THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY – WHY DO WE STILL HATE PEOPLE FOR THE WAY THEY LOOK?
And why have I had to disguise certain words in this article to avoid the robots of social media taking it down because their AI brains just didn’t understand it?
George Floyd wasn’t a good man, no doubt. And on that particular night Marcus Rashford wasn’t the best footballer.
But why are they attacked for their skin?
They came from worlds thousands of miles apart … one from the back streets of Manchester’s notorious Wythenshawe estate. The other from the rough St. Louis Park in Minneapolis.
Marcus became a star and a campaigner … George became a truck driver and bouncer.
Horrifically, as we all know, George died under the knee of a vicious man of authority, a man granted a gun to protect himself and others.
The City of Minneapolis settled a wrongful death case with George’s family for $27 million. They can now be considered rich.
Marcus Rashford is rich by any definition. He is said to earn $13 million (£10m) in a year.
The picture (above) of George Floyd was sent to The Society by the family of Karin, aged 13, who lives in Stropkov, Slovakia.
Karin was watching TV when a news broadcast high-lighted what had happened to George. “It made her very sad,” a family member said.
And a few days ago, a young boy wrote to Marcus. He said: “I hope you won’t be sad for too long because you are such a good person. Last year you inspired me to help people less fortunate. “I’m proud of you. You will always be a hero.”
Out of the minds of babes eh?
And yet still the scoffing laughing hyenas of hatred stalk our streets.
Normally, these people preface their mindless grievances by saying: “I’m not a r*c*st but…” and then go on to explain exactly why they are.
Jadon Sancho, aged 20, and Bukayo Saka, aged 19, also received vile online abuse after missing penalties in the Euro final shoot-out.
But, why does kicking a ball badly deserve a kicking of your psyche and dignity and your human rights too? And why does passing a bad banknote deserve having your life crushed out of you by a man in big boots and a uniform?
Boris Johnson has told the trolls hounding the three young England players to “crawl back under your rock”. He said: “To those who have been directing racist abuse at some of the players, I say shame on you.”
The Met Police have vowed to go after the trolls. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor said: “We’ve launched a post-event investigation and will actively pursue and investigate offenders and criminal offences.”
Let’s hope that they find them and prosecute them for hating people for nothing other than hatred itself.
This hatred has nothing to do with jobs, patriotism, housing, benefits or crime. It is to do with the pack mentality of vicious animals who attack for pleasure, not survival. And claim they are doing it for Britain.
No they are not.
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