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No, Cadbury Hasn’t ‘Removed Easter’ From Easter Eggs.

No one's removing the word "Easter" from packaging, chocolate eggs have nothing to do with Christianity in any case, and some very sinister groups are trying to convince us all that Muslims are offended by much loved British traditions and trying to get them banned.

https://monkdebunks.substack.com/p/no-cadbury-hasnt-removed-easter-from

#UKFarRight #Islamophobia

No, Cadbury Hasn’t ‘Removed Easter’ From Easter Eggs

Chocolate eggs have never been consistently labelled with the word ‘Easter’, so why does this claim keep resurfacing?

Monk Debunks: Beyond the narrative

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Jules she/her Mar 25

It's pathetic really. Like wouldn't it be nice if we, in the UK, as a culture, were excited when new ideas and traditions come in instead of being scared and angry? Instead of inventing "You can't say Easter on eggs anymore" wouldn't it be nice if we went "Hey, these people have brought a festival where you can suddenly get really nice dates in pretty boxes and there are lovely shared suppers after dusk?"

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wav3ydave Mar 25

@afewbugs 'Tis the season

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Sam

Mar 25

@wav3ydave @afewbugs This is why (popular) social media has such a negative impact on society. It's the tabloid press, but for social engineering. Outrage drives engagement, so the algorithm feeds people more and more nonsense they can get angry about, and that drives hate and fear. Sometimes I think it's not enough to ban it for under 16s, we should just ban it outright. But bans never work, so what we really need is for people to be more educated about what's being done to them.

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Sam

@wav3ydave @afewbugs And, as I'm watching Andor S1 again in preparation for watching S2, I'm reminded of the quote, "The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it..." When people are being engineered into a state of perpetual outrage, they aren't paying attention to the grift and how the 1% are hoovering up all the resources despite having most of them already. Never mind the insider dealing, WHAT ABOUT THE EASTER EGGS?

This is why education is the enemy of fascism.