Man arrested for hate crime after leaving gollywog doll in window - Current year Britbongland can’t handle jokes or dolls

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-43645636

Prestatyn man denies race-hate in doll court case

A man has appeared in court on a race-hate charge after a woman complained about a golliwog doll in his window.

Jason Wakefield-Jones, of Bastion Road, Prestatyn, is accused of intending to cause harassment, alarm or distress and that the offence was racially aggravated.

Mr Wakefield-Jones appeared at Llandudno Magistrates' Court.

The 50-year-old denied the sole charge against him and was bailed until a trial before magistrates next month.

The court heard the alleged incident took place on 4 January.

Defending solicitor Roger Thomas said the item was a toy in a first-floor window and only one person had complained. The complainant's name was given in court as Sally Harland.

The golliwog is a fictional character created by Florence Kate Upton that appeared in children's books in the late 19th Century, usually depicted as a type of rag doll.

It has become controversial for its perceived racist connotations.

 

[AnOminous]

How is it even possible for a country to be so shit, so utterly cucked?

Please, UK residents, how are you putting up with this bullshit?

(I forgot that you fucking pussies aren't even allowed to own guns.)

 

[CWCchange]

It's a fucking children's doll. If it's so racist, why would "racist" parents let their kids play with it and enable future fornication with a nog when they grow up?

 

[AprilRains]

He needed a sign that said "Dead Golliwog Storage". Then everything would have been fine.

 

[Feline Darkmage]

uk subforum when

 

[MG 620]

This crime is so damn serious he had to be bailed out.

 

[TowinKarz]

And yet the only person who made a connection between a rag doll and a minority, whose name sounds white as fuck, walked away scott free...... who is the REAL belittler of race here?

The depths your moral superiors go to in racist thinking, only to catch obvious racists at their own game, natch. Is astounding.

I wish we could haul HER in to court and asj her why the first thing SHE thought of upon seeing a child's doll of a FICTIONAL race was "black person" and see how SHE likes the attention?

Just keeps getting worse all the time.

 

[Positron]

This crime is so damn serious he had to be bailed out.

It could have been worse: the man could have left behind....a banana peel!

 

[skiddlez]

I already knew this was UK before I even clicked. Even if the doll is meant to be racist or the guy is racist, I still find the idea of "thought crime" to be extremely alarming.

inb4 the UK becomes an actual non-fictional version of Aqua Teen Hunger Force's "Allen" episode, and being completely nice all the time is required by law.

 

[TowinKarz]

Next week, Mr Nesbit gets arrested for throwing a banana peel in a refuse bin in front of a black person.

He says he was simply throwing it away because he had just eaten it, but the multitudes of offended white onlookers say it was obviously a metaphor for genocide that incited terror in said black person, who sadly, never saw it happen.

 

[skiddlez]

Next week, Mr Nesbit gets arrested for throwing a banana peel in a refuse bin in front of a black person.

He says he was simply throwing it away because he had just eaten it, but the multitudes of offended white onlookers say it was obviously a metaphor for genocide that incited terror in said black person, who sadly, never saw it happen.

The black victim claimed the perpetrator dangled the banana peel aggressively as if to imply the victim was a monkey, hungering for bananas. The victim was also angry that the perpetrator had already eaten the banana, and was quoted saying: "whitey bein' stingy, black man can't get no damn banana."

 

[Pickle Inspector]

Just in case anyone doesn't know what a Golliwog is:

The most well known example in the country is probally the first one since Golden Shred, a marmalade brand, had it as their mascot up until the early 2000's and before that it was generally known as a childrens toy like a teddy bear and is fondly remember by older people as it wasn't seen as offensive until about 10 years ago.

 

[AnOminous]

Meanwhile, Islam imams can scream for the genocide of Jews from their pulpits with no penalty at all.

 

[vertexwindi]

Meanwhile, Islam imams can scream for the genocide of Jews from their pulpits with no penalty at all.

Nobody cares about the Jews, they're too privileged now.

 

[Trilby]

Just in case anyone doesn't know what a Golliwog is:

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The most well known example in the country is probally the first one since Golden Shred, a marmalade brand, had it as their mascot up until the early 2000's and before that it was generally known as a childrens toy like a teddy bear and is fondly remember by older people as it wasn't seen as offensive until about 10 years ago.

It's interesting how history can change one's perception on things.

EDIT: Have another! Have to admit I love how these were animated.

 

[Medicated]

It's a fucking children's doll. If it's so racist, why would "racist" parents let their kids play with it and enable future fornication with a nog when they grow up?

From talking grandparents. No one even talked about racial hatred. They were just a well loved dolls and toys with a stereotypical "black" appearance. Kids played with them like other dolls and they were featured as characters in storybooks. It's like saying Santa Claus is a racist depiction of white people because he's a fat guy with a white beard.

How racist! What sort of black person has thick wiry hair, big lips and black skin! OMG.

 

[Daughter of Cernunnos]

I love Zwarte Piet and golliwogs. They're adorable. I can see how they would be comforting to a child like a teddy-bear.

 

[Pickle Inspector]

It's interesting how history can change one's perception on things.

Apparently minstrel shows were really big when the Golliwog doll was popular and blackface was seen as the equivalent of a clown wearing white makeup (Black people also wore blackface in the show):

Spoiler

 

[Medicated]

Apparently minstrel shows were really big when the Golliwog doll was popular and blackface was seen as the equivalent of a clown wearing white makeup (Black people also wore blackface in the show):

Spoiler

That's what I never understood about the "Blackface Minstrel" shows. Apparently these people were supposed to be massive racists, and yet their career was based around dressing up as, imitating singing and behaviours of black people. If I was a massive racist, why would I even want to be associated with that?

By that logic, I should be able to conclude drag queens actually hate women.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Why have "hate crime" laws? Weren't normal crime laws good enough?

Oh right, it's [current year] in the UK.