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It sucks that racists hijacked actual patriotism
Racists didn’t “hijack patriotism”. You’re just delusional.
it’s not that racists highjacked patriotism, it’s that unhinged racist activists decided that caring about your home country or being proud of your heritage (if you’re from a country they’ve declared evil) is in itself racist.
the UK gets the same shit.
Nationalists are also sometimes racist, so there is that connotation.
It’s how you get shit like this, and the hijacking of the Eureka flag:
For the UK the English flag has become controversial. Although that can partly be attribute to anti-nationalism by lefties.
Patriotism wasn’t hijacked by racists, leftists abandoned it. As leftists, as a matter of course, call all of their opponents racist then only “racists” (non leftists) are left waving national flags.
When do you ever see leftists waving national flags? Never.
Nigel Farage’s bank accounts were closed down after Coutts decided that his views “do not align with our values”, documents obtained by the former Ukip leader show.
A reputational risk committee “exited” Mr Farage after considering a dossier detailing his comments about Brexit, his friendship with Donald Trump and his views on LGBT rights among many reasons he was not “compatible with Coutts”.
The background briefing paper even made reference to Mr Farage’s friendship with Novak Djokovic, the former Wimbledon champion, as evidence that he was not as “inclusive” as the bank.
In the trophy room with Novak's brother Djordje. pic.twitter.com/DjgD4ItdMz
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) January 9, 2022
Earlier this month, the BBC and the Financial Times reported claims that the reason Mr Farage’s accounts were closed was that they fell below the financial threshold required by the bank. The BBC quoted sources “familiar with” the Coutts decision.
Yet in the 40 pages of documents released to Mr Farage after he made a subject access request to Coutts, the bank repeatedly says he “meets the EC [economic contribution] criteria for commercial retention”.
Writing for The Telegraph, Mr Farage accuses the private bank of “lying” about the real reason he was cut off, saying the documents show that the decision was politically driven.
He describes the file as a “Stasi-style surveillance report” and notes that the word Brexit appears in the report 86 times – which, he says, “perhaps tells us all we need to know”.
“Between 2014 and 2016, when I first banked with Coutts, no problems ever arose. After Brexit became a reality, everything changed,” he writes.
Minutes of a meeting of Coutts’ wealth reputational risk committee held on Nov 17 2022 state: “The committee did not think continuing to bank NF was compatible with Coutts given his publicly-stated views that were at odds with our position as an inclusive organisation.
“This was not a political decision but one centred around inclusivity and purpose.”
Mr Farage has said Coutts told him he was not being treated as a Politically Exposed Person (PEP) – a legal term for customers who are deemed risky for political reasons – but the dossier specifically states that he is one.
He writes: “Whoever at Coutts thought it clever to feed friendly media outlets outright lies about me sorely misjudged the situation.”
The document contains 39 mentions of Mr Trump, and Mr Farage says: “The fact that I support Donald Trump is part of this charge sheet.”
mentioned 86 times, “Russia” 144 & “PEP” 10.
Support for Trump + views on immigration, net zero & the vaccine are listed as reasons to exit me.
They say my account is commercially viable! pic.twitter.com/QjPCuUetu3
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) July 18, 2023
Speaking on Mr Farage’s GB News show, Lord Lamont, a former chancellor, said: “I was appalled when I looked at the documents.
“It seems to me a right to have a bank account is a fundamental right... but it appears that the executives of the bank were going through your views and saying they were not compatible with their values. That is not the function of a bank. It’s extraordinary that a bank should set itself up as some judge of political correctness.”
Some senior Tory MPs have called for a change in the law on PEPs to prevent abuse of the system. Under UK financial law, gatekeepers of the banking system must perform enhanced checks on people classed as PEPs, their families and close associates.
The Treasury has confirmed that it is reviewing whether banks are blacklisting customers with controversial political views. Under the new Financial Services and Markets Act, the Financial Conduct Authority will look at how banks deal with PEPs in a review to take place within the next year.
A spokesman for the Treasury said: “It would be of serious concern if financial services were being denied to anyone exercising their right to lawful free speech.
“We will soon set out plans to crack down on this practice by toughening the rules around account closures, protecting freedom of expression. In the meantime, people can complain to the Financial Ombudsman Service which has the power to direct a bank to reopen an account.”
