Coronavirus and BLM protests

[Starlive23]

There must be 300 people stood shoulder to shoulder in my city centre, drinking and shouting and hugging and generally not following any social distancing at all.

I am BAME. I am also a NHS nurse.

I totally understand the anger. I do. I feel it too.

I have however worked incredibly hard during the pandemic and feel the same people out clapping for the NHS are now putting us back at least a month. I feel absolutely broken. I came home from work and I just feel like crying.

[Flaxmeadow]

demeaned and equated with being reckless middle class kids.

Why is it demeaning to point out that someone is middle class?

Young people are more reckless than older people. I was reckless when I was a teenager or in my early 20's. I took more risks. It's what young people do. It isn't a criticism.

I think more young people should become involved in debate and protest, although maybe not take offence in words and sentences so much, or try to find hidden meaning in them. I'm not saying this about you or anyone here. It just seems a trend to take offence. To have certain opinions, opinions that are not considered politicallly polite or correct, censored incase it might upset someone.

I'm not talking about personal attacks, which are always wrong, but current ideas around what is and isn't up for debate. No platforming for example

[MadameMarie]

I think we can expect covid to run wild through London again in a few weeks

[BMW6]

OP

Thank You - and all your colleagues

[MsSafina]

Its totally out of order for them to be running around towns in crowds like this with the police apparently powerless to shut it down in case they kick off with riots. Whipped up by Channel 4 and the usual suspects.

[MadameMarie]

@MsSafina

Its totally out of order for them to be running around towns in crowds like this with the police apparently powerless to shut it down in case they kick off with riots. Whipped up by Channel 4 and the usual suspects.

Wait for Boris, Khan or the Met to get the blame in a few weeks when the foolhardy non-social distancing protests cause a huge spike in London.

"the police are powerless" so we've basically given the streets up but we knew that already with knife crime.

[MsSafina]

Funny how Channel 4 are creaming themselves over these demos while fulminating over Cummings and his drive up North. Why should anyone bother with social distancing when these plonkers can get away with it?