Beard Liberation Front
5th November
Contact Keith Flett BLF Organiser @keithbeard.bsky.social
CAMPAIGNERS WONT CALL ON MAHMOOD TO BAN GUY FAWKES BEARDS OVER CONCERNS SHE’LL JUST BAN BEARDS
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has warned of Guy Fawkes pogonophobia, the fear of beards, as the 5th November is marked in household and public events.
Pogonophobia is the ancient Greek for an irrational fear or hatred of facial hair, known as beardism in modern English.
The BLF says that the period around November 5th is the traditional highlight of the pogonophobes year as they burn an effigy of what they assume to be a dangerous radical figure with a beard, although few will openly discuss their often deep-seated concerns about beard wearers
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said in previous years we have called on the Home Secretary to ban Guy Fawkes effigies. However given Shabana Mahmood’s love of banning things we are not doing so this year as she’ll just use it as an excuse to ban beards full stop.
The BLF is calling on people having Guy Fawkes bonfires in their gardens not to burn effigies with outlandish beards and to discourage pogonophobic remarks and behaviour. The group says that there is some evidence that beard burning bonfires have been in decline with events to mark 5th November often confined to fireworks only and welcome this positive development.
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