Today he gets his knickers in a twist over the fact that a children's book contains characters who are travellers, or as he'd call them 'gyppos' 'pikeys' and various other offensive words.
Now meet Tess the Traveller, her son Toby and their dog Teabag, the new stars of a reading book for three to seven-year-olds being distributed in primary schools across the country.It's part of a government initiative aimed at promoting tolerance and understanding towards gipsies and travellers.
And what's wrong with that may I ask? Surely children's books should contain as wide a variety of characters from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds as possible, rather than just married middle class couples with two or three children in a suburban semi-detached. This book would hopefully teach tolerance towards people with different lifestyles to the norm, and no bad thing.
Needless to say, Tess, Toby and Teabag lead an airbrushed, romanticised existence. This well-scrubbed trio roam the land, attending traditional gipsy dances, horse fairs and even an eco-camp.
And the Gypsies in your mind do what Richard?
"They're all thieving scumbags. ALL OF THEM"
OK, calm down Richard, and stop generalising, you're done it in every column you've ever written.
There's a whole industry dedicated to pandering to the needs of travellers, even though most contribute absolutely nothing to society.
And how did you find this out Richard? Or did you make it up to fit the ideas you have in your fucked up head.
This story is just a crusade against the imaginary PC brigade with an undercurrent of bigotry and discrimination... as are all other Littlejohn columns.
P.S. He spelt gypsy wrong throughout the whole article
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