Current Affairs Culture wars & The rise of grifting

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Goat said:
In Strickland’s adolescence, he developed a close relationship with his grandfather who had ideologically neo-Nazi views. He adopted his grandfather’s views, which were further reinforced through his viewing of the film American History X. Strickland stated regarding the characters in the film, “I loved the life they lived, just dirty, white trash, to have respect, you know? When I was a kid, that was somebody I would hero-worship, that ideology.


He seems REALLY nice.
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He watched American History X and that was what he took from it lol
 
Could have gone in a few threads this, but interesting article about Lineker in the Guardian.

The below section jumped out at me, as an example of the dirty business of politics, that the Government of the day were schmoozing Lineker to publicly support Brexit, and when he supported remain, the shouting started about how he should ‘stick to football’ etc.

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Amw79 said:
Could have gone in a few threads this, but interesting article about Lineker in the Guardian.

The below section jumped out at me, as an example of the dirty business of politics, that the Government of the day were schmoozing Lineker to publicly support Brexit, and when he supported remain, the shouting started about how he should ‘stick to football’ etc.

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As if Lineker said the F word.
 
Spadge Vernacular said:
He is skilled in being consistently wrong yet smuggly unaware. He is a horrible little wretch.
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Doesn't get on bbc politics like he once did, is he the patient zero for omnipresent smug tit that the tanskis and russ's are seeking to usurp? Thought he had a bit to say about online abuse and death threats cos he's gay (?) and leans a bit left, was he outright corbyn-fashionista? It's been ages since I've been forced to notice him.
 
Rita_Poon said:
Doesn't get on bbc politics like he once did, is he the patient zero for omnipresent smug tit that the tanskis and russ's are seeking to usurp? Thought he had a bit to say about online abuse and death threats cos he's gay (?) and leans a bit left, was he outright corbyn-fashionista? It's been ages since I've been forced to notice him.
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He is annoying, shrill, and tends towards hyperbole but he has written a couple of quite decent books and can put together an argument,, which is more than the likes of Tanskiiiiiiii or Russ are ever likely to be able to say.
 
Blue 1 said:
He is annoying, shrill, and tends towards hyperbole but he has written a couple of quite decent books and can put together an argument,, which is more than the likes of Tanskiiiiiiii or Russ are ever likely to be able to say.
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Correct. He’s annoying but hardly ‘a horrible little wretch’ lol and would definitely not put in the grifter category.

His book chavs made some excellent social observations which I’m not sure ‘ a decade in Tory’ by big Russ will.
 
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