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Question
How do we think about taking down controversial statues in the UK?
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How dare they tear down our statues

This entry describes a nativist reaction against removing controversial UK statues, associated with groups such as the EDL and the alt-right press. It frames anti-statue activists as a lawless mob 'erasing British history,' and leans heavily on anti-immigrant and racist rhetoric.

Supporting arguments · 9

  1. The police are working in the interests of the enemy when they support those who tear down controversial statues
    The role of the police is to protect British people and British interests. Their failure to protect our statues during this time suggests otherwise.
  2. This is an attack on the white working class
    The white working class, who are already disadvantaged in the UK, are being undermined yet again.
  3. Non-whites should go back to where they came from rather than tearing down controversial statues
    If non-whites do not like British culture and have come here to take down our history, they should go back to their countries of origin.
  4. We must defend British culture against those who tear down controversial statues in the UK
    British culture is at stake. Tearing down statues is a violent attack on our values.
  5. All lives matter, so tearing down controversial statues in the UK is wrong
    Black lives do not have a greater value. Taking down statues is a racist attack on the UK's white communities.
  6. The people tearing down controversial statues are erasing British history
    The statues are important pieces of our national history. Taking them down erases it.
  7. The controversial statues are an attack on the UK's white majority
    Britain is a white country. This debate is about race, and an attempt to subordinate British people.
  8. We have been forced to accept multiculturalism against our will
    Britain is a white country. Multiculturalism has been given centre place in the national agenda against our will.
  9. The violent mob are race traitors
    These forms of vigilante justice serve nothing or no one. White people joining in the protests are a disgrace to our communities and culture.