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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Funny how this just keeps happening, so strange.

[–] Diplomjodler3 21 points 2 weeks ago

Just a series of coincidences, for sure. No pattern here whatsoever.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

He has forgotten about the post-it notes around his house: "never go full fash, Nige (not until you remove democracy)".

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

That bloody ch4 actor up to hijnks again!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Note that the song is banned by at least one festival. It isn't illegal.

The use of the song by the far right is thought to have begun in late 2023

Is that really so long ago that it even counts as a song associated with them? This reminds me of Pepe the hate symbol...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

People who didn't party in the early 2000s might only associate it with them. Sort of like people who didn't know about pepe before it popped up in hate memes

[–] mumblerfish 7 points 2 weeks ago

Hey, the swedish far right party did the same thing basically. They played the same song at a party, singing the racist lines infront of a journalist who was recording, then tried to steal the equipment of the journalist. "It's just a joke".