I'm starting to collect examples of class bigotry from the so-called left, to have a record. The Guardian is rife with this BTL. This example did receive some pushback, thankfully, and wasn't too highly upvoted although I note the blaming of the working class for colonialism, and specifying the English working class (not Scotland or Wales which certainly face similar issues in deindustrialised areas), arguments that would cause outrage if applied to any other deprived group.
The English poor and working class are being erased from history. Abandoned following deindustrialisation by the left they built, now used as whipping boy and disproportionately blamed for colonialism and brutality their ancestors had no part of. This blog will expose class hatred, dispel myths and aim to break down the association between English identity and the crimes of the ruling class who abused their own people as much as anyone.
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A double standard
Whenever anyone mentions the working class past (pre-Thatcher, pre-deindustrialisation) in any kind of positive light (sense of community, l...
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