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1. Ok, so a brief thread on the problem of disconnect, labels and laziness. I was at the #DayForFreedom event on Sunday. I spotted a young man with a #MAGA cap & a #Kekistan flag. I decided to go and speak to him (like what journalists used to do)
2. Here he explains that he doesn't know much about Trump, but loves the way Trump annoys the left and wants to get in on it. Not big, or clever, but fine. I ask him about the 'Nazi' connotations of his flag and he explains it is satire.
3. I mention the risk of people seeing images of this flag/hat online and writing it off as white nationalist/Nazi. I come on Twitter, and what do I see? This from @hopenothate
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And now she’s in the process of being deplatformed by the venues that once hired her. One for you @UnleashedComedy, perhaps? sosogay.co.uk/2018/05/london…
Vanity Von Glow’s statement on performing at yesterday’s #DayforFreedom march.
Can we stop going after people’s jobs when we disagree with their politics/their friends/their taste in fashion/their hobbies/whatever?

‘Offendotrons Assemble’ is an actual thing & it needs to stop.
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So I went to #DayforFreedom today - the 'free speech' rally organized by Tommy Robinson & his crew. Me, a notorious SJW carelord. Here's what I learned.
1. Yeah, it was heaving with bigots of every stripe. No surprise, right? You had your FLA bigots, your Generation Identity bigots, your mad conspiracy theorist bigots & your Keklord bigots. It was a Bigotapolooza. Bigotchella.

Also, you had this guy.
2. You also had folks of every colour and demographic among the 'NO TO SHARIA LAW' and 'LEAVE THE EU' placards.

You can't go suggesting that this was just a bunch of scared white dudes.
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