There has been a lot of ink spilled over immigration, division and antisemitism. There isn’t much talk about how the attacker is clearly mentally ill.
LeoLH1994 on
Lovely stuff, and it should be posted by all the websites, and not just GB news. We need the positivity and kindness to get more news than the hate and impatience.
changhyun on
This feels like a bit of a balm for the soul after so much awfulness. Genuinely very nice to see.
Terry__Tibbs on
The government deploys its controlled spontaneity strategy. Diverse crowds sing don’t look back in anger. The common folk feel comforted and stop worrying. Every time.
KeithCadfael on
This ritual again: a solidarity march or concert, a few soft-focus speeches and the familiar ‘don’t look back in anger’ script.
It’s become a way of smoothing over public anxiety without ever touching the hard questions underneath. The symbolism gets treated as closure – look away, no problem here – and anyone who asks why these incidents keep happening is told they’re being unhelpful or divisive.
It’s tiresome.
Sweet_Coast_378 on
This is what people can’t grasp, you can almost 100 people march every day, but all it takes is one nutter with a knife to hinder that progress and even if it’s only one nutter a month, that’s a lot of progress undone.
Edit: What’s with the downvotes? Like seriously, this march, even in this thread has been pointed out it’s only been reported on GB News, yet the attack itself has been everywhere for weeks. What is it I said that was wrong?
JB_UK on
I’m pretty sceptical of gestures like this, because the people committing the violence are not part of the in group for whom these marches will mean anything. If you want a meaningful action, have a march against antisemitism organised by the mosques in East London, held on those streets. All the mosques could get together to give a sermon on non violence, that would be great. But what good does it do marching through the place which is under attack? It’s not the victims of these attacks that need to be preached to.
edfie_1878 on
The irony of the left saying don’t look back in anger (when it suits them!) when they can’t control their anger any time someone goes against their Nazi rhetorics.
Bon_Courage_ on
Call me cynical – but have they put the only two visibly muslim women at the front for the photo.
TheSpacePopinjay on
This will absolutely make a difference to violence just like artists against the Vietnam war.
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There has been a lot of ink spilled over immigration, division and antisemitism. There isn’t much talk about how the attacker is clearly mentally ill.
Lovely stuff, and it should be posted by all the websites, and not just GB news. We need the positivity and kindness to get more news than the hate and impatience.
This feels like a bit of a balm for the soul after so much awfulness. Genuinely very nice to see.
The government deploys its controlled spontaneity strategy. Diverse crowds sing don’t look back in anger. The common folk feel comforted and stop worrying. Every time.
This ritual again: a solidarity march or concert, a few soft-focus speeches and the familiar ‘don’t look back in anger’ script.
It’s become a way of smoothing over public anxiety without ever touching the hard questions underneath. The symbolism gets treated as closure – look away, no problem here – and anyone who asks why these incidents keep happening is told they’re being unhelpful or divisive.
It’s tiresome.
This is what people can’t grasp, you can almost 100 people march every day, but all it takes is one nutter with a knife to hinder that progress and even if it’s only one nutter a month, that’s a lot of progress undone.
Edit: What’s with the downvotes? Like seriously, this march, even in this thread has been pointed out it’s only been reported on GB News, yet the attack itself has been everywhere for weeks. What is it I said that was wrong?
I’m pretty sceptical of gestures like this, because the people committing the violence are not part of the in group for whom these marches will mean anything. If you want a meaningful action, have a march against antisemitism organised by the mosques in East London, held on those streets. All the mosques could get together to give a sermon on non violence, that would be great. But what good does it do marching through the place which is under attack? It’s not the victims of these attacks that need to be preached to.
The irony of the left saying don’t look back in anger (when it suits them!) when they can’t control their anger any time someone goes against their Nazi rhetorics.
Call me cynical – but have they put the only two visibly muslim women at the front for the photo.
This will absolutely make a difference to violence just like artists against the Vietnam war.