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    Just now, horsefly said:

    I know exactly what you and other right-wing demagogues are attempting to do by branding everything as "Woke", but that doesn't mean the term has any clear meaning at all beyond its use to cancel actual discussion of the issues being raised.

    However, do feel free to tell us exactly what "woke" means, and why you think it is sufficient simply to brand everything you disagree with as "woke" rather than criticise the actual arguments that have been put forward.

    A bit like you calling anybody who accepts that these issues are incredibly complicated and tries to add some nuance right wing, racist, misogynist etc? Don't like it when the shoe is on the other foot hey? What a pompous, vacuous, self righteous hypocrite you are.

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    This very brave and intellectually honest woman was a leader of a BLM chapter until she started questioning the neo-racist narrative. Suffice to say she's suffered for daring to question the ideologues: 

     

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    37 minutes ago, horsefly said:

    Utter tosh! You have not explained or identified what "woke" is specifically supposed to mean. No surprise there because it is a pathetic and puposely vague term used by people like you who seem very happy to do the bidding of right-wing mouthpieces such as the Daily Mail and Daily Express (among many others). How many times do you need to hear Tories using the term "woke" before you realise that the "ruling classes" are happily using it to distract from the very real issues of inequality that affect the daily lives of many of our fellow citizens.

    Your claim that, "Stephen Fry and many others on the Left have come out squarely against Woke" is an intentional misrepresentation of his views as can be easily demonstrated. Here is an extract from the Daily Express (from where I suspect this tosh is drawn😞https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1368035/Stephen-fry-cambridge-university-woke-labour-party-paul-embery-liberalism-left-wing-spt

    Stephen Fry dismantles 'muddled' woke Cambridge University policy in rant against tyranny

    STEPHEN FRY hit out at the "muddled" free-speech policy floated at Cambridge University that stifles opposing viewpoints.

    It really doesn't take an intellectual genius to spot that what the Express claims as Stephen Fry dismantling "muddled woke" policy is not described by Fry like that at all. He attacked what he described as a "muddled free speech" policy, absolutely no mention of the word "woke" at all. The fact that you are happy to misrepresent Fry's views as coming out "squarely against woke" means you are either happy to join in the Express' campaign to object to any progressive policies concerning equality, or you are very easily fooled into accepting their misrepresentations of what was actually being claimed. As it happens I fully support Fry's views on "free speech", but like him I'm not stupid enough to describe my objections to restrictions on free speech with the pathetically vague and pejorative term "woke". I suggest you read what he actually says in his speech instead of relying on a right-wing attempt to misrepresent his very eloquent argument.

    The "useful idiot" here is the individual succoured into using the term "woke". This is nothing more than a vague and pejorative term invented by the right (just like "political correctness") with the sole purpose of negating the need to address claims and arguments with genuine critical rigour and analysis. It is at best lazy and disingenous to refuse to analyse the claims that are actually being made by people by dismissing them as "woke". At worst it is a purposeful attempt to retain the status quo of an intollerant and unequal society.

    If you don't know what Woke means you are clearly stuck in an echo chamber. Stephen Fry was on a panel with Jordan Peterson speaking out against political correctness (the forerunner to Woke before it was taken to the next ideological level).

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    6 minutes ago, Herman said:

    Putting it simply, I am a middle aged white bloke from a very white town. I can't pretend to know what is happening in black, Asian, etc communities but If I repeatedly hear that a community is having troubles, and the complaints are coming from people within that community, I would like to know what the problem is, how big the problem is, how it can be fixed and what can I do personally. 

    What I don't want to hear is people pretending the problem doesn't exist or coming out with some meaningless phrases like woke or virtue signalling. It's bollox and doesn't get anywhere near addressing anything to do with the subject at hand. 

    Well then you have to contend with the fact that people from those communities often have different viewpoints and disagree about many things. It's almost as if real "diversity" is more than skin deep, but that's crazy talk. The abuse Sewell, Mirza etc get would be called what it is- racism- if it wasn't so readily acceptable within the social justice quasi religion that some people are "the wrong kind of black". You also have to accept that much of the evidence is contradictory- see education and some ethnic groups doing better than whites in income. This is simply ignored by the neo-racists because it doesn't fit in with their simplistic totalising narrative.

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    6 hours ago, Herman said:

    What a load of pish. All this "woke" nonsense has come from the far right/Blukip to denigrate anyone that has any concern about the way the country has and is being governed. Even "Lefty" is a right wing catch all to divide the people and stick everyone into groups. Them and us.

    Against racism? Must be "woke" or actually want to live in a country where people do get an equal go.

    Pro Brexit? Really concerned about the working class or being used by nefarious politicians to get some ridiculous political idea through.

    There is no woke. You're being mugged off again.

    The World Socialist Website, Zizek, Chomsky Stephen Fry and many others on the Left have come out squarely against Woke. People like you are useful idiots doing the ruling classes job for them. Starmer is in the position whereby if he backs Woke her loses 50% of the Left, if he doesn't he loses the other 50%. No wonder he's so quiet...

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    On 01/04/2021 at 18:42, Christoph Stiepermann said:

    All prejudice in this country is based on social status and class. There is no institutional racism in terms of business except for at the very top which is, has and always will be an old boys club. It just so happens that due to starting off as first generation immigrants or living in economically deprived areas that many minority families find themselves working class so they face prejudice from the police/ employers/ the government etc. 

    This is the basis for why people think racism is still an issue in society but in reality poor, working class white people face the same problems in life. This is an inconvenient truth for many people, people who are doing well for themselves or got a good break in life don't like to feel like they're part of the problem so when they see oppressed people they look for easy, simple answers like it must be racism or something when in reality the problem is classism. 

