Intellectual Dark Web

[Numero Veinticinco]

34 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

Yeah, let's stick to what this thread is for - calling people alt-right vermin because they support centrist policies.

I find it pairs nicely with the centrist thread which is for calling people centrists for not being Corbynites

[Jairzinho]

Or the Corbyn thread for calling advocates of social democracy the "hard left".

[aRdja]

5 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Or the Corbyn thread for calling advocates of social democracy the "hard left".

I don’t know how people could mistake the likes of Ben Shapiro and Sam Harris as centrists.

[Strontium]

Shapiro is a bog-standard conservative, but Sam Harris is a registered Democrat.

[aRdja]

12 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

Shapiro is a bog-standard conservative, but Sam Harris is a registered Democrat.

I don’t want to be seen as ungrateful for your support but I think you’ve managed to get yourself confused with the threads mate. There’s a dedicated thread to lol at centrists is all I’m saying. This thread is more about the group loosely known as Intellectual Dark Web, ranging from Ben Shapiro, Jordan B Peterson, Maajid Nawaz, Stefan Molyneux and the Weinstein brothers.

[Strontium]

I'm not remotely confused, I'm protesting the inclusion of liberals like Maajid Nawaz and Sam Harris in this grouping alongside almost literal Nazis like Molyneux. It's preposterous.

[Jairzinho]

Being a registered Democrat isn't evidence of being centrist. Joe Manchin is a Democrat senator and he'd be on the right of the Tory party here. 

 

Their political spectrum bears little resemblance to that of a Western European country, let alone any actual ideologies. 

 

When you have a Democratic party that takes money from oil companies and big Pharma,  and contains some of the most repugnant blood thirsty war mongers on the planet, being a member is no proof of having centrist views. Not in any meaningful sense of the word.

[VladimirIlyich]

1 minute ago, Jairzinho said:

Being a registered Democrat isn't evidence of being centrist. Joe Manchin is a Democrat senator and he'd be on the right of the Tory party here. 

 

Their political spectrum bears little resemblance to that of a Western European country, let alone any actual ideologies. 

 

When you have a Democratic party that takes money from oil companies and big Pharma,  and contains some of the most repugnant blood thirsty war mongers on the planet, being a member is no proof of having centrist views. Not in any meaningful sense of the word.

The US has two parties that represent big business and nothing else but fringe parties of no real standing. Very little resemblance to most European countries,but the UK is creeping very close.

[Strontium]

Please, spare me the Democrats are as bad as Republicans shtick, that's the reason we have Donald Trump as president.

[cloggypop]

13 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

I'm not remotely confused, I'm protesting the inclusion of liberals like Maajid Nawaz and Sam Harris in this grouping alongside almost literal Nazis like Molyneux. It's preposterous.

Take it up with Eric Weinstein 

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_dark_web

[Strontium]

Pretty sure he's not a member here, like.

[VladimirIlyich]

9 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

Please, spare me the Democrats are as bad as Republicans shtick, that's the reason we have Donald Trump as president.

And Boris Johnson as PM here.

[Jairzinho]

12 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

The US has two parties that represent big business and nothing else but fringe parties of no real standing. Very little resemblance to most European countries,but the UK is creeping very close.

I think there is plenty of difference between the two but we're largely talking about a right wing party and a far right party.

 

Big differences on social policies, possibly not quite so much on economic policies.

[Rico1304]

28 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Being a registered Democrat isn't evidence of being centrist. Joe Manchin is a Democrat senator and he'd be on the right of the Tory party here. 

 

Their political spectrum bears little resemblance to that of a Western European country, let alone any actual ideologies. 

 

When you have a Democratic party that takes money from oil companies and big Pharma,  and contains some of the most repugnant blood thirsty war mongers on the planet, being a member is no proof of having centrist views. Not in any meaningful sense of the word.

Matilda was good though. 

[VladimirIlyich]

7 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

I think there is plenty of difference between the two but we're largely talking about a right wing party and a far right party.

 

Big differences on social policies, possibly not quite so much on economic policies.

Yeah,but with the greatest will in the world your social policies will mean little if you largely support the same economic policies which lend themselves to elevating the rich and alienating the poorer members. Therefore leading to the prejudices which are still there today. 

[Jairzinho]

1 minute ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Yeah,but with the greatest will in the world your social policies will mean little if you largely support the same economic policies which lend themselves to elevating the rich and alienating the poorer members. Therefore leading to the prejudices which are still there today. 

No argument from me. In fact, for example Cameron sometimes just parroted whatever the Lib Dems or Labour were saying about social issues in order to try and grab their voters. Not because he actually gave a fuck about the issues, quite the opposite. Taking money from the poor and giving it to the rich was his only aim.

[SasaS]

1 hour ago, Jairzinho said:

No argument from me. In fact, for example Cameron sometimes just parroted whatever the Lib Dems or Labour were saying about social issues in order to try and grab their voters. Not because he actually gave a fuck about the issues, quite the opposite. Taking money from the poor and giving it to the rich was his only aim.

Nibor Dooh?

[Jairzinho]

2 hours ago, SasaS said:

Nibor Dooh?

Wasn't that more about simply pretending that they'll spend money and then not? Rather than social policies. Not sure.

 

I think the Tories just realised they could kill the Lib Dems stone dead if they moved a bit to the left on some social policies.

[Sugar Ape]

Might as well stick this here. I see Melanie Phillips has been at it again in The Times who then edited her comment to make it look (slightly) less racist. 
 

 

 

[Strontium]

 

[aRdja]

1 hour ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

Thanks for ruining my day now.

[cloggypop]

2 hours ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

Wool

[aRdja]

Yikes!!

 

 

[cloggypop]

He also thought a diet consisting of beef and benzos was a great idea. 

[Mudface]

6 minutes ago, cloggypop said:

He also thought a diet consisting of beef and benzos was a great idea. 

Sounds brilliant- do Graze offer that as an option?