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 It is spring (by the meteorological calendar), so I'm freshening up the OP with a new thing where I post from some book I'm reading contains something unexpectedly relevant to current events, so here's one from Folk devils and moral panics by Stanley Cohen, where he discusses the tipping point where a simple moral panic (which may come from something genuinely terrible, like the murder of Jamie Bulger, but goes in a stupid direction, like mass blaming of horror VHS tapes) and outright group hatred (which is what starts pogroms). The part where he draws the line is a good look at the 00s prequal to SMOL BOTES and ends up slamming both major parties and every British paper repeatedly. 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learnincurve posted:Need something added to every OP. DWP have been told not to tell sanctioned people about this.  
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bluesky user vore dot sex more wholesome than any mainstream UK media
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:I hate his stupid hat so much. Why does he wear it all the time? Take off the hat. Alternatively make him a Rabbi, iirc there's a precursor of the Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know etc. meme in the Talmud. e: ^^ ah, he's already running away from a big balder
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Mar 1, 2024 11:54
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Rarity posted:Every time I see news of Russell Brand and he's still not become a cult leader I get very confused
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Mar 1, 2024 12:02
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Yeah, as pointed out in the previous thread, the other two top contenders were also absolute shite.sebzilla posted:"I'm voting for the guy who was bombed out of the Labour Party in disgrace. No, not that one. Not that one either. Yeah, him." Still, lol, lmao
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Mar 1, 2024 13:28
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From a midday phone chat with my da: "The man's an unpleasant testicle, but he was right about Iraq and better than anyone else running." Imagine, if you will, a whole by election of candidates who make George Galloway look like the good option.  4 is the number of indecent images Simon Danczuk sent to a 17 year old intern.
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Mar 1, 2024 14:54
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It was a whole election of bigoted conspiracy theorists and sex perverts, and people backed the one who was right once and wears a hat. It's nothing for anyone to be proud of, but the people who should be most ashamed are those who couldn't find anyone better than George to stand.
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Mar 1, 2024 15:59
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He did the same with Alex Salmond, iirc. Very sus in a "who will speak up for George when the lizard elite
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Mar 1, 2024 16:56
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Bobby Deluxe posted:He is partly correct in that it is a bit poo poo how the press keeps quiet about these things until its convenient.
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Mar 1, 2024 17:16
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*Paul Mason enters the arena and trips over*
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Apraxin posted:i was very tickled on finding out that a canadian alternative term for 'shadow minister' is 'critic' 
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mrpwase posted:The 19th century, or east Yorkshire We would have also accepted Quakers or the state of Utah.
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Mar 1, 2024 18:03
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e: ^^ Thou shalt not fedele kides *southern baptist convention implodes*smellmycheese posted:I hope he doesn’t. Him pulling sad faces next to the Monster Raving Loony candidate on election night when Crobbo crushes him will be one of the highlights. 
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Mar 1, 2024 18:10
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Bobby Deluxe posted:And how offensively petit-bourgeoise the English green's* messaging is. Wait no, on further reading they had decided to be racist a number of years ago. Manchester Evening News posted:The Green Party candidate for the Rochdale by-election has 'decided to leave the stage' - following 'regrettable' social medics posts made 'a number of years ago'. So it was a circus all round by the sounds of it, and the sour bollock in a trilby was the best of all possible candidates.
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Mar 1, 2024 20:21
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serious gaylord posted:Doing all my best sharia law moves. 
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Mar 1, 2024 21:17
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sebzilla posted:It's going to be a funny few months Bobstar posted:But during Ghosts Love Wubs posted:I would definitely hope more people register to vote by post just to avoid the photo ID scheme. As someone who works in the realm of elections I can say I have not heard any rumbles about plans to do so, so far its mostly just back patting on a "job well done" with the Photo ID scheme irritatingly. Tesseraction posted:just wanted to say I've always hated you boris 
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Mar 2, 2024 10:56
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The more that time passes, the more I keep confusing him with Matt LeBlanc.
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Mar 2, 2024 11:35
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Every other candidate self-implodes over racist conspiracy theory posts and unsolicited dick pics. George: 
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Mar 2, 2024 12:47
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Very much a Naomi Klein/Naomi Wolf doppelganger scenario going on there.
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Mar 2, 2024 13:00
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bessantj posted:What are goons favourite essay collections?
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Mar 2, 2024 20:47
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Miftan posted:I feel like given naanchat, this thread would enjoy a malawach. It's sort of like Partha, but from Yemen, and I have no idea where to get it in the UK. You're welcome.
