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SoBeIt🍄's avatar

Anna, this is brilliant, thank you. This should be sent to all newspapers and tv outlets so the derogatory name calling of ordinary citizens can stop.

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Layla Mcfadyen's avatar

💙💙💙💙💙

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Anna Leggett's avatar

Thank you very much, @SoBeIt🍄.

People really do need to read a few history books before they start saying, broadcasting or publishing such rot.

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Layla Mcfadyen's avatar

Nigel and his party are not like Nazis at all Nigel is a good person

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Anna Leggett's avatar

They're definitely not and I agree that Nigel is a good person. I don't know how he puts up with all the flack he gets. To me that shows strength of character.

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Layla Mcfadyen's avatar

We need a strong leader like him Hitler and his Nazis killed millions of people Nigel knows what he’s doing trust me

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Denise Hall's avatar

Thank you, Anna. This must have taken a lot of work and it is much appreciated. When these words were first thrown around like confetti at a wedding to silence people, I also revisited my history. All of these words should be used with great care as they carry deep and disturbing meanings. Words matter. It is the way we communicate and words have always been used by authoritarians to silence dissent and to try and shame people into compliant behaviour. We are seeing and, indeed, living this now. I have tried reasoning with people who throw these insults (often not knowing the meaning of the words) but I have found, like Shirley Valentine, I get more sense talking to a wall! We also have to admit, however strong we are, this constant barrage of insults does take its toll on our spirits because we are human. We do, however, have to stand up to it and I have found that being polite and using humour often silences these people. I also take a break from all of it at least one day per week to restore my equilibrium. Once again thank you for this as it is well researched and very well written. Just hold on to the fact that there are more decent people in our country than authoritarians and, in the end, we shall walk into the light again.

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Anna Leggett's avatar

Thank you very much, Denise. I will be transparent, I did get some help from my AI assistant! But even so, it still took a long time to put together. I felt compelled to write this as I'm so sick of hearing this utter nonsense. I also want to have answers I can give people next time I find myself in that situation. Researching and writing this piece just confirms how utterly ridiculous and incorrect all those accusations are.

As ever, thank you for sharing your wisdom on getting a balance as we deal with the opposition we find ourselves up against. It's important we protect and look after ourselves.

And also, thank you for the reminder that we're in the majority and hopefully these times we're living in won't be for ever. 🙏

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Lady Jane's avatar

The irony of all this name calling is that the Nazis were left wing. The full name of the Nazi Party was Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (German for 'National Socialist German Workers' Party'). In other words there’s no such thing as the “far right”. It was a narrative invented after WWII so the globalists could continue their communist agenda.

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