Police officers hurt, vehicles set on fire in violent protest in Bristol, England

[Scott]

Please get back on topic.   Continue and posts will be removed.  

 

[brianthainess]

23 hours ago, ivor bigun said:

,being taught by left wing and woke teachers ,

So you'd prefer Right wing teachers jeez, the UK has community cops on the beat, and constant patrol cars with CV everywhere that WORK and are monitored 24/7. 

[bert bloggs]

58 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

So you'd prefer Right wing teachers jeez, the UK has community cops on the beat, and constant patrol cars with CV everywhere that WORK and are monitored 24/7. 

Dont know about you  or anyone else but i personally would ptefere teachers that taught reading writting and arithmatic ,just like they did when i was in school 

[Surelynot]

5 minutes ago, bert bloggs said:

Dont know about you  or anyone else but i personally would ptefere teachers that taught reading writting and arithmatic ,just like they did when i was in school 

As a teacher, 25 years in UK state schools,.....I can assure you that is all they do...teach.......there is, I am sure, a broad spectrum of political views held by teachers and those views remain private, even in the staff room. The notion that kids are indoctrinated in anyway is beyond ludicrous and a notion  propagated by rightwing nut jobs.

Edited March 23, 2021 by Surelynot

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4 hours ago, Surelynot said:

As a teacher, 25 years in UK state schools,.....I can assure you that is all they do...teach.......there is, I am sure, a broad spectrum of political views held by teachers and those views remain private, even in the staff room. The notion that kids are indoctrinated in anyway is beyond ludicrous and a notion  propagated by rightwing nut jobs.

Is that what you told your pupils?

[from the home of CC]

19 hours ago, shy coconut said:

From what I understand, the actual demonstration was a peaceful well organized occasion with the majority wearing masks etc.

 

It was the rent a mob "anarchist" types who often hijack these events who turned violently against the police.

from what I saw from the streaming of this event (sun, ruptly) online, masks were not being worn by many and  even less in the EU various protests during the same time period (against lockdowns and mask wearing) Such a shame to be so close in possibly getting an advantage over covid  (through the vax) only to allow super spreader events. Buddha help us all if a deadlier disease is let loose..

[John Drake]

On 3/22/2021 at 8:55 AM, webfact said:

"Thuggery and disorder by a minority will never be tolerated," she said.

 

It is tolerated all the time. It was tolerated last summer. It will be tolerated this summer. 

[Red Forever]

On 3/22/2021 at 11:50 AM, BritManToo said:

You're wrong, they were socialists, that's why they were the National Socialist German Workers Party. The whole movement was based on union organisers and overthrowing those who held all the wealth. Nazi political strategy focused on anti-big business, anti-bourgeois, and anti-capitalist rhetoric which (as far as I can see) is identical to the aims of the people protesting in Bristol today.

 

Back to the OP, Bristol was always a bit rough, I remember riots when I lived there back in the 1970s.

What uninformed drivel.

The fascists used the word to suck in the lower orders in a similar way that Kippers in UK used the word Independence in their title. i e. bogus.

Thankfully we beat the right wing fascists then and judging by events in UK currently we have a battle on our hands against Bojo's right wing rabble.

Power to the protesters!

[Red Forever]

On 3/22/2021 at 5:56 PM, bert bloggs said:

He couldnt list them ,it would be to long for you to read in one sitting

Go on then, name one benefit.

[BenDeCosta]

Most of these people rioting in Bristol couldn't give a rat's ass about the aim of the protest, they are just there to cause trouble because they are a bunch of loony anarchists. I've spent a lot of time there, I've met these types. They'll gladly tell you about how they only eat vegan food and meditate everyday, but they are full of hatred and violence for people who think anything different to them. 

[BritManToo]

Just now, BenDeCosta said:

They'll gladly tell you about how they only eat vegan food and meditate everyday, but they are full of hatred and violence for people who think anything different to them. 

Would agree the cycling vegans i mix with are always looking for a fight (mainly with each other).

As I posted before, used to live in Bristol in the 1970s, always protests and violence in the centre of town.

 

[BenDeCosta]

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

Would agree the cycling vegans i mix with are always looking for a fight (mainly with each other).

As I posted before, used to live in Bristol in the 1970s, always protests and violence in the centre of town.

 

Never lived in Bristol but used to work there and had many nights out there, and been to a few house parties. Met a lot of "crusty" types who were staunchly anti-police for no good reason, probably because they were all on drugs. Now it's an extremely left-wing city, I won't be going back there ever again.

[Chomper Higgot]

15 minutes ago, BenDeCosta said:

Most of these people rioting in Bristol couldn't give a rat's ass about the aim of the protest, they are just there to cause trouble because they are a bunch of loony anarchists. I've spent a lot of time there, I've met these types. They'll gladly tell you about how they only eat vegan food and meditate everyday, but they are full of hatred and violence for people who think anything different to them. 

Out of curiosity, how many have you spoken with in order to come to that conclusion?

 

 

[Chomper Higgot]

9 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Would agree the cycling vegans i mix with are always looking for a fight (mainly with each other).

As I posted before, used to live in Bristol in the 1970s, always protests and violence in the centre of town.

 

Please, leave your problems with cyclists out of this.

[BenDeCosta]

17 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Out of curiosity, how many have you spoken with in order to come to that conclusion?

 

 

 

Thanks to the wonder of WhatsApp, I'm in regular contact with some of my old friends and colleagues there and this is the general consensus. Of course, they could be wrong, but I don't think so. Apparently the main aim of the "protest" was decent and well-meaning, but was high-jacked by a bunch of people looking to cause trouble. Many people in Bristol seem to have extreme-left views and opinions.

Edited March 31, 2021 by BenDeCosta

[Chomper Higgot]

3 minutes ago, BenDeCosta said:

 

Thanks to the wonder of WhatsApp, I'm in regular contact with some of my old friends and colleagues there and this is the general consensus. Of course, they could be wrong, but I don't think so. Apparently the main aim of the "protest" was decent and well-meaning, but was high-jacked by a bunch of people looking to cause trouble.

OK so second hand information.

 

Gotchya!

 

[BenDeCosta]

1 minute ago, Chomper Higgot said:

OK so second hand information.

 

Gotchya!

 

 

Yes, you got me. You think I can be here and in Bristol at the same time?

[Chomper Higgot]

3 minutes ago, BenDeCosta said:

 

Yes, you got me. You think I can be here and in Bristol at the same time?

What I think is irrelevant, what I know (because you just confirmed it) is you have no firsthand knowledge of the motivations of the people you are so keen to denigrate and we only have your word for the existence of the secondhand  information you say you base your comments on.

 

 

[BenDeCosta]

27 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

What I think is irrelevant, what I know (because you just confirmed it) is you have no firsthand knowledge of the motivations of the people you are so keen to denigrate and we only have your word for the existence of the secondhand  information you say you base your comments on.

 

 

Yawn. I'm just conveying my opinions and the information I have been provided, ignore at your leisure. This isn't a court of law where I need to provide signed affidavits from what my friends have told me. If you don't believe what I have said, just ignore it. I respect what you say, but just because I didn't have first hand knowledge of something doesn't mean it's not worth saying.

Edited March 31, 2021 by BenDeCosta

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3 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Please, leave your problems with cyclists out of this.

Not even funny.