there is a downside to smearing the leftwing opposition right before a major election
Agitated-Fee3598 on
People need to realise that if you want to stop the radicalisation of the British conservative base, the fun part is that you don’t
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FuckTheTile on
Jesus Christ… and all I heard about for weeks was how dangerous the Green Party are
SDLRob on
The generation that lived in the aftermath of WW2 and the Nazis… Are literally voting for Nazis.
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CptCaramack on
Their voters love this stuff. Stop showing them more reasons to support these idiots.
spacebatangeldragon8 on
Obviously the other stuff is incredibly vile, but all the reporting I’ve seen on this guy so far has glossed over the fact that he pretty much *explicitly* called for the mass murder of Muslims:
>There cannot be a genocide against Muslims. It’s only ever self defence against those rats.
Do the current crop of reporters just not have the reading comprehension to parse the clear meaning here?
ColonialSack on
The problem with so much of politics is that around half the population believe that ALL potential politicians are liars.
They know Farage and his cronies are lying, but they don’t care because in their view, all of them are lying
So, it becomes more about which lies they prefer the sound of.
Or they take on a similar view to a lot of Trump voters
* they didn’t vote for Trump because they liked him, or his politics, or Republicans in general
* they see politics as a game with no real effect on their life, or that it’s all going to hell in a hand basket anyway
* they knew that “the libs” would get angry about it.
Literal, real life, trolling.
Daver7692 on
This is what they wanted to vote for. It’s a feature not a bug.
Disastrous-Metal-228 on
Just a bit of banter. He’s not a racist he’s a patriot! /s
peakedtooearly on
Zack Polanski was the **real** danger though…
Just remember that.
sega20 on
This is it everyone, Temu Trump and MEGA are here.
The NHS was nice while it lasted.
Important_Ruin on
Almost like it doesnt matter to the cult.
No matter what they say, melting people down to fill in pot holes, shooting Muslims, letting people drown in channel, deporting all Muslims by 2030, it doesnt matter to the cult.
JackStrawWitchita on
The more virulent the racist, the more votes they win. The UK has a serious problem – not with candidates, but with voters…
Quick-Albatross-9204 on
If you keep throwing about “racist” for everything then sooner or later people just don’t take it seriously when it actually matters
_Monsterguy_ on
Derek ‘Shoot the P*kis’ Bullock won in Bolton with **1939** votes.
Nadir786 on
Yea it’s clear that the establishment is perfectly fine with reform gaining power, with all the smears against the greens this past week you would think reform are a completely normal party with zero issues!
Weak-Fly-6540 on
My suspicion is Reform will only start suspensions after the election results and they are elected. It’s an utter, utter disgrace.
J1mj0hns0n on
Don’t know about their councillors I just don’t trust farage in power at all.
As for this guy, the people clearly didn’t care about what he said because they voted for him and he won.
Maybe we need to really stop and think, when people say stuff that seems so counterintuitive, why are they doing it, and combat it, instead of just saying “you’re stupid and idiot and racist and misogynistic and 1970s thinking and stupid”
Because it clearly isn’t stupidity, it’s disagreement and another world view
Hithrae on
We have to accept there are those that care about other people and those that vote reform
Calm_seasons on
These the lot u/virusscan123 you need evidence for being racists?
the_splonge on
Honestly you should have to pass a test to be able to vote. Facists do NOT deserve the right to vote
AhoyWilliam on
Honestly the reaction to Cambridge Analytica back when that was exposed was far too tame. It should have been the canary in the coal mine for how sophisticated astroturfing is.
xenleah on
What are we doing. I’m losing faith in the average person.
Hellstorm901 on
Trump ran an election on this type of thing so why are people acting surprised?
AnalTinnitus on
The media have been nudging the public into voting Reform since Labour won the last election. And they’ll continue to do so until the next General Election.
Aceofspades25 on
The Media: “The election is now over so we can finally stop banging on about the Greens and it’s safe to talk about how corrupt and shitty Reform are now.”
Gaywhorzea on
The British public love this, thanks for dooming everyone who is different to you 🙄
FlowerpotPetalface on
Reform have have won on my area as well and the woman who has been elected is married to a paedophile. She took him back after he’d been found out as well.
Seems to be a pattern
Educational-Cry-1707 on
Completely unsurprising. People have to understand: they win because of these statements, not despite them.
changhyun on
A little collection of what he’s said for people:
On white people: “As the master race, they can do as they please.”
On two news stories about a Punjabi woman and a Sikh woman being raped: “good.reap it”
On Muslims: “There cannot be a genocide against Muslims. It’s only ever self defence against those rats.”
