

The phrase 'never let the truth get in the way of a good story' been so popular...