Mick Hartley

TW: rude words ahead.

I've been on a *lot* of left wing demos in my time.

We wanted to *smash* the BNP, to *kick out* the Tories, to *fight* Alton's bill, to *stop* various wars, and Clause 27, then Section 28, then the Poll Tax, and we marched *in solidarity* with miners,…

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We wanted to *smash* the BNP, to *kick out* the Tories, to *fight* Alton's bill, to *stop* various wars, and Clause 27, then Section 28, then the Poll Tax, and we marched *in solidarity* with miners, and with refugees who we wanted to *welcome*.

You can argue with each of these causes, of course.

I don't recall chanting to *punch* *fuck* *shit on* *piss on* or *burn* anyone, including *bitches*

I know I'm getting old, and I may have misremembered, but there might be another explanation.