javiwhite
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- Comment on Half-a-million members sign up to new left-wing party founded in Britain 3 days ago:
if purity is the reason you do nothing, instead of doing something, then you’re part of the problem.
I’m always happy to talk about routes of how we get to a better place, but if you’re just wanting to argue then I’ll pass.
So long as it fits your world view you mean; else it’s inflammatory language like I’m ‘doing nothing’ or I’m ‘Virtue signalling’ and being ‘part of the problem’, but of course, I’m the one looking to argue.
I already established a very obvious talking point for a route to get to a better place, and it starts with the tribunal kier and his cronies refuse to have, but that talking point was brushed over rather than addressed so whilst your words fit the bill, your actions certainly do not.
The one thing we can agree on is that this conversation is pointless. Our priorities clearly differ greatly, to the point where a separate party just makes sense. You can call it pissing in the wind, or a waste of a vote, doing nothing etc… but that’s exactly how I view voting for labour in the next election; they’re going to bleed votes to reform and SNP, and then you’ve got the left wing voters who want to see actual change, rather than this Tory lite approach to politics jumping ship too. The only people left will be the centrists; and that’s never going to win an election.
- Comment on Half-a-million members sign up to new left-wing party founded in Britain 3 days ago:
actually doing something that has an impact is not virtue signalling. We fed over 8k people last year, and that’s much more helpful to the working class than failing to get elected.
Nobody is suggesting feeding people is virtue signalling, stop with the strawman already. I’m suggesting that pointing to your work at a food bank and then banging on about “being morally better” and “virtue signalling” in the very next breath is laughable.
- Comment on Half-a-million members sign up to new left-wing party founded in Britain 3 days ago:
There will always be tension between where ideology, and hopes of a better world, meet with what is currently achievable.
So an independent investigation into our current involvement in Gaza isn’t currently achievable for what reason? What part of a better world are we missing, where a supposedly democratic nation, can’t carry out an independent check on it’s public offices?
This is just pure virtue signaling.
As the trustee of a food bank
Pot. Kettle.
The idea that by purposefully throwing away your vote is somehow morally better than voting once every 5 years for the lesser of two evils is asinine in the extreme.
Call it whatever you like, but what’s asinine is to keep voting for the same party, and expecting different results.
- Comment on Half-a-million members sign up to new left-wing party founded in Britain 4 days ago:
Do you truly believe kier beat the Tories on his own merit, rather than the Tories self imploding? Even after winning, he had around 1m less on the popular vote than Corbyns loss in 2019… Why? Because voter apathy and a general disdain for the tories handed labour the last election, rather than them winning on their own merit.
The only reason I and many other people voted for Kier was exactly as you said, 14 year of tory regime has decimated the countries welfare, and intentionally so… But the countries complicit nature In the bombing of children in Gaza continues, if it wasn’t for good ol’ Jeremy there wouldn’t even be an inquiry as labour have rejected the bill to hold an independently run tribunal to investigate the governments complicit nature in the Gaza genocide and that is just too big of a pain point for me. I refuse to have the blood of innocent children on my hands, even if it means life at home gets easier.
This is ultimately how democracy works right. Labour pretending to be the left wing option of the UK has left many voters disenfranchised… Now, labour can own up to being the centrist party they’ve become, and those who want the lesser of two evils can continue to vote for them… The rest of us who want to see real societal change, can try a new approach.
- Comment on One Angry Man 4 days ago:
Ant
- Comment on it's called speedrunning, my dudes 4 days ago:
“When life gives you a frog go through the anus” - Aristotle, probably.
- Comment on Half-a-million members sign up to new left-wing party founded in Britain 5 days ago:
Yeah agreed, that was a question clearly posed to rile up the moderates in the party, knowing how he would respond with his hardline anti-war stance.
Whether or not I agree with the statement, I judge his character higher for that response; unapologetically honest, to a fault even, and stood by his beliefs. That is definitely evidence of him being a poor politician; had he less integrity, he may never have been ousted… But equally, with less integrity; he’d probably end up just another Blair clone like Starmer.
