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Ravensrod 🫖 🍰
@ravensrod@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday
” 'The way a government

gireats refugees is very

instructive because
 it shows you how
 they would treat

the rest of us if they
  thought they could
 get away with it.”
- Tony Benn
” 'The way a government gireats refugees is very instructive because it shows you how they would treat the rest of us if they thought they could get away with it.” - Tony Benn
” 'The way a government gireats refugees is very instructive because it shows you how they would treat the rest of us if they thought they could get away with it.” - Tony Benn
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Terence Eden
@Edent@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

@ravensrod The quote is instructive, but misattributed.

https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/63092/in-what-context-did-tony-benn-say-the-following#63101

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In what context did Tony Benn say the following?

Apparently, the late Tony Benn, once a Labour MP for Bristol South East and Chesterfield, once said: The way the government treats refugees is very instructive because it shows you how they would ...
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Fish Id Wardrobe
@fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 12 hours ago

@Edent @ravensrod i think it's sticking to Benn because you can certainly imagine him saying it; it's just the sort of thing he did say.

the original quote seems even better, though. i came here to add "and trans people" but that quote has them covered.

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