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mannycalavera@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

speaking truth to power

God I hate this phrase. It’s an Americanism that has bled into British culture and now politics. Utterly meaningless. Achieves nothing but making people feel like their making progress but aren’t at all.

Oi M8 ur a cunt!

Dave, woah. What are you doing?

Speaking truth to power, innit.

The truth element is so broad it could apply to anything and the power bit is so vague it could also refer to anyone. Bland catchphrase politics. Yuk.

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