I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period
You made it, you own it
You always own your intellectual property, mailing list, and subscriber payments. With full editorial control and no gatekeepers, you can do the work you most believe in.
As a liberal who has lost all faith in the current iteration of the left, I have a few thoughts:
1. Describing all of the rioters in England as far right racists, or racist adjacent, is a way to discredit the legit concerns of the populace. He later goes on to describe this technique without realizing he just did the same thing. This is pretty elitist. I followed the riots pretty closely, and yes, some were racist, but they all had legitimate concerns that were being ignored. Ergo, mass riots.
I followed the riots pretty closely, living where they happened. I am desperate to know how looting shoe shops and bakeries is going to address any of this, let alone setting fire to hotels endangering the lives not only of the asylum seekers but also the staff. Particularly just over a month after an election when these people were heard, they just didn’t have the political weight to Result in any significant representation at a national level. If we are now arguing that losing an election mea…
Yea. Not all rioters are politically motivated. Most are just criminals. None are operating in good conscience. You can’t make the world a better place by stealing TVs.
I find it odd how often people on the left and right apologize for rioters.