Tommy Robinson, the court case and (guffaw) 'free speech'

[agricola]

Because we are in a post-fact era. American Twitter-twats, for example, aren't interested in the ins and outs of the British judicial process, they're just interested in this being 'proof' that 'the government' is 'silencing' Robinson.

that and "the UK is dying / dead" meme that has been going on for at least the past twenty years

 

[not-bono-ever]

like a virus, i see calls on FB for Yaxley to be given asylum in australia- do these FB sharers understand how the real world works ?

 

[andysays]

like a virus, i see calls on FB for Yaxley to be given asylum in australia- do these FB sharers understand how the real world works ?

Yeah, don't they realise transporting convicts from Britain to Australia officially ended in 1868...?

 

[agricola]

like a virus, i see calls on FB for Yaxley to be given asylum in australia- do these FB sharers understand how the real world works ?

Perhaps they understand it a little too well, given what uncontrolled immigration in the 18th and 19th centuries did to that country.

 

[gosub]

pocket fumble

 

[belboid]

Some people...

 

[FridgeMagnet]

like a virus, i see calls on FB for Yaxley to be given asylum in australia- do these FB sharers understand how the real world works ?

I’m sure he’d love Nauru.

 

[Geri]

You could just leave something like this lying around...

You could just leave something like this lying around...

I had already posted that! Then my stepmum posted the thing she had posted (RIP Britain) and I dare say my other auntie did too. They are a trio of idiots.

 

[campanula]

I had already posted that! Then my stepmum posted the thing she had posted (RIP Britain) and I dare say my other auntie did too. They are a trio of idiots.

Depressing though. My sister, all her children, her new husband have also become hateful bigots... our wc northern upbringing has diverged beyond reconciliation - I am unable to speak to them or see them. My children, especially my daughter, tried (much harder than I did) to maintain a dialogue with them but they also fell away at the end. Brick walls.

 

[Almor]

My uncle just posted this to Facebook, ffs
courtesy of Geert Wilders and Ben Garrison, UKIP for the win!
Idiot

 

[BristolEcho]

Tried to have a debate with someone over this and his final sentence was : "We'll have to agree to disagree"

Basically he didn't know what he was talking about.

 

[Manter]

He gets millions of views on youtube. If his followers are fascists, then they comprise a good chunk of England.

ETA: the free speech shtick comes from support by libertarian interests who are making their in-roads into Britnat fascism if the support provided for the recent march in London is anything to go by. It's an interesting political tie-up but not surprising.

They don't get to not be fascists just because there are a lot of them

 

[DotCommunist]

My uncle just posted this to Facebook, ffs
View attachment 136616 courtesy of Geert Wilders and Ben Garrison, UKIP for the win!
Idiot

look at the skull on top of the prison.

 

[Almor]

look at the skull on top of the prison.

Yeah, I pointed that out, the amount of shit he posts about patriotism, UKIP, and that, and he's shared a cartoon with a skull on top of the union flag, clown

I do like how sad Tommy looks though
:-/

 

[Athos]

They don't get to not be fascists just because there are a lot of them

Why do you think they're fascists?

 

[Manter]

Why do you think they're fascists?

Did I say they were? Or just point out a logical fallacy?

 

[Orang Utan]

look at the skull on top of the prison.

What's the significance of it?

 

[Athos]

Did I say they were? Or just point out a logical fallacy?

You didn't say it, explicitly; but that seemed to be the implication.

 

[DotCommunist]

What's the significance of it?

that I know of, none. except the obvious symbol of death etc.

 

[Combustible]

that I know of, none. except the obvious symbol of death etc.

His supporters are claiming that a few months in prison will be a death sentence because "muslim gangs" have apparently said they will kill him.

 

[Poi E]

Hopefully he'll find love in prison, not hate.

 

[existentialist]

His supporters are claiming that a few months in prison will be a death sentence because "muslim gangs" have apparently said they will kill him.

That would be a terrible thing, and something our excellently staffed and well resourced prison system should be adequately equipped to prevent against

 

[not-bono-ever]

Jail has proved its worth in PR for the dedicated and whatever I think of this turd, he is dedicated

 

[Pickman's model]

Yeah, I pointed that out, the amount of shit he posts about patriotism, UKIP, and that, and he's shared a cartoon with a skull on top of the union flag, clown

I do like how sad Tommy looks though
:-/

tommy robinson recently

 

[not-bono-ever]

Sadness

 

[krtek a houby]

that and "the UK is dying / dead" meme that has been going on for at least the past twenty years

Oh defo. I read it all the time - esp after a terrorist attack. The UK has been defeated/surrendered, Europe is failed etc. And lots of adoration for the Britain First crew, initially. Katie Hopkins seems to be a fave, as well.

 

[not-bono-ever]

It’s the eternal question - why do people turn to intolerant authoritarian figures when it is invariably against their interests to do so. Reich would say not enough sex I suppose

 

[Pickman's model]

It’s the eternal question - why do people turn to intolerant authoritarian figures when it is invariably against their interests to do so. Reich would say not enough sex I suppose

it all starts with the first authority figures in one's life i suppose. they fuck you up your mum and dad...

 

[gentlegreen]

Bloody hell, I hadn't realised Roseanne Barr had gone so Trump-bonkers. I will probably give the new series a miss.
It's amazing how many 'mericans I encounter online - even ones whose views overlap somewhat with my own who are certain that we are living under "Sharia law" over here (whatever they think they mean by that).

EDIT :-



‘Roseanne’ Blasts Ignorance Toward Muslim Immigrants: Is She Just Trolling Us Now?

 

[krtek a houby]

Bloody hell, I hadn't realised Roseanne Barr had gone so Trump-bonkers. I will probably give the new series a miss.
It's amazing how many 'mericans I encounter online - even ones whose views overlap somewhat with my own who are certain that we are living under "Sharia law" over here (whatever they think they mean by that).

Yep, no-go areas, rampant socialism, Muslim overlords, genocide etc etc. Very depressing and they will not listen to people who live in or know the UK.