Also, laying the blame so fully on Musk - who is absolutely a dangerous and contemptible racist creep - is very convenient for the UK's newspapers, news channels and politicians who've either spread the self-same racist myths, 24/7, for decades, or have entirely abandoned any pushback against them.
The New Statesman asked me to put down a few thoughts about Belfast.
On the politics and media that have failed everyone, and how much, and how little, has really changed.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
I'm raising money for two cat rescue organizations, where I'll answer a style-related question if you post a screenshot of you donating at least $20. Normally, I answer questions in the thread, but I thought this one might be of interest to a wider number of people.
Let's talk about jeans. 🧵
On legitimising yet another pogrom.
Citing even more disgusting coverage in The Spectator, GBNews, Daily Mail, Telegraph seems too easy. And I think we should reflect on why that is. How normalised this torrent of bile has become that we're reduced to hoping only that the BBC could be a floodwall, only to be constantly disappointed.
Glasgow now, there is no place in Scotland for racism or fascism.
📰Tomorrow's front page
Thousands attend anti-racism demonstration that drowns out far-right hate