android18:

meanwhile at tumblr headquarters

xo-namo:

Nah, fo’ real tho…

Joel is that Tumblr best friend you want to meet but lives too far away…

except he’s on my course at university and lives in the same town.

HOLLA. 

HOLLA

I like this Pokemon fusion trend.

Keep this shit going.

“I’m not racist, but…”

*puts person into a sleeper hold*

Shhh, shhh, you must sleep now.

xo-namo:

Joel and I are going to get a DSLR from university and mess around at the Luton carnival this Sunday. Holla at us if you want to tag along! 

My nigga.

I saw someone say they brough Bagdhad style violence to London and my response was one, long, drawn out sigh.

halfie-and-the-banana replied to your post: Let’s Talk About: The Act and Reaction of the Woolwich Machete Attack

‘Baghdad-style violence’ Good Lord. If a murderer was Christian (which is a ton statistically), you don’t hear ANYONE saying slurs toward them. I am fucking done with religious zealots (I live in Mississippi, so I deal with a high percentage).

Let’s Talk About: The Act and Reaction of the Woolwich Machete Attack

xo-namo:

angryblackman:

If you don’t know what’s going on, I’ll explain it to you before I get into it.

Earlier today, two men hit a soldier (this is unconfirmed, but he was wearing a  Help the Heroes t-shirt) with a car and then hacked him to death with knives, machetes and other weapons. What followed this was one of the attackers trying to justify his attack on video camera (which can be viewed by clicking here).

Following all of this, the media have called this a ‘terrorist’ attack with our primeminister doing the same. What this has lead to is people all over the place throwing around racist and xenophobic attacks on those of middle eastern origin and those of the Islamic faith.

So, why am I all worked up about this?

Because people are fucking idiots.

Let’s start with the basics. Yes, it was a disgusting act committed by the two men who attacked the soldier.  I do not support their ideals or what they did, neither do a large majority of people. But this does not give you the right to make asinine statements about a whole religion or race. But let’s break down why I’m mad at all of this:

1) Being racist about it isn’t doing anything.

Ever since this whole story was reported, the racists have started coming out of the woodwork. They have crawled from whatever deep dark hole they have lived in for years and have seen this as a free pass to air their unwanted, silly, stupid opinions on the matter. They see this as justification.

Let me make this clear: this whole incident is not justification for anything. It’s not justification for you to racially abuse one ethnicity nor is it justification for you to air your bigoted thoughts about certain religions. It give you zero justification.

I’m seeing a lot of racism going around. Firstly, I’m seeing people throw around the word ‘Paki’ — a racial slur for those of Middle Eastern origin — and associating it to the two men who killed these soldiers. There’s one thing. They’re black. They’re not asian. They’re not from Pakistan, India or any of those countries in that area. If you’re going to try and racially abuse a group, at least get the fucking group right you lack of intelligence having motherfuckers. Has it gotten so bad that you HATE an ethnicity so much, that you have to use them as a scapegoat for a situation? Has it really gotten that bad?

Then we got those who are out there, going off on Muslims. Listen, just because Muslims committed the crime does not exactly mean all Muslims did it. It does not mean Islam is bad nor does it mean that the Islamic community are a bunch of disgusting, murderers. You cannot use these incidents as a way of generalising one group of people. It’s like me going up to a bunch of Catholic priests and generalising them all as paedophiles — which they are not.

I don’t care if you’re caught up in the moment or if you’re emotional, it doesn’t give you a free pass to say what the hell you want. It doesn’t give you a free pass to stick one group in a corner and constantly abuse it for no reason whatsoever. 

2) Stop saying “fuck off back to your own country.”

This is a statement that I will see regularly (sadly). This statement is related to several incidents. You may see this pop up whenever a person disagrees with another person and their faith over something. In instances such as today, you will see it pop up when there is a ‘terror’ attack.

This whole statement, it’s problematic. Some people use it and they’re not particularly a racist person.

Here’s why you shouldn’t use it: it’s fucking retarded. You can’t say that sort of stuff because it makes you look xenophobic. It makes you look stupid. It makes you look racist. It’s also retarded for the fact that people can still commit these types of crimes and still be from England.

Certain groups of people in this country have some sort of affinity with the above statement. It’s like: “you’re from another country and you don’t like it here? Fuck off back to your own country.” It’s the be all and end all for these fucking people. I don’t know why it is, but it is. It’s problematic for this situation because the man in the video is clearly (until stated otherwise) from London.

