From: slider@atashram.com

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has called for an "all-out effort to
end hate speech globally" amid what he called a "tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scare-mongering" unleashed during the
coronavirus pandemic.

Mr Guterres added that “anti-foreigner sentiment has surged online and in
the streets, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories have spread, and
Covid-19-related anti-Muslim attacks have occurred”.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/coronavirus-pandemic-tsunami-hate-un-chief-a4435686.html

He said on Friday that migrants and refugees have been demonised as
sources of the virus and denied medical treatment.

Mr Guterres went on: “With older persons among the most vulnerable, contemptible memes have emerged suggesting they are also the most expendable,” he said.

“And journalists, whistleblowers, health professionals, aid workers and
human rights defenders are being targeted simply for doing their jobs.”

Mr Guterres begged political leaders to step in and asked civil society
bodies to help people develop "digital literacy" to deal with a time when “extremists are seeking to prey on captive and potentially despairing audiences”.

The media and social media organisations should "remove racist, misogynist
and other harmful content" from their output, he added.

Mr Guterres also said that everyone should stand up against hate speech
"and take every opportunity to spread kindness."

The UN secretary-general warned in April that the coronavirus was "fast becoming a human rights crisis," with "structural inequalities" blocking
access to public services for some.

His words come after it was revealed that hate crimes against people of
Chinese background had risen nearly threefold in the first three months of 2020.

Hate crimes against the Chinese community numbered 267 between January and March this year, nearly three times as many as in the same period in 2019
and 2018, a Sky News Freedom of Information request to British police
forces found.

### - it's very common that average people under pressure tend to start
leaning to the right as a means to dealing with the whatever situation
they're feeling pressured by, it being far easier (for some) to just blame
and get angry, and thus dictatorial, rather than becoming more thoughtful
say?

that as the pressure increases people then split into warring teams/sides,
the right-wing usually being the aggressors/instigators of the violence
which follows, and which the left-wing are then drawn into just in order
to countermand/maintain the status quo...

too many 'players' and not enough referees i reckon! hah! :D

that is, until they feel some monster breathing down their necks, whereon
they all then start callin' on the refs to save their dumb monkey asses
heh; we're sooo sorryyyyyy!

sorry??

riiiiiiiiiiight........

;)

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