Tommy Robinson asked to leave a restaurant because staff felt uncomfortable serving him…

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… AIBU to enjoy this?!

If you spout objectionable views, don’t be surprised if people object to you!

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/tommy-robinson-kicked-out-hawksmoor-london-b1231594.html

The staff are there to do their job. They don't have to listen to his views, just serve food and drinks, they're not going to be hovering around the table are they?

I think banning people because you think they are odious and don't agree with them is a dangerous path to go down, where does it end?

Wow. This thread is eye opening. But very useful.

You seem to have completely missed my point.

They have a right not to serve anyone they like as long as it's not discriminatory. Would you have the same opinion if Jewish staff refused to serve a well known anti semite? Antisemitism is not a protected belief before you go down that route.

[citation needed]

I’m willing to bet money that most of them have written at least one of those phrases online. I’m past expecting understating or sympathy, simply because it’s so sanitised and normal. The moment someone even breathes an anti Muslim/black trope, all hell breaks loose. But apparently being antisemitic is debatable, nuanced and justified. Jews are less human, less worthy than blacks, trans, Muslims, whatever.

People are racist and discriminatory every day - the things you described are happening to your family are truly disgusting.

That doesn’t mean the rest of us have to want people who behave like that in our environment.

You clearly don't understand the intimidation & aggression an ethnic minority person might feel when dealing with a person who clearly hates them for the colour of their skin. Do you think racists will keep their mouths shut whilst being served by someone from a differentrace/colour? No, they're mostly likely to be hyperfocused on that person, trying to find a fault or making very pointed comments.

It's not as simple they're there to do their job and not listen to his political views. His views influences his behavior towards others, the two are not mutually exclusive. Similar to the way Andrew Tate treats women, his views influences his behaviour towards women.

By 'some' how much? I think instead of watching 'some' and then talking about what it 'seems' to be about, you should watch ALL of it and then come back and talk about what it's actually about. I have a feeling that most of your opinion has been gleaned from reading other people's opinions on it, rather than on forming your own opinion based on the documentary itself. That's not very clever, is it?

How on earth do you feel qualified to comment so damningly on something you haven't even properly watched?

I hear you and believe me, so do many many others xx

I wasn’t aware that TR had said any of the things I described. Again though, not my point.

The thing that very few people seem to understand is that this was a business decision. The majority of Hawksmoor customers would not wish to dine expensively in a restaurant that welcomes the likes of Tommy Robinson and would be likely to boycott it. Equally there will be people who applaud Hawksmoor for ejecting him and will be more likely to eat there as a result. It’s called reputation management.

Get things in perspective. A restaurant decided they didn't want to serve a renowned, far-right activist who has a string of convictions to his name, including assault. That is their right.

How is that a dangerous path and where do you fear it would lead to? Will poor Yaxley-Lennon starve to death?

I don't want to watch it. I watched the beginning which set out his agenda which was that it's all a big conspiracy against him and he needed to find 'the truth' of his persecution of a vulnerable child.

I understand that you're saucer eyed when it comes to Robinson's propaganda but don't assume others are. He was found guilty - yes I know, that's part of the conspiracy.

Not in 2025, toeing the ideological line, no independent thinking, intolerance, anti-democratic views are behaviours more prevalent among left-leaning voters.

The Left is definitely not the place for intellectual debate, critical thinking or humanism anymore.

Has it not occurred to you that the poster's choice of language reflects the distress she, not you, has been through? Unless you've walked a mile in her shoes OR any other group, who faces victimisation and discrimination, you have no idea, none of us do. The patronising from those desperate to be seen as being on the 'right' side merely fuels matters.

You cannot discriminate against someone for believing sex is real and matters because that is an opinion Worthy Of Respect In A Democratic Society. Whilst I don;t vote Tory I believe the same thing is true of voting tory. In contrast nazism is not a protected belief

I think a lot of ppl miss this. They couldn't give a shiny shit about women, we're just tools to further their agenda. They don't care what the gangs actually did or who they did it to, just that they weren't white & it was ignored. But let's be honest, systematic abuse of women IS largely unpunished & ignored.

The way they go on you'd think that rape, abuse & exploitation is a new phenomenon perpetrated by asian men rather than something that's being happening to women for literally all of time. The only common denominator is maleness, not religion, not skin colour. Men.

And here's a newsflash for the ignorant! They couldn't care less about women's spaces or sports either! It's just another opportunity to be bigoted.

https://cne.news/article/3460-study-left-voting-people-are-more-intolerant-than-their-right-voting-counterparts

And I am saying believing Tory views is protected! Not explicitly, but if put to the test it will be.

I believe TRs views are also protected, but I am less certain

I know that TQ+ ideology is not WORIADS because it is explicitly homophobic and misogynistic, but which of TRs views are not WORIADS? Which views does he have that directly impinge on the rights of others?

I repeat - any evidence of him being white natonalist?

The Left is definitely not the place for intellectual debate, critical thinking or humanism anymore.

Strange that it’s most prevalent in the highest educated in our society, particularly in academia.

Beliefs are protected if WORIADs

If a business if forced to serve TR it cannot be seen to be morally wrong for doing so