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 Stirlingsays  01 Mar 17 11.17am |
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Originally posted by Kermit8
Why are the ultra Right so paranoid and so low self-esteemed? It's like they think nobody important is out to get them. I'm English Kermy, when it comes to self regard, you kind of lost at the beginning.
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 01 Mar 17 11.23am |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
I think Trump definitely has been engaged in talking truth as he sees it...but also half truth and sometimes just lying and s*** talking. Apart from the s*** talking he isn't any different to most politicans coming out of America. However Trump is a nationalist and it is this which has seen him get...what I would describe as unacceptably biased and aggressive reporting from a left centred reporting base....Which unfortunately, as the BBC is publicly funded, the BBC is. Your opinion of Kuenssberg isn't held by many people who would regard themselves as right wing. Following the 2016 local elections, a petition on 38 Degrees was begun, which accused Kuenssberg of being biased against the Labour Party and its leader Jeremy Corbyn, and called for her dismissal. It was later withdraw due to the sheer amount of hate she was taking, which was taking away from the actual point. Edited by Stirlingsays (01 Mar 2017 11.11am) Interesting that none of the sexist tweets were ever shown. Yes there were some, however inexcusable, it's inevitable that it will happen - look at the flak Abbott takes on Twitter.
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| Stirlingsays 01 Mar 17 12.14pm |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
Interesting that none of the sexist tweets were ever shown. Yes there were some, however inexcusable, it's inevitable that it will happen - look at the flak Abbott takes on Twitter. I agree that freedom of speech isn't always easy. Some abuse is very hard to take....some horrible people taunt those who have lost loved ones for example. I'm not exactly sure of how we deal with them but outside of physical threats to someone I think America's first amendment far exceeds our own laws in terms of speech freedoms. In spite of being told our 'hate' speech laws wouldn't be abused it was only a little time ago that Nottingham Police themselves were abusing the spirit of the law.
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| hedgehog50 Croydon 01 Mar 17 12.25pm |
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Aren't we in danger of stereotyping wealthy, elderly, comb-over men who can't string two words together? After all, what harm has Bobby Charlton ever done (apart from sticking one or two in the Palace net over the years of course).
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 01 Mar 17 5.39pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Apart from the s*** talking he isn't any different to most politicans coming out of America. Oddly this is true, and we don't see much of that. There are some very scary crazy people in US politics, than in the UK would probably be sectioned. Watching congress and sentators state that the AHCA is Communism, or that women cannot get pregnant by rape is quite astonishing, or arguing against teaching evolution in schools because god (and so on). Trump does really fit in as a more reasonable version of them.
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regal_eagle  somewhere 01 Mar 17 5.56pm |
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In between mouthing "Thank You" a thousand times, his speech last night wasn't so bad...apart from the bits I didn't agree with.
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nairb75  Baltimore 01 Mar 17 9.08pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
The Germans....who have made slave states out of southern Europe. The Germans who are by far the richest European state yet have spent only one percent of GDP on defence for decades. The Germans, who have been living under the protection of the Americans...who most of them have despised for decades The Germans who only ever had the chance of being the rich country they are because of the American funded Marshal Plan. Who gives a mightly f**k what Germans think. yeah it doesn't ususally go well when they spend more than that. maybe not mess with them not starting any more wars.
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 02 Mar 17 8.55pm |
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Made me chuckle. I did wonder what the scriptwriting team would do about a different kind of president.
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| twist Miami, Florida 03 Mar 17 12.23am |
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American politicians have been playing wag the dog with the plebians successfully for at least 20 years now. Trump just turning it into art form.
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 Hrolf The Ganger 03 Mar 17 12.54pm |
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Originally posted by jamiemartin721
Oddly this is true, and we don't see much of that. There are some very scary crazy people in US politics, than in the UK would probably be sectioned. Watching congress and sentators state that the AHCA is Communism, or that women cannot get pregnant by rape is quite astonishing, or arguing against teaching evolution in schools because god (and so on). Trump does really fit in as a more reasonable version of them. Because they represent and are representative of many Americans.
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Attachment: | nickgusset Shizzlehurst 03 Mar 17 1.02pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
Because they represent and are representative of many Americans. I remember the bloke walking up and down Oxford Street with similar stuff on his sandwich board.
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| Hrolf The Ganger 03 Mar 17 1.15pm |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
I remember the bloke walking up and down Oxford Street with similar stuff on his sandwich board. That was one bloke. Half of Texas is like that.
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