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AIBU?

to go to the press?

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ANonna · 29/04/2013 13:37

I have received an email that was sent by a local councillor, complaining about immigration, and specifically 'ragheads'. WIBU to contact the press, as well as making a formal complaint?

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VoiceofUnreason · 29/04/2013 13:38

YANBU. Do it.

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Finola1step · 29/04/2013 13:39

Wow! If this is true, wow! If you are sure that this is not a hoax, def go to the press, go viral with it!

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LunaticFringe · 29/04/2013 13:39

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MissyMooandherBeaverofSteel · 29/04/2013 13:39

Shock yanbu, do it.

Was it an email to you, or a few people?

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Theyoniwayisnorthwards · 29/04/2013 13:40

YANBU, you should do both

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SkinnybitchWannabe · 29/04/2013 13:40

Thats awful. YANBU

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VivaLeBeaver · 29/04/2013 13:41

Blimey! Is it a ukip councillor?

Go to the press. Was it an email just to you?

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quesadilla · 29/04/2013 13:41

Was the email sent just to you? Or was it a broader political campaign mailout? Yes you should go to the press with something like that - attitudes like that deserve the light of day.

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Justforlaughs · 29/04/2013 13:42

I'd check that it is genuine before you do anything else. What Party is the councillor a member of? Does it seem a realistic thing for him to have sent you? If it is genuine then YWNBU to go to the press and make a formal complaint

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BabylonReturns · 29/04/2013 13:42

Wow,. Just wow. Got to be UKIP hasn't it?

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finickypinickity · 29/04/2013 13:43

Does raghead refer to a specific group of people? It sounds very offensive but i've never heard that expression before.

If it does then YANBU

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ANonna · 29/04/2013 13:46

It's not a hoax. Definitely. I know this person. I don't think he wrote it - seems like a forward chain thing IYSWIM?

Sorry, not saying the party or any more specific detail until at least I've decided what to do.

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kim147 · 29/04/2013 13:46

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taxi4ballet · 29/04/2013 13:47

How about forwarding the email to the political party headquarters?

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ANonna · 29/04/2013 13:50

I'm not sure their HQ would do anything useful with it tbh.

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finickypinickity · 29/04/2013 13:50

Thanks Kim147, i'm glad i havent heard that expression before having read the context in that article.

YANBU if its genuine.

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ANonna · 29/04/2013 13:56

Even if he just forwarded it rather than wrote it?

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worldgonecrazy · 29/04/2013 13:57

YANBU. Name and shame.

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ANonna · 29/04/2013 13:58

To whom?

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LippiPongstocking · 29/04/2013 13:58

Party Headquarters, Private Eye and the Guardian. Send it to all of them.

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ANonna · 29/04/2013 14:01

What would happen to him though?

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miemohrs · 29/04/2013 14:01

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pickledginger · 29/04/2013 14:02

Lippi is right. Forwarding that shit is the same as writing it, just lazier.

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LadyClariceCannockMonty · 29/04/2013 14:03

If you think it was just forwarded, you could ask the person where he got it from, then complain about them.

Whoever it turns out has originated it, I think you should go to the party HQ before going to the press. Why don't you think they'd 'do anything useful with it'?

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quoteunquote · 29/04/2013 14:03

Party Headquarters, Private Eye and the Guardian and the local bbc contact number is on the bottom of the local spotlight(what ever the regional news program is called in your area) .

Please do it. take screen shots and send them to the bbc and others.

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