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Topic Originator: The One Who Knocks
Date: Sun 6 Sep 08:14
Yesterday a far right bunch of yobs and thugs, seemingly part of a group called Patriot Platform, dressed all in black blocked all roads and thoroughfares leading to the port of Dover.
They believe in the justness and righteousness of their cause so much that they needed to cover their faces in balaclavas as they intimidated and menaced locals and motorists going about their business. Police made no arrests.
Compare that to the scores of arrests made (and quite rightly so in my opinion) when the likes of Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion were causing disruption and blocking roads. Difference being those folks had the guts to allow their identities to stand alongside their beliefs. The cretins in Dover yesterday had no such conviction.
And although my eyes were open
They just might as well be closed
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Sun 6 Sep 08:41
Likely some of the same idiots putting lives at risk with the driving around that area currently.
Just out to cause trouble no matter what the consequences for others.
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Topic Originator: The One Who Knocks
Date: Sun 6 Sep 10:50
Yeah Ipswich, the similarities between this group and the gangs terrorising estates in Middlesbrough and other towns has not gone unnoticed.
And although my eyes were open
They just might as well be closed
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Sun 6 Sep 11:08
This is why face coverings should be banned. Yeah, I know "what about...". Just ban them.
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Topic Originator: NMCmassive
Date: Sun 6 Sep 11:11
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jake89, Sun 6 Sep 11:08
This is why face coverings should be banned. Yeah, I know "what about...". Just ban them.
Mate, did you run this by Buffy?
COYP
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Topic Originator: Dandy Warhol
Date: Sun 6 Sep 12:05
Only there was no thuggery at all, videos of locals dropping off water, juice, snacks.
Kittens compared to what Antifa get up to.
Sure it`s all performative garbage but calling them thugs? Literally nothing happened.
Gotta keep signalling that virtue though huh?
I don`t wanna go down like disco.
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Topic Originator: The One Who Knocks
Date: Sun 6 Sep 12:11
I also called them cretins as well and stand by both descriptions.
And although my eyes were open
They just might as well be closed
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Topic Originator: Dandy Warhol
Date: Sun 6 Sep 12:14
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The One Who Knocks, Sun 6 Sept 12:11
I also called them cretins as well and stand by both descriptions.
By all means post the footage of the thuggery.
Meanwhile an Iraqi has been charged with the rape of a young boy.
Imagine it was your kid.
The difference between a far right muppet wearing a mask and an Antifa muppet wearing a mask?
I don`t wanna go down like disco.
Post Edited (Sun 06 Sep 12:24)
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Sun 6 Sep 12:26
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Dandy Warhol, Sun 6 Sept 12:14
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The One Who Knocks, Sun 6 Sept 12:11
I also called them cretins as well and stand by both descriptions.
By all means post the footage of the thuggery.
Meanwhile an Iraqi has been charged with the rape of a young boy.
Imagine it was your kid.
I think in the past you have written about the impact of mental as well as physical health.
In that vein, thuggery can be emotional as well as physical.
So here`s a quote from local residents from the BBC that they are extremely intimidated.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cmwyzxlzxpzgt
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Topic Originator: The One Who Knocks
Date: Sun 6 Sep 12:34
Away you go with that pi$h. I`ll take you word for it as I`m not googling for such vile and despicable crimes which no decent person would do anything other than utterly condemn. In this thread though your going to bat for a bunch of far right zealots cosplaying as SA.
And although my eyes were open
They just might as well be closed
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Topic Originator: Bletchley_Par
Date: Sun 6 Sep 12:57
A bunch of men dressed in black who we can`t identify suddenly turn up in an area and cause disruption.
Yeah this stuff is meta.
I`m guessing just stop oil protestors don`t need to wear masks because most of them don`t have a job to lose, they are mostly retired gender studies professors and trust fund kids and they tend to cause criminal damage.
I imagine the gentlemen at Dover are mostly working class, hence the masks and why it took place on a Saturday.
Nice to see a truly peaceful protest rather than a "mostly" or "largely" peaceful one come off.
Having made their point I hope they choose a less disruptive form of protest the next time they decide to congregate.
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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Sun 6 Sep 13:50
Why would they fear losing their job if they are protesting peacefully?
Peaceful protest in the UK is legal. Or are you saying that blocking roads and causing traffic disruption is an illegal act?
No problem with them protesting an issue they wish to protest. But whats the need for the balaclavas and intimidating look? Its clear it was meant to make sure locals/people using the port were too scared to challenge them. The issue is the look of them, rather than their actions, which seemed fairly peaceful.
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Topic Originator: Bletchley_Par
Date: Sun 6 Sep 14:01
Quote:
Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Sun 6 Sep 13:50
Why would they fear losing their job if they are protesting peacefully?
Because some people will brand them "thugs" and "yobs" just because of the way they look, you`d be surprised how many people prejudice btw.
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Peaceful protest in the UK is legal. Or are you saying that blocking roads and causing traffic disruption is an illegal act?
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No problem with them protesting an issue they wish to protest. But whats the need for the balaclavas and intimidating look? Its clear it was meant to make sure locals/people using the port were too scared to challenge them. The issue is the look of them, rather than their actions, which seemed fairly peaceful.
Them dressed like that, in uniform makes them all blend in....them dressed in the "Antifa summer range" means they are unlikely to get any bother from anyone.
If these people are who I think they are they have pulled off quite the coup, kept it so quiet that there was no time for whoever normally informs the counter protesters to show up to do so.
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Sun 6 Sep 14:02
Saturday is also the busiest day of the week for consumer traffic in the port so I wouldn`t jump to that assumption Bletchley.
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