NoTV: Black UK Sportscaster Bashes Queen, Suspended from Murdoch Radio Station

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Mark Jeffries

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Sep 11, 2022, 12:29:37 PM9/11/22
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Former soccer player Trevor Sinclair,  who was a commentator on talkSPORT, one of two national UK talk radio stations owned by Rupert Murdoch,  tweeted after HRM the Queen's death that Black and Brown people have no reason to mourn her death--the predictable storm occurred from the usual sources and Sinclair, who is Black, has been suspended from the station:

PGage

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Sep 11, 2022, 3:20:40 PM9/11/22
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Of course he is not the only one to hold and express those views. I agree that it is important to point out both the harm done by the British Empire, and the inherent moral and ethical problems of any system of monarchy and nobility, though maybe no harm in trying to be less of a Dick about it while lots of other people are genuinely mourning. Rather than taking a dump on E2 before she is even buried, I would rather focus on challenging KCIII to make some positive changes (I would love to see him announce that his son will be the last hereditary Head of State in the UK and Commonwealth, and begging figuring out how to return much of the wealth controlled by the Family Business to various nations).

I would like to make a sanctimonious critique of limited Freedom of Speech in the UK, but too many glass walls in my house these days… 

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Former soccer player Trevor Sinclair,  who was a commentator on talkSPORT, one of two national UK talk radio stations owned by Rupert Murdoch,  tweeted after HRM the Queen's death that Black and Brown people have no reason to mourn her death--the predictable storm occurred from the usual sources and Sinclair, who is Black, has been suspended from the station:


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Mark Jeffries

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Sep 11, 2022, 4:01:06 PM9/11/22
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And Twitter is full of them.  The most extreme I saw was a Kenyan immigrant who is a college professor at Carnegie-Mellon in Pittsburgh who tweeted that she hoped the queen was suffering to the bitter end.  The usual angry responses came, to which she dug down further.  It seems as though the woman has a history of inflammatory comments when it comes to race relations.

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Kevin M.

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Sep 11, 2022, 4:28:45 PM9/11/22
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“Black Twitter” and “Irish Twitter” have both been trending off and on for days, and not because either group had nice things to say. A quote from Patrick Freyne from earlier this year was widely circulated: 

"Having a monarchy next door is a little like having a neighbour who’s really into clowns and has daubed their house with clown murals, displays clown dolls in each window and has an insatiable desire to hear about and discuss clown-related news stories. More specifically, for the Irish, it’s like having a neighbour who’s really into clowns and, also, your grandfather was murdered by a clown." 

As has occurred in the past when notable people with whom I disagreed passed away, I try to refrain from being openly negative. It’s just how I was raised. But others can (and usually do) say what I’m thinking anyway. 

When I binge-watched “The Crown” during Covid, I said the series only cemented in my mind that there were no likable members of the royal family, and their family history ought to serve as proof that their bloodline is unworthy of any respect or praise or financial support at the expense of others. I stand by that, even as the family grieves the loss. But the late queen did manage to transition the royal family from the people serving the crown to the crown serving the people… and since that, to me, is a crucial step towards eliminating the monarchy, I will credit her for that. 

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll get back to rewatching the “To Play the King” portion of the original UK House of Cards trilogy, wherein the sinister prime minister forces the abdication of a newly crowned king modeled after the current King Charles. If that seems disrespectful, you might very well think that; I couldn’t possibly comment. 

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PGage

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Sep 11, 2022, 4:32:19 PM9/11/22
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Yeah, Uju Anya:


I think her Twitter feed contains some useful discussion of the relevant issues. She is thoughtful and has an important perspective, not sure why she needs to twist the knife.

If Trump died tomorrow I would name the evil he had done, but I don’t think I would really spent a lot of time and effort to make his family’s grief worse.

Even so, there should be place in the public square for people to be assholes…


Tom Wolper

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Sep 11, 2022, 5:04:56 PM9/11/22
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There’s a difference between platforms. The original post was about a sports radio host expressing his feelings on his radio show and the other stories are about people posting to Twitter under their own names. No matter what you think of Professor Anya’s tweet, it wasn’t tweeted from the CMU account.

PGage

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Sep 11, 2022, 5:24:18 PM9/11/22
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Oh, my bad, I thought Sinclair had also tweeted from his own account…

Tom Wolper

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Sep 11, 2022, 5:40:51 PM9/11/22
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No you’re right. It was a personal tweet.

PGage

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Sep 12, 2022, 9:00:42 AM9/12/22
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Without trying to censor critics, this does seem to be both a more respectful and effective approach:

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“LONDON — When Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday, the most prominent anti-monarchist movement in Britain did what it had been planning to do for years upon her death: It lay low.

Republic, a group founded in 1983 that campaigns for an elected head of state and wants the monarchy abolished, instead released a short statement of condolence to the royal family that acknowledged its right to grieve and pledged to avoid further commentary for the immediate future.

Normal business then tentatively resumed on Saturday, when Republic criticized King Charles III’s formal accession to the throne as undemocratic, while still expressing “every sympathy for King Charles” as he mourned his mother.

“It’s just a sensible thing to do, really,” said Graham Smith, Republic’s chief executive. “Let all this run its course, and we will get into the more serious things later.”



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