It’s no different with the Ukraine Russia situation. Corbyn is calling for de-escalation rather than war with Russia; which will inevitably be spun into Corbyn being Pro-Putin in the media rather than anti-WW3. Sure he could keep his mouth shut, and play the game, but why should he? The country is tired of politics. “Nothing ever changes”, “they’re all the same” are common complaints citizens have… So maybe we should stop voting for people based on their capacity to be dishonest, and instead look at the people who seem to have some integrity.
- Comment on Half-a-million members sign up to new left-wing party founded in Britain 5 days ago:
The material he gave them was campaigning against Zionist activities in Gaza way back in the noughties; before all the genocidal stuff happening now, and his defence was anti-zionism </> anti-Semitism… which I think in today’s light is a very obvious statement, but back in 2019; the average person wasn’t aware of what was happening in Gaza, and so the papers ran with the antisemitism angle.
I get what you’re saying about playing the game; he could have been dishonest and claimed that the parties issues with Israel’s warmongering was actually antisemitism, apologised and given an empty promise about change, to which no-one would bat an eye (a politician lying is a politician breathing etc…), but that’s the exact problem with politics… Corbyn was a breath of fresh air in an otherwise toxic environment; unapologetically honest, and cantankerous when it comes to people pussy footing around an issue, and this is exactly why the media dogged him so heavily… they couldn’t buy him, and he was gunning for their owners hoarded wealth. If it wasn’t the anti-Semitism angle, they would have found something else to try and beat him with.
Even now, he’s attempting to force the UK to address the ongoing British involvement in the Gaza genocide; ofcourse the Tory lites rejected any investigation, which in itself is reminiscent of Blair’s labour and Iraq.
- Comment on Half-a-million members sign up to new left-wing party founded in Britain 6 days ago:
This is exactly my point. The antisemitism angle was pushed so ferociously by the media, that it caused people such as yourself to act against your own interests.
Tell me, do you still think ousting Corbyn was the right move? Are we in a better position now under Kiers labour?
- Comment on Half-a-million members sign up to new left-wing party founded in Britain 6 days ago:
As a lifelong labour supporter, I get what you mean, but ultimately feel as though I’ve been duped by this logic one time too many; the labour party are closer to the modern tories than they are the labour that brought us reforms like the NHS and so on.
I’m tired of labour being the only viable option because they’re the limp-dicked version of the Tories; Corbyn was the closest we got to seeing a supposedly left wing party actually introduce some socialist policy; and look at the furor that kicked up in the papers… The powers that be were clearly concerned about him, as we had a real chance for change (particularly with him having sights on taxing the rich their fair share) but instead he was smeared and the party showed its true colours by jumping at the opportunity to oust him.
No man or woman is above corruption; and people shouldn’t blindly follow anyone; but Corbyn has a lifetime record of activism… So if the options are Tory lite Vs a new party led by a lifetime activist. The question for me isn’t; “will this split the labour vote” but rather “why would anyone continue to vote labour, despite it being ultimately fruitless?”.
It wasn’t the Tories that just said no to a 500k strong petition to repeal the online safety act afterall. Fuck the Tories and fuck the Tory lites.
- Comment on 🐀🔥🔥🔥 6 days ago:
Make the joke a bit spicier and the taste should disappear.
- Comment on Anon learns a new spell 1 week ago:
Harry shotter and the chamber of bullets.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Did you miss the first 9 words you quoted or something? Seems like you’re misrepresenting what was said in quite a profound way.
OP claims it’s not obvious from the title; you claim it’s obvious from the rules; Both of these statements can be true at the same time.
Also, now that they’re aware, they’ve blocked the community to prevent any engagement… Can you explain how that translates to them not accepting the situation?
- Comment on Piss Post 1 week ago:
Wise words, though I bet that’s a sentence you didn’t expect to write when waking up this morning.
- Comment on Piss Post 1 week ago:
I would argue that it becomes less of a curl, and more of a spew at that point.
- Comment on Piss Post 1 week ago:
I imagine it would take a great deal of both mental and physical fortitude in order to curl one out whilst standing tall.
- Comment on Don't we all? 1 week ago:
Here is the sacred tome you refer too m’lord wiggle;
Seriously though, is this the one you were thinking of?
