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Hey and welcome back to the IE Media podcast. This is a bit of a different episode today. I want to explain my own journey and the things that I'm witnessing now happening around the world and predominantly in the United Kingdom and the division that we face. how it's not only breaking friendships, families apart, but also a nation. And if people don't understand that there's an outside influence at play here and there's bad actors manipulating both sides and things aren't just black or white, then how are we ever going to proceed forward? what 7 to 8 billion people on the planet and you're supposed to either be left or right. There's no in between or outside or everything has to be polarized into certain viewpoints. If you express an opinion online that somebody doesn't agree with, then straight away you're a traitor, you're the enemy, which can lead to threatening texts, which I will elaborate on this video. But first, let me start off by saying when I was about 10 years old, I was attacked by National Front Skinnards, beaten to the ground, repeatedly punched. One held me down and then the other pulled a gun out, put it to my head, said, "Why don't I go back to my own country? And why am I even here?" And also because I was good friends with his little brother and he didn't like I won't even use the word hanging around with his brother making him look bad to all his skinned NF friends and I thought I was going to die at that moment and if it wasn't for the caretaker around the school because it was actually the six weeks holidays And I was cutting through the back of the skill and just so happened to bump into these lads and around the sort of dirt track bit at the back of the school that led to another area where friends used to be and stuff. And if it wasn't for the caretaker coming at the moment he did and shouting and running over from a distance, I might not have been here today just through some bigotry that people, you know, go back to my own country. At 10 years old, I'm like, I'm born here. What? I don't know what you mean. And somehow if you're mixed race, you feel, especially in them days, that you didn't really belong to either side. And the racism and the hatred that you get from all walks of life just highlights that it's not all black and white. Sometimes it's in the middle. And the same goes for all of this stuff. But basically what happened was there was a post news article going around about a boat that capsized. Now this boat was going from Myamar to Thailand and it had migrants on board, some of which died, including two children. But the way that the British media and especially those that are pushing these narratives framed it was possibly that it was a boat traveling to the UK and then it capsiz and people died. So you can imagine from the minorities within these patriot so-called patriotic movements and that I say so-called because they're not all patriots there is bad actors amongst them which we will get to further in this video. But it caused a reaction of laughter, hate comments, people saying that it was a good thing, it was karma, or at least that's less here when they weren't even coming here. And some of these comments were from people that followed me back in the day when I used to do all the radio stuff. Spent many years co-hosting an alternative media radio station, which is no longer going. um for around 4 years being like the show researcher and co-host and we used to cover lots of things especially like the global agendas and things which we may be seeing now which you you feared to talk about because certain things um you'll just get ostracized or you just won't get the traction. I mean what what is it Elon says on X? Oh, you can have freedom of speech but not freedom of reach. And that's kind of how it is. So I try and come at it from another view that first we need to fix ourselves before we can even think about changing the broader dynamic. And while there's so much hatred and division being fueled, I think it's not only counterproductive just putting the nation and the world, if you want to take it broader, in a very dangerous position. Because when people see those reactions of laughter and happiness that people have died, including children, that is just breeding more hatred and pushing people into polarization and twisted viewpoints and then possibly to be groomed by extremists on either side. And I just don't think it's helpful whatsoever. Now, this video is not pro migration, not anti- migration. It's not any of those things. I just want to try and bring a bit of common sense and share some experiences and also highlight some of the dangers that I see and how it's even come to my inbox, how I even received a threat off the back of this boat capsizing. because I was disgusted and I'm not ashamed to admit it that the way some of these people that used to follow us back in the radio days, some of which we've even had on the show discussing agendas and things that were happening in the Middle East at the time and how bad actors, let's say, were funding terror groups to go and do atrocities and cause regime changes and all the stuff. Yeah. And how we used to cover that a lot of these guys were going there committing things and coming back and the government was letting them back and you know we used to cover all that early on before this was trendy and uh things like the grooming gangs and scandals and government corruption and elite things going on which may be hot topics at the moment without mentioning any keywords. Um, so you know, we're no stranger to all this stuff and to receive this kind of threat that I'm a lunatic lefty and another guy who I've known for 20 years, never had an issue with um has obviously been speaking to my other friend's wife or my other friend. And then in this text, he's like, "Oh, me and him are waiting for you." you know, like bring it and lunatic lefty and I mean I can't I'm paraphrasing the actual text now and I'm using my phone to record but I may or may not put it up on the screen now.
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But yeah, it's not about that and I'm not here to name any names or bring any sort of controversy into people's lives, but I I feel like they should at least hear me out. If they ever had any ounce of respect for me in the past, then at least hear where I'm coming from and hear my story. Because how can you make a judgment that I'm anything based off a post where I'm doing the opposite of dehumanizing a whole entire people. And anyway, I'll move forward with the video. So, I've grown up mixed race.
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I've always known I was half foreign, maybe half Arab, but wasn't 100% sure of the origin since uh my mom was with him for a good few years and then when I was born, things didn't work out, so we left. So, I have no connection in that way or upbringing in any different culture other than British Irish as my mom's family were all Irish. They migrated over here in the troubles and I was born here later on and growing up members of my family obviously still having the Irish accent and stuff were targeted and they did receive a lot of hate and bigotry early on. I mean it was only what 50 years ago there used to be signs saying no blacks, no dogs, no Irish and people used to proudly hang them from the walls. People seem to forget all this stuff like, "Oh, racism doesn't exist. Think back to the slave trade, all that era, all the things of not being able to sit on the at the front of the bus and all the segregation and stuff. If you think about it really in in the lifespan of humans or even within our lifespan, it's not really a long time ago, is it?" So there's still deep scars and some people are still feeling it. And what I experienced growing up, not only from my mom's family side being Irish and some of the slurs they used to get, but also when I started school because I looked a bit different. My complexion's a bit darker, you know, and I think maybe was even a little bit darker when I was younger, possibly. Um, people used to point it out all through primary school. Used to get bullied, picked on, called the P word. And um, it was just like, what? I was born here. What do you mean? Mom's Irish. Don't know my dad, but what? And then you start to question yourself, but you have no ties to it culturally because you've not experienced it, but you're still subject to all this abuse, and you're just trying to like fit in and be like everyone else. and uh was bullied pretty bad for it to the few incidents where like I just completely lost my [Â __Â ] and maybe you know struck back, lashed out. And that's the thing. It's like when people do feel attacked or scared, they do lash out. like feeling like a dog. Back a dog into a corner and keep poking a stick, eventually it's going to bite you. Even the calmst, most amazing dog in the world. And that's kind of like what happened to me when I was younger many times leading up to the attack on the back of the school field cutting through. And um you know that was my good friend's older brother and he he didn't live with him. I used to sleep at mates all the time.
