AIBU to question the media response to the Belfast attack?

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Why are the media being silent on the Belfast attack?

Is the open borders narrative that important to them that they feel the need to ignore one of the most horrific attacks ever seen on a UK street?

I despair for the future of the UK. It’s grim.

Oh I think we did. We had chapter and verse about the 'troubles' for years.

Some consultants do actually come ‘off boats’ - there’s a scheme with the BMA to upskill drs ‘off boats’ and allow them to work pre acceptance/rejection of asylum claim. https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/international-doctors-and-students/getting-a-job-in-the-uk/help-for-refugee-doctors

Where do we stand in these then - run and hide, or be treated?

Yes I’m British and 34 and even then I would recognise the names of the key players, victims and ‘disappeared’ in this long and sad story. It has all been highly publicised and still is at certain times.

How do you know he's a religious fanatic?

How do you know this isn't a drug deal gone wrong?

How do you know this isn't a gang dispute?

How do you know this isn't someone seriously mentally unwell?

The above are all possibilities.

Which is why the facts have to be established before the media start reporting on them.

At the moment, the only thing anyone can say with any confidence is that there was a horrific attack.

If it happened to you or one of your family you'd be happy for it to be kept quiet?

Very strange narratives on these threads. Surely liberals can't be that stupid?

I think we should revisit your questions next week. Are you happy to assure you likely think it’s one of the above?

I said all of the above are possibilities. I'm not holding out one over any others.

I'm very happy to wait and see what has actually gone on.

If I’m being honest I think the Celtic countries have been quite lofty toward England over the years, viewing us as racist xenophobes for not cheering the thought of more immigration, and seeing it as an indictment of our ‘colonialist mindset’. Sadly, as they themselves have increased their immigrant population, they are now grappling with the issues which England started experiencing a long time ago. It’s going to be an uncomfortable debate for them I think, but incidences like this sort of force you to have it. I hope this doesn’t result in flaming wheelie bins being tossed at police officers however.

N Irish justice minister asking people not to watch/share. "I would ask people not to share the very graphic images and footage of the attack," Naomi Long said.
"They are deeply disturbing and traumatising to view," she added.

Yes, by idiots who jump to conclusions before all the facts are known.

It is reported. It is horrific. But actual news outlets don’t just report on social
media videos and junk to conclusions and nor do the police.
That attacker was clearly unhinged IMHO.

It’s not stupidity. It’s deliberate downplaying of any violence where the victim is white and the perpetrator is not. Whilst any interracial violence the other way round (victim non-white, perpetrator white) is highlighted and publicised.

The “troubles”? Ffs, do you know how many people died?

Why would I have seen that at the point I wrote the post?
I don’t use X. I don’t watch voyeuristic, ghoulish videos on the internet.
I was responding to the ops accusation that it wasn’t being reported in the media. It was.

400 I believe?

I won’t watch but without the footage the media would run with stabbing.

Well I would not be happy about the video circulating- I’d be very distressed in fact.

Yes I would - I don’t think watching nearly 9 minutes of anyone’s death helps anyone at all - except within a trial.

The fact that horrible crimes are committed by white people isn't a good argument against importing lots more people with a disposition to committing horrible crimes.

We are allowing in hundreds of thousands of young men from cultures with primitive attitudes to women. We know nothing about their religious and political beliefs, which may be completely hostile to western civilisation. We don't know if they are already involved with Islamic terrorist organisations.

They may have experienced horrific violence. A history of trauma, combined with a move to a country with a culture completely alien to them, is a combination likely to cause mental health issues which may make them dangerous.

*4000

You are lost! I hope you find peace x

But trials sometimes only happen as a result of public pressure and awareness. Otherwise who do you expect would report these things? The officers in GF were hardly going to report themselves were they? Video evidence isn’t nice but it prevents cover ups.

My sister (white British) was violently attacked by a mentally ill (white British) stranger in public in front of me when I was a child.

Maybe be a little less cavalier with what you recommend people watch on the internet.

It caused anger. I didn’t watch that either but I’m not for censorship. If people do horrific things they can be judged for it not just in the silence of courts, politicians and media glossing over with ‘stabbing’.

It’s horrific and shouldn’t be erased.

Indeed. There appears to be a concerted effort to force UK people to just accept this. I wonder where it's coming from.