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Cllr Mackenzie calls disabled people the "unwashed"

59 replies

carernotasaint · 28/01/2012 16:13

Quite frankly i think this disabilist bastard should resign. He put his comment on twitter. It was referring to the disability protesters at Oxford Circus and Regent Street.
He is a 25 year old councillor from Basildon in Essex.
The best tweet back to him was "if you think the disabled are unwashed now just wait until they take the care component of DLA away."
This sort of blatent discrimination makes me sick. Arsehole!

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ShagOBite · 28/01/2012 16:41

What exactly did he say, and who exactly is he?

FizzyLaces · 28/01/2012 16:37

*protesters

FizzyLaces · 28/01/2012 16:36

I care deeply about disability issues, but, like Dilys, he would have responded to any protersters this way.

I expect he is offensive to all, not just disabled people.

TheFallenMadonna · 28/01/2012 16:35

He was referring only to the protestors rather than disabled people generally? If so, I agree with Dilys.

DilysPrice · 28/01/2012 16:30

Whilst he is presumably a nasty Tory bastard, I strongly suspect he would also have referred to anti-student loan/anti-cuts/anti-war protesters as "the unwashed" - it's a standard rightwing put down of any protesters they disagree with. It's insulting (and intentionally so), and witty comebacks are entirely justified, but it is not a disablist comment.

crazynanna · 28/01/2012 16:27

Bastard twat. Resign you prick

carernotasaint · 28/01/2012 16:17

He should RESIGN NOW.

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TwoIfBySea · 28/01/2012 16:15

Unbelievable! Surely he won't be allowed to get away with it?

TwoIfBySea · 28/01/2012 16:15

Unbelievable! Surely he won't be allowed to get away with it?