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[Walken]

This post is dripping with the arrogance and ignorance you accused others of. You made a dumb statement and have been unable to back it up when asked for (I’ll use the academic term here) evidence.

Aye we all say silly hyperbolic stuff, especially on so called internet personalities. Would be better to acknolwedge it rather becoming two sides of the same coin as Ming the Merciless

 

[Walken]

Spadge is too deep to pull out there, I admire the way hes digging away in what he must surely know is a crushing defeat.

But Mrs Spadge didnt raise no bish and only the best go down swinging.

This is like watching Stannis outside of Winterfell

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Of course it’s a racist rant lol Doesn’t matter if it’s misguided.

OK, let us follow this line then.

Do you think that the majority of people in the UK are racist, Jimbo?

You can include, with names, good posters of GOT in your findings/assumption if you like but you must name them if so.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

OK, let us follow this line then.

Do you think that the majority of people in the UK are racist, Jimbo?

You can include, with names, good posters of GOT in your findings/assumption if you like but you must name them if so.

What!? lol

 

[LostLegend]

Out of all the pantomime villains mentioned in this thread it's Owen Jones that sets everyone off?

Christ

 

[LostLegend]

Our ability on the left to hate is each other is our greatest strength

The right will say "the left will eat itself", but I like to think it's good to have accountability, even for those that are "on your side"
This is something the right fails at a lot. Their acceptance of some of the more provably awful people as long as they are saying the right things speaks for itself.

 

[LostLegend]

I'm still not 100% convinced that he's not a character played by some comedian and no one has worked it out yet.

There's no way someone can be this unintentionally funny with such regularity lol

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

What!? lol

You erd lad!

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

The right will say "the left will eat itself", but I like to think it's good to have accountability, even for those that are "on your side"
This is something the right fails at a lot. Their acceptance of some of the more provably awful people as long as they are saying the right things speaks for itself.

It is happening in real time in the Culture Wars thread on GOT.

 

[Moomin]

In Todays lesson we are looking at Enoch Powell and Martin Luther King.

Some people find Enoch Powell's views disgusting. But, at the same time some people found Dr King's views deplorable.

We need to take away both platforms.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

All joking aside, it is great to see so many Jonesy fans coming out in this thread. It is healthy lads, do not deny, embrace your feelings.

 

[LostLegend]

It is happening in real time in the Culture Wars thread on GOT.

"And it's LIVE"

 

[Martin Alvito]

The right will say "the left will eat itself", but I like to think it's good to have accountability, even for those that are "on your side"
This is something the right fails at a lot. Their acceptance of some of the more provably awful people as long as they are saying the right things speaks for itself.

The left notoriously eats itself. It's what happens when the base is a coalition of interest groups all pulling in different directions. The second they come into power, they all start clamoring for Mummy to say she loves them best, and back it up with action.

The one virtue of the right is that they have figured out they all must hang together, or hang separately.

It is happening in real time in the Culture Wars thread on GOT.

I was thinking to myself as I read, "Is this what happens when Dave isn't around?"

One interesting result of speech becoming more democratic in the age of the Internet is that speech has become hate-filled. Stuff that once was confined to fringe newspapers and magazines with very little circulation has gone mainstream. People were more civil when there were gatekeepers on who receives a platform, rather than algorithms promoting the most contentious stuff.

It doesn't necessarily follow that we should start shutting things down, but we do need to talk about how we get back to civil discourse rather than eight year-olds contradicting one another in a schoolyard. I'm a little tired of living in the Monty Python argument sketch.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

In Todays lesson we are looking at Enoch Powell and Martin Luther King.

Some people find Enoch Powell's views disgusting. But, at the same time some people found Dr King's views deplorable.

We need to take away both platforms.

Owen Jones, the modern day Martin Luther King.

 

[Yarrgh]

In Todays lesson we are looking at Enoch Powell and Martin Luther King.

Some people find Enoch Powell's views disgusting. But, at the same time some people found Dr King's views deplorable.

We need to take away both platforms.

That's very centrist of you good sir.