"Eggless and brainwashed, the main thing is a lot of pre-chewed morals." #TauntBrainwashed #PhenomnTrendBandwagon
#IdentityLGBTQIAPrideFlag
#LiteralVaccine
#MetaphorDeathRIP =
#TheoryCodedMasculinity_ /
#CharacterisationEmasculation
"Der perfekte ZDF zuschauer [The perfect ZDF viewer]"
#NMDEZDF
Context #2022_InvasionOfUkraine ?
Addendum in this version, the #SymbolGestureClenchedFist holds the #ToponymEuropeUkraine.ian flag i.e. #TauntFlagWaving
tweet evokes #PoliticsNationalismBritish / #TheoryDeclinism in response to #IRLHistoricalFigureEdwardColston / #PhenomnStatueToppling article i.e. #NewspaperUKTabloidTheDailyMailGregoryKirby: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10377203/Colston-statue-trial-judge-worried-pressure-jury.html, which was posted by #NMUKGBNewsDarrenGrimes.
#TauntFlagWaving UK #PoliticsPatriotism identity #OrgUKBAF
#CaricaturistDomMckenzie #NewspaperUKBrdshtTheGuardianNickCohen https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/12/in-waging-culture-war-boris-johnson-can-count-on-a-cabinet-of-mercenaries #TauntFlagWaving
Article references: #EDUUKUniversityOfOxfordMagdalenCollege https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/queen-portrait-oxford-gavin-williamson-b1862076.html
#HandleYouTubePrettyGrimProductionsRobertDuncan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX4G68_2qNk #IRLActorAlecWestwood #PhenomnParody #PoliticsGeoExceptionalismEnglish #PhenomnStatueToppling #NarrativeTruthImmutableHistorical #ReasoningFallacyAppealToTraditionCommonSense #TauntFlagWaving #IRLFamilyRoyalUKHRHQueenElizabethII
The logic of this tweet seems to go along the lines of: "it's OK to have some non white people on #NMUKITVGMB - in a tokenistic kind of way (because after all, it's not like they're essential of anything) - as a type of 'decoration' / evidence used to stave off criticism of being racist, but of course, because they're not fulfilling an essential role - the more of 'them' i.e. #MetaphorVersusUsThem that you have the fewer 'legitimate' i.e. white people that you have to do the actual job". The 'give away' is the characterisation of a "British white person" i.e. a 'legitimate British person' (pointing to the idea that #IdentityWhite is an essential attribute of Britishness). The tweet is an overt example of deep-seated #OtheringDiscriminationRacism and strongly implies that the author feels under attack i.e. #TheoryPoliticsOfFearAnxietyOfVictimisation as they struggle (resist) to engaged with contemporary society i.e. a #TheoryPoliticsOfEternity if ever there was one.
Interestingly, the image used to illustrate the tweet is taken from a video, which shows #OrgClassifPPUKConservativePartyBorisJohnson, moments before being infamously stuck on a zip-wire while intending to celebrate/raise awareness for the UK winning its first Olympic gold medal in the #2012_LondonOlympicGames i.e. an image that has become synonymous with #TauntSnatchingDefeatFromTheJawsOfVictory https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/aug/01/boris-johnson-zip-wire Presumably, the image is meant to signify a sense of #PoliticsNationalismConservative re #TauntFlagWaving etc.
Supplementary #2006_Borat version of infamous image: https://www.toonpool.com/cartoons/BORIS%20BORAT%20JOHNSON_343996
"LEFTIES ARE SAYING THAT THE UNION JACK IS OFFENSIVE TO MUSLIMS AND FOREIGN VISITORS TO GREAT BRITAIN
SHARE IF YOU COULDN'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT THESE IDIOTS THINK....."
#TauntLefties
#SymbolEmblemFlagUKUnionJack
#IdentityMuslim
#TauntFlagWaving
#TheoryAffectiveResponseIndignation
#PoliticsNationalismBritish
#InvectiveFitInOrFuckOff?
#ReasoningFallacyAppealToAnonymousAuthorityAKAWeaselWord [Wikipedia] [fallacy]
Supplementary #AdvocacyUKHopeNotHateJoeMulhall "Union Jacks and the crosses of St George have begun to appear on lampposts up and down the UK in recent days. Much of the right-wing media has celebrated, with the Daily Mail dubbing those behind it an 'army of patriots.'
While there is nothing wrong with flying the nation's flags, HOPE not hate can reveal that the key organisers behind much of this activism are hardened and extreme far-right activists.
While many instances of flags being raised, or crosses being painted on roundabouts or walls, are being carried out by ordinary people inspired by posts on social media, the main organising force behind the campaign is 'Operation Raise the Colours'.
