I'm not. I'll be respectful with people here who treat me respectfully.

Edited by steve1984 (23 Dec 2018 10.32am)

Why don't you like him?

I don't agree at all with the bullying charge. I think that's men acting like flowers.

How can you complain about 'offensive' language when that's what you use yourself? If someone's swearing at you...I get that, we don't need it...unless kept back it would turn the forum into nothing but profanity....but outside of that, 'offensive language'?

You will tend to find that after a while other posters will respond to you in kind....of course you will get the odd heated post....but after a time posters get to know you and react with similar patterns.

We have had plenty of posters with very different views who got on reasonably well....politics is not the be and end all...and it certainly isn't the last word on a person's character.

You don't have to be moderate at all though....I've no problem with that.....However, if you are going to met fire with fire....don't complain about the heat.

Edited by Stirlingsays (23 Dec 2018 10.22am)

And now you call me a flower...

As this is an area about which I care.

Constant gratuitous belittling and name calling is bullying. It is hard to actually bully me because I have nothing to lose so I call it out in what I perceive to be a sense of justice. I have received so many comments from others on HOL that they refuse to post due to the way people respond.

It is rather a classic don't you think that the person that points out bullying gets rounded upon.

Stirling, I know you don't teach in a school any more but you more than most should understand the need to tackle bullying and call it out when you see it.

Or we can let this site continue to be a board for a small minority to have a voice and the rest to avoid posting.

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Run on the pound - He would argue that the pound was over valued and he was only guilty of being the one to profit from it. And like he says in the video about his experiences during the holocaust, if he hadn't done it somebody else would have. That's the nature of capitalism.

However I understand that to a nationalist anything that damages the nation is in some way a crime. Even if it isn't illegal. But I would argue that capitalism is the problem not the capitalists. If the system didn't exist then they couldn't exploit it. (And no I'm not advocating state socialism as the alternative).

The multi-million fund for open borders is an interesting one. Of course he was a refugee. Britain gave him refuge. So I guess some of his altruism in this regard is heartfelt, although I acknowledge that is no compensation to those disagree with it. Saying he advocates open borders isn't really true though. He's a proponent of helping refugees. But of course he's a very clever bloke and I'm sure he'd be the first to admit that by taking in deserving refugees, you encourage the less deserving to try their luck.

He also spends millions trying to improve the life chances of people in 3rd world countries who are more likely to become refugees. This suggests to me that he's fully aware that stopping the causes of mass migration is the long term solution.

As for your far left NGO remark, well that's just your label. I don't see anything far left about the activities of his NGO in Hungary for example.

His Open Society Foundation began working there 5 years before the fall of the one party state. Amongst other things it provided scholarships so Hungarians could attend foreign universities. One recipient, the populist / nationalist / authoritarian / criminal (pick one) prime minister of Hungary Viktor Orban studied political philosophy at Oxford. The facts don't appear to support your claim that Soros has a far left agenda. He is anti-authoritarianism and pro-democracy and I think his track record speaks for itself.

I'm unaware of him censoring conservatives. Perhaps you would enlighten me?

Edited by steve1984 (23 Dec 2018 12.55pm)