So in theory, telling him to “fuck off back to his own country” would mean he stays here. That’s right. His parents could be from a country in Africa, but he was born here — that’s his country. There’s literally no point in saying this. 

I don’t like this type of attitude from these people who claim to be patriotic towards Britain. That’s not patriotic at all. Those statements do not show the true attitude of our nation — it’s far from it. 

One final point, to those who use this in an attempt to show that they’re patriotic or against terrorism…you’re really not showing that at all. All you’re doing is stooping down to the level of the racists; the bigots and the xenophobics.

3) What is the EDL going to do?

I’ve discussed this group numerous times, so I’m going to keep this short and sweet.

The English Defence League are a bunch of cunts. They are going to use this incident to push their Islamaphobic ideologies down our throats. If this was done by a bunch of Christians, I doubt they would even have the balls to step up and try and talk about this issue.

They have their leader — Tommy Robinson — going down to Woolwich. What the fuck is Tommy Robinson going to achieve by going down to Woolwich? He’s obviously going down there to spread the word of the EDL. He’s going down there for absolutely no reason apart from that. He doesn’t care for the man who got hacked to death, he sees this as an opportunity…to put EDL on the map.

I hope people don’t stand for his bullshit down there.

4) Stop branding this a ‘terrorist’ attack

The media hasn’t done themselves any favours during this whole incident. Within minutes after this attack was reported, they were branding it an act of terrorism. How exactly is this an act of terrorism? They went and targeted one man. They were not out to cause mass destruction.

I’m under the impression that they’re calling this a terrorist attack because it was done by Muslims and the fact they were shouting out religious things during the attack. All these news outlets have not suggested anything outside of that and it’s very, very, very disappointing.

It’s not a terrorist attack.

If I went and attacked someone with a machete, shouting “USE THE FORCE, LUKE!” it would not be a Jedi terrorist attack. It’s murder, sure. But a terrorist attack? I don’t think so. To be honest, would it be branded a terrorist attack if a Christian, white male did it? Most likely not. 

What I’m trying to say is: you don’ goofed media.

I’m done. Let me go sit back and watch these people on Twitter try to troll me with racism.

YES, JOEL! Hit the nail on the fucking head. 

I’m absolutely disgusted and so disappointed in the BBC, they would think to hold their tongue and to be careful when reporting ‘news’ on this subject, especially with the power they have over the country. Lazy ass journalism. 

It’s so lazy. And it sways a lot of people’s opinions. If it had not been branded as a terrorist attack, guaranteed some people would not be sprouting as much bullshit as they do now. They’ve totally messed that up.

Let’s Talk About: The Act and Reaction of the Woolwich Machete Attack

If you don’t know what’s going on, I’ll explain it to you before I get into it.

Earlier today, two men hit a soldier (this is unconfirmed, but he was wearing a  Help the Heroes t-shirt) with a car and then hacked him to death with knives, machetes and other weapons. What followed this was one of the attackers trying to justify his attack on video camera (which can be viewed by clicking here).

Following all of this, the media have called this a ‘terrorist’ attack with our primeminister doing the same. What this has lead to is people all over the place throwing around racist and xenophobic attacks on those of middle eastern origin and those of the Islamic faith.

So, why am I all worked up about this?

Because people are fucking idiots.

Let’s start with the basics. Yes, it was a disgusting act committed by the two men who attacked the soldier.  I do not support their ideals or what they did, neither do a large majority of people. But this does not give you the right to make asinine statements about a whole religion or race. But let’s break down why I’m mad at all of this:

1) Being racist about it isn’t doing anything.

Ever since this whole story was reported, the racists have started coming out of the woodwork. They have crawled from whatever deep dark hole they have lived in for years and have seen this as a free pass to air their unwanted, silly, stupid opinions on the matter. They see this as justification.

Let me make this clear: this whole incident is not justification for anything. It’s not justification for you to racially abuse one ethnicity nor is it justification for you to air your bigoted thoughts about certain religions. It give you zero justification.

I’m seeing a lot of racism going around. Firstly, I’m seeing people throw around the word ‘Paki’ — a racial slur for those of Middle Eastern origin — and associating it to the two men who killed these soldiers. There’s one thing. They’re black. They’re not asian. They’re not from Pakistan, India or any of those countries in that area. If you’re going to try and racially abuse a group, at least get the fucking group right you lack of intelligence having motherfuckers. Has it gotten so bad that you HATE an ethnicity so much, that you have to use them as a scapegoat for a situation? Has it really gotten that bad?

