AIBU or are this bunch just posh far righters?

[Gingernaut]

Just came across someone in a Facebook group posting something from Traditional Britain

As I had never heard of them, was a bit curious and had time on my hands, I had a mosey to their website.

OMFG!!

traditionalbritain.org/about/

One of their first articles is a post from one of the founders (an hereditary peer} about The Role of Heredity in Politics

Are these people dangerous or just cranks?

My 2020 Batshit Bingo card is missing 'posh Neo-Nazi Party'

I clicked on the link but their articles are so badly written I can’t be arsed to read them all. From reading the first few paragraphs they do sound like a bunch of right wingers trying to hide behind clever words.

They're not even 'clever words'.

It sounds like the National Front without swear words.

We believe that the heterosexual family is the primary social unit.

Oh do fuck off

I was just having a look at that article Gingernaut. Apparently democracy is a 'modern' fashion and we would all have been better off in the Middle Ages being cared for by the local Lord of the Manor!

A spoof, perhaps? Good for a laugh, anyway!

It's astonishing that men of their privilege could be so inadequate.

It gave me a chuckle.

I'm frequently underwhelmed by the standard of education money can buy.

I'm frequently underwhelmed by the standard of education money can buy.

Posh people don't send their kids to posh schools to learn, but to get a top job with one of their mates money printing presses. After all, what's the only entry qualification for Eton ? Minted parents that's all.

A group that invites Katie Hopkins to speak has to be.

Far right

Unpleasant

Entitled

Homophobic

Racist

Living in a dream.

Bat shit crazy

Not my cup of tea.

If you want to vote conservative - fine(ish) I’ll still speak to you. They are most unlikely to get my vote - but its ok.

Endorse this lot and I’d find it hard to be civil/remain a friend.

Endorse this lot and I’d find it hard to be civil/remain a friend.

I'm not endorsing them, honest! 🤣

Today's the first day I have ever heard of them!

I’d not heard of them either.

A group that keep their hands clean whilst whipping up the knuckle grazers?

I got as far as "enforced multiculturalism have watered down our rich national character", which is a logical contradiction in itself, then stopped.

Don't think I really need to read any further to get a handle on what this lot are about.

Any group that begins it's mission statement with 'since WWII' just immediately provokes and overwhelming sense of 'aw for fucks sake, here we go again....'

Describing them as posh far righters suggests far right opinions are normally the reserve of the lower classes which simply isn't true. Far right ideologies come from the top down.

They need to go much further back than WWII.

Things really haven't been the same since Runnymede.

@wafflyversatile

Oh yes. Hitler was such an aristocrat.

Wow. I am by no means a socialist but just reading about some of the beliefs held here- feudal aristocracy? Heterosexual families the basic social unit? As though kids would be better off in a bitterly unhappy house with heterosexual parents than with a happy, stable same sex parents? 😳😱 🤮

"1.We believe in Britain and the British people, their heritage and customs."

What the hell does this even mean? Are they worried that if you don't 'believe' in British people they'll cease to exist, dematerialise, and disappear off into the ether or something?

Who on earth do they consider the 'British' people anyway? If they're that concerned about heritage and customs, presumably they still observe Pictish, Saxon, Druidic, and Neolithic customs?

Not that I actually care.

It appears that they are serious. Which is a bit chilling.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Britain_Group
Lots of interesting links in the Wiki entry.

Oh yes. Hitler was such an aristocrat

He was the leader of a whole country. How much more top down do you need.

I'd love to know their views on the American Revolution.

I'd love to know their views on the American Revolution.

It was a long time ago ?

They sound a bit like the British version of the Dutch Forum voor Democratie, whose leader also likes to hide behind big words, a veneer of culture and nice suits. Their agenda is the same, except they have a more overt culture of misogyny.

Their online shop doesn't seem to exist, which won't help with their fundraising efforts. Not that I think they'll be short of cash.
It's good of them to make themselves and their views known, it makes it easier to spot the motivations and political views of those who associate with them