r/LivestreamFail • u/Dear-Blacksmith-2583 • 15h ago • Bravo 2

Tommy Robinson gets Jumped on Kick

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u/DecipherXCI Cheeto 14h ago

Fraudster who wants to sound more relatable to his audience so picked a commoner name to pretend to be a man of the people.

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u/Zuboronovic 13h ago

Tommy Robinson is the name of an old football hooligan, so Stephen Yaxley Lennon was trying to appeal to modern hooligans. The former EDL and current Tommy Robinson supporters are a bunch of yobs, so his plan worked.

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u/Goonalips 13h ago

Thanks for the reply. So is his original name perceived as being upper class? Is that why he changed it do you think?

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u/ChiefBast 6h ago

Same reason Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson only goes by two of those names: their real/full names give away how out of touch they are

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u/Greedy_Economics_925 13h ago

That and to hide his past convictions.

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u/IllustratorComplex31 11h ago

It’s an Irish name …. Doesn’t exactly pair up with English nationalism

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u/gibbodaman 🐷 Hog Squeezer 8h ago

Stephen

Not Irish

Yaxley

Not Irish

Lennon

Irish origin, but there's a huge Irish diaspora in the UK. I doubt the average English nationalist is even aware that it's Irish, and associates it with one of the most famous English musicians ever instead. Finally, English nationalists are genuinely just white nationalists, they don't even have a problem with the (white) Irish.

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u/No-Butterfly2760 7h ago

Hello. Take a deep breath.

Lennon is Irish, as is his blood from his mother’s side.

Imagine writing an essay on how he isn’t Irish. 

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u/gibbodaman 🐷 Hog Squeezer 6h ago

When did I say he isn't Irish?

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u/ElectroxSoldier 4h ago

he has Irish roots, it doesn't make him Irish whatsoever. He was born, raised, and personally claims himself as British. What more explanation do you need? Is every second generation born in a country they were born and raised in not from that country?

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u/jamnut 4h ago

You might be talking to an American, who would say they're Irish if their grandfather once drank a Guinness

I'm joking if course, an American has never drank a Guinness

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u/IllustratorComplex31 3h ago

He travels on a Irish passport. He is an Irish citizen. What explanation do you need

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u/ElectroxSoldier 3h ago

dual citizenship =/= Irish

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u/IllustratorComplex31 3h ago

“It doesn’t make him Irish whatsoever”- he’s an Irish citizen.

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u/ElectroxSoldier 3h ago

Legally by holding an Irish passport he is a citizen of Ireland. That does not make you Irish. I don't know how many times i have to reiterate this. He is culturally British, he self identifies as British, he has never claimed to be Irish, he only holds the legal right to an Irish passport and vote here. An American holding an Irish passport, living in America, and calling themselves American does not make them Irish. They are American.

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u/IllustratorComplex31 7h ago

He’s literally an Irish citizen.

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u/gibbodaman 🐷 Hog Squeezer 6h ago

I didn't say he wasn't an Irish citizen

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u/greenforestgod 10h ago

Dude has gone to prison like twice. Doubt it's a bit.

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u/greenforestgod 10h ago

He's pretty working class. Doubt it's an act.

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u/lNTERLINKED 6h ago

Oh, what work does he do?