Then we got those who are out there, going off on Muslims. Listen, just because Muslims committed the crime does not exactly mean all Muslims did it. It does not mean Islam is bad nor does it mean that the Islamic community are a bunch of disgusting, murderers. You cannot use these incidents as a way of generalising one group of people. It’s like me going up to a bunch of Catholic priests and generalising them all as paedophiles — which they are not.

I don’t care if you’re caught up in the moment or if you’re emotional, it doesn’t give you a free pass to say what the hell you want. It doesn’t give you a free pass to stick one group in a corner and constantly abuse it for no reason whatsoever. 

2) Stop saying “fuck off back to your own country.”

This is a statement that I will see regularly (sadly). This statement is related to several incidents. You may see this pop up whenever a person disagrees with another person and their faith over something. In instances such as today, you will see it pop up when there is a ‘terror’ attack.

This whole statement, it’s problematic. Some people use it and they’re not particularly a racist person.

Here’s why you shouldn’t use it: it’s fucking retarded. You can’t say that sort of stuff because it makes you look xenophobic. It makes you look stupid. It makes you look racist. It’s also retarded for the fact that people can still commit these types of crimes and still be from England.

Certain groups of people in this country have some sort of affinity with the above statement. It’s like: “you’re from another country and you don’t like it here? Fuck off back to your own country.” It’s the be all and end all for these fucking people. I don’t know why it is, but it is. It’s problematic for this situation because the man in the video is clearly (until stated otherwise) from London.

So in theory, telling him to “fuck off back to his own country” would mean he stays here. That’s right. His parents could be from a country in Africa, but he was born here — that’s his country. There’s literally no point in saying this. 

I don’t like this type of attitude from these people who claim to be patriotic towards Britain. That’s not patriotic at all. Those statements do not show the true attitude of our nation — it’s far from it. 

One final point, to those who use this in an attempt to show that they’re patriotic or against terrorism…you’re really not showing that at all. All you’re doing is stooping down to the level of the racists; the bigots and the xenophobics.

3) What is the EDL going to do?

I’ve discussed this group numerous times, so I’m going to keep this short and sweet.

The English Defence League are a bunch of cunts. They are going to use this incident to push their Islamaphobic ideologies down our throats. If this was done by a bunch of Christians, I doubt they would even have the balls to step up and try and talk about this issue.

They have their leader — Tommy Robinson — going down to Woolwich. What the fuck is Tommy Robinson going to achieve by going down to Woolwich? He’s obviously going down there to spread the word of the EDL. He’s going down there for absolutely no reason apart from that. He doesn’t care for the man who got hacked to death, he sees this as an opportunity…to put EDL on the map.

I hope people don’t stand for his bullshit down there.

4) Stop branding this a ‘terrorist’ attack

The media hasn’t done themselves any favours during this whole incident. Within minutes after this attack was reported, they were branding it an act of terrorism. How exactly is this an act of terrorism? They went and targeted one man. They were not out to cause mass destruction.

I’m under the impression that they’re calling this a terrorist attack because it was done by Muslims and the fact they were shouting out religious things during the attack. All these news outlets have not suggested anything outside of that and it’s very, very, very disappointing.

It’s not a terrorist attack.

If I went and attacked someone with a machete, shouting “USE THE FORCE, LUKE!” it would not be a Jedi terrorist attack. It’s murder, sure. But a terrorist attack? I don’t think so. To be honest, would it be branded a terrorist attack if a Christian, white male did it? Most likely not. 

What I’m trying to say is: you don’ goofed media.

I’m done. Let me go sit back and watch these people on Twitter try to troll me with racism.

Okay.

Two black men who are presumably Muslim, hacked a soldier who was wearing a ‘Help the Heores’ t-shirt to death in broad daylight in front of people with a machete and other weapons. One of the killers tried to justify what he did here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRIFpkUFtl4

Throughout all of this, the media have pretty much fucked up. They have described this as a terrorist attack due to the fact they were shouting “Allhu Akhbar” and whatever. They didn’t even get any evidence outside of this. Few minutes after this was reported, no mincing of words, called it a terrorist attack — which it isn’t.

And because of all of this, there’s people who are making racist statements about those of middle eastern origin even though they weren’t involved; people just being bigoted towards Muslims.

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what’s going on?