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Never had any issues. We got on good and um his older brother and his mates didn't like it that I was hanging around with them. And I mean this was like mid 90s 95 and I remember where he used to live north Manchester in these flats. And he used to have like a big England flag and then he had like an NF thing as well. And they were all skin head lads. Proud national front. And uh yeah, as I said before, I got attacked, beaten up pretty bad, and then a gun put to my head at 10 years old. Told to go back to my own country, a country I didn't even know, apart from my mom's Irish background. You know what I mean? And people wonder why I am the way I am about racism. And I've experienced it from the other side as well. A little bit later in life. I was attacked by a group of Asian lads and called a white this and a white that just through walking through the wrong area with two mates late at night in the Berry area. And um a group of lads stood like near this takeaway. I think we were near this Asda and um they were shouting, "Oh yeah," and I'm just naive like, "Oh, oh yeah, what do you want? What do you want?" And I waited to see as they were coming over what they wanted and realized my two mates had run off and uh yeah, I got jumped anyway, battered, called a white this, white that uh I managed to get up and I was running. It was nighttime running through Berry Market. And uh as I run between these, obviously it was closed, the empty stores. As I run between these stores, a police van just happened to like a police dog van just happened to be driving through the back of the markets and kind of nearly run me over and I put my bloody hands on the bonnet. I'm like, "Help, help, help, help." And he's like, "Get in, get in, get in. What's happened?" And then he drove around and the lads had already gone anyway. Nothing you can do at that point. got taken to a hospital and then my mom got called and that was kind of that. So I've experienced racism on both ends of the spectrum and that's why I can't stand it. And that's what people don't understand. They think, "Oh, you trying to stick up for migrants? Are you one of those sympathizers? Do you like this? Do you like that? What you know?" I've had it with even family members. I fell out with family members in the past just because um I'm trying to like challenge the narrative a little bit or make them see the other side because I've had friends from all walks of life and I know people that have come to this country genuinely migrated for honest reasons and there's not a bad bone in the body. They're not intending to cause cause us harm. However, I'm also not blind to the fact that there is some migrants here that have come here. They shouldn't be here. They've not been vetted. They don't know who they are. And then some of them like on a watch list, but they're going to let them in anyway. And then they slip the net sometimes and bad things happen. But who's to blame for that? That's not me or you. That's not the public. That's the powers that be. the policy makers, the the lobbyists, the NOS's, they're the ones that let things get the the way they are now. And uh there's a lot more at play and some some of it's bit conspiratorial and might get me struck off YouTube but um there's also a lot of greed happening as well like the money that they're making through these contracts and stuff and off the back of the lockdowns when the economy plummeted and the you know been another massive rise of it. However, people are painting it as left and right. What about when the right was in power for all them years? You still had migration influxes and like when we used to cover back in the day like these wars in the Middle East and stuff and who was behind them and for what reasons and then the the cause and effect that that had on our nations of like um migrants fleeing the wars and stuff. But not only that, um, people that have been brainwashed here, say Britishborn um, Muslims and then they've been coerced into going fighting in like Syria or some foreign war mainly due to propaganda and they've probably been groomed as well somewhere by some dodgy double agent in a mosque or some nefarious uh, place online, the dark web or him, which probably does happen all the time. And then, you know, we've covered it. We've talked about it for many years. So, to now say that, you know, you're this or you're that is just an insult really cuz I've literally experienced a lot of this stuff myself. And I just understand that it's not all black and white. And more recently, early this year, January, my wife had got me a ancestry DNA kit for Christmas. Got the results in January. Found out after all, half Persian, half Irish. I'll put it on the screen there so you can see it. I've got nothing to hide. And then I found my sister, which I didn't know existed, and she's married with her children. They live in America. But unfortunately, they had to flee a war and it was President Obama's refugee uh plan that actually gave them a safe haven to America. and they went through an awful experience. Air strikes and seen a lot of really bad things like our older children, my niece and nephew still suffer from the PTSD of everything that they seen and they went through and my sister struggles with it as well. However, they were given a second chance, went to America, and now they her and her husband are law-abiding citizens. They pay the taxes. They, you know, got good jobs. the two older kids are like graduating and and it's just the do people not deserve a chance. I get what you're saying in terms of I'm not trying to say oh migrants welcome. Oh, I'm it's not about that. It needs to be it needs to be done the right way. And if there's genuine reasons and genuine evidence and proof that it is what it is and they need help, then why not? However, if they come here and they can't prove who they were for whatever reason or something's a bit sketchy, then they shouldn't be just agree let out on the public. because unfortunately it has led to some of the horrible things that we've seen. And this is again why people who must call themselves on the right if they refer to anyone who disagrees on the left. So I'm going to call them on the right. Um there just needs to be some deeper understanding to what's happening. And what I need to make clear is that there's racism on both sides. And if people keep choosing to ignore it, then it just demonizes your whole movement. And like I say, it goes for both sides.
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I'm not sitting on the fence. I'm being honest. There is people on the right that are extremists calling for things like remigration, which would send millions of people who've been here for years and worked and contribute to society back to god knows what. Maybe some of the countries are all right. maybe not, but that's not really very humane. So there's a far spectrum on the right and people that are trying to make it all about color and about being white and British and retaining this culture and this national heritage, which I can understand, but if you think of what the UK is and Great Britain, like the United Kingdom, all the little kingdoms united, it was literally made up originally of people from different lands and And some would say that the the real true English people are actually the Welsh. So, you know, people need to understand as well that there's lots of Brits that migrate to other countries. Look how many is in Australia. Look how many are in Spain, you know, and it's just like, do they not deserve a chance to do that to go there and be be in them places? Isn't it supposed to be like a free world where you can I get it. You shouldn't go and take the absolute piss and take all the resources and just scam the system or commit crimes and harm people. I completely understand that. And that goes for British too that are in other countries that sometimes get into drunken tie raids and you know things that happen in other countries. Can you imagine what some of them people think maybe of British? Oh, a lot of British lads here again. Bloody restaurant's going to be smashed up by, you know, I'm just generalizing, but it goes both ways. And it's also like calling every single patriot who has a Britain flag or an English flag. It's like calling them a racist when they're not a racist. They're just concerned about what they see. But they're also trapped in an echo chamber of hate. And a lot of these talking heads and alternative media sources really don't have your best interest at heart. They know that outrage the pays and they just keep pushing this stuff and the algorithms lapping it up. And you know, like I say, the echo chamber of hate to demonize and tell you that all A or B are bad and that this is this grandiose plan apparently that all the Muslims in the UK are literally going to turn on the Brits and there's going to be this big war. And then a lot of the Britishborn Muslims are sat there thinking, "God, they're really starting to hate us, aren't they? They're all going to turn on us. What are we going to do?" and they're probably thinking, safeguarding and forward planning what they would do in them scenarios and it isn't a good thing, is it for the country? I don't think people realize what they're asking for, you know, and there might be an article coming out soon on the Manchester Evening News and it may or may not have some quotes from me. Hopefully, it's not taken out of context, but if it is, I'll show you the whole thing which I sent back. But I was just trying to explain that what we're seeing from a minority within these subgroups is calling for all Muslims to be gone from the United Kingdom. It's all right some people saying, "Oh, well, I'm not racist and I've got Muslim friends and this that and the other." Yeah, you're not. But some of the people controlling these movements and some of the rhetoric that's being spun out there is calling for that. They want rid of all of them.
