Journalist Sparks Outrage After Saying 'Minorities Have To Be Squashed' For Rest Of Society To Operate

Mike Parry: \u201cThe problem in this country, in all areas, is that the minorities always get the upper hand cos we\u2019re so tolerant & minorities have to be squashed, like that!\u201d\n\n#JeremyVinepic.twitter.com/fT8yioAnkf

— David (@David) 1633081513

A longer clip of Mike Parry being a repellent bigot, in which it is abundantly clear to anyone who doesn\u2019t seek to excuse openly fascist rhetoric that he wasn\u2019t just talking about M25 protesters.\n\nVine doesn\u2019t exactly cover himself in glory either.pic.twitter.com/MZE1uE3VOj

— Max Morgan \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f (@Max Morgan \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f) 1633095669

I\u2019m confused. So are we a \u2018tolerant country\u2019 or one where \u2018minorities need to be squashed\u2019. The two seem mutually exclusive

— Anton Emmanuel (@Anton Emmanuel) 1633131492

See he's frantically back peddling on his twitter feed with a "not all minorities" set of tweets.\n"oh when I said minorities, I didn't mean those minorities, I meant different minorities."

— Cjmg (@Cjmg) 1633094770

Squashed, in the same way you would squash an insect.\nLovely bit of dehumanisation there. \nGuess it would just be better if we shut up and knew our place, huh.

— Louise LaTran. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 \ud83e\udddc\u200d\u2640\ufe0f (@Louise LaTran. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 \ud83e\udddc\u200d\u2640\ufe0f) 1633089527

I dont understand how the presenter tries to joke it off and move on after something so horrific was said. What human being doesn't stop and say "I'm sorry, WHAT did you say? What exactly do you mean by 'squash mjnoritoes'?"

— ForzaSchumi (v) \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa #FuckBrexit (@ForzaSchumi (v) \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa #FuckBrexit) 1633100252

I hate Vine with a passion for continually platforming transphobes.

— LizC (@LizC) 1633096404

1. Can I explain please the context of my comment on the @JeremyVineOn5 show this morning: "Minorities have to be squashed" It sounds brutal in isolation but it was directly aimed at the M25 protestors and OTHER minority groups who've had a disproportionate effect on life ..

— Mike Parry (@Mike Parry) 1633093430

2. Before today's show we were discussing wind power/energy sources .. a story we covered .. and I expressed the view: "Fracking could have saved this country from relying on overseas energy .. but once again a tiny minority of protestors stopped it happening. Why? It's mad"

— Mike Parry (@Mike Parry) 1633093737

3. I do not regard anybody who is not my religion, creed or colour as a person in a minority group. I'm not even aware that I live in a mixed race society. I just live in our society. To link my "minorities" comment to ethnicity is just silly .. I don't think like that ..

— Mike Parry (@Mike Parry) 1633094206

It's the fault of the words he said for meaning the things he meant to say! Tricky things words

— Gordon_H_Gopher (@Gordon_H_Gopher) 1633111441

You think this tweet is helping?\n\nYou\u2019ve basically just confirmed that you think that any minority group that you don\u2019t like should be squashed.

— Terry Tibbs (@Terry Tibbs) 1633097436

"how dare the public assume the words that came out of my mouth mean what they actually mean"

— Cole \ud83c\udf83\ud83c\udf42\ud83d\udc7b (@Cole \ud83c\udf83\ud83c\udf42\ud83d\udc7b) 1633094843

Exactly. He was clearly making a broader point about \u2018minorities\u2019 in general. The nonsense he\u2019s now coming out with about only meaning \u2018the minorities that have had a disproportionate effect on life\u2019 (and who gets to decide that?) is clumsy backtracking.

— Charles Donovan (@Charles Donovan) 1633108921

He even squashed an imaginary minority

— Thucydides1989 (@Thucydides1989) 1633102485