MooseBreath Posted 28 July 2012 Posted 28 July 2012 I must admit to feeling a little self-satisfied at how the opening post in a left wing thread provides us with a lovely example of a typical contradiction in left-wing thinking.
Jon the Hat Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 Welcome to the close season Left Wing Mafia thread. A socialist utopia online where we can slag off Thatcher, the Tories, racists, Murdoch, The Daily Mail, Fox News, the Daily Express and many, many others with utter impunity. A place where bigotry is met with scathing personal abuse. Brilliant! So every post will be met with scathing personal abuse then? The most contradictory statement since Michael Caine as Nigel Powers said "There's only two things I can't stand. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch." In the meantime, seeing as I also dislike some Tories (including that tit mentioned in your post), racists, Murdoch, The Daily Mail, Fox News, the Daily Express and many, many others I am considering a residency. I will note though that life is much more relaxed if you simply dont read or watch any of the above.
Guest Bilo Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 Brilliant! So every post will be met with scathing personal abuse then? The most contradictory statement since Michael Caine as Nigel Powers said "There's only two things I can't stand. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch." In the meantime, seeing as I also dislike some Tories (including that tit mentioned in your post), racists, Murdoch, The Daily Mail, Fox News, the Daily Express and many, many others I am considering a residency. I will note though that life is much more relaxed if you simply dont read or watch any of the above. Welcome to the thread you honorary lefty you.
1964FOX Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 He is only saying what most Tories would like to but he is too stupid to realise the impact it will have. Absolute Tory tosser, surprised he's not campaigning for a return of the masters and servants act. You will note I'm not politically biassed in any way at all.
Jon the Hat Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 He is only saying what most Tories would like to but he is too stupid to realise the impact it will have. Absolute Tory tosser, surprised he's not campaigning for a return of the masters and servants act. You will note I'm not politically biassed in any way at all. Bigotry! You willy puller (see first post re: personal abuse).
1964FOX Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 Bigotry! You willy puller (see first post re: personal abuse). In the interests of the thread I take no offence to those remarks, in fact as a loony leftie I'm quite proud of them.
Rincewind Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 I consider myself politically neutral. Maybe I have ventured left of centre when the vulnerable in our society are used as scapegoats and some right of centre politician open their mouths releasing words that have not been through the thought processor located in the brain. Below is my pro and con list of Tory MoP for voting or not voting Tory. The list may vary from time to time. Con-----------------------------------------------Pro List too long------------------------Cannot remember his name.
Captain... Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 Attention all looney left wing types the daily show with john Stewart is back on comedy central started last week, had some very good little skits some American shit that went over my head and some ropey guests but all in all it's good to have it back.
21st Century Fox Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 Did anyone else find themselves backing Bane during The Dark Knight Rises?
Rocket-Ron Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 Not sure if this should be on the right or left http://botherer.org/2012/07/28/the-daily-mail-and-how-an-nhs-death-means-racism-is-fine/
Knightonian Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 What I find irks me the most (or makes me laugh the most) about Burley's is how he mentions the Stones. Back in the 60's bands such as the Stones and the Beatles were at the height of the youth rebellion movement that started the whole hippy free love scene. They are very much left-wing bands. So because the Stones started 50 years ago are they now to be considered so much part of British culture that the right can accept them now, which they wouldn't have done in the 60's. F off you right wing cant and get your own bands. Try Ted Nugent for one.
21st Century Fox Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 What I find irks me the most (or makes me laugh the most) about Burley's is how he mentions the Stones. Back in the 60's bands such as the Stones and the Beatles were at the height of the youth rebellion movement that started the whole hippy free love scene. They are very much left-wing bands. So because the Stones started 50 years ago are they now to be considered so much part of British culture that the right can accept them now, which they wouldn't have done in the 60's. F off you right wing cant and get your own bands. Try Ted Nugent for one. As much as I love them, The Stones became corporate whores a long time ago.
MooseBreath Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 I don't know, are hippies politically left wing? I can't see them being that big on government intervention. They might consider themselves liberal, but left wing, i'm not so sure.
Captain... Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 Not sure if this should be on the right or left http://botherer.org/...racism-is-fine/ Why is this paper still allowed to print this crap? Utterly disgusting.
MooseBreath Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 Why is this paper still allowed to print this crap? Utterly disgusting. Definitely. We should definitely be censoring controversial opinions. Hooray for the left wing thread.
Captain... Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 Censored So we should allow muslim clerics to preach hate and spread discord and disharmony amongst our citizens stirring up fear and racial tension which they can then exploit?
Webbo Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 If the Daily Mail didn't exist the left would have to invent it. A nasty right wing bogey man to blame for the fact that no one cares about their crackpot ideology.
The Doctor Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 Definitely. We should definitely be censoring controversial opinions. Hooray for the left wing thread. Well it is a load of shit. It's not going to be that hard to find a happy mixed-race family, grime music is important in East London & the ceremony was hardly multicultural given, y'know, it focused entirely on British culture. While we shouldn't censor opinions (provided they aren't being expressed with the sole intent of inciting hatred), we should probably keep a check on people using their bias to present things that are clearly incorrect as facts, then be able to defend it by shouting "just my opinion".
MooseBreath Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 So we should allow muslim clerics to preach hate and spread discord and disharmony amongst our citizens stirring up fear and racial tension which they can then exploit? What do you think? Advanced moraility is your area, isn't it? Maybe you can tell us where you draw the line and explain exactly how the comments apparently written in the daily mail cross it?
MooseBreath Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 Well it is a load of shit. It's not going to be that hard to find a happy mixed-race family, grime music is important in East London & the ceremony was hardly multicultural given, y'know, it focused entirely on British culture. While we shouldn't censor opinions (provided they aren't being expressed with the sole intent of inciting hatred), we should probably keep a check on people using their bias to present things that are clearly incorrect as facts, then be able to defend it by shouting "just my opinion". They specifically said "an educated white middle aged mother and a black father". It WILL be hard to find such a setup. Grime music is shit and the writer is entitled to think that, and I agree with your last point, that particular segment was pretty London-focussed so the multi-cultural element was fine there.
Captain... Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 Censored on the grounds of taste and decency. Apart from factual inaccuracy, the comments serve no purpose other than to have a sly dig at ethnic communities and offer a wink and a nod to the members of their readership that crave an all white UK, and that believe that anything other than white Caucasian families are ill educated. If you honestly don't see a problem with what was said, then I think Spherical Fox has all the proof he needs.
MooseBreath Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 Where was the factual innaccuracy? I must have missed the part where they said anything other than white Caucasian families are ill educated. Infact i've just checked again and no, they didn't say that.
MooseBreath Posted 29 July 2012 Posted 29 July 2012 Here's a nice left wing article - a stunning piece about the disgrace that is the story of nightshift workers dropping dead left, right and centre because working at night forces them into making poor lifestyle decisions and something simply must be done to prevent this horrible, horrible practice http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jul/29/barbara-ellen-plight-of-shift-workers
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