dundeered
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RE: Multiple Stabbings at Southport Mother & Baby Centre.
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Snooks
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RE: Multiple Stabbings at Southport Mother & Baby Centre.
I am naturally appalled at the events of recent days. And once again I am given cause to lament social media and the effect it has generated in British society and many other social systems around the world.
A breeding ground for vitriol, hate, nastiness, rancour, blame and counter blame.
Now also shown to be a platform for organising riots and disorder.
All that is worst in humanity being exposed to its fullest degree. Keyboard warriors emboldened to the point of balaclava thuggery on the streets of this country.
I have long slammed the calling of both the Scottish independence referendum and the Brexit one. They both caused nothing but division, rancour and nastiness.
The more you ask questions about whether people want to break away from everything and everybody the more consequence you have to face up to. Such questions are self righteous navel gazing to the enth degree.
There are large swathes of the population that clearly feel disenfranchised and lacking opportunity in life. I know because I talk to them every day in my job.
Trying to keep people on a sensible trajectory is getting increasingly challenging at least in part because of the gap between rich and poor growing incessantly. Gap in opportunity, gap in perceived self worth, gap in ability to achieve basic things for oneself or for ones family unit.
The danger is that level of disconnect descends into protest, thuggery and violence.
We, like so many countries are faced with an ever more complex and agonising recalibration of our identity as a nation.
The risk of getting increasingly polarised and going down the road of the Americans should be obvious. Division creates hell.
Unity is key but is becoming more and more like a pipe dream.
(This post was last modified: 05-08-2024 11:35 by Snooks.)
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lovebabes56
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RE: UK Riots (Racism & Misinformation At Fault)
I think we all knew this was likely to happen and it was a just a question of 'when' and not 'if'
I think one outcome from all this once it dies down, is the roles social media sites now have to play in this & they need to think far more seriously about the level of content they allow in future, that could re-ignite this, and they need to show some teeth in dealing with such information & content.
They have been lax for far too long. And the newspapers also need to be far more careful too in what they print.
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(This post was last modified: 06-08-2024 07:02 by lovebabes56.)
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gunnar
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RE: UK Riots (Racism & Misinformation At Fault)
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"
“Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds” - Bhagavad Gita
“It's Easier to Fool People Than It Is to Convince Them That They Have Been Fooled.” – Mark Twain.
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