{"id":238896,"date":"2021-07-19T07:47:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T07:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=238896"},"modified":"2021-07-20T05:49:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T05:49:01","slug":"racist-defacing-of-rashford-mural-turns-out-to-have-no-racial-connotations-whatsoever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=238896","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Racist\u2019 Defacing of Rashford Mural Turns Out to Have No Racial Connotations Whatsoever"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Paul Joseph Watson \u2013 SUMMIT News July 16, 2021<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>One of the \u201cracist\u201d incidents that prompted a week of media moral panic over the treatment of black England football players has been revealed to have no racial connotation whatsoever.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whoops.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Euro 2020 final, where England were defeated on penalties by Italy, a wave of supposed racial abuse originating with England fans against their own players ensued.<\/p>\n<p>This was exploited to push for further mass censorship and a call for people to be forced to provide official identity documents before being allowed to open a social media account.<\/p>\n<p>It subsequently emerged that a tiny fraction of the abuse had actually originated in England and that the vast majority of it had come from fake bot accounts or people living in South Asian and Middle Eastern countries.<\/p>\n<p>Another incident that played into the narrative was the apparent \u201cracist\u201d defacing of a mural of striker Marcus Rashford in Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>This prompted a wave of support which turned the mural into a bizarre kind of shrine that looked more like a memorial.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is the scene at the Marcus Rashford mural in Withington this morning. Messages of love have covered up racist graffiti daubed on the portrait.  <br \/>Rashford says the community&#39;s support has left him &#39;on the verge of tears.&#39; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/txcGtZKQ83\">pic.twitter.com\/txcGtZKQ83<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BBC North West (@BBCNWT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCNWT\/status\/1414822556096503815?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Black Lives Matter and \u2018Refugees Welcome\u2019 activists then descended on the site to \u2018take a knee\u2019 against racism.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201ciTs nOt aBoUt mArXiSm oR iMmIgrAtiOn\u201d screeched the woke football fans in my mentions yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Try investigating the groups behind this, and their overt, far-left political affiliations. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve even circled some to help you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M8GGWP6d9r\">pic.twitter.com\/M8GGWP6d9r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaheemKassam\/status\/1415032396773089285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It has now been revealed that the words used to deface the mural, originally blurred out in media reports, had no racial connotations whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>Sky News Reports: \u201cGraffiti sprayed on to a mural of Marcus Rashford in Manchester is \u201cnot believed to be of a racial nature,\u201d police have said.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">False narrative vs the truth. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DMJLp1tLuq\">pic.twitter.com\/DMJLp1tLuq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Rose (@ArchRose90) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArchRose90\/status\/1415785666315751427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The graffiti included \u201cswear words\u201d but did not refer in any way to the ethnicity of the three black players who missed their penalties, Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka.<\/p>\n<p>Greater Manchester Police said they were \u201ckeeping an open mind as to the motive\u201d behind the person or persons responsible for defacing the mural and that no arrests had been made.<\/p>\n<p>While the original fury over the \u201cracist\u201d incident in addition to the offensive messages sent on social media received wall to wall press coverage, the fact that the messages originated mainly abroad and that the mural incident wasn\u2019t racial are being quietly reported well below the fold<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rmc12n5uCPU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alert!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pjwshop.com\/\">In the age of mass Silicon Valley censorship It is crucial that we stay in touch.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pjwshop.com\/\">I need you to sign up for my free newsletter <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/newsletter\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Support my sponsor \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/TURBOFORCE\">Turbo Force<\/a> \u2013 a supercharged boost of clean energy without the comedown.<\/p>\n<p>Get early access, exclusive content and behinds the scenes stuff by following me on <a href=\"https:\/\/pauljosephwatson.locals.com\/\"><strong>Locals<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/07\/16\/racist-defacing-of-rashford-mural-turns-out-to-have-no-racial-connotations-whatsoever\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the media uproar over the defacing of a mural by alleged &#8220;racists&#8221;, it has now been revealed that the words used to deface the mural, originally blurred out in media reports, had no racial connotations 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