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@jackgeorge78 @LeftHandedKeith @6_goforgh @BladeoftheS Remember this?

@LeftHandedKeith @6_goforgh @BladeoftheS I'm not outraged but i understand,if easter means nothing to you and you don't care about it you wouldn't have seen the changes that have happened over the years and the watering down of it,i have

Please can anybody complaining about Easter not being on Easter eggs, please tell me which point in the Easter story is about chocolate eggs. I've forgotten was it the wise men Cadbury and Nestle who delivered them?

@oneday1will @BladeoftheS Did you miss out the fact the festival name comes from Ēastre, the Anglo saxon god of dawn and spring?

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Apparently, celebrating EASTER in Britain is now considered RACIST. SOME Muslims on social media, demanding it be banned nationwide because it's haram and 'against Islam.' What is your message to the Easter haters?

@matthewdmarsden Remember this Easter egg from your youth? 🤣

I saw a post about the top of the boxes way before I wrote my post. AND my post was lamenting that the UK is no longer an Christian country anyway. You seem to not be able to comprehend that. Your retardation is impressive. You bounce all over the place bringing in non sequiturs. Go away, anon. You have been cooked.

Here’s the thing, and this is going to upset a LOT of people. The UK has not been a true Christian country in decades. When I was in school we prayed, celebrated Christmas and Easter, and sang hymns. The agnostics and atheists are the ones who got rid of all that. Mocking you if you believed in God. Church attendance plummeted as Christians failed to educate youngsters about the faith. I know. I left the Church while I was there. I came back to my faith because one of my co stars had the courage to give me @LeeStrobel ‘s book “ The Case For Christ.” When I realized that Jesus was real, I was not shunned by the people in my new country. I was embraced. I could talk to them about my emergent faith without being mocked or laughed at. I then studied. I read Strobel’s other books, then Lewis. Sheed, and finally Aquinas. I felt betrayed that no one had told me about the richness of my faith. Almost all the questions I had about it were straw man arguments. That brought me back to Catholicism, kicking and screaming. I then met real people who inspired me. There are too many to list, but @13thoneMargaret , @timclemente and @docMJP are just three. I saw the joy present in families who had very little materially, but who followed their faith diligently. I saw that big families meant you were forever surrounded with laughter and community. They made me want that. They made me see that it was possible. Now, my conversations are filled with richness. My friends are loyal and principled. My kids have friends who have the same moral compass as they do. I can talk about God without getting the rolled eyes like I still do when I talk to people in the UK. Yesterday I was at a soccer game and one of the moms said that they loved it when my sons 6 siblings turned up to watch him. He would have been teased if that happened in the UK. Do not blame companies in the UK for abandoning Christian traditions, when much of the people there did it long ago. The Church of England is woke. The Catholic Church there is weak. Lead by effeminate men and butch women who are woke and stand for nothing. It’s hard for the people of Great Britain to be inspired by that. The truth is, very few people there will have gone to church today. The UK needs to embrace its faith again, then they will truly understand what they are fighting for.

@matthewdmarsden It was you that didn't see the top of the boxes. Numerous examples available that show exactly how they are all marked up. It was you that raised the issue of effeminate men. Claim to be focussed on the topic of confectionery, but bring that in and complain about the response?

Firstly, you didn’t understand the context of my post, clearly. Also, are you some kind of magician that you can see the top of the box in this picture? Absurd. Easter eggs have everything to do with Easter. Secondly, I would hazard that I am better read than you are. My point is stay focused on the topic in hand. Talking about Church abuse is a red herring that brings in another argument that has nothing to do with this one.

@matthewdmarsden The context of your post is that you grasped the coat tails of a rage bait post which is inaccurate. Rage bait based upon marketing of confectionery which has little to do with the true meaning of Easter. Second - you humbly demonstrate the wealth of your reading. Look it up.

@wdbp First, perhaps you should look at the context of my post. I argued that the Uk is NOT a christian country anymore. I lived in the UK for years and “Easter eggs” was plastered everywhere on marketing. Don’t be disingenuous. Second, what the hell are you talking about?

