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[steviewevie]

Blair bloke talking about youknowwhat

 

[steviewevie]

This horrific Clapham attack story is catnip for the whole anti-immigration stop the boats lot...Afghan asylum seeker who has come here in the back of a lorry commits a sex offence whilst waiting for asylum claim, claim is rejected, converts to Christianity, claim accepted...

[steviewevie]

8 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

This horrific Clapham attack story is catnip for the whole anti-immigration stop the boats lot...Afghan asylum seeker who has come here in the back of a lorry commits a sex offence whilst waiting for asylum claim, claim is rejected, converts to Christianity, claim accepted...

so that will likely be the focus, rather than its another incident of man on women/children violence.

[Neil]

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As young women become dramatically more liberal, young men are getting more conservative, not only in the US but – according to a Financial Times analysis – from South Korea to Germany, Poland to China. Though the divide is relatively modest in Britain, polling this week found that one in five British men aged 16 to 29 who have heard of him think warmly of Andrew Tate

thats from...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/02/younger-women-barbie-gen-z-men-feminism

 

i'd say  - from observing here for 25 years....: that uk men are becoming more conservative.

[steviewevie]

1 minute ago, Neil said:

thats from...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/02/younger-women-barbie-gen-z-men-feminism

 

i'd say  - from observing here for 25 years....: that uk men are becoming more conservative.

The Kids Are Alt-Right

[lost]

43 minutes ago, Neil said:

As young women become dramatically more liberal, young men are getting more conservative, not only in the US but – according to a Financial Times analysis – from South Korea to Germany, Poland to China.

Apparently women move to the right after having kids. Probably linked to being more aware of threats (percieved or real) So women could be explained by the declining birth rate.

[steviewevie]

11 minutes ago, lost said:

Apparently women move to the right after having kids. Probably linked to being more aware of threats (percieved or real) So women could be explained by the declining birth rate.

This is younger women, Gen Z...so before having kids and becoming facist mums.

[Skip997]

15 minutes ago, lost said:

Apparently women move to the right after having kids. Probably linked to being more aware of threats (percieved or real) So women could be explained by the declining birth rate.

Doesn't apply to any women I know.

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

Green surge

 

[Neil]

46 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

Doesn't apply to any women I know.

Totnes woman has gone very right wing lately. There's a lot of bad around Exeter like all the EDF and nazi posters on lamposts etc.

[steviewevie]

48 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

Doesn't apply to any women I know.

yeah but they're all anarchist counter culture green voters, so not really representative.

[Skip997]

Just now, Neil said:

Totnes woman has gone very right wing lately. There's a lot of bad around Exeter like all the EDF and nazi posters on lamposts etc.

Why on earth do you keep making up this nonsense?

Number of EDF and Nazi posters spotted in Exeter in last few years = 0

Expects a pathetic attempt involving dragging up old article about one off incident

[Neil]

7 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

Why on earth do you keep making up this nonsense?

Number of EDF and Nazi posters spotted in Exeter in last few years = 0

Expects a pathetic attempt involving dragging up old article about one off incident

you not heard about the big anti-vaxers nutters thing round there? a whole bbc podcast abiut it, there's articles in Exeter papers about the nazi stuff around town.

[Neil]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mssm

[Skip997]

And the list of nutters increases again

Not worth worrying about

[Neil]

3 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

And the list of nutters increases again

Not worth worrying about

it would worry me if it was happening around me and i didn't notice, 

[Skip997]

Just now, Neil said:

it would worry me if it was happening around me and i didn't notice, 

Again you've got my post wrong

The nutter I was referring to may live in Bristol, but I can't believe anything he says, so who knows!

[Neil]

1 minute ago, Skip997 said:

Again you've got my post wrong

The nutter I was referring to may live in Bristol, but I can't believe anything he says, so who knows!

you don't do evidence & so choose to know nuthin!  you prolly don't notice the right wing nutters cos you're too busy nodding along

[steviewevie]

16 minutes ago, Neil said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mssm

episode 1...

What’s happening in the Devon town of Totnes? The small town of Totnes in Devon is known for its warmth and open-mindedness, gong baths and healing crystals, but a fault line has emerged between the minority who’ve been drawn in by disinformation laced with hate and those who are fighting against it. Some in the town were drawn into a conspiracy theory movement during the pandemic, one whose monthly marches and rallies persist to this day. A conspiracy theory newspaper called The Light seems to have played a key part in the division there. BBC disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring investigates how the theories that dominate its pages are changing the town.

[mattiloy]

Four day week is the quickest and simplest way to improve standards of living, physical and mental health outcomes and reduce CO2.

Also will help maintain full employment in the face of AI nicking everyones jobs.

[Skip997]

2 minutes ago, mattiloy said:

Four day week is the quickest and simplest way to improve standards of living, physical and mental health outcomes and reduce CO2.

Also will help maintain full employment in the face of AI nicking everyones jobs.

It's long overdue

But it's going to face a load of opposition from brain-washed and brain-dead "protestant work ethic" nutters and other "stuck in the past" types.

[steviewevie]

5 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

episode 1...

What’s happening in the Devon town of Totnes? The small town of Totnes in Devon is known for its warmth and open-mindedness, gong baths and healing crystals, but a fault line has emerged between the minority who’ve been drawn in by disinformation laced with hate and those who are fighting against it. Some in the town were drawn into a conspiracy theory movement during the pandemic, one whose monthly marches and rallies persist to this day. A conspiracy theory newspaper called The Light seems to have played a key part in the division there. BBC disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring investigates how the theories that dominate its pages are changing the town.

more...

The Light: Inside the UK’s conspiracy theory newspaper that shares violence and hate - BBC News

[Skip997]

1 minute ago, steviewevie said:

more...

The Light: Inside the UK’s conspiracy theory newspaper that shares violence and hate - BBC News

It's also causing a rift in Stroud

[steviewevie]

I'm definitely up for working less if that will help.