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[โ€“] Etterra@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

American here - how does the EDL rank in severity of their bullshit compared to American racist groups? I've never heard of them before that I can remember.

[โ€“] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 4 months ago

They're pretty bad mostly they're actual Nazis too. Fortunately they have the combined intellect of a cantaloupe so they don't really pose much of a problem. Mostly they're just loud and irritating.

They're very vocal minority I'm not quite sure why a beer company would really want anything to do with them. The PR fallout doesn't seem like it could remotely be worth it.