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They want Britain to just be white, nothing else. So all them generations of people and all the Wind Rush people and the Jamaicans and the everyone needs to go. Is that is that basically what you're saying? And because I was conceived of a father that was from a different country and because my mom's from Ireland, I should go somewhere too. It's just like that's the extremes. And I'm not saying everyone's like that, but you need to think and you need to understand that those harmful narratives being portrayed, which I'm seeing, maybe you're not seeing, but if you go on X, you'll certainly see it. Um, it's doing nothing but harm all the different communities. It's building tensions. It's causing more hatred. it's leaving leading us down a very dark path, you know, and I know that most people aren't racist and that goes for both sides. However, if I have seen it on the other side growing up, even amongst the Asian community where sometimes it can be derogatory like, oh, white this, white that. Um, like for instance, one thing I never used to really understand or like is when people refer to white people as gora or gories or whatever. And I just feel like it's kind of generalizing. Um, and even now as an adult, if I'm in a place and I hear that, I'm automatically my guards a little bit up, you know? So, I do get it. We shouldn't refer to people as a label, do you know? Like, and that's what I'm seeing. And some of these people are saying all migrants are coming here as part of some secret army and they're going to take over the United Kingdom and there's going to be this big war. But I'm just not seeing it. However, if you keep pushing the rhetoric, maybe you'll create your own reality because, like I say, you're pushing people into extremes and dark corners where they feel like they're hated by everyone and nobody cares. But what I will say to that is I've experienced it from all angles growing up and I can honestly say that it's not everyone. It's only a minority of people. like even growing up or getting older, if I tell someone my sort of ethnicity, they're like, "What? I never knew that. I never knew that." Whereas some people just knew from early on. And I used to get called the P word a lot, P. Martin. P Marty. You know what I mean? And it's just like it did hurt me deep down. I'm not going to lie. Because from my point of view, you're calling me something that I haven't even had chance to be proud of, let alone have any connection with because my so-called father didn't really care enough to stick around. And uh didn't want the commitment and basically because my mother wouldn't convert and marry him because she was a proud Catholic. Um, the relationship broke down and he left. So, is what it is. I don't have any malice. And to be honest, it was probably for the best because I wouldn't be who I am now today. And I might see things from a completely different viewpoint. But I'm glad for the experiences that I've had because it's led me to where I am today. And going forward, I'm going to be doing more content on this stuff and speaking out a little bit more because I think we need to build some bridges between the communities, not fall into this divide and conquer, divide and rule rhetoric which is being pushed by, like I say, other entities without labeling, but it's happening and it's been happening throughout the empires. Go and do some research on it. Ask the AI and you'll get loads of examples of the tactics and the different empires that have done it, why they've done it, and then ask yourself, hm, is this happening today? Am I falling for this? Are these pages and these talking heads possibly working for the same outside influences that cause some of these problems that lead to some of these concerns that you have? People just need to think about it. You know, there's that saying bite the head off the snake. But if we're all pitted against each other, how can we ever make sense of anything and really work towards building a better country for everyone and a better world free of all this bigotry and hatred, you know? And that goes for all forms of extremism. Cuz like I say, back in the radio days and the stuff we used to be involved with, we used to call out extremism but on all sides. It's not just one-sided. And this is the problem. And you'll find that some of these people within these movements pushing these daily rhetorics and keeping people in this constant state of fear in this echo chamber don't seem to realize that these people are working for them and they have an agenda and they're more than likely being paid to push certain narratives. Yeah, there's lots of truth to what's happening, but there's also a lot of spin and misdirection and it's kind of like bias reporting because if somebody on the other side or of a different look does something doesn't even make their headlines, they're not interested in it because you see that all the time as well happening. And I just feel like we should be calling out all forms of evil equally. not just choosing to polarize narratives and put people in camp A or camp B. Flipping seven to eight billion people in the world. How can it be as simple as left or right? Things are a lot more complex than that. And straight away, you know, when someone calls you like a lunatic lefty and makes threats to you, referring back to that text, that they just don't see it. And by that rhetoric alone like lunatic lefty, it just highlights to me that they're stuck in that echo chamber and they're just getting that constant drip feed of outrage and it's like being misdirected and this is what we used to say back in the day like controlled opposition. If you think for one minute that the powers that be in this world, all mighty and all string pulling throughout the centuries haven't got all their bases covered, then I'm sorry. There's no there's no ever moving forward because it's just blind hatred and misdirection which breeds more hatred and misdirection and then causes violent uprisings. But I mean what is a revolution? It's full circle right back to where he started. And if you look back in history, a lot of the revolutions have had outside influences and bad actors manipulating things and then they lead to the outcomes that they wanted. And it's the same thing throughout the Middle East with all the regime change and how they have these intelligences to divide demographs and get them fighting amongst each other and mass propaganda and bot farms and but I I really don't want to get lost in some big conspiracy video, but I just want people to think for themselves and understand where I've come from in life and how I can't stand racism. No matter who does it, no matter what your color is or your background, I won't make excuses for it. I really won't. And labeling every single person who comes to this country who's not white because we didn't have a problem with the Ukrainians, did we? um labeling them all as bad people when some of them are just a lot of them are just like wanting to live hoping to be able to stay here and earn some money to send back to some hell hole of a country that some other nations bomb the hell out of for whatever reason and um you know we're seeing it now in in Africa in um Nigeria and stuff with what's happening there and it's awful. You know, all across the world, these bad things are happening. But people are too focused on their own egos and their own views that they're right. And anyone that questions anything or someone who's in the middle of sees things a bit different, u they're automatically a traitor and an enemy. And if that's your thinking, mate, then how are we ever going to move forward? It's just I just don't get it. And I'm I'm honestly shocked to be honest. It kind of hit me hard all day thinking, "Wow, is this really where we've gone to? Is this what's to come? Is this what our children are going to go through? all this hatred and bigotry and unfair biased reporting, not showing things for what they actually are, like I say, because you can't really go too deep anymore on these platforms or you just get censored. And um it's like they've got us hook, line, and sinker. And I feel like people on all sides of the spectrum need to come forward, come together and start calling out all forms of evil even with own within their own communities. And uh I think if people did that and we could rile up enough support, we could start to change people's minds, but also fair and justly and also expose the genuine concerns that people have and show how the government, not just this government, you know, we like to say, oh, which I agree, but they all are. This stuff's been happening when the conservative was in power. And I can guarantee you if reform gets in power, a similar thing will happen again. There'll be other wars or other things happen. And then it'll be like, "Oh, they sold us down the river. Oh, politician lied to us again. Huh? How did we not see that coming?" It happens all the time. And what people don't realize is when it comes to politics, there's a big club and we're not in it. And both sides of the spectrum see even like them hotel protests. You see people on the left turn up with the generic signs that they've had designed and printed for them and they're shipped in on a bus. You know, it's all controlled opposition. Even on the left and things like Antifa and anti-fascism, that's all controlled opposition. We've been covering this stuff for years, decades. in fact did over 500 radio show episodes well co-host and did a lot of the research for the topics and sourcing guests for them and stuff. So I know a little bit about like the global thing and what's happening in the Middle East and the effects of that that we're seeing now and people don't even realize that that agenda is far from over. These powers that be, let's say, have other plans as well. and possible future wars that none of us want to see. And the only way they keep the only way that'll be possible is if they keep all of us divided and distracted, not looking at what they're doing. And that's the point. So honestly, before you start sending me threatening texts telling me that you and my other friend are waiting for me and this, that, and the other, just think about what I've been through. Just think about what my family's been through from the Irish side coming here and how they were treated, family members attacked, and then how I was treated through being half foreign growing up and literally having a gun to put to my head and told back to go to my own country. Like, what the hell? And I'm not allowed to stand out against racism and say that if you believe that every single migrant coming here is a bad person intending to do harm and don't speak to me again because you're falling for it. And you know the hypocrisy is even Tommy Robinson says it's not all Muslims. He knows lots of good Muslim lads. They've treated him great in Luton. He's also got lots of seek friends. He doesn't have a problem with the Indians. All this stuff. >> There are great Muslims that make that point. I grew up with some unbelievable, brilliant Muslims and I don't hate them and I don't want them to be kicked out of my country but because it's their country because it's their country. >> That's even him supposed to be the leader saying that. And then you'll have people that just ignore that. And if anyone else on another spectrum or different viewpoint shadows that like I did in that post, it's like, "Oh, you're a lunatic lefty and basically the you're the enemy." Paraphrasing, but and uh kind of making a threat, you know what I mean? It's just like, wow. But he can say it. He's allowed to say it. But then you've got people even further than him who are calling people on the further right than Toby Robinson that are calling him a traitor and saying that he's a a civat and he should be an ethnet and you know all this sort of stuff. I've seen them arguments as well. So, it's like that's like the far right stuff and some of them groups that were exposed recently like the white supremacist movement thing in the UK and people training at gyms underground. They did some like exposure thing on them, didn't they? and um cinema a few of the protests and that challenging some of the other YouTubers and uh that just shows you that it does exist the same way it exists on the other side or what they call Islamists that are like Islamic fundamentalists that push um harmful sectarianism bigotry towards anyone who doesn't follow what they follow and stuff and you do see that. So, I'm fair. And like I say, I've been pointing that stuff out for years, especially when it was all the Syria stuff going on. I covered that for years. And um I've seen what they did to that country and how a lot of these outside influence, bad actors were funded and armed and told to go to area A to carry out atrocity B. in and then it was blamed on the actual government because all the western powers wanted to take that regime down and what they did to that country was awful and it's not just that country it's happening in loads of countries and then we're seeing the backlash of that. I mean, it's just like, you know, I could get lost in this. Uh, could be recording all night sharing my views, but to tell a whole community that they're a danger to society and they need to go is not only harmful, but it leaves them feeling like, what have they got to live for? They've got nowhere to go. Everybody hates them. H Oh, but this guy here, this extremist guy, he's uh telling me what I want to hear. And yeah, I think I believe him. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And it's just fueling. So like the hate from the extreme right fuels the hate on the extreme left or extreme Islam or extreme whatever whatever. And it's just compounding and building into like this melting pot of hate and tension and nobody knows where it's going. and people within all the communities feel under threat and then like I was saying before about the dog that feels backed into a corner they lash out and that's why I'm saying it's really important to call out all forms of extremism on all sides not just left or right or Islam or Christians or Jewish people or Buddhists or Hindus every single background around has extremes and bad people, but like I say, the majority within them are good people. And sometimes it just takes a good few from each community to bring some of these issues to the forefront and change things from within. And that goes for both sides. So people on the left or the right, if they're not calling out the extremes within their own movements and publicly stating that we have nothing to do with that viewpoint and you know anyone calling for the UK to get rid of all Muslims or all brown people. We won't stand for that and that's not what this movement's about. and we need change and we need to stop the boats and and not let as many people come here and you know to a point where it affects your cultural identity. I get that. I get that. But just please have some common sense and understand how other people might be feeling. If you only call out evil from one side but you ignore all the other sides doing evil, then you're not really helping the situation. And I think moving forward as a society, we should be able to question each group without demonizing the whole group. We need to say, "Hey, group A over there, you've got some people that believe this or that are doing this and this is harmful for society." And then some of the louder voices within them communities need to stand up then same as on the right and call out that look if you're saying all migrants are bad or all Muslims are terrorists or rapists or groomers or all British patriots are racist. Someone's got a British or English flag they're racist. Then that's the problem. What different are you from them? I just I can't understand it, but I wish I wish I did understand it. And I wish people understood as well that it's a very complex issue and giving it these broad terms is just not helping anyone. And I'm sure many people in the UK will see where I'm coming from. And I hope you managed to get through this video. And as a message out there to the person that did send me the threatening text and the people surrounding them that were obviously discussing all this and agreed to get in my inbox like that. Just think for yourselves. Please stop listening to these voices that are sharing these harmful narratives, keeping you in the echo chamber and pushing hate and division. We need to build bridges between the different communities because the communities aren't going anywhere, are they? I mean, come on, be realistic. And this is another thing that I see in these comments, this harmful rhetoric that um bring back the Crusades and Britain will soon be Islam free and all this stuff. I mean, realistically, look at the statistics. What? Five to six million Britishborn Muslims, where they going to go? Do you do you and do you really want to keep poking and poking and poking and poking and poking to the point that it's like that dog backed into the corner again? And then it feels like it has no other option other than to defend itself as people come marching into their communities like back in the days of the riots causing trouble.
