[mdp2021]

I just stumbled for an article on the Spectator (looking for something else), posted nearby, and I read:

> After the recent riots, people were given prison sentences for posting words and images on social media. In some cases, the illegal incitement to violence was obvious [... But] Lee Dunn, fifty-one, on the other hand, got eight weeks for sharing three images of Asian-looking men with captions such as “Coming to a town near you”

[n4r9]

In my view The Spectator is being disingenuous (which makes sense as one of the most right-wing mainstream publications in the UK). They omit to describe the content of the images, which showed Asian men entering Britain by boat and wielding knives in Westminster. This fuels the narrative of Asian/muslim asylum seekers being a violent threat to British society. In the context of an ongoing frenzy being whipped up based on false claims about asylum seekers, I think this did verge into the realm of racist hate speech.

Note that Lee Dunn pled guilty to the charges.

[switch007]

> Note that Lee Dunn pled guilty to the charges.

This did not strengthen your comment. You know many innocent people plead guilty all the time.

> This fuels the narrative of Asian/muslim asylum seekers being a violent threat to British society

Narrative? That almost seems to imply it is wholly false [0]

"Moroccan asylum seeker Ahmed Alid, 45, roamed the streets in Hartlepool looking for a victim to attack in "revenge" for the Israel-Hamas conflict in October" [0]

(You need not point out that the overwhelming of terrorist incidents are by British-born people. I am addressing what you meant to imply by "narrative")

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgyggw4z05o

[n4r9]

By "narrative" I mean the idea that the typical muslim asylum seeker would be a threat to anyone in the UK.