#david amess

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David Amess

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The death of David Amess is a tragedy, but it is no more of a tragedy than the almost 300 thousand people who died as a result of austerity cuts and the governments mishandling of the covid crisis,  His death is no more of a tragedy than the lives of the refugees who drowned at sea, people who simply wanted to make a new life for themselves in this country.  

So maybe Tory MPs, whilst they are mourning their colleague, should reflect that over the past 11 years hundreds of thousands of people have mourned family members and loved ones because of harsh Tory policies 

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[jerseydeanne]

Charles and Camilla unveil a new eco-friendly Pier Train, named after murdered MP David Amess

[bravecrab]

I've been keeping tabs on the aftermath of David Amess' murder, and one of the more recent developments is Boris Johnson demanding "criminal sanctions with tough sentences" on those responsible for allowing "foul" content on their platforms. By "foul" content he means politically opposed content, specifically Islamic content.

Since 9/11 the use of Terrorism as a way to justify suppression of political opposition, to say "we'll keep you safe from this foreign menace" and then use the same anti-terrorist aggression on marginalized groups protesting, has become the go to strategy.

You already have the UK government passing anti-protest laws to stop in-person protests for as little as being too noisy, and what Boris Johnson is proposing sounds like it'll do the same online.

The suspect who killed Amess, Ali Harbi Ali, hasn't actually been tied to any specific Islamic extremists groups, they're just implying that it could be possible he might have been radicalized by such groups online.

But what if he wasn't? What if he was radicalized, against a conservative MP by the state of the UK under 10 years of Conservative governance? Ali is a British National, of a Muslim immigrant family, working in the NHS. Under the Conservatives there has been an increase in xenophobic and specifically Islamophobic sentiment. There's a push to privatize the NHS. There's increased Stop and Frisk that targets mostly non-white people. There's increased surveillance. Ali was put through the Prevent program, a de-radicalization effort, however it is not stated why he was chosen, and the program has been criticized for targeting Muslims because of their faith. I don't believe that you have to go online to become radicalized when you live as a marginalized person.

The UK Conservative government is becoming more and more authoritarian, because they'd rather blame outside forces for the failure of their Austerity politics and Neoliberal Capitalism, and for the anger of their citizens.

[siniov]

terrible news everyone ! the media is already clinging on way too hard to the fact david amess’ killer is not white british

[rebelliousbees]

Claims to be pro life, dies anyway

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have you seen the David Amess NFT? now you have!