Look at Palestine: an entire people dying slowly, leaders shrugging, and even something as symbolic as ‘recognition of statehood’ barely scratches the surface. Terrorism is never justified but pretending it’s not rooted in trauma and injustice is just wilful blindness.
The Manchester attacks were atrocious, no doubt about it. But believe me when I say the majority of Muslims watching the news that day all muttered the same prayer: ‘please don’t let it be a Muslim.’ And of course, it was. Let’s be clear: I don’t condone it in the slightest.
What I’m saying is this, acts like that don’t emerge out of nowhere. They’re born from trauma, inaction, and the indifference of governments. When you have entire generations watching their families wiped out, their homes bombed, their humanity dismissed; rage festers.
The U.S. had 16,576 gun deaths last year. But don’t worry, the real problem isn’t the guns, it’s… thoughts? prayers? doors?. If a toaster kept killing this many people, we’d recall it by lunch.
Charlie Kirk aside, imagine the crowd hyping his pro-gun rhetoric. Then a shot rings out. In that instant of panic when they realize they might die by the very thing they worship, did the irony finally hit them?
So much disinformation on this site tonight in the wake of the horrific Kirk murder, with conservatives cynically suggesting that all of the political violence in this country comes from the left.
In fact it’s the opposite. Here are the facts for those with short memories:
The man who targeted and killed Democratic state Rep Melissa Hortman was a Trump supporter.
The man who targeted the home of Dem Governor Josh Shapiro was a Trump supporter.
The men who wanted to hang Mike Pence on Jan 6th were Trump supporters.
The man who targeted and killed the son of Obama-appointed District Judge Esther Salas was a Trump supporter.
The man who tried to kidnap Nancy Pelosi and assaulted her husband was a Trump supporter.
The men who were convicted trying to kidnap Dem Governor Gretchen Whitmer were Trump supporters.
The man who sent pipe bombs to the homes of Obama and Biden was a Trump supporter.
There is no equivalent or even similar list of Obama or Biden supporters who have carried out similar murders, attempted murders, or violent attacks.
Honestly if you’re crying “foreign invasion,” take a seminar in global trade and check the label on your shirt, your coffee beans, and your iPhone before posting.
Hate coming on Twitter after a while and only seeing ignorance.
“If putting up your flag is seen as bad, your country’s been invaded by foreigners.”
Or, hear me out, maybe people just know that flags can be weaponised to exclude, intimidate, and divide.
As an FYI: Leaders love calling any kind of socialism “communism”; not because it’s true, but because fear works. It’s classic scaremongering: twist public ownership into dictatorship, so people stop asking why billionaires pay less tax than teachers. #zohramamdani
Ah yes, say “socialist” and suddenly you’re a communist dictator. Newsflash: not all socialism = communism. One wants fairer public systems, the other wants to abolish private property entirely. Big difference, but go off I guess.
At its core, the attitude reduces Gaza as a mere bargaining chip by Western powers—first Britain, now the U.S.—rather than a homeland for its people. Decades of war, blockades, and occupation show that intervention was never about justice for Palestinians.
Discussions of Trump potentially taking economic or political control of Gaza exemplify the same Western arrogance—assuming that a foreign leader, completely detached from the realities of Palestinian life, has the right to shape its future.
This entitlement reflects a broader Western pattern: imposing control over regions in the name of political strategy, economic gain, or ideological interests, while ignoring the voices and rights of the people who actually live there..
The problem is ICC lacks the authority to arrest individuals. If Netanyahu visited a country recognising the ICC, he could be arrested, but this is unlikely due to Israel's refusal to recognise the ICC’s authority, making enforcement challenging.
The world just got a LOT smaller for Israeli war criminals!
Bibi will only take direct flights from now on to the US
Any transit or emergency landing in 125 ICC member states means his immediate arrest
Barclay's Bank has totally divested all funds from Israel's largest arms firm, Elbit Systems, following 54 operations against the bank launched by Palestine Action, including 20 in one night.
This is Cowley Road, which should be the bustling heart of East Oxford. Instead, it's extremely quiet with businesses either closed or closing early. This street is home to one of the largest concentrations of independent businesses in the UK. Horribly sad to see.
He’s been stoking this fire for years. He has posted videos of himself literally driving past hotels housing asylum seekers, telling his followers where they are, and that "they might be Isis".
Also with all these Muslim/black owned businesses being damaged, I think it’s fair to say the likes of @Nigel_Farage should be paying the damage. Let’s not forget, he’s a big contributor of how this all started - inciting racist rumours. He should be in jail.