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Those of us unfortunate enough to be living in the ever more authoritarian UK know only too well the disgusting history of the establishment's rabid attack dog for the simple-minded, The Sun, or The Stun as it should more accurately be known. Not content with leaving behind an endless slug slime trail of stupefying smears against the progressive forces working in the UK, the rag that disgraced itself forever with its outrageous lies against the Hillsborough Disaster victims, now has chosen to point its online muck spreader against those who seek peace and normal relations between the UK and Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea; the Korean Friendship Association - UK.
No doubt you can search online for the virtual turd for yourself, but if you do so you are well advised to use a privacy focused ad-blocking browser, lest your device becomes stained by unwanted ambush advertising. However, as with everything capitalist, your online privacy is a commodity which can be purchased for a fee which is required to 'forget' the information the website has gathered on you. As the Americans so often remind us, 'Freedom Isn't Free', and the Sun proves it so.
So having hacked your way through the the overgrown digital jungle of splash screen pop-ups, and leaped over the cookie consent wall, what was it that an obviously desperate for copy Joe Manion came up with as a reserve story, due to the fact other demonstrations in central London at the same time were passing off with little disorder? It was the KFA-UK delegation peacefully picketing the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, which a few days before had shown the 'development' part of its grandiose title to be a farce as it announced sanctions against that well-known centre of weapons production, the Songdowon Children's Camp.
Not content with denigrating those who thought that a regressive step even for Starmer's regime, Manion then labels those brave enough to carry their convictions to the heart of Whitehall as 'delusional loyalists', 'useful idiots', and 'disillusioned hobbyists', whatever that means. If one gets bored with gardening or stamp collecting, does one suddenly develop an urge to join the KFA? Further on in the diatribe a discredited would-be informant and video creator is quoted suggesting those who support People's Korea on do so because they they crave respect, and want to be treated like 'diplomats' if they visit the country, as well as the desire to earn 'medals'. His world-twisting views become even more bizarre when he suggests KFA members come up with 'bad excuses' as to why they've not emigrated to the Juche State; in addition to the practical issues such as cost involved in moving to a different nation, the 'retirees' might find the DPRK does necessarily not allow migrants from hostile nations to settle there.
There is more; there is always more; the usual litany of tired cliches along with excruciating alliterations are thrown about like confetti. But frankly it's not worth the effort. Your time would be better spent learning the truth about People's Korea wherever it can be found.
In the days before online news the paper version of The Sun, its disgraceful work done for the day, would at least be recycled as fish and chips wrapping, used lighting coal fires, or in a dire emergency function as painful improvised toilet paper. Sadly there seems to be nothing that can be done with the digital version except consign it to the deleted history bin, and hold those responsible for producing it to account.
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