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And if that's the society you want to bring your kids into and that's something you're looking forward to, then you are part of the problem because it doesn't end how you think it will end. This isn't America. This isn't some heavily armed nation where you can overthrow a government. We have a pretty advanced military and security forces and police and intelligence agencies, facial recognition technology. You think by going out starting a civil war, killing loads of innocent people, it's going to bring change to your country. Go and look at wars. go and look at the effect and the scars that are still deep decades later and what that actually causes and how some countries never truly recover from that. And look at some of the states we're seeing now in the Middle East and ask yourself, is that what you want in the United Kingdom? Is that what you want to keep cheering for? Cuz that's not what I want and that's not what the majority of people want. Yeah, you might have a few million that support that idea, especially when you get the likes of Elon Musk saying at Tommy's demo that you need to fight or die. I mean, what what kind of rhetoric is that? And what kind of standard is that setting? Fight who? Who we at war with? Oh, all the migrants. Or is it just all the migrants? Just the ones in the hotel? Or does it extend to other ones that are working here that came here legally? Ones that are in the hospital, the doctors, the nurses, different people within important positions of like public services and stuff. All of them. They need to all go and me as well cuz that's honestly how you make it out sometime. And what you don't realize is, and I'll say it one more time, there is people on all sides of the political spectrums. A minority of them have nothing but hate in their hearts. And if they had their way, they would get rid of all of you and me or anyone that look different to them. And if you can't see that and call that out fairly and openly without hating me, then we're never going to move forward. But I hope this made sense and I hope it gives somebody some insight into what's going on in my head recently cuz I have took a bit of a step back from doing the podcast stuff and the videos and um I've had a lot of other stuff going on and the funny thing is like people say about protecting women and children and oh you're this and oh year of that. I've literally literally been protecting women and children recently and working alongside someone something to actually identify people that have been harming women and children through the use of open source intelligence and a lot of this AI stuff that I've been digging into and learning a lot more about and how you can find a lot of information on events and and connect dots that you couldn't have easily done previously without the use of a lot of high-tech tools. But now with AI and bit of a knowledge in open source intelligence, you can do quite a lot. So hopefully starting to make a difference and hopefully people listen to this message. And if someone wants to come on the podcast respectfully, not threatening, and debate me on it. Not even debate, just have a discussion, have a chat, and share viewpoints and concerns. and I can share where I'm coming from and explain that it's not all black and white because it really isn't. There's plenty of other things in between. There's the gray area. And do you know when you start using blanket statements and derogatory terms and demonizing whole groups of people, all the other people that are not even on board your ship look at it and go, "I agree with some of them, but yeah, I'm not being affiliated with them. They just they've lost it. They've taken it too far. You lose so many people. And it's the same with Tommy Robinson. If he focused on all the evils of all the different backgrounds of people fairly and equally, most people wouldn't have a problem with him. But because he only focuses on a certain aspect of the crap that we're seeing go on in the world and extremism, only one form of extremism he concentrates on. then he loses all the people that see it from a much broader viewpoint and how it's not everyone like I've been saying and like I said in that post which led to waking up today receiving that text and um making me reflect pretty much all day on my previous experience growing up and I was attacked and multiple times and Uh, you know, it's some of the stuff that I've seen in society which I think we need to move forward from. You know, comedy is one thing and like poking fun at other races and cultures and highlighting certain issues through the use of comedy. Um, but if you're repeatedly poking fun at people just because they're a certain ethnicity, which I've seen amongst many different backgrounds, like I say, I've seen it in the Asian community against white people. I've seen it in the white communities against anyone like myself or against black people. Um, one in particular um was a lad that I came across years ago and um amongst this social circle and one of the lads was black and all the other white lads used to just refer to him as the n-word, the little nword and just constantly to his face even to the point where you could see he's like ready to cry and that but you know oh you got it's only banter it's only banter and you've got a hold at him. However, if he came into that group and said, "Oh, you're all white this, you're all that," he' smashed his head in. And that sort of rhetoric to people growing up can just be really harmful and send people the opposite way, no matter which side you're on. But imagine being both. Imagine like some white people not seeing you as white cuz you're mixed and then whatever you mixed with not seeing you as them because you've got white in you. It's like people need to think and people don't understand that if things get that bad and all out chaos breaks out then everyone of a mixed or other background will be a target completely. And I felt that this morning just because I didn't subscribe to a certain narrative when honestly if they really knew me that much and they knew all the stuff I was about and talked about over the years, they'd know kind of where I was coming from, they'd also know it wasn't directed at them and they wouldn't have done that. But it is what it is. Anyway, I've been ranting for quite a long time now. Not sure how long this is going to be after the edit, but we shall see. And uh yeah, if you did manage to watch this and get through it, then thank you very much. Please leave a comment and let me know how you feel. Have you grown up feeling a certain way? What's your experience been? Because like I say, not all people are a certain thing. Not all people are racist. They're not not all people are bigots and I've experienced it firsthand and I'm going to talk about it and if anyone wants to get in touch and be on the show and share their experiences then I'm more than welcome to have them on and talk to them because there's some commentators out there now that are doing more harm than good to Britain. And I'm not going to mention any names because I don't need to because the people that know and the ones that don't follow and hence why they have that emotional response because you don't hate what they hate enough. So you must be a threat. You must be sympathizing. You must be siding with them when it's not like that. You know, there's two, like they say, there's two sides to every story. And there really is. And if you're not willing to look into that and step out of your comfort zone and realize that maybe you're being played, then I'm sorry. I can't help. Hopefully I have. And hopefully I've made you think, well, hold on a minute. Yeah, I get where he's coming from. Maybe I'll look into who some of these groups are and who some of them work with. Maybe ask the AI why some of these people would always reframe things certain ways and try to understand a little bit more about why they do what they do and it'll all start to make a little bit of sense. And then from that, we need to build the communities together and put an end to all this hatred and have some sort of common sense between us because if we don't, what does it look like for our children going forward? Anyway, this is Marty from IE Media. Thanks for listening to my long- winded rant, but I feel like it
