Not unlike the dark days of World War II, the island country may once again be the canary in the coal mine for predicting the survival of Western civilization
Photo: UK Celebrity Katie Hopkins – from Wikimedia Commons
Originally publishe in The Epoch Times, 3/22/24
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It’s been hard to watch the effects of forced diversity,
multiculturalism, and mass immigration on the tiny island of Great
Britain—the most densely populated nation in Europe. At least in
America, we still have so much land area that most people are not yet
feeling the effects of large-scale population displacement stemming
from all forms of immigration.
In the UK, however, every day feels like an episode of “Survivor” as
people who are being crammed in like sardines are increasingly made
to fear that they’ll be voted off the island.
Recently, protests surrounding the Israel–Hamas war have exposed
the fragility of a British culture—and nation—on the verge of
capsizing from the weight of immigration and cultural divides.
Well-known British YouTuber Paul Joseph Watson has been covering
events there, addressing the British prime minister’s remarks that his
country is descending into “mob rule” and that the situation is urgent.
The prime minister was referring to pro-Palestinian protesters
currently flooding the streets of Britain.
Mr. Watson shared a genius chart from a user on social media
platform X, formerly known as Twitter, supposedly detailing the rise
of mob rule in London. The user commented, “HOW DID WE GET
HERE? After importing millions of people from countries with a
culture of mob rule into London, mob rule has taken over London.
Experts are crunching the numbers to figure out if systematically
undermining basic law and order could have affected basic law and
order.”
Meanwhile, Pro-Palestinian protesters across Britain vowed more
marches, ostensibly to protest Israeli attacks in Gaza.
Mr. Watson has also been covering reactions to another member of
parliament recently claiming that there were “no-go zones” in
Birmingham. To support the existence of “no-go zones,” Mr. Watson
cited the Birmingham Mail newspaper, which reported that “due to
soaring crime being committed by ‘urban youths,’ parts of the city
center are no-go zones and the areas immediately surrounding
Birmingham are no-go areas for the same reason,” according to Mr.
Watson.
All of this comes after a huge blowup about a comment made by a
Conservative member of parliament on conservative-leaning GB News.
Lee Anderson told the media outlet (where he also hosts his own
show): “I don’t actually believe that the Islamists have got control of
our country, but what I do believe is they’ve got control of [Mayor of
London Sadiq] Khan and they’ve got control of London. … He’s actually
given our capital city away to his mates.”
Mr. Khan then responded with three strikes against Mr. Anderson,
saying his remarks were “Islamophobic, anti-Muslim and racist” and
that they poured “fuel on the fire of anti-Muslim hatred.”
It was all downhill from there. Mr. Anderson was suspended from the
Conservative Party after refusing to apologize and later defected to the
Reform UK party.
After that, a GB News guest said Mr. Khan was “not British. He doesn’t
support Britain.” This led to calls for GB News to be investigated by
Ofcom, Britain’s communications regulator, similar to our Federal
Communications Commission. And it won’t be the first time; Ofcom
seems to be targeting GB News for investigations quite a lot lately.
Another British YouTuber who has been weighing in on the ongoing
cancel culture wars in her country is Katie Hopkins. In a video titled
“How cancel culture (evisceration) REALLY works,” Ms. Hopkins
outlined what she believes is “currently being done to GB News by
those that want to see it done away with.” She also claimed that
“Ofcom is the weapon wielded in a war of attrition against GB News.”
And she should know.
The controversial celebrity, journalist, and comedian has done her
share of shocking the public and angering many over these past many
years, but she has also become quite the conservative hero. She has
been retweeted by President Donald Trump multiple times, banned
from Twitter, reinstated on Twitter, and thrown out of Australia for
mocking quarantine lockdowns. She has called Islam the “single
biggest threat” to Europe and was named as a target in a planned
terror attack by ISIS supporters. Most recently, she has done a
hilarious must-see YouTube short dedicated to all the people who
“pushed the jab.” It currently has more than 1 million views.
In 2020, Ms. Hopkins told conservative host Candace Owens that her
situation in Britain was so much more than the cancel culture that
was overtaking America. She explained that in the UK, it had become
“acceptable” to think that a targeted physical attack against her would
be “welcomed and applauded.”
She continued to explain to Ms. Owens that she lost her jobs, her home
(which she said had to be sold because of litigation), and even
experienced having her children reported to social services with the
intent to have them taken away. She concluded by saying that, in the
UK, “the darkness is that when they come, it’s not something flippant
that is cancel culture, it is taking you to the point where I truly believe
they will only stop when they find that you will swing from a tree.”
Her fundamental commitment, she said, was to not allow that to
happen.
In the few short years since that interview, America has seen cancel
culture morph from online censorship to real-life consequences:
We’ve watched helplessly as President Trump has been indicted in
four separate prosecutions, charged on 91 criminal counts, and
threatened with financial ruin. We’ve seen the entire MAGA
movement labeled “as something representing domestic, violent
extremism” by our own government. And being banned on Twitter
was nothing compared to the ongoing persecution of Jan. 6, 2021, rally
attendees.
Keep an eye on the UK. Not unlike the dark days of World War II, that
tiny island country may once again be the canary in the coal mine for
predicting the survival of Western civilization