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Mar 2, 2024 23:52
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It was originally Otto von Bismarck, so I guess we're getting more shitey culture wars.
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Mar 3, 2024 16:45
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Just Another Lurker posted:gently caress Hitler. Bad news for Sir Keir and Michael Gove: 
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Mar 4, 2024 11:46
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Lib Dem official opposition would be very funny, and a better foil for Labour authoritarianism than the Tories, although with those kind of numbers it doesn't much matter.
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Mar 4, 2024 12:33
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Andrew Bridgen looking at his family potato farm:
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Mar 4, 2024 13:08
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Jedit posted:People saying that they're willing to support an act of immense harm to the UK because it would be funny is a part of why we're no longer in the EU.  2020 amazing year for Britain etc etc Tesseraction posted:Fuckin less than 5 percent Liz failing upwards into this kind of position says all you need to know about the sensible new Labour Party.
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Mar 4, 2024 15:00
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Failed Imagineer posted:No one's asking you to? 
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Mar 4, 2024 15:17
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Bobby Deluxe posted:However in recent years, they've been giving me these lovely little salamol generics that crap out after a few activations, and something in their composition gives me palpitations and makes me feel extremely jittery after using them (I have a similar problem with caffeine and a bunch of other medications). NotJustANumber99 posted:Public taps that wine comes out of
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Mar 4, 2024 15:51
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Libel Farage
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Mar 4, 2024 16:43
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The man who used to sing Hitler Youth songs? Who believes in the Great Replacement conspiracy theory and calls things he doesn't like "cultural marxism"? He's accusing people of subscribing to an antisemitic conspiracy theory?
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Mar 4, 2024 16:59
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ThomasPaine posted:Galloway is a baffling politician to me. Like maybe 60% his takes are actually very on point, but the remainder are absolute horseshit. He seems generally alright on foreign policy and economics but dear god he can be pretty reactionary socially and the gleeful transphobia is grim. I don't know how much of this is actually what he genuinely believes and how much is him actively playing to religious conservatives in his constituency, but I guess that's besides the point. I do think he's a narcissist, and he's clearly primarily interested in George Galloway first and foremost.
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Mar 4, 2024 17:29
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The Lords Spiritual have been some of the most vocally opposed to the Rwanda bill so will lol if Rishi tries to scrap the magic granddads and ends up disestablishing the Church.
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Mar 4, 2024 18:43
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The National American Woman Suffrage Association and Women's Christian Temperance Union were instrumental in getting segregation laws passed in the American South, leading to separate 'white' and 'colored' washrooms, so they might be anachronistic racists instead.
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Mar 4, 2024 18:53
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I'm okay with an agenda of one George Galloway MP (maximum).
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Mar 4, 2024 18:56
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New conspiracy theory, queens's not dead, she just phased invisible into the UV part of the spectrum so we can't see her. Whenever Charles thinks he's sitting on one of the monarch chairs he's actually sitting on the queen, who is now oscillating around soft X-ray frequency. This is what caused his arse cancer.
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Mar 4, 2024 19:38
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Then again they're always attacking Harry.
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Mar 4, 2024 20:33
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I can imagine in the case of any woman who could tolerate to marry Nigel Farage it went from the 'acceptable racism' against Africans, Asians, Southern Europeans, and Slavs, to the 'unacceptable racism' against her.
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Mar 4, 2024 20:52
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Actually..... this is a ton more likely to work with those who either don't want to think about Israel/Palestine or who just respond with 'they're all the same why are we even bothered about a foreign land 3000 miles away none of our business etc' or are in the 'can't we all just get along' crowd. MeinPanzer posted:Yeah, it's that damned cost of living crisis I'd be dead from a cocaine induced myocardial infarction on that amount. domhal posted:It's 2034. George Galloway wins a Battersea by-election with a single-issue campaign on the issues around puppy smuggling. The establishment, stunned and afraid, sends the PM out to the podium holding a kitten. Teachers have to pay to build their own schools. A Kit-Kat costs £15 on the black market. 
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Mar 5, 2024 09:56
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They need to make more cars like the Toyota Hilux that will keep running when half of what's under the bonnet is bits of wood, lighting flex, and components bought from Maplin e: 
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Bring back those 90s diesel Mercedes that will run on chip fat and rubbing alcohol too.smellmycheese posted:Good news friends! Keith Is having a good genocide! 
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