Without trying to censor critics, this does seem to be both a more respectful and effective approach:
========= “LONDON — When Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday <https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/world/europe/queen-elizabeth-death-britain.html>, 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 <https://www.republic.org.uk/>, a group founded in 1983 that campaigns for an elected head of state and wants the monarchy abolished, instead released <https://www.republic.org.uk/the_death_of_the_queen> 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 <https://www.republic.org.uk/accession_an_affront_to_democracy> 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.” https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/world/europe/anti-monarchists-king-charles-queen-elizabeth.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare On Sun, 11 Sep 2022 at 1:32 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, Uju Anya: > > > https://twitter.com/ujuanya/status/1567933661114429441?s=21&t=9TDNwrxoBxBXgh_N__tJ6Q > > 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… > > > On Sun, 11 Sep 2022 at 1:01 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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. >> >> Mark Jeffries >> [email protected] >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 2:20 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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… >>> >>> On Sun, 11 Sep 2022 at 9:29 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> 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: >>>> >>>> >>>> https://radiotoday.co.uk/2022/09/talksport-suspends-radio-presenter-trevor-sinclair-after-personal-tweet/?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Seven+days+in+radio+with+imager+for+%28name%2Cfallback%3Dthis+week%21%29&utm_campaign=20220905_m169339131_Seven+days+in+radio__&utm_term=talkSPORT+suspends+radio+presenter+Trevor+Sinclair+after+personal+tweet >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/850e7e18-0406-4e3f-95a1-920328c288d2n%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/850e7e18-0406-4e3f-95a1-920328c288d2n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BqosgOwyexqaXets_M90PfZbvpFdwuOQwK2E7sUZHiLQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BqosgOwyexqaXets_M90PfZbvpFdwuOQwK2E7sUZHiLQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi-R4borKfZjLx-_QhauXhX-_Cb47%3DLZtYBTOQw3YhV6pg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi-R4borKfZjLx-_QhauXhX-_Cb47%3DLZtYBTOQw3YhV6pg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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