WTAF - Far right protests

[Poppi89]

I have just heard on the radio that far-right protesters will be out tomorrow in response to the BLM protesters. People are being urged not to be out in support of BLM tomorrow due to the aggressive nature of the far-right group and BLM protests are being cancelled because of them.

I am outraged by this. The BLM protesters are asking for people to not be killed due to the colour of their skin. They have rightly or wrongly made a decision to put themselves at risk of COVID-19 to help spread this message - a lot of people have called them idiots etc for doing this.

The far-right protests are now also protesting in large groups (but not in response to a murder) and are 'known' for being aggressive. How is this acceptable?

I would like to hear from anyone who is planning to join/agree with these far-right protests and their reasons why?

If you don't think this is just an excuse for the racist yobs to show those BLM protesters that they should STFU then you need to open your eyes.

Why didn't they turn up last week then? It's a reaction to the vandalism and attacks on Churchill/Centoaph last weekend to make sure it's not repeated, after a week of mob rule with statues and the like.

Nickname - Looks like there's yobs on both sides to be honest.

Both "groups" have shown they are capable of extreme violence. BLM are sadly loosing their message in the chaos. It is becoming very Scarey. So much for peaceful protests.

I forgot that scouts and war veterans who want to protect things from vandalism are the ones in the wrong because of a few bad eggs yeah.

Because there are no bad eggs at all attending BLM protests are there? It’s a direct response to the vandalism not the protest itself.

Maybe you had your eyes closed when the BLM were attacking our police with bottles of urine, flares and throwing bicycles at horses and desecrating our Cenotaph and monuments.
No I don’t think you should need an excuse to protect something that is important to you.

"They have rightly or wrongly made a decision to put themselves at risk of COVID-19 to help spread this message - a lot of people have called them idiots etc for doing this."

They are selfish idiots for doing this. And if they have the right to protest, then so does the other side. Only fair.

I will be interested to see if the same people who objected to the BLM demos solely because of CV19 "not coz I'm racist " will be equally worried about the risk this time

Yes I am. I don't give a shit what colour the protestors are, or what their politics are.

Maybe you had your eyes closed when the BLM were attacking our police with bottles of urine, flares and throwing bicycles at horses and desecrating our Cenotaph and monuments such a telling post with the use of the word “our”- who is this “our”???

Not everyone who doesnt agree with the BLM are racist, or agree with slavery, however, one group cannot be allowed to protest and one not. I thought they wanted equality for all. People who do not support or agree with them are not thoughs and the media is wrong to label them so

I have a horrible feeling about this weekend. :(

Winston, the guy who cleaned up the graffiti on the base of Churchill's statue last week said it happened all the time, he is always cleaning the graffiti off.

Makes me think that they've hidden the all statues, they've boxed in a local statue where I am too, because Tommy Robinson has said him and his lot will defend them and the councils don't want bloody Britain First anywhere near their statues

can't stand what's become of the left. They hate this country which is why the working class towns have deserted Labour in their droves

Well said!

It was inevitable that this would happen. Everyone’s a loser here. We have the most right wing Home Secretary I can ever remember and you don’t have to be clairvoyant to see how this is going to end.

The twitterati believe they are the voice of the people - like the Remainers were the voice of the people. You're in some luvvy left wing bubble.
-- there is a big population of racist, right wing trouble makers who will happily spoil for a fight over anything, have probably never looked at Twitter and couldn't care less what your 'inclusive' views are - Black people damaging statues in London is the perfect excuse for a brawl. Poor cops stuck in the middle.

Not everyone who doesnt agree with the BLM are racist,

Either you agree that black lives matter as much as white lives, or you're a racist

If you mean the BLM protests then I agree that's different, but shortening the term to BLM and saying you don't agree with it does read as being racist

Propaganda to discourage BLM. There are always deranged far right agitators looking for a punch up and the mail et al egg them on under the banner of patriotism. If we surrender our streets to them we'll be very sorry indeed. Sometimes you need to choose the least worst option. Stay safe if you're going.

muminabun BLM are far left
Oh, for fucksake.

who is this our why do you ask? Don’t you understand the meaning of the word our? Would you prefer I used ‘the police’.
Maybe you’d like to respond to the fact they were attacked, rather than be pedantic about how I described them.

Tomorrowsanewday yes I would prefer you say the police. The use of the word “our” implies they belong to white British people.

I abhor violence on both sides, I don’t believe the majority of the BLM protestors actually partook in the scenes we saw last weekend.
I agree that the status shouldn’t all be torn down, least not by a lynch mob.
I believe tommy Robinson and his people are the scum of the earth.
I believe now is not the time for mass protests of any kind!

Why does supporting the rights of black people and wanting them to stop being murdered make you left wing?

BLM is too important to be derailed by violence and destruction. The last thing most people want is for Tommy Robinson and his ilk to be able to present themselves as reasonable citizens protecting British heritage from the mob (that will be white heterosexual male British heritage then!).

Why does supporting the rights of black people and wanting them to stop being murdered make you left wing? it doesn’t!
The violence towards every piece of British history and trying to white wash the past away i consider left wing. Sadly I think it’s distorting the message and the opportunity to change the present and future.

BLM want to dismantle the institutions of the state such as the police, the judiciary and prisons. That makes them far left to me.

They are not far-right. Don't believe the nonsense printed in the papers.

You don't need to read 'nonsense' in the papers. You can watch Yaxley-Lennon inciting his supporters to commit violence against BLM supporters on YouTube. There's no need to put any kind of 'slant' on this. You can get the whole racist rant straight from the horse's mouth.

Why are people who have fought for the country, watched friends and relatives die. Be that in France, Germany, Kosovo, Iraq or Afghanistan. Not feel the need to protect the monument to their fallen comrades, when they see the police letting people vandalise it. I know servicemen and women and parents of dead service men who want to go, or are going. They are not just white, they are Ghanaian, Nepalese and Fijian. This is not about wanting to denigrate the BLM, it’s certainly not about supporting Tommy Robinson.
Please don’t assume that everyone who want to protect statues or monuments are racist.