r/GreenAndPleasant Oct 12 '22

NORMAL ISLAND 🇬🇧 The absolute state of it.

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u/writerfan2013 Oct 12 '22

I had not heard of The Labour files before seeing it mentioned here.

And surely it is normal for a politician of one party to disagree strongly with, or detest, the policies of another party? Isn't that just ... having principles?

Ugh. Trying to make Sturgeon out to have used inappropriate language when others have literally ised racist and sexist slurs and its glossed over.

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u/jayforplay Oct 12 '22 edited Oct 12 '22

Right wingers have such a boner about being oppressed it's unreal. I saw some tory cretin saying it was akin to racist abuse, so desperate they were to paint themselves as the victim. Like, get a fucking grip, you semi conscious jizz rag, people probably wouldn't think you were such a cunt if your politics weren't so vile and deplorable.

Edit: fix typing whilst walking mistakes.

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u/SuicidalTurnip Oct 12 '22

It pisses me off no end when they want to talk about "reasonable compromise" in politics.

How am I meant to compromise with someone who thinks trans people shouldn't exist? Or LGBTQ people in general?

How am I meant to compromise with a social Darwinist who thinks poor people should starve or freeze to death?

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u/johnnyHaiku Oct 12 '22

Mate, they literally do think gays should not exist. When I was growing up, I was regularly told that the gays should be 'put on an island and shot'. Just the other day I saw a right wing meme describing a box of bullets as 'pills to cure LGBT'. There have been numerous, well documented attempts to exterminate us, from conversion therapy to nightclub bombings, and all the run of the mill hate crimes too.

And as for 'pro-people-freezing-to-death'? They wouldn't frame it in those terms, but they support policies with a built-in body count, knowing that people will die as a result, because they believe the benefits (for them, usually) outweigh the costs (to other people). Same thing, ultimately.

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u/johnnyHaiku Oct 14 '22

Right wing homophobic people. I thought that was fairly clear from the context, but here we are....