to be utterly sick of protests, marches, rallies, and riots

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What happened today in Belfast was dreadful. Of course it was.

When Sarah Everard died, there were marches. But a day before she died, an Indian woman Sarah's age was knifed to death in the street in Leicestershire. It was an "honour" killing, I think.

Where was HER lantern on the doorstep of Downing Street? Where was HER march?

My point is, dreadful things happen every day and I am so sick and tired of news items sparking so much public rowdiness. It used to be that the media could report on current events without starting a riot. I know that we have always had riots, but they were the occasional one. And because they were not common, they helped effect change. They were a desperate measure reserved for when nothing else had helped.

Now, together with marches, rallies, and protests, society is constantly disrupted, and I am so, so sick of it. I live in a major city and I can't go anywhere without checking what march, rally, protest, or riot is happening, especially at the weekends. And they are so common that they don't help effect change anymore.

The riots are terrible. Thousands and thousands of pounds' worth of lost property in fires, injured bystanders, police calld away from other duties to attend them. And there are "professional" rabble-rousers who travel to marches, protests, and riots. It's not because they're passionate about a cause. They're just passionate about causing trouble.

I travel for work to major American cities and it's even worse over there. Another day, another riot/protest/march/rally.

They have become a feature of today's society, and I wish they would just stop.

Edit: I actually stay in more because of them. I don't go out of my hotel as much when staying in America, and I don't go to the city centre where I live as much. It's so bad when regular people are put off from walking around city centres because of all these annoying dickheads.

I think it is worse in America, and I'm tired of feeling scared to go out when there, in case I run into an uncontrolled crowd - where the police have guns, and the protestors might, depending on the state.

The burning buildings in Belfast are a disgrace. It's not the owners' fault that this happened.

Not ridiculous I'm afraid.

It is. Unless you can name certain topics that are banned by law, you’re talking out of your arse.

Oh it will be ugly alright. But the street thugs burning down houses and attacking police will pay in the end when Farage gets in, to serve his billionaire paymasters as he has been paid to do, and they lose their benefits.

Have you ever tried to get a visa for an overseas doctor? In what ways exactly is it easier and cheaper?

Nope. Some things are so taboo that it's just not going to be possible. The law? No, just a deletion and ban.

I mean what you just said happened didn't actually happen did it?

So not sure why you'd think you or anyone should go to prison for it.

So you don’t have any examples.

I agree.
There will have been an average of 130 stabbings per day in the UK with 2 deaths from stabbing every 3 days.

The protests aren’t against knife crime and the government not acting.

They are racist progroms against foreigners living in the UK or anyone British who looks foreign because that’s who is being scapegoated.

The far right are opportunistic scum whipping up civil unrest. Farage was saying pure cold rage and civil war. Him and Tommy Robinson and several dozen key media figures all need to be arrested and locked away with no access to journalists or ability to communicate outside for inciting violence before we have a Rwanda genocide level of violence going on in our own country.

For those who don’t know, the Rwanda genocide was whipped into being by a media personalities doing the exact same thing Farage, Robinson and other media personalities are doing.
https://idrc-crdi.ca/en/books/media-and-rwanda-genocide

The problem is, on this site, even using the term honour killing is deemed racist as you well know. How would it go if i started a thread about honour killings on here? You know the answer.
The 'left' attempt to gaslight everyone in to thinking it isn't a problem, nothing to see here.

Simply not true. Thankfully this 'woke, leftist' government is doing something about it.

karmanirvana.org.uk/campaigns/current-campaigns/define-hba/#june-2026--push4change-celebration-event-in-the-house-of-lords

I’m with you, OP. I live in Minnesota and my nearest city is Minneapolis, where people thought the death of George Floyd was a great opportunity to burn homes, businesses (several immigrant-owned) and a police station to the ground. The sickeningly ironic part was that protesting the death of one black man led to the death of another black man - Oscar Lee Stewart Jr., who was trapped inside a pawn shop rioters had set on fire. He was a thirty-year-old father of five young children. No one protested his death.

Have you not read my post in its entirety? Is it not easier and cheaper to employ an overseas Dr who has that experience, rather than train a recently qualified UK medical grad? These training posts do not exist.

There was a strident female politician from N. Ireland on Newsnight last night. Think she was SDLP. She was arguing that the debate about immigration had to be amongst the different parties. No mention of the ordinary people who do not want mass immigration and whose thoughts have been ignored for so long. Some of us are old enough to remember when our towns and cities did not resemble third world outposts.

She called for people to set fire to the hotels with asylum seekers in... People did try to set fire to hotels with asylum seekers in. Details in the news article below. It put people's lives in danger. People should be accountable for their actions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce83pj1ggmeo

I am so sorry that other peoples pain is affecting you so much 🙁

I’m concerned of protests turning into riots. I live in an area of high immigration but I’m fearful of the rage that is evident on my local community FB groups, all from 50+ white men. As a PP said, “watch Tip Toe”. I read an article that said the most indoctrinated group of people ore 50+ white men who are watching conspiracy theory videos on social media and believe SM news to be “truth”. I worry for my neighbours and the children I teach - many whom are immigrants or are children of immigrants.

I've seen a picture of the guy's facial injuries, and they're horrific. I'm sure he's very sorry to inconvenience you by being assaulted and horribly mutilated. People who are angry, frustrated, frightened, and feel let down have a right to vent their anger. They feel as if they've been abandoned by their Government to fend for themselves against these barabaric savages.

She said “set fire to them for all I care”

'The guy's' (he actually has a name) family

We are aware of the tensions and talk of protests following this incident. We want to make it absolutely clear that overnight unrest is not welcome, and peaceful protest is the only way forward. We have many migrants who make a deeply valuable contribution to our country, including in our healthcare system and hospitality sector and we depend on them to make our country work. We do not want this terrible tragedy to be used to divide people or fuel hostility.

I live in an area of high immigration and I have no alternative but to agree with you, sad as that is. The landscape of my home town has changed out of all recognition, there is overpopulation, crime has soared and the things the politicians tell us simply aren’t happening as a result of migration, we see happening every day. People are sick of being gaslighted by those who live in ivory towers and don’t suffer the consequences of their failures.

And I’ve seen images of children being led out of their home as it burns. Equally horrific.

Were they blinded ? Did they have life changing injuries ? If not, that is a ridiculous statement.

It’s not pain. It’s racism.

It is interesting that Farage represents the most deprived ward in the country (not one of the most, it is the most deprived). They support him because they are already the most deprived, because they are the white working class males who are the most underachieving demographic. But they are still told they have ‘white privilege’ and that other groups need support more than they do.

People are worried and frightened that they'll be the next to be attacked by some foreign, mentally ill maniac.

I think the attempted murder of young children is horrific. Sorry you’re so lacking in empathy that you don’t.