     

    You're an employer. who are you going to hire? The lower class, chavvy white guy or the well spoken, middle class BAME guy who turns up to an interview well dressed? You're a Police officer on duty, you're looking out for people to search, do you look for people wearing tracksuits, who look chavvy or people well dressed and groomed who may be black or another ethnic group?

     

    I fully expect to get criticized for this post because what I've said is really not a popular, trendy thing to say. It's much easier and simpler to think that the government and police forces are all racist (some of them are of course) people nowdays always look for easy answers and when a study like this doesn't confirm their black and white, simplistic view of the world they lash out and say the it must be wrong. 

     

    As a Lefty I can assure you that this stuff has come almost entirely from the middle and upper classes. Paint yourself as a righteous saviour of "oppressed groups" whilst subtly pushing aside any idea that your class might actually be the real problem plus of course any nasty ideas such as people like you having to pay higher taxes. What's not to like? The Woke metropolitan left is the new righteous and condescending bourgeoisie. As usual, the working class don't really have a voice or a way to fight back so they rebel, hence Brexit and the fall of the red wall. Woke has basically been a political heist which has worked perfectly for the ruling classes (see the rise of Woke corporatism for example).

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    To me this should focus the minds of City fans. We are in a brilliant position and it is clear that Webber's thinking has worked "and some". However, things can change quickly in football and we need to hold course exactly as we are doing. Please, no whinging about not spending £80m next season and no overreaction if (when) we lose several on the spin in the Prem. We are BUILDING something, so let's stay calm and help the bricks fall into place.

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    6 minutes ago, Dr Greenthumb said:

    Made this point yesterday, we should have been tougher with our players. Why did pukki need to play in that friendly? Hanley playing the full 90 mins whilst Scotland are thumping faroes.

    We are building a reputation for being completely honest and fair with our players. I'd say we are already reaping the rewards of that and we won't now do stupid things to sabotage it.

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    48 minutes ago, Northern Canary said:

    Moving back to Norwich after too many years away, so my wife and I paid the £50 each to go on the waiting list. Phoned the Ticket Office to see what the situation was to be told there’s a waiting list of 1200. Not hopeful for next season so will have to take my chances with casual tickets through club membership and that will only come into play once full attendances are back as until then it will be season ticket only. Hopefully more games on Sky or IFollow or something similar in the Prem, if we get there, not wanting to tempt fate.

    And to think there are people on here who seriously argue that demand isn't there to expand capacity.... Best of luck with your move and accessing games.

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    If you look at Sheffield United last season and the kind of players who kept them up with flying colours then top, experienced championship players are probably a better bet to stay up than yet more kids. In reality it will probably be a mix but this time leaning more towards experience, but people need to forget the idea that we'll be going for the likes of Toney etc. We won't be.

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    8 hours ago, NCFChapman said:

    Not saying Gibson is better than Godfrey but to improve our defence this much while making £25mil profit in the process is one of the many examples of how lucky we are 💛💚

    Defence is one of the areas in which experience is vital. Godfrey has a higher ceiling than Gibson (who is in his absolute prime), but I don't think it's any coincidence that our defence has got better as the average age has gone up.

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  18. Posted

    I'm currently in Argentina and despite the official rate being 126 pesos to the pound, I get over 200 ordering through Western Union from my UK bank account. A good rib eye steak with sides and a glass of good malbec is about 5-600. God knows what rate millions of pounds going into a football club would attract but I would be surprised if favourable deals couldn't be reached! Also have the "Emi effect" in our favour of course and most Argentinians speak some English.

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    May have been said already but you can't wait forever, particularly when a player just seems to constantly get injured. I'm not sure of the stats, but anecdotally it seems that injury prone players tend to stay that way and the opposite is also true (think about Pukki, McClean, Aarons etc). I really hope the lad is over his injuries, even to the point that we regret selling him. I'm not particularly confident that will be the case though.

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    1 hour ago, sgncfc said:

    There are already commentators on other sites telling us that we have to spend money this time to at least make an effort to survive. It is such lazy clickbait garbage and just shows how ignorant people are, who do not even try to understand. That moron in the Daily Mail being the worst of them, plus idiots like Robbie Savage.

     I really am not looking forward to next season with all that and VAR as well.

    Maybe being naive but I really hope that there are enough fans who can see the bigger picture to drown out the moaners next season (if we go up). Let's face it, if we have the ridiculous injuries we had last season we'll come straight back down again. If not (and it seems maybe they've tweaked things behind the scenes to reduce them) and we strengthen in a clever way, we definitely have a chance as long as we don't have fans trying to create Armageddon when we lose a few games.

    The club is getting stronger year on year and the pipeline of young talent is growing. Moulding that into a Premier League side is tough, but we're definitely getting closer.

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  21. Posted

    For a while the constant condescension from mainstream media/pundits about the club and area annoyed me. I now see it as largely positive. We are still a bit of a secret that people have to find out for themselves. It's telling how many ex players either stay in the area and become supporters or constantly say nice things about us. A number of numpties who really don't get it probably tends to give us extra incentive to prove them wrong.

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    On 12/03/2021 at 06:18, HazzaJet said:

    If we sell Aarons I would want us to try and spend what we get on a similar replacement - RB,  either strong Championship experience or a bit of PL experience

    With respect, there is zero chance we will spend what we get for Aarons or Buendia on replacements. Look at Sheffield United for another example of how spending huge money often actually has negative effects within a club. The likes of Dijksteel and Roberts are good shouts imo and wouldn't cost crazy money.

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