Racism in Shetland

[Colin]

https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2021/05/03/disgust-and-indignation-after-racist-graffiti-appears-on-buildings-at-garths-ness/

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

Seems that we still have some sub-humans living and walking among us.

I suppose that somebody will now call me out for referring to the perpertrators as "sub human".  Go ahead, I can take it.. 

[Muckle Oxters]

I dare say it's some young ersehols lookin tae be controversial. Nae doot dey'll be chuffed we da stink dey've created, but liklee gettin a bit squeeky ersed noo dat da police ir on dir tails

[XAM7102]

Its very sad to see this but i think people are naive if they think Shetland does'nt have racist people here, hopefully it is declining though.

 

[Rasmie]

There are very clever (racist) people on social media drip feeding their bile. Some of it is very convincing. Of course it happens on this platform too with anti-English comments.

[Muckle Oxters]

I'm no sure there's very much o it dat is convincing. I think racists shoot demselves in da foot when dey irna able to mak a case and joost repeat da same old bruck and come across as ignorant knobs!

[Colin]

What I found a little odd is that, whoever did it, spray painted a swastika as well.  I suppose that they were ignorant of it's origins (which is, AFAIK, the Indian sub continent).  Just another symbol hijacked by extremists ?

 

 

[hakama]

It has been used as a symbol by many countries over thousands of years and in Sanskrit means WELL BEING.

[papastour]

The Police could ask the Teachers in the schools to check the handwriting of the students, and start to narrow the search.

[Windwalker]

It’s sad that this happens in Shetland or anywhere for that matter, but unfortunately we have our idiots too.

someday, hopefully they will grow up and understand how unacceptable these type of comments are to non white and the majority of white people.

[Colin]

It's irritating..

I'm all for Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Expression, and the Right to Protest but, some people seem to just want to destroy the ideal by pushing the boundaries of what is currently defined as 'acceptable behaviour'.

 

 

 

[Ghostrider]

Its a pish stop for young eens cruisin in cars, a park up for shaggin wagons. Somebody probably a bit tanked up on falling down water and egged on by somebody, found a rattle can and thought it was a good idea (at the time) to leave a few 'Shock Jock' comments on a ruin.

To be taken about as seriously as political pre-elections promises. Its a wind up, designed to get a 'reaction', because it was sure to, and it certainly has with the Flea wading in among all the kye and sheep sharn, that's on the floor below it.

There's about as much chance of finding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow as finding who wrote it with the number of cars that tour out and in that road, and whoever wrote it or knows who wrote it is probably laughing their erses off at how much beyond their wildest expectations the reaction has been.

For anybody that believes it is 'genuine' in any way or 'matters' in any way, their best reaction would have been to say nothing and quietly gone and painted it out if it bothered them that much. For the rest of us, its 'young eens will be young eens an wirk sharn sometimes........whatever'.

It would seem its going to be a shock and revelation to some, but.......graffiti is very seldom accurate or truthful. I would have thought the penny would have dropped for most folk on the subject at a relatively young age, from reading the numerous claims and counter claims (often contradictory) on the back of public toilet doors about who was up for a good time or who was wanting gay sex etc.......but it seems maybe not.

Edited May 4, 2021 by Ghostrider