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Hey and welcome back to the IE Media podcast. This is a bit of a different episode today. I want to explain my own journey and the things that I'm witnessing now happening around the world and predominantly in the United Kingdom and the division that we face. how it's not only breaking friendships, families apart, but also a nation. And if people don't understand that there's an outside influence at play here and there's bad actors manipulating both sides and things aren't just black or white, then how are we ever going to proceed forward? what 7 to 8 billion people on the planet and you're supposed to either be left or right. There's no in between or outside or everything has to be polarized into certain viewpoints. If you express an opinion online that somebody doesn't agree with, then straight away you're a traitor, you're the enemy, which can lead to threatening texts, which I will elaborate on this video. But first, let me start off by saying when I was about 10 years old, I was attacked by National Front Skinnards, beaten to the ground, repeatedly punched. One held me down and then the other pulled a gun out, put it to my head, said, "Why don't I go back to my own country? And why am I even here?" And also because I was good friends with his little brother and he didn't like I won't even use the word hanging around with his brother making him look bad to all his skinned NF friends and I thought I was going to die at that moment and if it wasn't for the caretaker around the school because it was actually the six weeks holidays And I was cutting through the back of the skill and just so happened to bump into these lads and around the sort of dirt track bit at the back of the school that led to another area where friends used to be and stuff. And if it wasn't for the caretaker coming at the moment he did and shouting and running over from a distance, I might not have been here today just through some bigotry that people, you know, go back to my own country. At 10 years old, I'm like, I'm born here. What? I don't know what you mean. And somehow if you're mixed race, you feel, especially in them days, that you didn't really belong to either side. And the racism and the hatred that you get from all walks of life just highlights that it's not all black and white. Sometimes it's in the middle. And the same goes for all of this stuff. But basically what happened was there was a post news article going around about a boat that capsized. Now this boat was going from Myamar to Thailand and it had migrants on board, some of which died, including two children. But the way that the British media and especially those that are pushing these narratives framed it was possibly that it was a boat traveling to the UK and then it capsiz and people died. So you can imagine from the minorities within these patriot so-called patriotic movements and that I say so-called because they're not all patriots there is bad actors amongst them which we will get to further in this video. But it caused a reaction of laughter, hate comments, people saying that it was a good thing, it was karma, or at least that's less here when they weren't even coming here. And some of these comments were from people that followed me back in the day when I used to do all the radio stuff. Spent many years co-hosting an alternative media radio station, which is no longer going. um for around 4 years being like the show researcher and co-host and we used to cover lots of things especially like the global agendas and things which we may be seeing now which you you feared to talk about because certain things um you'll just get ostracized or you just won't get the traction. I mean what what is it Elon says on X? Oh, you can have freedom of speech but not freedom of reach. And that's kind of how it is. So I try and come at it from another view that first we need to fix ourselves before we can even think about changing the broader dynamic. And while there's so much hatred and division being fueled, I think it's not only counterproductive just putting the nation and the world, if you want to take it broader, in a very dangerous position. Because when people see those reactions of laughter and happiness that people have died, including children, that is just breeding more hatred and pushing people into polarization and twisted viewpoints and then possibly to be groomed by extremists on either side. And I just don't think it's helpful whatsoever. Now, this video is not pro migration, not anti- migration. It's not any of those things. I just want to try and bring a bit of common sense and share some experiences and also highlight some of the dangers that I see and how it's even come to my inbox, how I even received a threat off the back of this boat capsizing. because I was disgusted and I'm not ashamed to admit it that the way some of these people that used to follow us back in the radio days, some of which we've even had on the show discussing agendas and things that were happening in the Middle East at the time and how bad actors, let's say, were funding terror groups to go and do atrocities and cause regime changes and all the stuff. Yeah. And how we used to cover that a lot of these guys were going there committing things and coming back and the government was letting them back and you know we used to cover all that early on before this was trendy and uh things like the grooming gangs and scandals and government corruption and elite things going on which may be hot topics at the moment without mentioning any keywords. Um, so you know, we're no stranger to all this stuff and to receive this kind of threat that I'm a lunatic lefty and another guy who I've known for 20 years, never had an issue with um has obviously been speaking to my other friend's wife or my other friend. And then in this text, he's like, "Oh, me and him are waiting for you." you know, like bring it and lunatic lefty and I mean I can't I'm paraphrasing the actual text now and I'm using my phone to record but I may or may not put it up on the screen now.
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But yeah, it's not about that and I'm not here to name any names or bring any sort of controversy into people's lives, but I I feel like they should at least hear me out. If they ever had any ounce of respect for me in the past, then at least hear where I'm coming from and hear my story. Because how can you make a judgment that I'm anything based off a post where I'm doing the opposite of dehumanizing a whole entire people. And anyway, I'll move forward with the video. So, I've grown up mixed race.
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I've always known I was half foreign, maybe half Arab, but wasn't 100% sure of the origin since uh my mom was with him for a good few years and then when I was born, things didn't work out, so we left. So, I have no connection in that way or upbringing in any different culture other than British Irish as my mom's family were all Irish. They migrated over here in the troubles and I was born here later on and growing up members of my family obviously still having the Irish accent and stuff were targeted and they did receive a lot of hate and bigotry early on. I mean it was only what 50 years ago there used to be signs saying no blacks, no dogs, no Irish and people used to proudly hang them from the walls. People seem to forget all this stuff like, "Oh, racism doesn't exist. Think back to the slave trade, all that era, all the things of not being able to sit on the at the front of the bus and all the segregation and stuff. If you think about it really in in the lifespan of humans or even within our lifespan, it's not really a long time ago, is it?" So there's still deep scars and some people are still feeling it. And what I experienced growing up, not only from my mom's family side being Irish and some of the slurs they used to get, but also when I started school because I looked a bit different. My complexion's a bit darker, you know, and I think maybe was even a little bit darker when I was younger, possibly. Um, people used to point it out all through primary school. Used to get bullied, picked on, called the P word. And um, it was just like, what? I was born here. What do you mean? Mom's Irish. Don't know my dad, but what? And then you start to question yourself, but you have no ties to it culturally because you've not experienced it, but you're still subject to all this abuse, and you're just trying to like fit in and be like everyone else. and uh was bullied pretty bad for it to the few incidents where like I just completely lost my [Â __Â ] and maybe you know struck back, lashed out. And that's the thing. It's like when people do feel attacked or scared, they do lash out. like feeling like a dog. Back a dog into a corner and keep poking a stick, eventually it's going to bite you. Even the calmst, most amazing dog in the world. And that's kind of like what happened to me when I was younger many times leading up to the attack on the back of the school field cutting through. And um you know that was my good friend's older brother and he he didn't live with him. I used to sleep at mates all the time.
