There's a difference between 'wrong' and 'stupid'
you of all people should know *that*.
( , Thu 23 Feb 2017, 18:38, Share, Reply)
you of all people should know *that*.
( , Thu 23 Feb 2017, 18:38, Share, Reply)
I quite like her
even though she is wrong about everything.
And she enraged David Starkey into finger-wagging-in-the-face rage, so she can't be all bad.
[EDIT - she lost me at 'fascist' and 'hate speech'. Having watched quite a bit of Milo's tour, it seems to me that he can be a nasty piece of work - the doxxing, the mockery of individuals, etc. - but calling it hate speech, or him a fascist, makes me wonder whether she's watched any of his lectures. Unless she means 'fascist' in the same way that the broken-down old crusty couple called me a fascist in Trafalgar Square many years ago, when I said I didn't think it was such a bad idea to employ a falconer to keep down the numbers of pigeons.]
( , Thu 23 Feb 2017, 19:17, Share, Reply)
even though she is wrong about everything.
And she enraged David Starkey into finger-wagging-in-the-face rage, so she can't be all bad.
[EDIT - she lost me at 'fascist' and 'hate speech'. Having watched quite a bit of Milo's tour, it seems to me that he can be a nasty piece of work - the doxxing, the mockery of individuals, etc. - but calling it hate speech, or him a fascist, makes me wonder whether she's watched any of his lectures. Unless she means 'fascist' in the same way that the broken-down old crusty couple called me a fascist in Trafalgar Square many years ago, when I said I didn't think it was such a bad idea to employ a falconer to keep down the numbers of pigeons.]
( , Thu 23 Feb 2017, 19:17, Share, Reply)
Hitler started by killing pigeons
So you're worse than a fascist.
But I think her point is more that he pretends he's defending free speech by saying outrageous things - but then it turns out he can't handle it if anyone calls him out. Note the bit where she explicitly says she isn;t calling him a fascist or white supremacist because he'll sue.
( , Thu 23 Feb 2017, 19:44, Share, Reply)
So you're worse than a fascist.
But I think her point is more that he pretends he's defending free speech by saying outrageous things - but then it turns out he can't handle it if anyone calls him out. Note the bit where she explicitly says she isn;t calling him a fascist or white supremacist because he'll sue.
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She throws around the '-ists' very freely in the opening paras
Talking about his views. Sounds a bit cake having-and-eating.
( , Thu 23 Feb 2017, 20:37, Share, Reply)
Talking about his views. Sounds a bit cake having-and-eating.
( , Thu 23 Feb 2017, 20:37, Share, Reply)
old newspaper trick.
'there is no suggestion that Mr Brown is responsible for a string of frauds which have left dozens of pensioners in penury'. IE there is *every* suggestion that this is so, but our learned friends have insisted we include this line and the article can be published if sign in blood an oath that every other single line is true - and we can prove it.
But I do think she's being more nuanced than that. He isn't a nazi - he's a troll monster wind-up merchant. But as she points out, the idiots that follow him like a baa-ing mob don;t get that. "real life consequences" is the key phrase.
( , Thu 23 Feb 2017, 20:46, Share, Reply)
'there is no suggestion that Mr Brown is responsible for a string of frauds which have left dozens of pensioners in penury'. IE there is *every* suggestion that this is so, but our learned friends have insisted we include this line and the article can be published if sign in blood an oath that every other single line is true - and we can prove it.
But I do think she's being more nuanced than that. He isn't a nazi - he's a troll monster wind-up merchant. But as she points out, the idiots that follow him like a baa-ing mob don;t get that. "real life consequences" is the key phrase.
( , Thu 23 Feb 2017, 20:46, Share, Reply)