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Feels to me like he was trying to coin an acceptable version of the slogan to replace the problematic one - which I think was a noble thing to try to do. Don’t agree with the suspension.
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trying to coin an acceptable version of the slogan to replace the problematic one
I can get behind that. I've experienced it myself, when I tried to reclaim the phrase 'ain't no black in the union jack' at a BLM march.
I patiently explained that it was simply a statement of fact about the pigmentation in our national flag, and that we should treat the phrase as one which could be morally neutral, and even useful for those who dabble in the printing industry.
But for some reason they simply kicked my fucking head in.
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He well may have been. But why?
Is he the sort of person who responded to questions about BLM with "I think all lives matter"?
ReekBlefs
hugo7
Yeah, I didn't really want to post because I'm at the risk of sounding like a broken record, but if this is the full phrase that got him suspended, it's, well it's certainly something (especially considering Starmer's "clarifications" on his LBC interview gaffe).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67268154
I hope the inquiry is quick, regardless of the outcome