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Never had any issues. We got on good and um his older brother and his mates didn't like it that I was hanging around with them. And I mean this was like mid 90s 95 and I remember where he used to live north Manchester in these flats. And he used to have like a big England flag and then he had like an NF thing as well. And they were all skin head lads. Proud national front. And uh yeah, as I said before, I got attacked, beaten up pretty bad, and then a gun put to my head at 10 years old. Told to go back to my own country, a country I didn't even know, apart from my mom's Irish background. You know what I mean? And people wonder why I am the way I am about racism. And I've experienced it from the other side as well. A little bit later in life. I was attacked by a group of Asian lads and called a white this and a white that just through walking through the wrong area with two mates late at night in the Berry area. And um a group of lads stood like near this takeaway. I think we were near this Asda and um they were shouting, "Oh yeah," and I'm just naive like, "Oh, oh yeah, what do you want? What do you want?" And I waited to see as they were coming over what they wanted and realized my two mates had run off and uh yeah, I got jumped anyway, battered, called a white this, white that uh I managed to get up and I was running. It was nighttime running through Berry Market. And uh as I run between these, obviously it was closed, the empty stores. As I run between these stores, a police van just happened to like a police dog van just happened to be driving through the back of the markets and kind of nearly run me over and I put my bloody hands on the bonnet. I'm like, "Help, help, help, help." And he's like, "Get in, get in, get in. What's happened?" And then he drove around and the lads had already gone anyway. Nothing you can do at that point. got taken to a hospital and then my mom got called and that was kind of that. So I've experienced racism on both ends of the spectrum and that's why I can't stand it. And that's what people don't understand. They think, "Oh, you trying to stick up for migrants? Are you one of those sympathizers? Do you like this? Do you like that? What you know?" I've had it with even family members. I fell out with family members in the past just because um I'm trying to like challenge the narrative a little bit or make them see the other side because I've had friends from all walks of life and I know people that have come to this country genuinely migrated for honest reasons and there's not a bad bone in the body. They're not intending to cause cause us harm. However, I'm also not blind to the fact that there is some migrants here that have come here. They shouldn't be here. They've not been vetted. They don't know who they are. And then some of them like on a watch list, but they're going to let them in anyway. And then they slip the net sometimes and bad things happen. But who's to blame for that? That's not me or you. That's not the public. That's the powers that be. the policy makers, the the lobbyists, the NOS's, they're the ones that let things get the the way they are now. And uh there's a lot more at play and some some of it's bit conspiratorial and might get me struck off YouTube but um there's also a lot of greed happening as well like the money that they're making through these contracts and stuff and off the back of the lockdowns when the economy plummeted and the you know been another massive rise of it. However, people are painting it as left and right. What about when the right was in power for all them years? You still had migration influxes and like when we used to cover back in the day like these wars in the Middle East and stuff and who was behind them and for what reasons and then the the cause and effect that that had on our nations of like um migrants fleeing the wars and stuff. But not only that, um, people that have been brainwashed here, say Britishborn um, Muslims and then they've been coerced into going fighting in like Syria or some foreign war mainly due to propaganda and they've probably been groomed as well somewhere by some dodgy double agent in a mosque or some nefarious uh, place online, the dark web or him, which probably does happen all the time. And then, you know, we've covered it. We've talked about it for many years. So, to now say that, you know, you're this or you're that is just an insult really cuz I've literally experienced a lot of this stuff myself. And I just understand that it's not all black and white. And more recently, early this year, January, my wife had got me a ancestry DNA kit for Christmas. Got the results in January. Found out after all, half Persian, half Irish. I'll put it on the screen there so you can see it. I've got nothing to hide. And then I found my sister, which I didn't know existed, and she's married with her children. They live in America. But unfortunately, they had to flee a war and it was President Obama's refugee uh plan that actually gave them a safe haven to America. and they went through an awful experience. Air strikes and seen a lot of really bad things like our older children, my niece and nephew still suffer from the PTSD of everything that they seen and they went through and my sister struggles with it as well. However, they were given a second chance, went to America, and now they her and her husband are law-abiding citizens. They pay the taxes. They, you know, got good jobs. the two older kids are like graduating and and it's just the do people not deserve a chance. I get what you're saying in terms of I'm not trying to say oh migrants welcome. Oh, I'm it's not about that. It needs to be it needs to be done the right way. And if there's genuine reasons and genuine evidence and proof that it is what it is and they need help, then why not? However, if they come here and they can't prove who they were for whatever reason or something's a bit sketchy, then they shouldn't be just agree let out on the public. because unfortunately it has led to some of the horrible things that we've seen. And this is again why people who must call themselves on the right if they refer to anyone who disagrees on the left. So I'm going to call them on the right. Um there just needs to be some deeper understanding to what's happening. And what I need to make clear is that there's racism on both sides. And if people keep choosing to ignore it, then it just demonizes your whole movement. And like I say, it goes for both sides.
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I'm not sitting on the fence. I'm being honest. There is people on the right that are extremists calling for things like remigration, which would send millions of people who've been here for years and worked and contribute to society back to god knows what. Maybe some of the countries are all right. maybe not, but that's not really very humane. So there's a far spectrum on the right and people that are trying to make it all about color and about being white and British and retaining this culture and this national heritage, which I can understand, but if you think of what the UK is and Great Britain, like the United Kingdom, all the little kingdoms united, it was literally made up originally of people from different lands and And some would say that the the real true English people are actually the Welsh. So, you know, people need to understand as well that there's lots of Brits that migrate to other countries. Look how many is in Australia. Look how many are in Spain, you know, and it's just like, do they not deserve a chance to do that to go there and be be in them places? Isn't it supposed to be like a free world where you can I get it. You shouldn't go and take the absolute piss and take all the resources and just scam the system or commit crimes and harm people. I completely understand that. And that goes for British too that are in other countries that sometimes get into drunken tie raids and you know things that happen in other countries. Can you imagine what some of them people think maybe of British? Oh, a lot of British lads here again. Bloody restaurant's going to be smashed up by, you know, I'm just generalizing, but it goes both ways. And it's also like calling every single patriot who has a Britain flag or an English flag. It's like calling them a racist when they're not a racist. They're just concerned about what they see. But they're also trapped in an echo chamber of hate. And a lot of these talking heads and alternative media sources really don't have your best interest at heart. They know that outrage the pays and they just keep pushing this stuff and the algorithms lapping it up. And you know, like I say, the echo chamber of hate to demonize and tell you that all A or B are bad and that this is this grandiose plan apparently that all the Muslims in the UK are literally going to turn on the Brits and there's going to be this big war. And then a lot of the Britishborn Muslims are sat there thinking, "God, they're really starting to hate us, aren't they? They're all going to turn on us. What are we going to do?" and they're probably thinking, safeguarding and forward planning what they would do in them scenarios and it isn't a good thing, is it for the country? I don't think people realize what they're asking for, you know, and there might be an article coming out soon on the Manchester Evening News and it may or may not have some quotes from me. Hopefully, it's not taken out of context, but if it is, I'll show you the whole thing which I sent back. But I was just trying to explain that what we're seeing from a minority within these subgroups is calling for all Muslims to be gone from the United Kingdom. It's all right some people saying, "Oh, well, I'm not racist and I've got Muslim friends and this that and the other." Yeah, you're not. But some of the people controlling these movements and some of the rhetoric that's being spun out there is calling for that. They want rid of all of them.
