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[dead_soft]

I hear there's a slot for "good news" on this channel.
That's hilarious.

I'm hoping that's just the 'obituaries of GB News colleagues' section

 

[Charro]

Classic MO of the left.
Different and alternative viewpoints are not allowed and should be shut down immediately. Zero tolerance.
Just because someone has an alternative viewpoint doesn't make them right or wrong. Just different.
People who have different viewpoints do not deserve to be mocked, challenged and attacked at all.

'I disaprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it'

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Nobody on the right has ever done this.

The right are actually extremely tolerant of other views aren’t they.

 

[Tubey]

see @Tubey, told you they’ll whinge over any criticism

Good. As long as the criticism is irrational and your arguments against are based on logic at how bad/hypocritical GB News is, you win.

 

[Tubey]

It's not shutting them down though is it? It's challenging them. Mocking, challenging, and attacking are all valid things to do.

Exactly this. First time we've probably agreed on something.

 

[coollino]

Exactly this. First time we've probably agreed on something.

Time to shut the current affairs forum imo

 

[dead_soft]

Exactly this. First time we've probably agreed on something.

But I didn't even say that, don't take my words out of context. Classic centrist.

 

[Tubey]

But I didn't even say that, don't take my words out of context. Classic centrist.

?????

I just quoted you!!!

 

[dead_soft]

?????

I just quoted you!!!

I was just having a joke at the idea we agreed!

Typical centre right, can't take a joke.

 

[Tubey]

I was just having a joke at the idea we agreed!

Typical centre right, can't take a joke.

Oh thank God.

 

[Tubey]

Classic MO of the left.
Different and alternative viewpoints are not allowed and should be shut down immediately. Zero tolerance.
Just because someone has an alternative viewpoint doesn't make them right or wrong. Just different.
People who have different viewpoints do not deserve to be mocked, challenged and attacked at all.

'I disaprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it'

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To be clear, what I've highlighted in red is something that shouldn't happen, and is what I've been talking about with cancel culture.

What I've highlighted in blue, though, is wrong. You can be right/wrong objectively, or you can right/wrong to such a strong degree that you may as well be 100% right/wrong. For example, if your view is "Slavic people are sub-human", "COVID vaccines contain microchips" etc. that isn't an 'alternative viewpoint', it's just objectively wrong, and as such deserves to be mocked, challenged and attacked.

 

[dead_soft]

Oh thank God.

 

[gonetomorrow]

I'm hoping that's just the 'obituaries of GB News colleagues' section

It will likely be:

Property prices soar in Esher.

Very rich people pay less tax than ever, a survey reveals.

And finally, peerage for Titchmarsh.

 

[PaulPowersTash]

Nobody on the right has ever done this.

The right are actually extremely tolerant of other views aren’t they.

Deflection and whataboutery.

 

[tsubaki]

Deflection and whataboutery.

they’re guilty of those two things especially

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

How many people even watch the news on tv anymore? I'd be honestly shocked if there's a combined total of a million people watching BBC, Sky, ITV, channel 4, channel 5 and this GB News during a peak news hour. Unless something important is happening, I can't see many people watching the news at all let alone this new start up channel.