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He used to write for Breitbart. Nuff said.

Ben Shapiro is highly intelligent?

Ben Shapiro is an absolute fucknugget. He's so stupid, he thinks people living in low lying areas threatened by rising sea levels will be perfectly OK because if the sea levels do rise they can just sell their houses and move away. That's the towering intellect of this man. And so to this video, where he once again shows how terrifyingly thick he is. His whole central claim is that the media are only talking about cop-on-black violence and they're not reporting the regular black-on-black violence/murders that occur in the US, so it must be part of some awful leftie conspiracy. But he completely fails to realise that exposing the widescale failure of the American media to report on stories of black-on-black violence actually just reinforces the argument that there is a deep-rooted racist undercurrent in American society. Genius.

Fucking hell Weston. Are you really that dim or are you just trying to get a bite? Of course it doesn't mean they exist, but it absolutely doesn't *prove* that they don't. This Officer Tatum guy only opposes BLM because Trump does. If you don't believe me then just watch some of the videos he released during the election campaign. The lengths he will go to to defend Trump and attack Biden is painful to watch. His whole schtick is akin to someone only ever watching one Saints game and seeing them win, then spending the rest of their life claiming that Saints don't have a problem with conceding goals and losing games because they have never personally seen it. That's how dumb his logic is. The anecdotal evidence of the personal experiences of one man - a man with blatant political bias - in a country with a population of over 300 million, with a bitter history of racial disharmony, where black people weren't even allowed to go to school or get on a bus as recently as around 60 years ago, is completely meaningless and adds nothing of any value to the debate.

OK I've watched the section you recommended, and he is obviously an intelligent guy who makes some very valid points. The bigger problem with the US police is undoubtedly the corruption. And he's right that, of course, it is not just black people who are the victims of this. The regularity of incidents of lethal force involving American police is very worrying, regardless of the ethnicity of the victim, so the bigger concern should be to improve training (particularly firearms training) and reduce the level of corruption which sees so many of these officers spared any criminal charges for their misconduct. But some of his claims are just plain wrong. He repeats the claim that there is no disparity between black and white victims, but statistical analyses show there clearly is (as per my previous link). It's interesting what he says about videos of black people being abused and killed being more widely reported on. It's undoubtedly true that black killings are more widely publicised. But that doesn't contradict the statistical data. I don't believe that any police forces deliberately set out to be racist. Of course they don't. But, sadly, racist attitudes are still quite prevalent in America (and here as well). You only have to read some of the more moronic comments on social media posts to recognise that. When you combine that with a glaring lack of training and vetting of police recruits, and a corrupt culture of "close ranks and look after our own", it's little wonder that there are more than a few bad eggs like Chauvin in the various American PDs who believe they are untouchable, and whose own racist tendencies make them more likely to target black people.

No, of course he isn't. Just because he hasn't personally had any experience of systemic racism in the police, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. The evidence speaks for itself. Black people in the US are up to 6 times more likely to be killed by police than white people. For this guy to deny there is a problem, based on nothing more than his own personal experience, is blinkered in the extreme. He's a hyper-partisan political commentator, and shouldn't be allowed anywhere near mainstream BBC news. The fact they invited him on without checking on his background is highly worrying

What the actual fuck are the BBC doing inviting this loon to speak on the news? I've seen his Youtube channel before and he's basically just a rabid Trump supporter who has somehow made himself famous (and rich) by making videos claiming that America can't possibly have a problem with racism because he is black, he has never personally experienced racism, and he managed to become a cop.

And none of the studio pundits mentions it. Instead just praising VAR for getting the right decision. Utter bullshit.

This. If the shot had gone in, VAR would rule it out for handball in the build-up. Absolute fucking joke.

Wtf? That was outside!

Never.

Whatever we've done so far tonight it's been working. Making such a big shuffle instead if just a like for like sub is risky because it could disrupt our rhythm and let Spurs back in. Like that! 😔

Well that's an odd sub.

Nope. Never a foul. 50/50 at worst.

Is it? He hasn't exactly been on fire lately.

Well we all know what happens here don't we. Bale will absolutely destroy us, to prove a point to Mourinho.

Looks like they are eyeing up his replacement at Leipzig, Julian Naglesmann.

This sums it up for me. We simply don't have the clout to be spending £20m+ on players. The last time we spent close to that was Ings, and it's obvious he isn't going to stick around past the summer. Over recent seasons, teams like Leicester and West Ham have been able to spend double that on numerous occasions, and the relative quality of their first 11s vs ours reflects that. We'll never be able to build a squad capable of challenging the top 8/Europe if we persist with scouring the bargain basement for players. And under the current ownership, there's pretty much zero chance of that strategy changing. We'll survive by the skin of our teeth this season, we'll lose Ings, Bertrand and Vestergaard in the summer and replace them with more of the same cheap options, and we'll probably get relegated next season because at least two of the promoted teams (Norwich and Watford) will outspend us in the transfer market.

The really annoying thing is that, as bad as we were, the goal that won it was so poor and pretty much a fluke.

That FK at the end just summed it all up. Pathetic.

Mods can you just ban these pricks please?

Adams is making our attack look so much better. Why on Earth did Ralph think it was a good idea to start Redmond ahead of him?

That's bonkers. Blatantly took him out. Already booked as well.

Good to see Ralph making the right sub, and earlier than usual. But why did he have to wait until we were already behind?

Oh FFS. That rebound off Vest could have gone absolutely anywhere. Literally anywhere else and it's not a goal.