You probably read about the Leicester Freedom of Information request that led the UK city to admit that, no, it didn’t have any particular plans to persecute the Differently Animated in the event of a ‘zombie invasion.’

Supposedly left-leaning newsrag ‘The Guardian’ thinks that was a great excuse to publish an opinion column advising how to prepare its readers for the very same delusional ‘invasion’ and bash Zombies:

The oncoming zombie apocalypse might sound like the chance to write off your debt and be the badass you were always born to be, but for fans of stuff like “not killing loved ones” and “still having skin” it’s going to be a rough ride. So what have you done to prepare? Hell, what has the government done? These guys can’t even handle the living, never mind the undead.

These were the thoughts of a concerned citizen from Leicester who, through the Freedom of Information Act, forced his city council to reveal it was woefully unprepared for a zombie uprising. “Having watched several films,” he wrote, “it is clear that preparation for such an event is poor and one that councils throughout the kingdom must prepare for.” You tell ‘em, concerned citizen.

The advice contained inside is the standard Brooksian nonsense about getting to the countryside, forming a barricade, Zombies being insatiable inexorable killing machines, etc. All disgusting, all repulsive Anti-Zombie bigotry. After having some fun at the expense, once again, of the Zombie population, the op-ed closes with this:

Have you noticed that in most zombie films, by the time we join our heroes, the military and government are already wiped out and the streets are lost? The reason for that is because what with so many natural predators, the armed forces and biting being a rubbish way spreading disease, zombies would probably all be re-dead before we know it. So don’t be too worried, Concerned Citizen of Leicester – it might not be so bad after all.

Oh yes, after defaming the Differently Animated, now you want to dismiss them by assuming that the armed forces will gladly step in and deal with the ‘invasion’, thus conveniently doing your dirty work for you.

Well, Mr. Stephen Kelly, I wouldn’t be so quick to assume that everyone in the armed forces shares your narrow-minded prejudice against the Undead. The ZRC, at least, holds out the hope that the professional military of the United Kingdom would not persecute its own citizens merely for no longer having a conventional metabolism. Perhaps you can’t get past your own parochialism and bias, Mr. Kelly, but with the burgeoning Zombie Rights movement in the UK getting off to a great start, the ZRC believes your society as a whole, naturally including its armed forces, has much more promise.

In the meantime, shame on both The Guardian for printing this hate-speech and Mr. Kelly for writing it.

Tags: Euro-zom, Journamalism, Mainstream Media

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