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flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc) feddit.uk flamingos@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-06-12
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Telegraph piece by Allison Pearson showing a man working at a food stall with the headline "Sick of being dismissed as a racist, Essex Man has turned to Reform".
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tankplanker lemmy.world tankplanker@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-21
#2 · Quote Reply

Nice to see him own up to the racism
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A_norny_mousse piefed.zip A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip
Joined: 2026-02-04
#3 · Quote Reply

"Sick of being Dismissed as a Racist"

Hmm, I wonder what prompted such cruel treatment.
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TribblesBestFriend startrek.website TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website
Joined: 2025-01-30
#4 · Quote Reply
A_norny_mousse wrote:
"Sick of being Dismissed as a Racist" Hmm, I wonder what prompted such cruel treatment.

« Sick of being dismissed as because of he’s racist comments a man goes back to his racist ways »
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Piatro programming.dev Piatro@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-06-09
#5 · Quote Reply

Ah yes, Alison "police asking me questions about my hate speech is the same as putting me in jail" Pearson, can stop reading there.
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Skullgrid lemmy.world Skullgrid@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
#6 · Quote Reply

Sick of being dismissed as racist, Essex man has turned to Reform to deport or imprison the people dismissing him
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ALoafOfBread lemmy.ml ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-01
#7 · Quote Reply

"I'm sick of being dismissed as racist. I'd rather be welcomed as racist!"
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NoForwadSlashS piefed.social NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-07-09
#8 · Quote Reply

Classic "'ate foreign muck, I make good Inglish sosig sarnies 'n' chips", with a bottle of sriracha in shot.
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Chaunticleer lemmy.dbzer0.com Chaunticleer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-04-29
#9 · Quote Reply

Not knowing what reform is, I bet I can guess from the context
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BehindetheClouds reddthat.com BehindetheClouds@reddthat.com
Joined: 2025-01-27
#10 · Quote Reply

So what did this knob head say to get him dismissed as racist?

Anybody know?
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NigelFrobisher aussie.zone NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-08-07
#11 · (edited) Quote Reply

We used to be a proper country!
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wewbull feddit.uk wewbull@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-06-22
#12 · Quote Reply
Chaunticleer wrote:
Not knowing what reform is, I bet I can guess from the context

Reform UK. The "Stop the boats" party.
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GiveOver feddit.uk GiveOver@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-07-03
#13 · Quote Reply
BehindetheClouds wrote:
So what did this knob head say to get him dismissed as racist? Anybody know?

I found the article and "Essex Man" seems to be an archetype, not a specific man from Essex. I've never heard the term before. Bad headline
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