On how white people colonised African countries: “Larger brains. Google which race has the smallest brain…. Then, once you have that answer, Google whether brain size dictates intelligence in humans.”
On the Huntingdon knife attack: “If this was caused by another third world invader, then this country needs a purge. From North to South and from East to West.”
The man’s vile.
DesecratedPeanut on
Anyone who thinks MAGA are especially thick really has no idea, all of our democracies are primed to vote people like this, Farage and Trump into office.
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there is a downside to smearing the leftwing opposition right before a major election
People need to realise that if you want to stop the radicalisation of the British conservative base, the fun part is that you don’t
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Jesus Christ… and all I heard about for weeks was how dangerous the Green Party are
The generation that lived in the aftermath of WW2 and the Nazis… Are literally voting for Nazis.
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Their voters love this stuff. Stop showing them more reasons to support these idiots.
Obviously the other stuff is incredibly vile, but all the reporting I’ve seen on this guy so far has glossed over the fact that he pretty much *explicitly* called for the mass murder of Muslims:
>There cannot be a genocide against Muslims. It’s only ever self defence against those rats.
Do the current crop of reporters just not have the reading comprehension to parse the clear meaning here?
The problem with so much of politics is that around half the population believe that ALL potential politicians are liars.
They know Farage and his cronies are lying, but they don’t care because in their view, all of them are lying
So, it becomes more about which lies they prefer the sound of.
Or they take on a similar view to a lot of Trump voters
* they didn’t vote for Trump because they liked him, or his politics, or Republicans in general
* they see politics as a game with no real effect on their life, or that it’s all going to hell in a hand basket anyway
* they knew that “the libs” would get angry about it.
Literal, real life, trolling.
This is what they wanted to vote for. It’s a feature not a bug.
Just a bit of banter. He’s not a racist he’s a patriot! /s
Zack Polanski was the **real** danger though…
Just remember that.
This is it everyone, Temu Trump and MEGA are here.
The NHS was nice while it lasted.
Almost like it doesnt matter to the cult.
No matter what they say, melting people down to fill in pot holes, shooting Muslims, letting people drown in channel, deporting all Muslims by 2030, it doesnt matter to the cult.
The more virulent the racist, the more votes they win. The UK has a serious problem – not with candidates, but with voters…
If you keep throwing about “racist” for everything then sooner or later people just don’t take it seriously when it actually matters
Derek ‘Shoot the P*kis’ Bullock won in Bolton with **1939** votes.
Yea it’s clear that the establishment is perfectly fine with reform gaining power, with all the smears against the greens this past week you would think reform are a completely normal party with zero issues!
My suspicion is Reform will only start suspensions after the election results and they are elected. It’s an utter, utter disgrace.
Don’t know about their councillors I just don’t trust farage in power at all.
As for this guy, the people clearly didn’t care about what he said because they voted for him and he won.
Maybe we need to really stop and think, when people say stuff that seems so counterintuitive, why are they doing it, and combat it, instead of just saying “you’re stupid and idiot and racist and misogynistic and 1970s thinking and stupid”
Because it clearly isn’t stupidity, it’s disagreement and another world view
We have to accept there are those that care about other people and those that vote reform
These the lot u/virusscan123 you need evidence for being racists?
Honestly you should have to pass a test to be able to vote. Facists do NOT deserve the right to vote
Honestly the reaction to Cambridge Analytica back when that was exposed was far too tame. It should have been the canary in the coal mine for how sophisticated astroturfing is.
What are we doing. I’m losing faith in the average person.
Trump ran an election on this type of thing so why are people acting surprised?
The media have been nudging the public into voting Reform since Labour won the last election. And they’ll continue to do so until the next General Election.
The Media: “The election is now over so we can finally stop banging on about the Greens and it’s safe to talk about how corrupt and shitty Reform are now.”
The British public love this, thanks for dooming everyone who is different to you 🙄
Reform have have won on my area as well and the woman who has been elected is married to a paedophile. She took him back after he’d been found out as well.
Seems to be a pattern
Completely unsurprising. People have to understand: they win because of these statements, not despite them.
A little collection of what he’s said for people:
On white people: “As the master race, they can do as they please.”
On two news stories about a Punjabi woman and a Sikh woman being raped: “good.reap it”
On Muslims: “There cannot be a genocide against Muslims. It’s only ever self defence against those rats.”
On how white people colonised African countries: “Larger brains. Google which race has the smallest brain…. Then, once you have that answer, Google whether brain size dictates intelligence in humans.”
On the Huntingdon knife attack: “If this was caused by another third world invader, then this country needs a purge. From North to South and from East to West.”
The man’s vile.
Anyone who thinks MAGA are especially thick really has no idea, all of our democracies are primed to vote people like this, Farage and Trump into office.