Supporters of Mr Farage have warned that the PEP rules are increasingly being used to turn away any customers whose views the bank might disagree with.
Mr Farage says he is consulting his lawyers to decide what action is appropriate in the light of his treatment by Coutts.
A Coutts spokesman said: “Our ability to respond is restricted by our obligations of client confidentiality. Decisions to close accounts are not taken lightly and take into account a number of factors including commercial viability, reputational considerations and legal and regulatory requirements.”
I love me some playmobil
Long over-due
"assets" like the several billion dollars worth of stuff biden left in afghanistan?
Long over-due
"assets" like the several billion dollars worth of stuff biden left in afghanistan?
It's amusing how Jenn assumes urban Commies will know how to farm. SPOILER ALERT: They don't.
But think how superior they'll all feel as they starve to death!
bunch of people missing the point on purpose in the notes too, this is directed at the ninnies that think they'll teach making flower crowns 101, commune poet, or anime appraiser, or any of a million things people think will exist in their pipe dream.
People that already understand the concept of work aren't the target audience here.
these people, these are the people this is aimed at!!!
"you don't unterstand how the real world wor-"
no I do understand and it's fucking ridiculous. The doublethink required to be satisfied with capitalism is insane.
That certainly is not any sort of rebuttal even to the imaginary opponent in your head.
imagine getting this review
I guarantee that Monica at the front desk has not been able to live this review down and her coworkers absolutely bring it up regularly.
If I were Monica I'd print this review out and frame it
Rape threats being permissible on social media but questioning leftist ideology getting you banned is exactly why you need to be armed, btw.
I'm going to elaborate more. Tumblr determined an explicit rape threat against a user was not a violation of the TOS, but people get banned from this site without any post sourced as a reason. They just get nuked and have zero recourse.
The fact that the powers that be will allow violent threats but silence swaths of people for seemingly nothing should horrify everyone. They are creating (have created) immunity for some and immediate punishment for others. They are incentivizing and cheering on actual threats of violence. They will not stay threats forever. I am deadass serious when I say this is why you should be armed. If you dare to question anything, if you dare to disagree, the violence against you will be excused as normal, and no one will bother to protect you.
I wish all environmentalists a very suck cocks in hell
Germans becoming the new Brits.
Nuclear has been making up 10%+ of their domestic electricity production for the last several years, they’ve dusted off the coal plants to cover a bunch that gap now, way to go exchanging clean energy for coal.
Coal is more radioactive and cancerous and more environmentally destructive than the worst nuclear plants in human history, on top of being used even longer and in more places around the world.
Their governments knew better than to do this during or heading into Winter. These idiots have another six months before Nature steps in to remind them why Man loves Fire.
They’re fucked. They were depending on Russian natural gas to help power the country after they shut down the nuclear energy but because they support Ukraine Russia shut off the gas supply. Idiots are now desperately destroying the country to get every last scrap of coal to burn. Absolutely amazing.
SEATTLE, WA - The Babylon Bee had the honor of sitting down with a local brave #resistance fighter to learn more about the fearless counterculture fighting against hate and other bad stuff like that. According to Doy Keeblesmush, a leader of the local resistance movement in Seattle, the ideology consists of whatever the media, universities, corporations, and Hollywood tell them they should think.
"Yeah, I'm pretty much a free thinker," said Keeblesmush when interviewed at a protest rally sponsored by Kinko's. "I would say my ideology is an eclectic mix of Vox, Marvel comics, Starbucks' Twitter feed, and whatever my Sociology 101 professor says. There's a lot of hate and misinformation out there, so it's important that I get my life's moral compass entirely from multi-billion dollar corporations and celebrities. The only exception is dead German philosophers like Marx. They're cool too."
According to Keeblesmush, blindly following the prevailing winds of culture as dictated by trends and hype is the best way of making sure one is on the "right side of history."
"It's important to be on the right side of history since that is literally the only way to determine whether something is right or wrong!" said Keeblesmush. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to attend an afternoon boycott of MyPillow organized by Tempur-Pedic."
Also, “assault weapons” are rarely used in crime, and the 1994 bill also included handguns and shotguns.
Also you’re statistically more likely to get killed by someone punching or kicking you to death unarmed than shotguns and all rifle types combined.
I know the stat applies to rifles OR shotguns, but I'm not sure if it would still include both, and I'm too tired to check right now.