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EDL too racist for EDL leader

RJS (undefined) posted this on Tuesday, 8th October 2013, 17:25

I might be paraphrasing here, but anyway:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24442953

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English Defence League leader and founder Tommy Robinson has left the group, saying he has concerns over the "dangers of far-right extremism".

The EDL organises protests across the UK against "radical Islam".
Mr Robinson said it was still his aim to "counter Islamist ideology", although "not with violence but with better, democratic ideas".



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RE: EDL too racist for EDL leader

fluff_n_stuff (Elite Donator) posted this on Tuesday, 8th October 2013, 19:45

Hmmm, is it all just a good publicity stunt though or is he actually ashamed of the way they've carried on?

RE: EDL too racist for EDL leader

Pete-MK (Elite Donator) posted this on Tuesday, 8th October 2013, 21:49

At least he's finally admitting it. For months now he's claimed until blue in the face that there aren't any racist elements in the EDL. Fact his, as noble as his intentions might have been, a group of people with xenophobia at its very core will attract nothing but ignorant neanderthals, and it wasn't long before the lunatics took over the asylum

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RE: EDL too racist for EDL leader

RJS (undefined) posted this on Friday, 19th March 2021, 17:49

All the worry about deepfakes... editing and misrepresentation still seems to be a bigger problem:
https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/editors-picks/how-a-tommy-robinson-propaganda-video-was-born-LYQM6KPL


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Si Wooldridge (Reviewer) posted this on Friday, 19th March 2021, 19:20

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Robee J Shepherd says...
"editing and misrepresentation still seems to be a bigger problem"

Always has been, even for mainstream political parties.

Not to mention passing off activists as members of the public.

It will never end...

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RE: EDL too racist for EDL leader

RJS (undefined) posted this on Saturday, 20th March 2021, 09:28

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Si Wooldridge says...
"It will never end..."

I have hope, we just need a smarter population. When I last read about the research on who believes fake news videos like this, it was overwhelmingly people over the age of 40, rising as you went up the age ranges.

I imagine this is simply because we grew up in times when TV news and newspapers were our only medium, and lots of people (obviously wrongly) trusted a lot of what they read. Where as newer generations who grew up with the internet learn pretty early on not to trust a lot of what they see.

It still amazes me when relatives will link me something so obviously not genuine I am shocked they can't see instantly it's not a proper BBC News article etc, and even I sometimes don't realise a twitter account is a parody. ;)

We need to change our political system, but people over a certain age won't vote for it, they vote for the two main parties they've always voted for, neither of which has any desire to change a system that solely benefits them.

Our politicians aren't accountable, they can lie and cheat and get away with it. Imagine if instead of investigating ways to change the law so they can't be held to account (Tories are doing this right now) by the legal system, they changed things so they were held accountable for everything and personally liable for the damage they did? Imagine if you diverted public money to your friends businesses and then lied to parliament about publishing the contracts... at least twice... that you not only lost your job but faced jail?

Imagine if you sent the country into a war without any clear evidence of a threat to your nation, causing countless unnecessary deaths, you'd not be above the law?


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RJS (undefined) posted this on Saturday, 20th March 2021, 15:20

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Tommy Robinson turned up at the home of an Independent journalist late at night and threatened to falsely accuse her partner of being a paedophile in a bid to prevent the publication of a news story, a court has heard

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tommy-robinson-stalking-journalist-court-b1819842.html

I can't think of anything more frightening than having that thug turn up at my home. 😱

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RE: EDL too racist for EDL leader

Si Wooldridge (Reviewer) posted this on Monday, 22nd March 2021, 11:37

Not sure an interim stalking order is actually enough...

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