So tragic. Words are not violence. That man was of the generation which was taught that words can never harm you. Because they can't. You can be offended by words or upset by them but that's physically harmless. How absolutely disgusting that our country is now run by such conmen and shysters who have infiltrated everywhere. A confident country run by confident people would have no issue with people saying anything they wanted to.
you mean "democracy" don't you? the sort the bbc is so keen to protect with all the verification it does nowadays. the sort hillary clinton is so keen to protect by ensuring the internet is mostly silent. not the sort of democracy where ideas can be openly discussed and rude insults can be hurled.
Oh yes, my mistake. Practically all the terms of description require scare quotes, being a travesty of the facts to which these labels are attached. Sorry.
My heart goes out to a brave man who has been killed by the Police State.
His only crime was to speak the TRUTH !
His only crime was to take a stand against alien invasion !
My name is George Tzamouranis and I was born in Athens, Greece, in 1965.
My grandparents in Nazi-occupied Greece, in 1941-1944, had looked up to the British as the most civilised nation on this planet.
Today Britain has become the laughing-stock of the whole world. What's gone wrong ?
Where is Winston Churchill's finest hour ? Where is the fighting spirit of the blitz ?
I truly admire Nigel Farage, and I truly admire Tommy Robinson, for their boldness and courage in speaking THE BLUNT TRUTH !
I guess I'm an immigrant, in the sense that my parents decided to move from Greece and to settle in Wimbledon, back in 1970, when I was just FIVE years of age and my sister was just SEVEN years of age, but THERE WAS A REASON for my dad's arrival in the UK with his family : he was a journalist and he had been stationed in London as the correspondent for a Greek newspaper.
The problem today is that ALL THE TRASH AND THE DREGS OF SOCIETY FROM THIRD-WORLD COUNTRIES are arriving in the UK, WITH or WITHOUT money, WITH or WITHOUT permission, and WITH or WITHOUT any reason for BEING here !
We are seeing a breakdown in the NHS, in housing provision, in schooling, in law and order, because THE UK HAS BEEN FLOODED with gangsters and criminals.
We are also seeing a rapid Islamification of ALL our inner cities.
I'm WITH you, Nigel Farage, I'm WITH you, Tommy Robinson, and I have repeatedly voted for Brexit and for Reform. We must KICK OUT the Albanian and Romanian gangsters, the Gipsy beggars, the West African and Vietnamese heroin-mules, the Arab trash of various nationalities, and we must make Britain beautiful again, the way this land was MEANT to be !
Here in the US, hate speech is alive and well--as long as it's directed towards the targets of the Regime. Say anything against White men, Christians, and conservatives and it will not be an impediment to career advancement. In fact it's de rigueur in order to hold tenure at university or a job spouting political analysis on teevee.
However, it is ALWAYS hateful to point out who commits violent crime at a disproportionate rate. And any criticism of one nation in particular will get you smeared as a bigot. There is also only one incident in history that is strictly forbidden to investigate, lest you find yourself in the same basket of deplorable to which Hillary Clinton consigned half of America. Why is that???
What to do? Keep noticing. Keep talking. The Regime depends on self-censorship to get by until official government-sanctioned censorship is enthroned. The more we talk about "forbidden" topics, the more mainstream they become.
I'm an American Anglophile and have always wanted to visit Great Britain. Considering what is happening now, I'm not so sure that would be wise because I'm not the best at withholding opinions. We have the 1st Amendment (so far, unless John Kerry et al have their way and I hope they never do) protecting speech as long as we FIGHT for it. Can an American be jailed in England for "offensive speech" if he's just visiting? I have a niece visiting Scotland right now for her destination wedding. Is this happening there, too?
Use your approach/avoid instinct and you’ll be fine. Direct confrontation of the authorities with wordviolence is probably not on your agenda. Scotland is great, you will love it.