HOPE not hate can reveal that the co-founder and organiser of the group is longtime Stephen Lennon (AKA Tommy Robinson) ally Andrew Currien (AKA Andy Saxon). Formerly a key member of the English Defence League's leadership bodyguard team, and now running security for the far-right party Britain First, Currien has previously been jailed for his part in a racist death." [HOPE not hate] #CampaignIdeologicalOperationRaiseTheColours [Wikipedia] [skeet feed] [tweet feed] #OrgSyndicateVigilanteUKRaiseTheColours [Wikipedia] #AdvocacyTurningPointTPUK
#NewspaperUKTabloidTheDailyMail #PoliticsFascismNaziNeoFarRightAltRightRadicalRight #IRLIdeologueStephenYaxleyLennonAKATommyRobinson #IRLPrivateCitizenAndrewCurrienAKAAndySaxon #OrgClassifPPUKBritainFirst
#NewspaperUKBrdshtTheObserverWillJennings "It was not the first time Musk has sought to stir division in Britain. At the height of tensions during the 2024 riots he announced to his 200 million X followers: 'Civil war is inevitable.' Addressing the protest organised by far-right activist Robinson in September, Musk again used inflammatory language: 'Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die, that's the truth.' ...
While it was never perfect, X has become a pay-for-play playground for conspiracy theorists, racists, grifters and anyone else willing to buy a blue tick or boosted by Musk's algorithms because their message aligns with his dystopian worldview. Most of all, buying X gave Musk a huge foghorn that enables him to insert himself as the main character in any political conflict he chooses." https://observer.co.uk/news/opinion-and-ideas/article/elon-musk-wont-stop-its-time-the-british-government-got-off-x-for-good #IRLEntrepreneurElonMusk #BrandTechSocialMediaXFKATwitter #2024_UKFarRightProtests #MetaphorWarfareCivil #MetaphorDeceitDisingenuousGrift #NarrativeUtopiaDystopia
#IRLYouTuberPatienceXina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYy-w2BNQGs #CatchcryDifferingOpinionsAsNeutralPerspectives #SymbolEmblemFlagPalestine #PhenomnPolarisationDivisiveIssue #IdentityLGBTQIAPrideFlag #IRLScholarKehindeAndrews #NMAUSkyNewsAustraliaChrisKenny #NewspaperUKTabloidTheDailyMailJackHardy [Muckrack] #HandleTikTokHumanDilemma #PhenomnCulturalFormGraffiti #ToponymEuropeUKEnglandLondonTowerHamlets #IRLPoliticianLutfurRahman [Wikipedia] #HandleTikTokAllCruising #MetaphorVersusUsThemPatriotismIsLoveCriticismIsHate
#NewspaperUKBrdshtTheObserverAndrewAnthony "Robert Eden, a longtime resident, is adamant that there is absolutely no bigotry involved. 'If I thought they were racist,' he says, 'I would go up every lamppost, wherever they are, and rip them down. They just want them to be racist to have something to say. They just want to complain.'
Who are 'they'?
'Basically,' he says, lowering his voice conspiratorially, 'the Muslims.'
There are certainly no complaints from two local Muslim cab drivers I speak to. 'I can't see the problem,' one says. 'If people want to be patriotic, let them. Some think it's far-right, but I don't think it is.'" https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/run-it-up-a-flagpole-and-see-if-it-really-is-patriotic #PhenomnBigotry #OtheringDiscriminationRacism #ToponymEuropeUKEnglandBirminghamWeoleyCastle [Wikipedia] #2025_ #OrgSyndicateLoyalistUKWeoleyWarriors #SymbolEmblemFlagUKStGeorge #PoliticsPatriotism #PoliticsNationalismXenophobicNativism #BehaviourInjuryFeelingRessentiment_ ?
#MagazineNewStatesmanHarryClarkeEzzidio "'I don't really have an emotional response to it, [though] I think a lot of people do,' one of the shop's white customers - who did not want to give his name - said of the national flags whilst getting a skin fade. 'Unpacking that is a very, very complicated thing to do... They mean different things to different people.' When a symbol is so widely recognised, but has a malleable meaning and definition, scepticism abounds. ...
'The social contract's broken,' Joseph Moulton, the boyish-looking organiser behind Flag Force UK, told GB News. Wearing a crisp white shirt and gold cross pendant, he highlighted the gulf between the 'people [who]... want a cause' and 'completely out of touch councils'. " https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/society/2025/08/flags-and-loathing-in-birmingham #OrgSyndicateLoyalistUKFlagForceUKJosephMoulton https://flagforceuk.com/ #NMUKGBNews #OrgClassifPPUKConservativePartyMiriamCates #NMUKGBNewsCharliePeters #SymbolHairstyleSkinFade #TheoryTheSocialContract #BeliefTheismChristianityCross #TheorySymbolization #PhenomnGovernanceLocalGovCityCouncil [Wikipedia]
#NewspaperUKOnlineDorsetEye "A self-styled 'community patrol' in Bournemouth has been exposed as a far-right vigilante operation steeped in anti-migrant hatred, despite its claims of neutrality and public service.
