tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post7087051872137785016..comments2024-03-29T12:11:17.511+00:00Comments on TPQ: I Find That OffensiveAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-9605773694712229542018-04-13T16:33:04.519+01:002018-04-13T16:33:04.519+01:00Ps that was a good example Christopher, I was expe...Ps that was a good example Christopher, I was expecting something more typical. He has tried to explain this , but even that didn’t make sense (he said he went with black friends who were turned away so he didn’t enter upon hearing its membership policy, but that doesn’t explain his picture in a meeting).As Douglas Murray remarks about right wingers with “histories” on the continent , we must DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-61622944217638320602018-04-13T11:22:51.040+01:002018-04-13T11:22:51.040+01:00Christopher, Ireland will need a Tom MacRóibín. Wh...Christopher, Ireland will need a Tom MacRóibín. When 50 guys in one house are queuing on the stairs for their turn on some drugged up Irish girl,and this is a daily occurrence ignored by the police, local government and media. We wont ask what the previous mistakes were of those who try to stop it are. Only people like that are willing to take the risk of saving others, despite knowing what is inDaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-46303486404645664242018-04-12T18:55:13.529+01:002018-04-12T18:55:13.529+01:00DaithiD,
I would argue that his fudging of his me...DaithiD,<br /><br />I would argue that his fudging of his membership of the BNP would constitute 'twisting.' I am, of course, aware that around that time the BNP were attempting to moderate their image, but I highly doubt that he genuinely did not know that non whites couldn't join. Robinson is only a few years older than me, and yet I vividly recall seeing reports like this as a Christopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-34269849590920888862018-04-09T04:47:59.028+01:002018-04-09T04:47:59.028+01:00Christopher , what specifically has Tommy Robinson...Christopher , what specifically has Tommy Robinson twisted? Show me the appropriate level of thinking, I am genuinely interested.<br /><br />.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-43454375740491283572018-04-08T18:56:06.677+01:002018-04-08T18:56:06.677+01:00AM,
didn't know that you knew Claire! What a ...AM,<br /><br />didn't know that you knew Claire! What a coincidence. <br /><br />Yes, the notion of someone (or a group of people) trying to censor what is spoken or written, either because they don't like it or because they "decide" it's dangerous, is something I find repugnant. It's like these people feel that the population is a monolithic blob that all feel the same Christopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-59293363041183560882018-04-08T18:03:15.030+01:002018-04-08T18:03:15.030+01:00Another good review. I was at Claire's wedding...Another good review. I was at Claire's wedding many years ago in Belfast. She does fine work in this area. I agree with Christopher that even bigots like Robinson should not be censored. It is not merely an attack on the right to speak but also on the right to hear. WTF are the censors to tell us what we can and can't hear and then decide on our own response on what we have heard rather AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-38160333080926824182018-04-08T17:30:08.480+01:002018-04-08T17:30:08.480+01:00DaithiD,
in regard to the last comment, yes anyon...DaithiD,<br /><br />in regard to the last comment, yes anyone can use free speech to twist viewpoints (look at the likes of Tommy Robinson and Katie Hopkins) but the onus is on the likes of us to stand up and contradict these viewpoints. Free speech gave us the Belfast Project, and look what we've learnt from it (especially that those in power really don't like it when they're unable Christopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-50905143558763768612018-04-08T10:41:21.227+01:002018-04-08T10:41:21.227+01:00Christopher, you could probably time it to when St...Christopher, you could probably time it to when States moved from outright ownership of industries to control through legislation. Where as before the threat to business came from unionised labour, now it comes from free thinkers. Formerly fascistic groups were the razor in the Establishments hand, now it is “anti-Nazi’s” policing the current risk area of expression. As skeptical as we should be DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-80881708203633039072018-04-07T17:19:55.271+01:002018-04-07T17:19:55.271+01:00DaithiD,
very true observations. Basically, I thi...DaithiD,<br /><br />very true observations. Basically, I think it comes down to the left (or, in this case, the "liberal" left) winning the culture war at the end of the eighties. And a lot of complacency has now set in. Hence the inability of some of them to see an alternative point of view.<br /><br />I do genuinely hope there are more and more people now becoming aware of the threat Christopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-22386224589922186052018-04-06T19:27:51.160+01:002018-04-06T19:27:51.160+01:00Typical that in the U.K., MP’s in Parliament are t...Typical that in the U.K., MP’s in Parliament are the only ones who can say what they wish to freely and without penalty but they cannot trust us with it. <br /><br />However, are they they understanding of a deeper truth that we are yet to learn? It seems we are no longer capable of accessing the benefits that flow from free expression,thus we net only its ill effects. For example,it seems DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.com