I’m fairly sure this is the original I saw; But searching for “woman, soldering iron” results in many copycats, so it’s hard to say if this is actually the one from back when, or if my mind just misremembers it as such.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
No more than? Id say it’s way more.
Group think is a passive acceptance of beliefs you have read/interacted with, without any desire to challenge those beliefs even if one feels they might not be accurate.
Using LLMs to answer basic questions is the active delegation of thinking to another entity. You’re delegating the entire task, and alleviating yourself of all thought.
It’s like comparing someone using multiplication tables to calculate a sum, Vs using a calculator; except in this instance, the calculator is only accurate 1/3 of the time.
- Comment on Tech start-up aiming to ‘end rape’ spoke at far-right rally: Ambassador of anti-rape company Enough took to stage after Tommy Robinson ally who called for ‘re-migration’ 3 weeks ago:
I’ve never heard of them, but it makes sense.
You’re not going to stop something from happening if you don’t address the people doing it.
- Comment on Deserved honestly 3 weeks ago:
*they drink espresso based coffees.
The italians invented lattes, cappuccinos, Americanos etc… most espresso based coffee finds its origin in Italy; it’s just instant coffee and whatever it is Starbucks are doing that they tend to scoff at.
- Comment on Feels like something this community would like to know 5 weeks ago:
And people say journalism is dead.
- Comment on Pikachew 1 month ago:
Tbf, all of these things are on menus outside of north America (assuming that’s what NA means ofc) including the cats and dogs.
Not for the fainthearted; but googling china dog festival should put any discussion otherwise to rest (TW: dead dogs).
Interestingly enough; the areas where you see dog and cat consumption aren’t just found in areas of complete poverty. The meat tends to be consumed either as a necessity (as you alluded to) or a delicacy; it’s never really a standard dish.
The more I think about it though; the less I’m surprised that billionaires would eat our pets and consider it a delicacy.
- Comment on Pikachew 1 month ago:
This but pokemonImage
- Comment on Switch 2 Teardown: Still Glued, Still Soldered, Still Drifting 1 month ago:
It’s intentional. How else are they supposed to sell you a new set of joy cons every year?
- Comment on Make it stop 1 month ago:
Absolutely. You reminded me of an old hitchhikers guide quote;
It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it… anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
- Comment on More like a bacterial infection imo 1 month ago:
It’s the same logic Israel uses to justify it’s actions against Palestine; Or how Russia justifies it’s attacks on Ukraine. I can’t help you understand why tarnishing an entire nation is a terrible precident to set. But equally, I think you already understand this, And are just continuing to act in bad faith.
- Comment on More like a bacterial infection imo 1 month ago:
Sure, I can make it real simple and just explain the concept.
I don’t believe I’m responsible for stuff that happened hundreds of years before my birth; that’s a dangerous precedent to set and leads to rampant persecution of entire nations (like you inciting violence upon British people for example, and feeling like that’s an okay stance to take).
As for current events, I believe we do have a responsibility to call out and work to correct any injustice at every juncture, and pride myself on trying to doing so. That being said; much like you haven’t magically fixed the persecution of aboriginals in Australia, or Israel’s persecution of Palestine (which Australia is complicit in too btw…) ; there is only so much we commoners can achieve.
So instead of flinging muck at 70 million people because of their nationality, try finding common ground. Your abrasive nature serves nothing but sowing discord.
I appreciate this will likely fall on deaf ears, and you’ll probably resort to further projecting of your own feelings of frustration, so this is the last time I attempt to appeal to your better nature; I’m not fortunate enough to be retired, so I can’t waste any more energy on attempting to help you see reason.
- Comment on More like a bacterial infection imo 1 month ago:
For the Irish famine or the aboriginal persecution? try to be more specific with your questions, Block away. You refuse to acknowledge my questions let alone answer them, so I fail to see why I shouldn’t show you the same courtesy.
- Comment on More like a bacterial infection imo 1 month ago:
Australians were considered British citizens is you initially shirking all responsibility elsewhere, which is how this entire conversation started.
Frame what as your fault? The racism? I thought you said you were taking responsibility… Now I’m just confused. Are you responsible or not?
- Comment on More like a bacterial infection imo 1 month ago:
I’m the one arguing in bad faith? Yet more hypocrisy
