@fayaaz24@RiicoBandzz And I just think these attitudes already existed - and the idea that they can just be deplatformed and pushed to the side, rather than needing to be engaged with, is wrong
Just makes them more and more extreme & they have outbursts à la Brexit
@fayaaz24@RiicoBandzz There’s been more racism on Twitter yes
But I’m unconvinced that it’s new rather than just not being put down anymore - like it was always there
And I don’t think we have any actual stats that show an increase in real-world hate crimes
@RiicoBandzz@fayaaz24 I know that, and the hate is worrying
But building an understanding of it on the foundational idea that it’s all some sinister manufactured social media conspiracy is misguided
@316simsim Eh, England don’t play until a week after the opening game
By the time England play, he’ll have been there for legit almost a month
He’ll be acclimated
@316simsim Idk man - I think the framing of minorities supposedly doing the right thing as a big block, and “many” white people doing nothing is unfair
Vast majority of left-wing people in this country are white - as are the vast majority of cunts. There’s just a lot of white people
@jfwduffield@ChrisW1001@UKPoliticsLive I agree that they’ve long been the 3 biggest
And going into the start of the 1990s they were similarly sized
But what happened 1992-2013, right as attention exploded, scaled Manchester United up into a clear number 1 imo
But again, who knows - Arsenal certainly huge
@jfwduffield@ChrisW1001@UKPoliticsLive Okay but all that being said - they certainly still don’t have the fanbase size of United
It’s not the 30s anymore - it’s not solely downstream of regional population. Arguably hasn’t been the case since the Busby Babes in the 50s
@traxus4420 I actually think it’s good that political movements can no longer hide their true thoughts / belief from the public via carefully constructed rhetoric (read: lies)