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[–] WideningGyro@hexbear.net 28 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Can any brits weigh in here, what's the vibe? Are average british folk really falling for this shit? It seems so obviously like a politically motivated attack that the lib in me can't help but think this kind of clampdown will hurt their cause (the power of optics!)

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 35 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Are average british folk really falling for this shit?

No lmao

[–] WideningGyro@hexbear.net 16 points 21 hours ago

Thank fucking god

[–] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 31 points 23 hours ago

No. This is primarily the state desperately playing whac-a-mole against majority public sentiment. There's basically a club of like 300-500 people in media/politics with a constituency of online racists who also hate their guts who support this stuff and just scream showers of shite about it 24/7.

[–] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 19 points 21 hours ago

average br*tish folk

Whoa you gotta censor a slur like that. Honestly idk how that made it past the automod.