Hi Simon, I get that you don't want to fall out with anyone, and I don't want to fall out with you, but the point of the current situation is to make people think, and hopefully realise that things need to changeSimon Rogers wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 4:40 pmSORRY David. I was only joking about Stewart Rueben.
Other people joke about his typing errors on the forum.
I have met Stewart a number of occasions and have a lot of time for the guy.
I enjoy reading his contributions to the forum.
I don't want to fall out with anyone on the forum.
I don't have left wing or right wing views because:
Everyone is equal
ALL LIVES MATTER
Whereas everyone may be equal to you, and all lives may matter to you, that isn't the case in general
For example, I'm 55 and white, and I've never been subject to racist abuse; my daughter is 15, and mixed race, and she has been subject to racist abuse more than once (she probably wouldn't tell me each time it happens); this is wrong, this needs to change
This is why Black Lives Matter is important, and all lives matter is just diluting and deflecting the problem we have now, and have had for centuries; it is why statues have to come down now (they have been discussing it for 10 years in Bristol ), buildings and streets renamed, why racist views need to be challenged and changed in the UK, as well as the world in general
Chess in the UK does have a bigger problem with sexism than racism, but it doesn't mean there's no problem with racism