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On Jan 14, 2026 at 9:15:19 PM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

This sounds like something straight out of Mao's Little Red Book. What the F >> is happening to England?

(I hope posting about this doesn't get super70s' panties in a twist. Not
really, I hope they twist high and tight)

I admit this is much better than when I was imagining Law & Order Speech Integrity Unit.

In an absolutely perfect and hilarious development, one of the characters from the game-- Amelia, a purple-haired goth girl who tries to lure the protagonist into the netherworld of "far-Right extremism" for standing up for British values-- has been adopted by the nationalist, anti-illegal alien movement in England, has been upgraded by AI, and is spreading around the internet like wildfire:


https://www.hungarianconservative.com/articles/culture_society/progressive-anti-far-right-game-backfires-antagonist-amelia-viral-meme/

Conservative internet and social media have been flooded in recent days with Amelia, the purple-haired goth 'nationalist extremist' from an online prevention game created by Hull City Council in England. The controversial game, which effectively treats every white young person as a potential extremist, has accidentally spawned a meme that is now being used to spread
the very ideology and messaging the council sought to prevent-- and which the game categorizes as 'far-right extremism'.

The game, titled Pathways: Navigating the Internet and Extremism, allows players to choose between a young man or woman, both named Charlie, who has just started university and wants to socialize and make new friends. The
player meets Amelia early in the story:

https://ibb.co/vChSHM9T

She is introduced as a classmate and, according to the plot, is involved in political activism linked to "right-wing" political movements. If the player selects the 'wrong' answers and joins Amelia by taking part in a protest against mass migration and in favour of traditional British values-- the game ends in a 'Prevent referral' to school counselors and, potentially, to anti-terrorism officials.

In the game, after the character is put through counsellors and workshops and cleansed of the corrupted ideas of border protection, national unity,
cohesion, and public safety, they become popular again and, overall, more successful in life.

The message and purpose of the game are clear-- and outrageous-- though not entirely surprising: if you believe in preserving your nation's culture and traditions, and want to protect it from mass migration by people who do not respect those same traditions, then you are cast as the villain, excluded by your peers, and interrogated by the government.

However, the game's developers and the progressive masterminds behind it made
a glaring mistake. They turned Amelia, the game's main antagonist, into an archetype that is widely popular in global meme culture among young people:
the goth girl. As soon as the game escaped its educational bubble,
conservative social media latched onto her. Suddenly, timelines were filled with Amelia fan art, edits, screenshots, and fully-realized AI generations. Rather than being seen as a dangerous nationalist extremist, as the creators intended, she has become an ironic hero-- a kind of mascot for resisting the very ideas the game was designed to promote.

Meet the new Amelia, no longer a clunky cartoon character in a government brainwashing game, but brought to life with AI:

https://ibb.co/fVYz15nt
https://ibb.co/NR0zPf0
https://ibb.co/qFy4qBf9
https://ibb.co/DH2FM3bN
https://ibb.co/FLcLDcC1


https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2017382627464876032/vid/avc1/464x688/wIi_Ht33tJe2HYUo.mp4?tag=23


https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2014487909483560960/vid/avc1/640x480/yXrdWolsNyTNafZy.mp4


https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2016888299676119040/vid/avc1/1078x720/ajdi5UHsM_fPiseI.mp4?tag=21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8M1OBmV-T4&list=RDx8M1OBmV-T4&start_radio=1

And now there are constant sightings on the streets of London of real-world women dressing as Amelia:

https://ibb.co/LhQrxP6R

And the best part of all this is that it's giving the leftest pundits and Labour government officials the most hilarious round of aneurysms I've ever seen. They're calling for Amelia memes to be censored and to be criminalized and for a ban on dressing like her in public. Remember, this is a character *they* created and now they want to lock up anyone who posts even a reference to her.


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On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:23:58 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:

The Pathways game was designed for use in schools. It was originally developed >in 2023 for East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull city councils to tackle any risk >of "extreme right-wing narratives". A year earlier, in 2022, Hull councilors >had raised concerns that the Home Office was sending excessive numbers of >migrants to local hotels. That same year, East Riding council attempted a >legal challenge to block Home Office plans for migrant accommodation.

For me the 'excessive number' would be 1 since NONE of the 'migrants'
are in the country legally. And few if any of these are coming from
countries that produce actual honest to gawd REAL refugees. It's as if
I drove from Vancouver to the US claiming refugee status because I
objected to the gas tax (which you pay at the pump as part of the
price at the pump) and was therefore 'being persecuted'. And if
perchance you consider that any girl or woman "loosely dressed" is a
prostitute and that therefore you have the right to rape her you'll
probably be out of jail by the weekend. I'm pretty sure THAT doesn't
appear as a scenario in 'the game'.

Incidentally if you follow British news on Youtube (as I do) you've
heard all about this in considerably more detail than you present.

Bottom line is that in the past 20 years Britain has received more
would be immigrants than in the entire period from 1066 - 1960.

