I wouldn't dispute that some on all sides of the political arena engage in blatant hypocrisy at times, or perhaps almost all of the time.I might say that what I find noteworthy at the moment is the unpredictability of society.

My point to you was more centred around (1) using an example relating to a small minority group as a stick to beat "the left" generically and (2)seemingly being immune to posting/expressing outrage when people you agree with do the same thing..

As an example with a slightly wider resonance than TUSC, let's take the Leave camp's utilisation of "beware millions of the Johnny Foreigner Turks are coming" as a propaganda tool.Then let's look at the actions of one of the Leave camp's key exponents on this point:

"After the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, took legal action against German satirist Jan Boehmermann for performing a poem insulting to the Turkish premier, Boris Johnson wrote a poem of his own.
The limerick - the key parts of which we cannot reprint here - won the Spectator magazine's "President Erdogan Offensive Poetry Competition" in May.
More significantly, though, Mr Johnson has several times changed his public stance on whether or not Turkey should join the EU.
During the referendum campaign, he repeatedly warned voters about the prospect of Turkey joining the EU - and the impact migration from the country could have on the UK. That was despite the fact he had previously said keeping Turkey out of the bloc "sent out the worst possible message to moderates in the Islamic world".
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told the BBC at the time: "May God help him and reform him."
Since the referendum, however, Mr Johnson has changed his tone again.
In September 2016, he visited Turkey in search of a "jumbo trade deal". During the trip, he called for "a new partnership" between the UK and Turkey, extolling the virtues of his "beautiful, very well functioning" Turkish washing machine.
He also said the UK would "help Turkey in any way" with its bid to join the EU."

Edited by legaleagle (24 Nov 2016 6.47pm)

I don't agree with the German but you are clutching at straws. Why?

Edited by matt_himself (24 Nov 2016 8.11pm)

"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02

Sweetheart, you are posting drivel.

Tell me with a straight face that you are not.

"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02

Doesn't mean it won't happen!

The EU is hell-bent on expansion in whatever direction. Of course it'll happen.

Another example of the EU's corporate cronyism the REAL left deplore but not the part-time lefties on HOL.

Former European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso, who was complicit in helping Goldman Sachs defraud the Greek economy, is now taking a job with the company. [Link]