Naturalcynic

I see you’ve also included a comment from someone else in your little list which clearly I did not make. I repeat, given the recent atrocity and previous high profile events, it’s hardly surprising that many people feel outraged, but at no stage have I supported or excused violence and rioting.

Complete rubbish.

As, I think, have all of us.

That’s claptrap. I have never said that riots were understandable. What I have said is that outrage at recent events is understandable. Not the same thing at all.

Good to hear the French crowds proudly singing La Marseillaise whenever their athletes win a gold medal. I wonder if they’re considered racist xenophobic nationalists by the usual suspects.

I genuinely don’t think anyone would miss them if they were gone.

With this sort of thing, and the whole gender controversy, I’m always reminded of the wise words of Mr Spock from Star Trek: ”The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few”.

Careful. I thought Stella was the libation of choice for racists and xenophobes, not to mention Wetherspoons.

So which is worse: someone actively working to impose Sharia in the UK or someone working to prevent the imposition of Sharia in the UK?

Does Robinson want to impose Sharia on the UK?

Are you sure? I thought it Harehills was a diverse area with over 40% of its residents having been born outside the UK and the riots following the attempts of social services to take children of a Romanian family into protection. As for the rest of your comment regarding the motivations of pro-Palestinian protesters, that’s just your opinion.

It’s not a binary choice. Only an idiot would condone violence.

Understanding each other is a two-way process. Despite your protestations that you’re merely trying to appreciate why many have profound concerns, your continued probing suggests strongly that you know very well the reasons why but clearly your views differ (which is fair enough).

How do you know that?

I’m sure there’ll be no end of “no win, no fee” lawyers happy to act for clients claiming to have tripped over peoples charging cables trailing across the pavement between their house and their car.

Living up to my username, I confess to being rather cynical about your claimed lack of understanding regarding the concerns of huge swathes of society.

Absolutely correct.

In your opinion. I’m sure they’d say otherwise.

Yes, of course it is, and I doubt anyone on here condones rioting, violence etc.

I suppose one man’s racism and xenophobia are another man’s legitimate concerns that are being deliberately shouted down and denied by the chattering classes.

More to the point, anyone who does try to initiate a sensible conversation about immigration is automatically labelled a far-right extremist by those on the left who want to shut down all debate on the subject.

I’m done with you. You simply resort to petty abuse whenever anyone says something that you disagree with. You’re nothing but a sanctimonious, oh so superior, self-righteous, blinkered, Marxist bigot.

Claptrap. No apologist tripe from me.

They didn’t have to name him.