yes, that’s precisely the point.
if you treat people as if they are subhuman and deserving of shitty treatment (as in racism, or similar strategies) you can simply accuse anyone of being in or assisting the “out-group” and waive their rights of, well, being treated as regular humans.
so they are now “justified” to take people inconveniencing the state’s plans regardless of who they are and just drag them to prison as punishment for dissenting. it’s also an easy way to get rid of the pesky public opinion problem and just do your genocide unimpeded. they help zionists genocide children, so not surprising they do this to blind and sick old people.
of course, this kind of thing was normalized over centuries of racism and otherwise “othering” people, especially in a major colonial power like the uk. is why this kind of thing can happen without major backlash, they are just turning it against their own people now.
the way forward is learning from the paradox of tolerance, and turning our hate to the ones responsible for it: the fascists and oligarchs in control of the state, along with their enablers eg. the policemen and media puppets “following the orders” to “keep the order” or some bullshit.
If anyone needs more proof that All Cops Are Cowards, this photo is it. Ranks right up there with grannies being zip tied to their wheelchairs. By the way, All Cops Are Cowards.
This is not a part of our history we should be proud of.
Which part of UK’s history are the UKians supposed to be proud of?
Oh, there’s loads of it.
But you asked, so let’s pick one at random. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_Africa
Blockading Africa to force the Americans to stop transporting slaves and ended the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Let’s go down the NATOpedia articles rabbit-hole, let’s start with the one you provided:
First article
The Blockade of Africa began in 1808 after the United Kingdom outlawed the Atlantic slave trade, making it illegal for British ships to transport slaves. The Royal Navy immediately established a presence off Africa to enforce the ban, called the West Africa Squadron. Although the ban initially applied only to British ships, Britain negotiated treaties with other countries to give the Royal Navy the right to intercept and search their ships for slaves.
Ok, that’s odd… The slave trade ended but only partially by 1808… Let’s review the Slave Trade Act 1807 from NATOpedia, I’m sure there’s a perfectly reasonable expla-:
The Slave Trade Act 1807 Wikipedia Article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Trade_Act_1807)
The Slave Trade Act 1807 (47 Geo. 3 Sess. 1. c. 36), or the Abolition of Slave Trade Act 1807,[1] was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom prohibiting the Atlantic slave trade in the British Empire. Although it did not automatically emancipate those enslaved at the time, it encouraged British action to press other nation states to abolish their own slave trades. It took effect on 1 May 1807, after 18 years of trying to pass an abolition bill.[2]
Many of the supporters thought the act would lead to the end of slavery.[3] Slavery on English soil was unsupported in English law and that position was confirmed in Somerset’s case in 1772, but it remained legal in most of the British Empire until the passing of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 73).
However it was not until 1937 that the trade of slaves was made illegal throughout the British Empire, with Nigeria and Bahrain being the last British territories to abolish slavery.
Let’s zoom in to the 3rd citation, seems interesting…
Hey hold on a second, the British Empire needed two Acts to prevent the very thing that fueled their empire? And they BROKE DA LAW 😱? It’s almost as if it was intended for some reason… Noooo, it can’t be, let’s just check a little deeper about the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 that was mentioned on the 2nd article, surely this time slavery was no more?
Slavery Abolition Act 1833 Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833)
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 73) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which abolished slavery in the British Empire by way of compensated emancipation. [1]
Ok that’s great! Slaverytm was officially no more by 1833… Hey wait a second, what is that citation doing there? Let’s check it out, this ought to blow our minds:
No way… they continued SLAVERY? Inconceivable, outright impossible to imagine! And the European settlers in North America still continue their longstanding tradition inherited from the British and other previously powerful European colonial countries, this time by rephrasing the word “slaves” to the more neutral term “illegal immigrants”? What has the world come to! 😱
Again, I ask you: Which part of UK’s history are the UKians supposed to be proud of? Less NATOpedia-ing, more grounded facts that aren’t hidden behind layers of citations.
Unborn fetuses inside pregnant mothers in Gaza are also terrorists according to imperialist logic. So this should not surprise us.
Death to britain death to israel death to america
I love that a news site called itself Council Estate Media
idd, I hadn’t heard of it before and it sounded a bit dodgy (felt like a rightwing dogwhistle) but it seems not to be that.
Council Estate Media is the online content brand of John Ghent, a Leicester-based estate agent who has gained a following for his social media videos about the city’s local history and neighborhoods. The content focuses on giving a unique, personal perspective on council estates, forgotten buildings, and local landmarks, often with a nostalgic and humorous tone.
It’s an important story that should be given a lot of exposure, so on this at least, good for him.
Yes some things, like the term ‘collective West’ in one of its titles, also seemed dod whistly to me (this one being a tankie dogwhistle)
It’s being pretty widely reported in the shrinking non rightwing press - even the Grauniad jumps on every granny arrested for terrorism charges.
Good. This is a horrible misuse of law and the government should be made ashamed of it.
I don’t often support protesters, I’m not that easy to rile, but to me these people are heroes and much braver than I am.
