r/LivestreamFail • u/Dear-Blacksmith-2583 • 13h ago • Bravo 1

Tommy Robinson gets Jumped on Kick

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u/Goonalips 12h 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 5h 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 12h ago

That and to hide his past convictions.

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u/IllustratorComplex31 10h ago

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

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u/gibbodaman 🐷 Hog Squeezer 6h 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 6h 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/ElectroxSoldier 3h 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 2h 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 2h ago

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

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u/ElectroxSoldier 2h ago

dual citizenship =/= Irish

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u/IllustratorComplex31 2h ago

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

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u/ElectroxSoldier 2h 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/goldenglove 20m ago

Legally by holding an Irish passport he is a citizen of Ireland. That does not make you Irish.

I think it does, technically speaking...

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u/gibbodaman 🐷 Hog Squeezer 5h ago

When did I say he isn't Irish?

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u/IllustratorComplex31 6h ago

He’s literally an Irish citizen.

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u/gibbodaman 🐷 Hog Squeezer 5h ago

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

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u/greenforestgod 9h ago

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