This is what the riots in Belfast have done
A Muslim woman begging a neighbour because she was terrified rioters were going to hurt her kids
We have become a nation of hate
A country full of monsters who prey on children
We're fucking disgusting
After Belfast, I’ve been looking at some of the most extreme accounts flooding UK discussions.
A striking number appear to have little or no genuine connection to the communities they’re commenting on, yet they’re relentlessly amplifying division, anger and far-right narratives.
Meanwhile, X’s algorithm rewards outrage because outrage drives engagement.
At what point do we stop pretending this is an organic public conversation and start asking whether anonymous networks, bots, and location-masked accounts are helping inflame tensions in Britain?
The Government cannot keep ignoring the role social media platforms play in amplifying social unrest. #Belfast
The shock from white people at pogroms taking place is driving me fucking insane. This is the third consecutive summer of pogroms and lynchings and the months in between have been marked by racist attack after racist attack. We weren’t lying when we told you what was coming.
The UK is destroying its own civil liberties and testing the legal system to breaking point, just to defend Israel so it can do these things with impunity.
Summer pogroms are becoming a tradition in the UK, and are clearly planned.
Reports from Belfast say the homes of known non-whites were systematically visited and attacked - which suggests information was gathered in advance.
This is not just spontaneous anger.
FIFA's president can invent a farcical peace prize to flatter the ego of the president of the United States and spend months pandering to his political project, but Haiti's national team can't acknowledge their national struggle for independence because it's too "political"
I’m not justifying the brutal stabbing in belfast AT ALL but it’s deceitful not to tell the world, the sudanese chap and the Irish chap were drug buddies.
They knew each other.
•george’s will be a meditative drama about loss and grief
•paul’s will be a cameron crowe-ish slice of life comedic drama
•john’s will be a romantically messy, political drama
•ringo’s will be a shot for shot remake of scooby-doo on zombie island
Absolutely wild how right-wing commentators and politicians are just completely ignoring the attempted pogrom in Belfast.
Families with kids rescued from homes set on fire.
And these same people who smear peaceful protests against genocide as hate marches say NOTHING
It's out of control, and there's no political leadership. Why isn't the Prime Minister speaking out against the twisted logic that blames people, entirely unconnected with the crime, solely based on the colour of their skin?
Reform UK and Nigel Farage are quiet about the Belfast riots they helped whip up.
There were people in balaclavas and guns stopping cars looking for Black and Brown people.