The group, calling itself Safeguard Force, boasts of 200 volunteers and thousands of pounds in donations, but beneath its fluorescent vests lies a toxic mixture of racism, intimidation, and fantasies of violence against asylum seekers." https://dorseteye.com/behind-the-hi-vis-far-right-militias-masquerading-as-community-safety-in-dorset/ #ToponymEuropeUKEnglandDorsetBournemouth #OrgSyndicateVigilanteUKSafeguardForce [commentary] #CharacterisationVigilanteAndOrMilitia #PhenomnImmigrationRefugeeAsylumSeeker #OtheringHateIslamophobiaAntiMuslim #PowerControlMicrofascismIntimidation #PowerControlMicrofascismProvocation
#NewspaperUKBrdshtBylineTimesOllyHaynes "However, Byline Times can reveal that one of Safeguard Force's founders, Gary Bartlett, a Dorset-based small businessman, helped organise protests against asylum seeker hotels and moderates a Facebook group containing Islamophobic and anti-migrant posts in which he asked for support for Safeguard Force. And a key spokesperson for the group stood for Reform this February.
Bartlett is the admin, alongside a handful of others, of 'Taking Back Our Country', a Facebook group which organises nationalist and anti-migrant protests in Dorset." https://bylinetimes.com/2025/08/14/founders-of-apolitical-patrol-group-in-bournemouth-include-asylum-hotel-activist-and-reform-candidate/ #PhenomnImmigrationRefugeeAsylumAccommodation #EDUUKUniversityOfOxfordCentreOnMigrationPolicyAndSocietyCOMPASTheMigrationObservatory https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/asylum-accommodation-in-the-uk/ #OrgClassifPPUKTheBrexitPartyReformUK #HandleFacebookTakingBackOurCountry #IRLBusinesspersonGaryBartlett
#VlogAITrailerHome Part One (from the beginning):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1CsqNOjy3s
#SymbolEmblemFlagUKStGeorge
#MetaphorVersusUsThem
#LiteralAnimalLion
#ConspiracyTheoryGreatReplacement
#PhenomnNotInMyBackyardNIMBY [Wikipedia]
#CharacterisationWeaknessComplainer
#OrgClassifPPUKLabourSadiqKhan ?
#IdentityLGBTQIABearPride
#IdentityLGBTQIAPrideFlag
#SymbolHairColourBlue
#SymbolHijabNiqabBurqa
#ToponymAfghanistan
#LiteralPolice
#CharacterisationTaxPayer
#OrgRUSovietUnionOfSovietSocialistRepublicsUSSR i.e.
#PoliticsCommunism
#CatchcryBigGovernment
#CharacterisationWeaknessPussy
#CharacterisationWeaknessHypersensitivity
#CharacterisationWeaknessVictimismVictimMentality
#ReasoningFallacyStrawman
#TheoryAffectiveResponsePanic
#CatchcryDifferingOpinionsAsNeutralPerspectives
#TauntHypocrisy
#PhenomnPolemic
Part Two (from halfway through):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1CsqNOjy3s&t=162s #PoliticsPatriotism #PoliticsNationalismRomantic #IRLHistoricalFigureWinstonChurchill #ToponymEuropeUKEngland_ #PoliticsNationalismBritishLion #ToponymEuropeUKEnglandLondonBuckinghamPalace #FictionalCharacter007JamesBond #IRLActorDanielCraig #ToponymEuropeUKEnglandLondonTowerBridge [Wikipedia] #IRLActorRowanAtkinson #SymbolNationalAnthem #SymbolEmblemFlagUAUkraine #SymbolEmblemFlagPKPakistan #SymbolEmblemFlagPalestine #OrgEUFlag #FictionalCharacterPaddingtonBear [Wikipedia] #IRLFamilyRoyalUKHRHQueenElizabethII #OrgUKBAFRoyalAirForceAerobaticTeamAKARedArrows [Wikipedia] #MetaphorVersusUsThemPatriotismIsLoveCriticismIsHate #TheoryPoliticsOfEternity
#Website404Media [Wikipedia]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs47jAwWJcI https://www.404media.co/the-ai-slop-niche-machine-is-here/ #TechArtificialIntelligenceAIGenerativeAISlop [pop culture wiki]
#NMUKSkyNewsKaterinaVittozzi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t0KU9SktT4&t=212s #OrgClassifPPUKTheBrexitPartyNigelFarage #ToponymAfricaEastSomalia #OtheringHateIslamophobiaUnvettedYoungMaleRefugees #TheoryAffectiveResponseNarrative #MetaphorSpatialIslandNation #IdentityClassBlueCollar #ToponymEuropeUKEnglandYorkshireWestWakefield ?
#VlogTruthToPower [channel]
#OrgUKBAF #NarrativeWarWWI
"'Don't be Alarmed, the Bulford Boys are on guard'.
A Patriotic postcard depicting a Britsih infantryman (from Bulford Camp, an army base near Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire) charging forward with fixed bayonet, whilst a large Union Flag billows out behind him. - Year: circa 1916" [stock image] #TauntFlagWaving #PoliticsPatriotism identity
Addendum this feels like a uniquely American phenomenon i.e. a #TauntFlagWaving #SymbolParadeVehicleConvoy #SymbolParadeMotorcade. The genre appears part protest march (normally characterised by protesters walking, holding placards) and part parade celebration (characterised by parade floats) i.e. as a form of public show, performance. #PhenomnProtestDemonstration