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Right wing thugs 'protecting the flag' on St George's Day

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newnamethanks · 23/04/2024 22:41

Cruella's boot boys out on the street again protecting our British freedoms in their usual brutish fashion with violent disorder. She must feel very proud.

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ghostyslovesheets · 24/04/2024 16:35

Louloulouenna · 24/04/2024 16:33

Wow the open derision of the British white working class on this thread is quite something.

I'd say your opinion of white, working class people is far worse if you think this gang of pissed up thugs represents them.

Notonthestairs · 24/04/2024 16:36

Northernnature · 24/04/2024 16:22

As I said TR is not in the picture. But there is a video on YouTube of him at the Oxford Union so they were obviously interested in hearing him speak.

In fairness they've also invited on Kermit the Frog, the Cheeky Girls and OJ Simpson.

Sofiabella · 24/04/2024 16:36

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FangsForTheMemory · 24/04/2024 16:38

Thevelvelletes · 24/04/2024 01:43

With a rise in protests promoting foreign causes no surprise really that there was a far right to counter that.
It's all about division being exploited by people for their own ends.
At least there wasn't anyone there that was openly ethnic.

I can’t make head or tail of this.

Hoppinggreen · 24/04/2024 16:38

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Anyone using the term "woke" is not the kind of person who's opinion matters to me

ghostyslovesheets · 24/04/2024 16:39

I like the idea of being a knight though - I look good on a horse

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Sofiabella · 24/04/2024 16:40

ghostyslovesheets · 24/04/2024 16:39

I like the idea of being a knight though - I look good on a horse

White knights are the worst of society. They think black people need the superior white voice to speak for them. Black people hate white knights as much as white people hate them. But you know, whatever floats your boat.

Hoppinggreen · 24/04/2024 16:41

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What awakening would that be exactly then?

ghostyslovesheets · 24/04/2024 16:42

Oh I'll just be an ordinary knight then - because I prefer black people have their own voice - like the BLM movement - can I have a nice horse still?

peakygold · 24/04/2024 16:42

Whatever they did, and whatever your views, it got them some attention, and it got you lot clutching your pearls and referring to white working class people as "gammon". MN at its finest.

AuntieMarys · 24/04/2024 16:42

Utter scum.

ghostyslovesheets · 24/04/2024 16:43

Hoppinggreen · 24/04/2024 16:41

What awakening would that be exactly then?

Meet in the King's Head at 11am - drink 20 pints of Carling, start a fight, go home?

Craicbaby · 24/04/2024 16:43

Allfur · 24/04/2024 15:22

I'm surprised they managed to escape the 15 minute cities they think they're trapped in

😀😀

ILikeDinosaurs · 24/04/2024 16:43

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They always say "vast swathes of the country" but I really don't think it is. Why is it only ever a handful of the same pissed up gammon faces at these events every time?

Hoppinggreen · 24/04/2024 16:43

ghostyslovesheets · 24/04/2024 16:42

Oh I'll just be an ordinary knight then - because I prefer black people have their own voice - like the BLM movement - can I have a nice horse still?

Of course you can, I quite like Skewbald or Piebald horses.
Good mix of colour there

MarioIa · 24/04/2024 16:44

ghostyslovesheets · 24/04/2024 16:30

I guess I'm the wrong sort of white person - the only good white people are one that fight police, read The Sun, think Lozza Fox is the second coming and hate horses.

No, their ugly behaviour is in part an extreme reaction to genuine issues, a bit like with Extinction Rebellion. One of those issues is the odd self flagellation of the British, which doesn't seem to happen in other countries. Extreme patriotism is a reaction/counter to this.

The Spanish aren't filled with self loathing over the Spanish Empire. Neither are the the Italians over the Roman Empire. Same with the Persian empire, Byzantian empire, etc etc.

It's odd that we're so happy to flog ourselves and bend over backwards to pay reparations for the events of hundreds of years ago to other countries that are currently the worst offenders in modern slavery.

The mind boggles....

Hoppinggreen · 24/04/2024 16:44

ghostyslovesheets · 24/04/2024 16:43

Meet in the King's Head at 11am - drink 20 pints of Carling, start a fight, go home?

Wrapped in a flag presumably?

ghostyslovesheets · 24/04/2024 16:45

peakygold · 24/04/2024 16:42

Whatever they did, and whatever your views, it got them some attention, and it got you lot clutching your pearls and referring to white working class people as "gammon". MN at its finest.

as opposed to saying all white working class people are like this - angry, pissed up, fat fuckers hitting police horses - no I'll stay with my view that most us would rather not be lumped with a gang of flag waving, red faced twats with half a brain.

No pearls though - do we get them along with the horse?

Sofiabella · 24/04/2024 16:45

ghostyslovesheets · 24/04/2024 16:42

Oh I'll just be an ordinary knight then - because I prefer black people have their own voice - like the BLM movement - can I have a nice horse still?

No way are you slating this small protest while supporting the BLM movement..no fucking way 🤣 The hypocrisy is amazing.

Hoppinggreen · 24/04/2024 16:46

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What is a Vast swathe exactly?
4? 11? Someones racist uncle and that bloke who sits in the corner of the pub muttering about how foreigners take our jobs?

ghostyslovesheets · 24/04/2024 16:47

Sofiabella · 24/04/2024 16:45

No way are you slating this small protest while supporting the BLM movement..no fucking way 🤣 The hypocrisy is amazing.

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I know - glad you are here to edumacate me Ralphy - maybe when I get on my horse with my pearls on I'll understand it betterer

MarioIa · 24/04/2024 16:47

The election of Donald Trump was another example of a similar backlash. 20 years ago he most likely wouldn't have got a look in.

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ghostyslovesheets · 24/04/2024 16:49

Hoppinggreen · 24/04/2024 16:46

What is a Vast swathe exactly?
4? 11? Someones racist uncle and that bloke who sits in the corner of the pub muttering about how foreigners take our jobs?

Yeah them bloody feigners coming over here, working and paying taxes so I can spend my hard earned UC on cheap larger and shout at the wall - I'm shaking in my boots