What British Twitter thinks of Britain First, Donald Trump's new favourite internet thing
What British Twitter thinks of Britain First, Donald Trump's new favourite internet thing
BF is an Islamophobic, race-baiting, neo-fascist, ultranationalist fringe group of far-right extremists. No wonder Donald Trump likes them.
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29 Nov, 2017
The president of the United States has spent his morning sympathising with far-right British Islamophobes
After President Donald Trump retweeted posts from Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of a far-right fringe group recently charged with using "threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour", British Twitter understandably went into meltdown.
Here are some highlights:
Brendan Cox, the widower of Jo Cox, the MP who was murdered by a gunman who allegedly shouted "Britain first" as he killed her, said the president "should be ashamed of himself".
Even Paul Joseph Watson, the oft-derided far-right conspiracy theorist UK Alex Jones surrogate, thought retweeting neo-fascsts wasn't a good look for the leader of the free world:
Of course, one Brit in particular was very excited...
Note she ends her tweet with "OCS" - neo-fascist shorthand for "Onward, Christian Soldiers".
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Here are some highlights:
Brendan Cox, the widower of Jo Cox, the MP who was murdered by a gunman who allegedly shouted "Britain first" as he killed her, said the president "should be ashamed of himself".
Even Paul Joseph Watson, the oft-derided far-right conspiracy theorist UK Alex Jones surrogate, thought retweeting neo-fascsts wasn't a good look for the leader of the free world:
Of course, one Brit in particular was very excited...
Note she ends her tweet with "OCS" - neo-fascist shorthand for "Onward, Christian Soldiers".
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