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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
i owe neither apologies nor explanations, but demonrail does.
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I don't see any need to apologise (to who, BLM?) but I don't mind explaining.
I was saying that we live in an era when political groups make violent statements that require no interpretation. I mistakenly used BLM as an example, but could've easily used certain fundamentalist religious groups, or far right fascist ones instead - who make no bones about their aims and methods. My point was that, in such a climate, maybe a few people's powers of interpretation become blunted to thinly veiled statements of provocation by people such as Trump.
I wasn't aware that the 'dead cops now' chant wasn't actually made by members of BLM. News coverage here suggested it had and I didn't know about any counter claims until El Symbols pointed it out. I imagine the counter claim was big news in the US. It wasn't here, where we had to deal with stuff like Brexit, a resigning prime minister, a labour party meltdown, Boris Johnson's appointment as foreign secretary, whether Tony Blair is a war criminal, a panic about terrorism, Joe Hart's future at Man City.