It’s almost as if the UK has a large racism problem.
And the UK are far from the only ones. There’s a lot of anti-immigrant sentiment all over the west (and some other places).
Japan is not far behind.
I’m not sure if xenophobia and racism are the same thing. Japan seems like “we don’t want you here because you don’t understand how to navigate our culture”.
That’s exactly what racists say in the UK too.
Imo, xenophobia is the innate fear of foreign-looking people. Racism is what happens you rationalize xenophobia rather than fighting it.
Watching everything happening live right now. Stuff going on in Sunderland and Liverpool.
In Liverpool, I’m currently watching one streamer just enjoying their burger out on the street 😂 Plenty of people out - looks like a lot of the Muslim community are present - looks pretty peaceful there right now, thankfully.
The Mackems were having a go at the police earlier. One poor bastard got their car flipped and torched. A building was set on fire as well (apparently a cop shop, but I think it was the place next door that went up).
I don’t doubt that there are some people who initially went out with good intentions, but you can tell by listening to the chatter in the livestreams that so many of them are just out there as an excuse to stir shit up and wreck their own towns. Absolute gammons.
Fully expecting more happen before the end of the night, though.
No idea of the legitimacy of this next one:
why do I have this sudden mental image of Keir Starmer salivating at the thought of proving that he’s tough on law and order
He was certainly tough on purging dissidents from his party (mostly non white and women)