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They want Britain to just be white, nothing else. So all them generations of people and all the Wind Rush people and the Jamaicans and the everyone needs to go. Is that is that basically what you're saying? And because I was conceived of a father that was from a different country and because my mom's from Ireland, I should go somewhere too. It's just like that's the extremes. And I'm not saying everyone's like that, but you need to think and you need to understand that those harmful narratives being portrayed, which I'm seeing, maybe you're not seeing, but if you go on X, you'll certainly see it. Um, it's doing nothing but harm all the different communities. It's building tensions. It's causing more hatred. it's leaving leading us down a very dark path, you know, and I know that most people aren't racist and that goes for both sides. However, if I have seen it on the other side growing up, even amongst the Asian community where sometimes it can be derogatory like, oh, white this, white that. Um, like for instance, one thing I never used to really understand or like is when people refer to white people as gora or gories or whatever. And I just feel like it's kind of generalizing. Um, and even now as an adult, if I'm in a place and I hear that, I'm automatically my guards a little bit up, you know? So, I do get it. We shouldn't refer to people as a label, do you know? Like, and that's what I'm seeing. And some of these people are saying all migrants are coming here as part of some secret army and they're going to take over the United Kingdom and there's going to be this big war. But I'm just not seeing it. However, if you keep pushing the rhetoric, maybe you'll create your own reality because, like I say, you're pushing people into extremes and dark corners where they feel like they're hated by everyone and nobody cares. But what I will say to that is I've experienced it from all angles growing up and I can honestly say that it's not everyone. It's only a minority of people. like even growing up or getting older, if I tell someone my sort of ethnicity, they're like, "What? I never knew that. I never knew that." Whereas some people just knew from early on. And I used to get called the P word a lot, P. Martin. P Marty. You know what I mean? And it's just like it did hurt me deep down. I'm not going to lie. Because from my point of view, you're calling me something that I haven't even had chance to be proud of, let alone have any connection with because my so-called father didn't really care enough to stick around. And uh didn't want the commitment and basically because my mother wouldn't convert and marry him because she was a proud Catholic. Um, the relationship broke down and he left. So, is what it is. I don't have any malice. And to be honest, it was probably for the best because I wouldn't be who I am now today. And I might see things from a completely different viewpoint. But I'm glad for the experiences that I've had because it's led me to where I am today. And going forward, I'm going to be doing more content on this stuff and speaking out a little bit more because I think we need to build some bridges between the communities, not fall into this divide and conquer, divide and rule rhetoric which is being pushed by, like I say, other entities without labeling, but it's happening and it's been happening throughout the empires. Go and do some research on it. Ask the AI and you'll get loads of examples of the tactics and the different empires that have done it, why they've done it, and then ask yourself, hm, is this happening today? Am I falling for this? Are these pages and these talking heads possibly working for the same outside influences that cause some of these problems that lead to some of these concerns that you have? People just need to think about it. You know, there's that saying bite the head off the snake. But if we're all pitted against each other, how can we ever make sense of anything and really work towards building a better country for everyone and a better world free of all this bigotry and hatred, you know? And that goes for all forms of extremism. Cuz like I say, back in the radio days and the stuff we used to be involved with, we used to call out extremism but on all sides. It's not just one-sided. And this is the problem. And you'll find that some of these people within these movements pushing these daily rhetorics and keeping people in this constant state of fear in this echo chamber don't seem to realize that these people are working for them and they have an agenda and they're more than likely being paid to push certain narratives. Yeah, there's lots of truth to what's happening, but there's also a lot of spin and misdirection and it's kind of like bias reporting because if somebody on the other side or of a different look does something doesn't even make their headlines, they're not interested in it because you see that all the time as well happening. And I just feel like we should be calling out all forms of evil equally. not just choosing to polarize narratives and put people in camp A or camp B. Flipping seven to eight billion people in the world. How can it be as simple as left or right? Things are a lot more complex than that. And straight away, you know, when someone calls you like a lunatic lefty and makes threats to you, referring back to that text, that they just don't see it. And by that rhetoric alone like lunatic lefty, it just highlights to me that they're stuck in that echo chamber and they're just getting that constant drip feed of outrage and it's like being misdirected and this is what we used to say back in the day like controlled opposition. If you think for one minute that the powers that be in this world, all mighty and all string pulling throughout the centuries haven't got all their bases covered, then I'm sorry. There's no there's no ever moving forward because it's just blind hatred and misdirection which breeds more hatred and misdirection and then causes violent uprisings. But I mean what is a revolution? It's full circle right back to where he started. And if you look back in history, a lot of the revolutions have had outside influences and bad actors manipulating things and then they lead to the outcomes that they wanted. And it's the same thing throughout the Middle East with all the regime change and how they have these intelligences to divide demographs and get them fighting amongst each other and mass propaganda and bot farms and but I I really don't want to get lost in some big conspiracy video, but I just want people to think for themselves and understand where I've come from in life and how I can't stand racism. No matter who does it, no matter what your color is or your background, I won't make excuses for it. I really won't. And labeling every single person who comes to this country who's not white because we didn't have a problem with the Ukrainians, did we? um labeling them all as bad people when some of them are just a lot of them are just like wanting to live hoping to be able to stay here and earn some money to send back to some hell hole of a country that some other nations bomb the hell out of for whatever reason and um you know we're seeing it now in in Africa in um Nigeria and stuff with what's happening there and it's awful. You know, all across the world, these bad things are happening. But people are too focused on their own egos and their own views that they're right. And anyone that questions anything or someone who's in the middle of sees things a bit different, u they're automatically a traitor and an enemy. And if that's your thinking, mate, then how are we ever going to move forward? It's just I just don't get it. And I'm I'm honestly shocked to be honest. It kind of hit me hard all day thinking, "Wow, is this really where we've gone to? Is this what's to come? Is this what our children are going to go through? all this hatred and bigotry and unfair biased reporting, not showing things for what they actually are, like I say, because you can't really go too deep anymore on these platforms or you just get censored. And um it's like they've got us hook, line, and sinker. And I feel like people on all sides of the spectrum need to come forward, come together and start calling out all forms of evil even with own within their own communities. And uh I think if people did that and we could rile up enough support, we could start to change people's minds, but also fair and justly and also expose the genuine concerns that people have and show how the government, not just this government, you know, we like to say, oh, which I agree, but they all are. This stuff's been happening when the conservative was in power. And I can guarantee you if reform gets in power, a similar thing will happen again. There'll be other wars or other things happen. And then it'll be like, "Oh, they sold us down the river. Oh, politician lied to us again. Huh? How did we not see that coming?" It happens all the time. And what people don't realize is when it comes to politics, there's a big club and we're not in it. And both sides of the spectrum see even like them hotel protests. You see people on the left turn up with the generic signs that they've had designed and printed for them and they're shipped in on a bus. You know, it's all controlled opposition. Even on the left and things like Antifa and anti-fascism, that's all controlled opposition. We've been covering this stuff for years, decades. in fact did over 500 radio show episodes well co-host and did a lot of the research for the topics and sourcing guests for them and stuff. So I know a little bit about like the global thing and what's happening in the Middle East and the effects of that that we're seeing now and people don't even realize that that agenda is far from over. These powers that be, let's say, have other plans as well. and possible future wars that none of us want to see. And the only way they keep the only way that'll be possible is if they keep all of us divided and distracted, not looking at what they're doing. And that's the point. So honestly, before you start sending me threatening texts telling me that you and my other friend are waiting for me and this, that, and the other, just think about what I've been through. Just think about what my family's been through from the Irish side coming here and how they were treated, family members attacked, and then how I was treated through being half foreign growing up and literally having a gun to put to my head and told back to go to my own country. Like, what the hell? And I'm not allowed to stand out against racism and say that if you believe that every single migrant coming here is a bad person intending to do harm and don't speak to me again because you're falling for it. And you know the hypocrisy is even Tommy Robinson says it's not all Muslims. He knows lots of good Muslim lads. They've treated him great in Luton. He's also got lots of seek friends. He doesn't have a problem with the Indians. All this stuff. >> There are great Muslims that make that point. I grew up with some unbelievable, brilliant Muslims and I don't hate them and I don't want them to be kicked out of my country but because it's their country because it's their country. >> That's even him supposed to be the leader saying that. And then you'll have people that just ignore that. And if anyone else on another spectrum or different viewpoint shadows that like I did in that post, it's like, "Oh, you're a lunatic lefty and basically the you're the enemy." Paraphrasing, but and uh kind of making a threat, you know what I mean? It's just like, wow. But he can say it. He's allowed to say it. But then you've got people even further than him who are calling people on the further right than Toby Robinson that are calling him a traitor and saying that he's a a civat and he should be an ethnet and you know all this sort of stuff. I've seen them arguments as well. So, it's like that's like the far right stuff and some of them groups that were exposed recently like the white supremacist movement thing in the UK and people training at gyms underground. They did some like exposure thing on them, didn't they? and um cinema a few of the protests and that challenging some of the other YouTubers and uh that just shows you that it does exist the same way it exists on the other side or what they call Islamists that are like Islamic fundamentalists that push um harmful sectarianism bigotry towards anyone who doesn't follow what they follow and stuff and you do see that. So, I'm fair. And like I say, I've been pointing that stuff out for years, especially when it was all the Syria stuff going on. I covered that for years. And um I've seen what they did to that country and how a lot of these outside influence, bad actors were funded and armed and told to go to area A to carry out atrocity B. in and then it was blamed on the actual government because all the western powers wanted to take that regime down and what they did to that country was awful and it's not just that country it's happening in loads of countries and then we're seeing the backlash of that. I mean, it's just like, you know, I could get lost in this. Uh, could be recording all night sharing my views, but to tell a whole community that they're a danger to society and they need to go is not only harmful, but it leaves them feeling like, what have they got to live for? They've got nowhere to go. Everybody hates them. H Oh, but this guy here, this extremist guy, he's uh telling me what I want to hear. And yeah, I think I believe him. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And it's just fueling. So like the hate from the extreme right fuels the hate on the extreme left or extreme Islam or extreme whatever whatever. And it's just compounding and building into like this melting pot of hate and tension and nobody knows where it's going. and people within all the communities feel under threat and then like I was saying before about the dog that feels backed into a corner they lash out and that's why I'm saying it's really important to call out all forms of extremism on all sides not just left or right or Islam or Christians or Jewish people or Buddhists or Hindus every single background around has extremes and bad people, but like I say, the majority within them are good people. And sometimes it just takes a good few from each community to bring some of these issues to the forefront and change things from within. And that goes for both sides. So people on the left or the right, if they're not calling out the extremes within their own movements and publicly stating that we have nothing to do with that viewpoint and you know anyone calling for the UK to get rid of all Muslims or all brown people. We won't stand for that and that's not what this movement's about. and we need change and we need to stop the boats and and not let as many people come here and you know to a point where it affects your cultural identity. I get that. I get that. But just please have some common sense and understand how other people might be feeling. If you only call out evil from one side but you ignore all the other sides doing evil, then you're not really helping the situation. And I think moving forward as a society, we should be able to question each group without demonizing the whole group. We need to say, "Hey, group A over there, you've got some people that believe this or that are doing this and this is harmful for society." And then some of the louder voices within them communities need to stand up then same as on the right and call out that look if you're saying all migrants are bad or all Muslims are terrorists or rapists or groomers or all British patriots are racist. Someone's got a British or English flag they're racist. Then that's the problem. What different are you from them? I just I can't understand it, but I wish I wish I did understand it. And I wish people understood as well that it's a very complex issue and giving it these broad terms is just not helping anyone. And I'm sure many people in the UK will see where I'm coming from. And I hope you managed to get through this video. And as a message out there to the person that did send me the threatening text and the people surrounding them that were obviously discussing all this and agreed to get in my inbox like that. Just think for yourselves. Please stop listening to these voices that are sharing these harmful narratives, keeping you in the echo chamber and pushing hate and division. We need to build bridges between the different communities because the communities aren't going anywhere, are they? I mean, come on, be realistic. And this is another thing that I see in these comments, this harmful rhetoric that um bring back the Crusades and Britain will soon be Islam free and all this stuff. I mean, realistically, look at the statistics. What? Five to six million Britishborn Muslims, where they going to go? Do you do you and do you really want to keep poking and poking and poking and poking and poking to the point that it's like that dog backed into the corner again? And then it feels like it has no other option other than to defend itself as people come marching into their communities like back in the days of the riots causing trouble.
