Tory donor openly states Dianne Abbot should be shot..

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Frank Hestor reportedly said: “It’s like trying not to be racist but you see Diane Abbott on the TV, and you’re just like… you just want to hate all black women because she’s there.
“And I don’t hate all black women at all, but I think she should be shot.
“(The executive) and Diane Abbott need to be shot.”
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/frank-hester-tory-donor-diane-abbott-comments-black-women-labour-b1144631.html

Abominable, disgusting. Aibu to be incecsed by this?
Money allows all sorts of behaviours apparently, particularly if you give a lot of it to a political party.

Absolutely

Yanbu. His comments were so offensive and vile. Totally indefensible.

Honestly, Abbott must be one of the most resilient people ever to withstand the vile misogyny and racism that's been hurled at her throughout her whole career.

Neither The police nor the Tories will take any meaningful action, but maybe he’ll shoot himself and leave my sister in peace.

I mean - Dianne and other black women could do with one less racist in this wonderfully non-racist Britain🤦🏾‍♀️.

From the Guardian article: 'His lawyers said the fact that his donation was to a party led by Britain’s first Hindu prime minister, a politician of Indian heritage, was further evidence of him embracing diversity.'

I've never rolled my eyes harder...

Couldn’t agree more.

@Writerscompanion first defence of someone whose racism is in some ways selective. Someone who hates one ethnicity not another. Or over the last few weeks, many who have been anti-Semitic in comments or actions.

Scum is scum. You can dress it up in a suit and give it money but it’ll always be scum and this man announced just how scummy he is when he opened his mouth.

Seconded.

Not just men, unfortunately. You will find many white women here and online equally threatened by the very idea of her.

https://x.com/MccarthyFintan/status/1767487109227479216?s=20

I'm still stuck at the "Fucking-hell" stage.

My brain melts every time I try to process it. Not merely that he said this, and was comfortable saying it in front of people at work, but all the apologists.

I just... I can't.

@C8H10N4O2 - my point is you won't see her for dust because like all those other matters I listed she fancies herself a tough talker but actually I reckon very little on delivery.

Should openly vile and racist comments on MN just be deleted- or should they result in a ban?

That poor woman having to open and look at all that bile every day. Absolutely tragic that it means someone as clearly intelligent and articulate as her has been put off going into politics. She’s exactly the kind of person who would be brilliant.

I know. It is tragic. We still have a very, very long way to go in stamping out racism.

Totally agree. Diane Abbot is obviously a very strong woman.
I hope she has plenty of supportive people around her right now. My heart goes out to her.

I believe she is the Minister for Women and Equalities, so yes, I would have expected her to be all over this.

I don’t expect every black woman to be an activist and some will even gaslight you into believing racism doesn’t exist, but I expect the appointed Minister to call out racism and misogyny .

I’m a police officer. Without fail, EVERY time I’ve interviewed a suspect for a hate crime, they tell me they couldn’t possibly be racist/homophobic as they have a black/gay friend/neighbour/relative. It’s absolute bollocks.

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There is a limit- thank goodness.

How utterly depressing that people feel the need to qualify their condemnation of this man with a 'I don't like her but...' / 'I think she's vile but...' even on one of the only corners of the internet dominated by women.

Good god.

Kemi. Badenoch? She'll be "mulling it over" 🙄

What are your thoughts on the donor's words about her? Are they any less abhorrent because you don't like the Labour Party as a whole?

Yes they do don't they? Why is that do you think when there is so much suppurating racist hate at its core?