I hope one day to go, we shall see. The exquisite Lady Diana married that man in 1981 the summer I was 10. I got up at 0300 to watch the pre-wedding festivities and on till 1100 when they boarded Britannia for honeymoon. I've been hooked ever since (oh and a voracious reader or Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie thanks to the Bookmobile).
Most people will kill you. I’m talking about your neighbours your colleagues maybe your spouse maybe your children. Try, see what happens; Show this article to them, see how that goes!
They won’t say they are glad he killed himself, people don’t say that out loud. But quietly, they’ll think he got what he deserved. Lawfare, yes, Trump, yes, how many people were happy. You, maybe?
No no no no no no no, can’t let ya off the hook that easy; This is exactly how we work; This is exactly how human beings work.
Nah, most people won't kill you. Some will. Most civilised people freeze at the sight of deadly violence. Being able to tell the difference helps. You can't always tell, and I have been lucky at least once. I often speak more bluntly in reality than on here.
There are a lot of basically decent people in the world. This sort of thing horrifies them, because it is horrible to realise the people you see on the telly are this cruel.
Will some people feel satisfied that others suffer more? Of course they will. I think the inability of the innocent to imagine the reality of evil a great helpmeet to harm. There is plenty of tragedy in the human condition, but we are not all villains - and that is part of it.
Oh wow, Frank!
Thank you for articulating so well how we all feel. What a country we now inhabit!
It’s a tragic story but I’m glad you think I helped. I do try, and it is very encouraging to hear I have not failed in this case. Thank you LuLu.
So tragic. Words are not violence. That man was of the generation which was taught that words can never harm you. Because they can't. You can be offended by words or upset by them but that's physically harmless. How absolutely disgusting that our country is now run by such conmen and shysters who have infiltrated everywhere. A confident country run by confident people would have no issue with people saying anything they wanted to.
Free speech is a danger to democracy for good reason, given the danger presented by “democracy”.
you mean "democracy" don't you? the sort the bbc is so keen to protect with all the verification it does nowadays. the sort hillary clinton is so keen to protect by ensuring the internet is mostly silent. not the sort of democracy where ideas can be openly discussed and rude insults can be hurled.
Oh yes, my mistake. Practically all the terms of description require scare quotes, being a travesty of the facts to which these labels are attached. Sorry.
and nancy pelosi, she feels "our democracy" is under threat
My heart goes out to a brave man who has been killed by the Police State.
His only crime was to speak the TRUTH !
His only crime was to take a stand against alien invasion !
My name is George Tzamouranis and I was born in Athens, Greece, in 1965.
My grandparents in Nazi-occupied Greece, in 1941-1944, had looked up to the British as the most civilised nation on this planet.
Today Britain has become the laughing-stock of the whole world. What's gone wrong ?
Where is Winston Churchill's finest hour ? Where is the fighting spirit of the blitz ?
I truly admire Nigel Farage, and I truly admire Tommy Robinson, for their boldness and courage in speaking THE BLUNT TRUTH !
I guess I'm an immigrant, in the sense that my parents decided to move from Greece and to settle in Wimbledon, back in 1970, when I was just FIVE years of age and my sister was just SEVEN years of age, but THERE WAS A REASON for my dad's arrival in the UK with his family : he was a journalist and he had been stationed in London as the correspondent for a Greek newspaper.
The problem today is that ALL THE TRASH AND THE DREGS OF SOCIETY FROM THIRD-WORLD COUNTRIES are arriving in the UK, WITH or WITHOUT money, WITH or WITHOUT permission, and WITH or WITHOUT any reason for BEING here !
We are seeing a breakdown in the NHS, in housing provision, in schooling, in law and order, because THE UK HAS BEEN FLOODED with gangsters and criminals.
We are also seeing a rapid Islamification of ALL our inner cities.
