Piers Morgan
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Had the person who perpetrated this crime been an illegal asylum seeker, you're not entitled to commit violence, but you're certainly entitled to feel rage about that happening at a time when this whole issue of illegal asylum seekers coming in taking over the country, all that argument they put forward, it would at least have had some validity that that was why they were angry.
Even the premise wasn't accurate. But everything about it was wrong, right? So the riots were whipped up by people, malevolent voices who should have known better. Tommy Robinson, Andrew Tate and others, I took on Tate about this a few days later. And that's a problem with social media. Now, Let's go further to when a lot of people were put in prison because they tweeted things.
Even the premise wasn't accurate. But everything about it was wrong, right? So the riots were whipped up by people, malevolent voices who should have known better. Tommy Robinson, Andrew Tate and others, I took on Tate about this a few days later. And that's a problem with social media. Now, Let's go further to when a lot of people were put in prison because they tweeted things.
Even the premise wasn't accurate. But everything about it was wrong, right? So the riots were whipped up by people, malevolent voices who should have known better. Tommy Robinson, Andrew Tate and others, I took on Tate about this a few days later. And that's a problem with social media. Now, Let's go further to when a lot of people were put in prison because they tweeted things.
That I don't agree with, right? And I don't agree with that because it seems a ridiculous overreach. And when you overreach to that level where people are literally, you know, grandmothers have been put in prison for two years for something they put on Facebook, that's not a sensible response to this either. If people are actually chucking Molotov cocktails at an asylum seeker hotel, yeah.
That I don't agree with, right? And I don't agree with that because it seems a ridiculous overreach. And when you overreach to that level where people are literally, you know, grandmothers have been put in prison for two years for something they put on Facebook, that's not a sensible response to this either. If people are actually chucking Molotov cocktails at an asylum seeker hotel, yeah.
That I don't agree with, right? And I don't agree with that because it seems a ridiculous overreach. And when you overreach to that level where people are literally, you know, grandmothers have been put in prison for two years for something they put on Facebook, that's not a sensible response to this either. If people are actually chucking Molotov cocktails at an asylum seeker hotel, yeah.
Chuck him in prison for a few years, but a granny gobbling off on Facebook? Come on. Is that what we're really about in this country?
Chuck him in prison for a few years, but a granny gobbling off on Facebook? Come on. Is that what we're really about in this country?
Chuck him in prison for a few years, but a granny gobbling off on Facebook? Come on. Is that what we're really about in this country?
It's just this sort of... Well, that would be an angry resentment. But to what? Well, people having what you don't have and your fear. And look, who knows what's going on in these people's lives, right?
It's just this sort of... Well, that would be an angry resentment. But to what? Well, people having what you don't have and your fear. And look, who knows what's going on in these people's lives, right?
It's just this sort of... Well, that would be an angry resentment. But to what? Well, people having what you don't have and your fear. And look, who knows what's going on in these people's lives, right?
I understand the rage of people who maybe through the pandemic have come out and they've got no job. Maybe they've gone through a horrible divorce. Maybe they've got no money. They can't afford to feed their kids. Their lives are shit. And I understand they're going to feel angry. Of course I do. And by the way, there are lots of people in this country who are in that position, lots.
I understand the rage of people who maybe through the pandemic have come out and they've got no job. Maybe they've gone through a horrible divorce. Maybe they've got no money. They can't afford to feed their kids. Their lives are shit. And I understand they're going to feel angry. Of course I do. And by the way, there are lots of people in this country who are in that position, lots.
I understand the rage of people who maybe through the pandemic have come out and they've got no job. Maybe they've gone through a horrible divorce. Maybe they've got no money. They can't afford to feed their kids. Their lives are shit. And I understand they're going to feel angry. Of course I do. And by the way, there are lots of people in this country who are in that position, lots.
And you've got to understand what is driving that.
And you've got to understand what is driving that.
And you've got to understand what is driving that.
They're like a fight, mate. Let's not overthink football hooligans, right? I've seen them in action. Most of them just like a good old punch-up. They like a drink. probably some drugs and a fight. And they actually love it. And to understand the mind of a football hooligan, you need to start from that.