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And if that's the society you want to bring your kids into and that's something you're looking forward to, then you are part of the problem because it doesn't end how you think it will end. This isn't America. This isn't some heavily armed nation where you can overthrow a government. We have a pretty advanced military and security forces and police and intelligence agencies, facial recognition technology. You think by going out starting a civil war, killing loads of innocent people, it's going to bring change to your country. Go and look at wars. go and look at the effect and the scars that are still deep decades later and what that actually causes and how some countries never truly recover from that. And look at some of the states we're seeing now in the Middle East and ask yourself, is that what you want in the United Kingdom? Is that what you want to keep cheering for? Cuz that's not what I want and that's not what the majority of people want. Yeah, you might have a few million that support that idea, especially when you get the likes of Elon Musk saying at Tommy's demo that you need to fight or die. I mean, what what kind of rhetoric is that? And what kind of standard is that setting? Fight who? Who we at war with? Oh, all the migrants. Or is it just all the migrants? Just the ones in the hotel? Or does it extend to other ones that are working here that came here legally? Ones that are in the hospital, the doctors, the nurses, different people within important positions of like public services and stuff. All of them. They need to all go and me as well cuz that's honestly how you make it out sometime. And what you don't realize is, and I'll say it one more time, there is people on all sides of the political spectrums. A minority of them have nothing but hate in their hearts. And if they had their way, they would get rid of all of you and me or anyone that look different to them. And if you can't see that and call that out fairly and openly without hating me, then we're never going to move forward. But I hope this made sense and I hope it gives somebody some insight into what's going on in my head recently cuz I have took a bit of a step back from doing the podcast stuff and the videos and um I've had a lot of other stuff going on and the funny thing is like people say about protecting women and children and oh you're this and oh year of that. I've literally literally been protecting women and children recently and working alongside someone something to actually identify people that have been harming women and children through the use of open source intelligence and a lot of this AI stuff that I've been digging into and learning a lot more about and how you can find a lot of information on events and and connect dots that you couldn't have easily done previously without the use of a lot of high-tech tools. But now with AI and bit of a knowledge in open source intelligence, you can do quite a lot. So hopefully starting to make a difference and hopefully people listen to this message. And if someone wants to come on the podcast respectfully, not threatening, and debate me on it. Not even debate, just have a discussion, have a chat, and share viewpoints and concerns. and I can share where I'm coming from and explain that it's not all black and white because it really isn't. There's plenty of other things in between. There's the gray area. And do you know when you start using blanket statements and derogatory terms and demonizing whole groups of people, all the other people that are not even on board your ship look at it and go, "I agree with some of them, but yeah, I'm not being affiliated with them. They just they've lost it. They've taken it too far. You lose so many people. And it's the same with Tommy Robinson. If he focused on all the evils of all the different backgrounds of people fairly and equally, most people wouldn't have a problem with him. But because he only focuses on a certain aspect of the crap that we're seeing go on in the world and extremism, only one form of extremism he concentrates on. then he loses all the people that see it from a much broader viewpoint and how it's not everyone like I've been saying and like I said in that post which led to waking up today receiving that text and um making me reflect pretty much all day on my previous experience growing up and I was attacked and multiple times and Uh, you know, it's some of the stuff that I've seen in society which I think we need to move forward from. You know, comedy is one thing and like poking fun at other races and cultures and highlighting certain issues through the use of comedy. Um, but if you're repeatedly poking fun at people just because they're a certain ethnicity, which I've seen amongst many different backgrounds, like I say, I've seen it in the Asian community against white people. I've seen it in the white communities against anyone like myself or against black people. Um, one in particular um was a lad that I came across years ago and um amongst this social circle and one of the lads was black and all the other white lads used to just refer to him as the n-word, the little nword and just constantly to his face even to the point where you could see he's like ready to cry and that but you know oh you got it's only banter it's only banter and you've got a hold at him. However, if he came into that group and said, "Oh, you're all white this, you're all that," he' smashed his head in. And that sort of rhetoric to people growing up can just be really harmful and send people the opposite way, no matter which side you're on. But imagine being both. Imagine like some white people not seeing you as white cuz you're mixed and then whatever you mixed with not seeing you as them because you've got white in you. It's like people need to think and people don't understand that if things get that bad and all out chaos breaks out then everyone of a mixed or other background will be a target completely. And I felt that this morning just because I didn't subscribe to a certain narrative when honestly if they really knew me that much and they knew all the stuff I was about and talked about over the years, they'd know kind of where I was coming from, they'd also know it wasn't directed at them and they wouldn't have done that. But it is what it is. Anyway, I've been ranting for quite a long time now. Not sure how long this is going to be after the edit, but we shall see. And uh yeah, if you did manage to watch this and get through it, then thank you very much. Please leave a comment and let me know how you feel. Have you grown up feeling a certain way? What's your experience been? Because like I say, not all people are a certain thing. Not all people are racist. They're not not all people are bigots and I've experienced it firsthand and I'm going to talk about it and if anyone wants to get in touch and be on the show and share their experiences then I'm more than welcome to have them on and talk to them because there's some commentators out there now that are doing more harm than good to Britain. And I'm not going to mention any names because I don't need to because the people that know and the ones that don't follow and hence why they have that emotional response because you don't hate what they hate enough. So you must be a threat. You must be sympathizing. You must be siding with them when it's not like that. You know, there's two, like they say, there's two sides to every story. And there really is. And if you're not willing to look into that and step out of your comfort zone and realize that maybe you're being played, then I'm sorry. I can't help. Hopefully I have. And hopefully I've made you think, well, hold on a minute. Yeah, I get where he's coming from. Maybe I'll look into who some of these groups are and who some of them work with. Maybe ask the AI why some of these people would always reframe things certain ways and try to understand a little bit more about why they do what they do and it'll all start to make a little bit of sense. And then from that, we need to build the communities together and put an end to all this hatred and have some sort of common sense between us because if we don't, what does it look like for our children going forward? Anyway, this is Marty from IE Media. Thanks for listening to my long- winded rant, but I feel like it