I'm WITH you, Nigel Farage, I'm WITH you, Tommy Robinson, and I have repeatedly voted for Brexit and for Reform. We must KICK OUT the Albanian and Romanian gangsters, the Gipsy beggars, the West African and Vietnamese heroin-mules, the Arab trash of various nationalities, and we must make Britain beautiful again, the way this land was MEANT to be !
A really good article Frank. What an unbelievable episode this is. How tragic.
We all inhabit this tragedy, in one scene or another. How to act is the matter. I’m for civic disobedience and the restoration of sanity.
You’re so right. I’m with you.
Here is an explanation of Civic disobedience, including tax strikes and community organisation to replace the state in policing and maintenance.https://frankwright.substack.com/p/civic-disobedience?r=18ihr9
That is a brilliant and important article. Thank you for the link. The image of Christ is genuinely arresting.
What have we done to deserve this government I don’t know. I shall remain strong and do my bit. Thank you again.
Oh you're welcome. The hour is late but the clock has not yet stopped.
You’re right, it hasn’t. I will do my bit.
Here in the US, hate speech is alive and well--as long as it's directed towards the targets of the Regime. Say anything against White men, Christians, and conservatives and it will not be an impediment to career advancement. In fact it's de rigueur in order to hold tenure at university or a job spouting political analysis on teevee.
However, it is ALWAYS hateful to point out who commits violent crime at a disproportionate rate. And any criticism of one nation in particular will get you smeared as a bigot. There is also only one incident in history that is strictly forbidden to investigate, lest you find yourself in the same basket of deplorable to which Hillary Clinton consigned half of America. Why is that???
What to do? Keep noticing. Keep talking. The Regime depends on self-censorship to get by until official government-sanctioned censorship is enthroned. The more we talk about "forbidden" topics, the more mainstream they become.
Thank you Frank for bringing this to our attention. A dreadful, dreadful thing.
Thank you for this Frank. With gratitude for Peter.
I'm an American Anglophile and have always wanted to visit Great Britain. Considering what is happening now, I'm not so sure that would be wise because I'm not the best at withholding opinions. We have the 1st Amendment (so far, unless John Kerry et al have their way and I hope they never do) protecting speech as long as we FIGHT for it. Can an American be jailed in England for "offensive speech" if he's just visiting? I have a niece visiting Scotland right now for her destination wedding. Is this happening there, too?
Use your approach/avoid instinct and you’ll be fine. Direct confrontation of the authorities with wordviolence is probably not on your agenda. Scotland is great, you will love it.
*your niece will love it
I hope one day to go, we shall see. The exquisite Lady Diana married that man in 1981 the summer I was 10. I got up at 0300 to watch the pre-wedding festivities and on till 1100 when they boarded Britannia for honeymoon. I've been hooked ever since (oh and a voracious reader or Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie thanks to the Bookmobile).
Never, ever forget what these filthy traitors have done. RIP Peter Lynch.
Most people will kill you. I’m talking about your neighbours your colleagues maybe your spouse maybe your children. Try, see what happens; Show this article to them, see how that goes!
They won’t say they are glad he killed himself, people don’t say that out loud. But quietly, they’ll think he got what he deserved. Lawfare, yes, Trump, yes, how many people were happy. You, maybe?
No no no no no no no, can’t let ya off the hook that easy; This is exactly how we work; This is exactly how human beings work.
Nah, most people won't kill you. Some will. Most civilised people freeze at the sight of deadly violence. Being able to tell the difference helps. You can't always tell, and I have been lucky at least once. I often speak more bluntly in reality than on here.
There are a lot of basically decent people in the world. This sort of thing horrifies them, because it is horrible to realise the people you see on the telly are this cruel.
Will some people feel satisfied that others suffer more? Of course they will. I think the inability of the innocent to imagine the reality of evil a great helpmeet to harm. There is plenty of tragedy in the human condition, but we are not all villains - and that is part of it.
So sad. Thank you for writing about this, Frank. We need writers like you more than ever. 🙏