Last night I went out to dinner with my wife and some friends. Some of whom happened to be black and some of whom happened to be gay - not that that should make any difference to anything in in Britain in 2026 - where everyone is so incredibly kind and everyone is so included and welcome. When we arrived at the restaurant I could tell immediately that the manager recognised me - and he wasn’t a fan. In these rare circumstances I tend to overcompensate and be extra polite and courteous to win people round, but nothing worked with this bloke. He was rude to the point of open hostility. Wanting to enjoy the evening - which we did enormously - I just tried to ignore him. As the meal finished and we were leaving, I asked for the gentleman’s name so I could write to the management of the restaurant with my thoughts about the service - or lack therof - He refused to give me his name and proceeded to tell me that he didn’t need to be polite to racists and a homophobes - even after I politely reminded him of the fact that i was sat at a table well stocked with homosexuals and black people. So instead I took a photo of him and said if he refused to give me his name then the photo would help identify him in my correspondence. The minute I did this his entire demeanour changed and he started to realise that there were going to be potential consequences for being so rude and unprofessional. He began to apologise profusely and - long story short - we ended up sat together at the bar with him telling me he was sorry for jumping to conclusions and that he had had a horrible day he had and before I left we gave each other a hug. He even texted when he finished his shift to apologise again. New friend made. So it’s all good! But it reminded me what irritates me about the media. This man had read the one sided dross that the dying media put out and despite the fact that I was sat having a laugh with a very “diverse” table of friends, he refused to let go of his own bigotry and prejudice, to the point where he was happy to potentially jeopardise his job over it. I get that we live in a world where the media likes to make monsters of certain people, and I don’t expect everyone to agree with what I say. I get recognised quite often and commentary goes with the territory, people express strong views - both positive and negative - about what I think, which is great. You may have noticed, i’m very pro free speech and people expressing different views! The more the merrier! I am still however a human being, with feelings and emotions, and I don’t think it’s too much to ask to be able to go out to a restaurant to eat with my wife and friends without a waiter trying to do everything he can to ruin our evening. We don’t often go out to restaurants we don’t know well for just this reason and after last night, it will be a while before I do again. So might you do yourselves a favour dying media? Try to be at least balanced when you write about people. You would have saved this poor chap and myself an unnecessary and unpleasant experience. You are already on your last legs. Perhaps you should ask yourselves why your audience is getting smaller and smaller with every passing day? Many thanks. Happy Sunday. 🙏

@SmashJT I think "blithering idiot" is the phrase.

Companies now afraid to say Easter. You’ve been conquered.

@EliAfriatISR 🤣🤣🤣

Do you understand yet?

@HenMazzig IHRA definition of antisemitism - "Manifestations might include the targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity." That's what you just did.

A perfect example of a genuinely antisemitic comment, and not criticism of the Israeli government or its actions. This is blood libel antisemitism straight out of the Middle Ages. What’s Kneecap’s next tweet: Jews drinking blood for Passover? And coming from a music band who became famous by supporting Hezbollah, the terrorist organization that killed 12 Druze children by launching a rocket directly at a playground, that’s rich.

@benonwine He expressed support for the racist Britain First and used obscenities in his public posts.

This doesn’t look like justice… it looks like punishment for the ‘wrong’ opinion.

A young PE teacher in County Durham has just lost his career… for a social media post. All he said? Migrants should ‘respect our laws or leave.’ An independent panel cleared him said it wasn’t racist. Then the Department for Education stepped in anyway and banned him from teaching. So what’s the point of an independent panel if it can just be overruled? This isn’t about discipline anymore… it’s about policing opinions.”

Ive just had to pay for an old ladies shopping in Aldi. The poor woman only had £5 & her shopping was 8.97. I could see she was extremely embarrassed passing things back to the cashier, it was heartbreaking. Meanwhile illegal invaders are given hotels, meals, & cash which they use for gambling & booze. What an absolute piss take. This & the previous government should hang their heads in shame!

@JoshPhillipsPhD Perhaps you just keep re-reading the same alarmist article rather than find out the truth of what's happening. A professor that doesn't check source material?

The more I read this, the more I realize how it is utterly illiterate. How exactly do you decolonize someone’s birthplace? He lived there. No one came in and conquered his house. It’s just a house of a man that exists. These people are exhausting 🙄

@grok @riversorare @EssexgoonerMr factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.A3…

Yes, based on a real policy at Fairview School in Calgary, Canada. Their Feb 18 email designated the cafeteria as a "no food space" for first half of lunch (grades 4-6) and full lunch (grades 7-9) to support fasting students during Ramadan—providing food-free zones so fasters aren't around eating. School doesn't serve cafeteria food anyway; kids eat in usual designated spots otherwise. CBE confirms no full ban, just targeted accommodation.

Why are WE putting up with this

@zatzi Do more than 3 seconds research... factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.A3…

If the Ramadan observant children aren’t eating or drinking, why do they need to be in the cafeteria anyway? Where do the non-Muslim children eat? This is for kids in years 4-9 (8-14 year olds - in Catholicism children are - sensibly - exempted from the requirement to fast even those that do are still allowed one meal and two collations (small meals).

@EricLDaugh Don't think so..

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@brexitblog_info I never had Andrew Bridgen in my school either. Thoroughly unpleasant.

Extraordinary. Sarah Pochin MP says she has been banned by some schools in her constituency from visiting them because of her politics. The corrosive, sinister left wing control of our State schools is chilling. Those responsible should be prosecuted.

@joenutt_author From someone not working in a school....?

If you're a professional working at any level in education, from teaching reception in a village primary, up to CEO of a MAT, and you don't vociferously oppose this destructive, spite-fuelled charlatan...please don't ever make the mistake of thinking you're still a professional.