On 1/23/2024 2:29 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
This video is amazing. It's got it all-- CCP authoritarianism, woke cops, free
speech, everything.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65iwnI2hjAA
Brendan Kavanaugh sets up to film himself performing at a public piano in the
mall at St. Pancras train station in London. A group associated with China >> State Television, dressed in red and waving little CCP flags, happened to be >> in the background and eventually came up to him and demanded that he stop
filming because they didn't want to be on the internet.
Kavanaugh politely informs them that Britain is a free country (although as we
see later, not actually so free at all) and if they didn't want to be on
camera, they were free to go elsewhere. It gets rather heated with the ChiComs
hurling charges of racism at the guy when he points out that "we're not in >> communist China and you don't get to call the shots here". (Since communism is
a political and economic system, not a race, it beggars the imagination how >> calling someone a communist could be racist, by definition.)
The cops finally arrive and mostly take Kavanaugh's side but the female cop >> pulled him aside and said there'd been an allegation of racism. So he tells >> her that all he did was point out they were waving Chinese communist flags and
the cop reeled back, horrified, and told him, "You can't say that!"
So much for Britain being a "free country".
But Kavanaugh refused to back down and the cop eventually walked away and went
back to the ChiComs and they all eventually dispersed, leaving Kavanaugh to >> continue his piano playing.
What amazes me is the brazenness these people have to come into a country like
Britain or the U.S and just start harassing random citizens, ordering them >> around, like they're in Tiananmen Square or something. It's clear that the >> male ChiCom, the one doing most of the talking, was not used to being told >> "no" and the moment he was, he went nearly hysterical. It's also interesting >> that they immediately started using the racism charge, even though there was >> nothing racial about the incident whatsoever. They've learned that all they >> have to do is say "racism" in a Western country and the police melt like
hothouse flowers and everyone runs for cover.
Watched half of it. Based on that and your description, I'd say that
the Chinese guy was belligerently in error, while the Brit was indeed >quasi-racist in insisting that the error sprang from the nationality.
On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:54:57 -0500, moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com>
wrote:
On 1/23/2024 2:29 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
This video is amazing. It's got it all-- CCP authoritarianism, woke cops, >> free speech, everything.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65iwnI2hjAA
Brendan Kavanaugh sets up to film himself performing at a public piano in >> the mall at St. Pancras train station in London. A group associated with >> China State Television, dressed in red and waving little CCP flags,
happened to be in the background and eventually came up to him and
demanded that he stop filming because they didn't want to be on the
internet.
Kavanaugh politely informs them that Britain is a free country (although >> as we see later, not actually so free at all) and if they didn't want
to be on camera, they were free to go elsewhere. It gets rather heated
with the ChiComs hurling charges of racism at the guy when he points out >> that "we're not in communist China and you don't get to call the shots
here". (Since communism is a political and economic system, not a race,
it beggars the imagination how calling someone a communist could be
racist, by definition.)
The cops finally arrive and mostly take Kavanaugh's side but the female
cop pulled him aside and said there'd been an allegation of racism. So he >> tells her that all he did was point out they were waving Chinese communist >> flags and the cop reeled back, horrified, and told him, "You can't say
that!"
So much for Britain being a "free country".
But Kavanaugh refused to back down and the cop eventually walked away and >> went back to the ChiComs and they all eventually dispersed, leaving
Kavanaugh to continue his piano playing.
What amazes me is the brazenness these people have to come into a country >> like Britain or the U.S and just start harassing random citizens, ordering >> them around, like they're in Tiananmen Square or something. It's clear
that the male ChiCom, the one doing most of the talking, was not used to >> being told "no" and the moment he was, he went nearly hysterical. It's
also interesting that they immediately started using the racism charge,
even though there was nothing racial about the incident whatsoever.
They've learned that all they have to do is say "racism" in a Western
country and the police melt like hothouse flowers and everyone runs for
cover.
Watched half of it. Based on that and your description, I'd say that
the Chinese guy was belligerently in error, while the Brit was indeed >quasi-racist in insisting that the error sprang from the nationality.
Based on the same description I concluded that the "problem" was not
the nationality of "the Chinese guy" but rather being from the PRC he
was used to getting his own way without question. Thus the problem was
more ideological than racial.
In article <rjs81j97a0grq3o7l6iieal3cjo4m8me6n@4ax.com>,
The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:54:57 -0500, moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com>
wrote:
On 1/23/2024 2:29 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
Watched half of it. Based on that and your description, I'd say thatBased on the same description I concluded that the "problem" was not
the Chinese guy was belligerently in error, while the Brit was indeed
quasi-racist in insisting that the error sprang from the nationality.
the nationality of "the Chinese guy" but rather being from the PRC he
was used to getting his own way without question. Thus the problem was
more ideological than racial.
That and nationality is not race, so again, nothing racist about this >incident at all, quasi or otherwise.
And considering that racism is actually a crime in England, something
does have to be *actually* racist concerning someone's race-- not this
thing the Left does here where they call anything they don't like racism
for effect-- for a charge to stand.
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