Ieri Morrissey ha compiuto 58 anni, e stava proprio festeggiando il suo compleanno mentre Manchester, la sua città, era colpita da un tragico attentato. La sua reazione è stata dura, riportiamo qui sotto per intero il suo stato Facebook.
Celebrating my birthday in Manchester as news of the Manchester Arena bomb broke. The anger is monumental.
For what reason will this ever stop?
Theresa May says such attacks “will not break us”, but her own life is lived in a bullet-proof bubble, and she evidently does not need to identify any young people today in Manchester morgues. Also, “will not break us” means that the tragedy will not break her, or her policies on immigration. The young people of Manchester are already broken – thanks all the same, Theresa. Sadiq Khan says “London is united with Manchester”, but he does not condemn Islamic State – who have claimed responsibility for the bomb. The Queen receives absurd praise for her ‘strong words’ against the attack, yet she does not cancel today’s garden party at Buckingham Palace – for which no criticism is allowed in the Britain of free press. Manchester mayor Andy Burnham says the attack is the work of an “extremist”. An extreme what? An extreme rabbit?
In modern Britain everyone seems petrified to officially say what we all say in private. Politicians tell us they are unafraid, but they are never the victims. How easy to be unafraid when one is protected from the line of fire. The people have no such protections.
Morrissey
23 May 2017.
Un commentatore risponde avvertendo Morrissey di stare attento, il suo account potrebbe essere stato hackerato da Nigel Farage, e aggiunge “non posso credere che la stessa persona che ha scritto It’s so easy to laugh. It’s so easy to hate. It takes strength to be gentle and kind abbia scritto questa roba“.
E ce la risentiamo intanto.