My daughter who emigrated to the UK in 2014 having taken two years to
get all her paperwork in order and eventually became a UK citizen
isn't happy about this situation given the hoops she had to leap
through to get "landed" especially since she and her beau left London
3 years ago to buy a home in a city on the Channel coast near what is
now one of these folks' favorite landing sites.... I hope her home
still has some equity left.
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On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:36:57 -0500, Rhino
<no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

A Home Office spokesman said: "Prevent has diverted nearly 6,000 people away >> from violent ideologies, stopping terrorists and keeping our country safe. We
provide funding to local authorities to tackle a range of threats, including >> Islamist extremism and the extreme right wing. These projects are designed to
target local radicalisation risks and are created and delivered independently
of government."

East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull councils have been contacted for comment. >>

This program is beyond appalling. They are literally using tax money to
try to trap kids into outing themselves as opposed to unlimited
immigration.

While I agree with you I'd love to download it to try my hand.

I am of course well past my teen years.
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On Feb 1, 2026 at 3:53:00 AM PST, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:23:58 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:

The Pathways game was designed for use in schools. It was originally
developed
in 2023 for East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull city councils to tackle any
risk
of "extreme right-wing narratives". A year earlier, in 2022, Hull councilors >> had raised concerns that the Home Office was sending excessive numbers of
migrants to local hotels. That same year, East Riding council attempted a
legal challenge to block Home Office plans for migrant accommodation.

For me the 'excessive number' would be 1 since NONE of the 'migrants'
are in the country legally.

And have you ever noticed how they're never even concerned about, let alone developing curriculum to combat, "extreme left-wing narratives"?

I bet if you asked them why, they'd say there's no such thing extreme
left-wing narratives. That being hard left is just the normal state of things; nothing extreme about it so there's nothing to combat.

And few if any of these are coming from
countries that produce actual honest to gawd REAL refugees. It's as if
I drove from Vancouver to the US claiming refugee status because I
objected to the gas tax (which you pay at the pump as part of the
price at the pump) and was therefore 'being persecuted'. And if
perchance you consider that any girl or woman "loosely dressed" is a prostitute and that therefore you have the right to rape her you'll
probably be out of jail by the weekend. I'm pretty sure THAT doesn't
appear as a scenario in 'the game'.

Incidentally if you follow British news on Youtube (as I do) you've
heard all about this in considerably more detail than you present.

Bottom line is that in the past 20 years Britain has received more
would be immigrants than in the entire period from 1066 - 1960.

My daughter who emigrated to the UK in 2014 having taken two years to
get all her paperwork in order and eventually became a UK citizen
isn't happy about this situation given the hoops she had to leap
through to get "landed" especially since she and her beau left London
3 years ago to buy a home in a city on the Channel coast near what is
now one of these folks' favorite landing sites.... I hope her home
still has some equity left.

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BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

Feb 1, 2026 at 3:53:00 AM PST, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:23:58 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

The Pathways game was designed for use in schools. It was originally >>>developed in 2023 for East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull city councils
to tackle any risk of "extreme right-wing narratives". A year earlier,
in 2022, Hull councilors had raised concerns that the Home Office was >>>sending excessive numbers of migrants to local hotels. That same year, >>>East Riding council attempted a legal challenge to block Home Office >>>plans for migrant accommodation.

For me the 'excessive number' would be 1 since NONE of the 'migrants'
are in the country legally.

And have you ever noticed how they're never even concerned about, let alone >developing curriculum to combat, "extreme left-wing narratives"?

I bet if you asked them why, they'd say there's no such thing extreme >left-wing narratives. That being hard left is just the normal state of things; >nothing extreme about it so there's nothing to combat.

How dare you question government double speak and censorship, when it's
for your own good?

Clickety clickety clickety

That application for your extradition order is complete. You are about
to be pushed. You have been filed and stamped and are about to be
briefed, debriefed, then numbered.

. . .

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On Feb 1, 2026 at 10:49:35 AM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

Feb 1, 2026 at 3:53:00 AM PST, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:23:58 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

The Pathways game was designed for use in schools. It was originally
developed in 2023 for East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull city councils
to tackle any risk of "extreme right-wing narratives". A year earlier, >>>> in 2022, Hull councilors had raised concerns that the Home Office was
sending excessive numbers of migrants to local hotels. That same year, >>>> East Riding council attempted a legal challenge to block Home Office
plans for migrant accommodation.

For me the 'excessive number' would be 1 since NONE of the 'migrants'
are in the country legally.

And have you ever noticed how they're never even concerned about, let alone >> developing curriculum to combat, "extreme left-wing narratives"?

I bet if you asked them why, they'd say there's no such thing as extreme
left-wing narratives. That being hard left is just the normal state of
things;
nothing extreme about it so there's nothing to combat.

How dare you question government double speak and censorship, when it's
for your own good?

Clickety clickety clickety

That application for your extradition order is complete. You are about
to be pushed. You have been filed and stamped and are about to be
briefed, debriefed, then numbered.

But not punched and spindled? We used to have a proper bureaucracy.


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