Why is TSR filled with right-wingers who despise people who are left-wing?
I consider myself for the 'left-wing' so to speak however I've noticed that TSR is filled with people who look down and despise people who are left-wing. Why is this?
Original post by Kyou
I consider myself for the 'left-wing' so to speak however I've noticed that TSR is filled with people who look down and despise people who are left-wing. Why is this?
Why is TSR filled with left-wingers who despise people who are right-wing?
Honestly I think you are exaggerating a little, its hardly the Hitler Youth around here
Original post by plasmaman
Why is TSR filled with left-wingers who despise people who are right-wing?
Honestly I think you are exaggerating a little, its hardly the Hitler Youth around here
Honestly I think you are exaggerating a little, its hardly the Hitler Youth around here
'Despise' is a strong word, but you can't deny TSR is much more right-wing then left.
We don't hate you, we just find some of you quite irritating.
Because there are many left-wing people here who despise the right-wing people here.
Because there are many left-wing people here who despise the right-wing people here.
TSR is mostly left wing judging by polls putting green and labour at the top
Maybe you've just noticed more right wing people who despise left wingers because you disagree agree with them and notice their responses more?
Maybe you've just noticed more right wing people who despise left wingers because you disagree agree with them and notice their responses more?
I think its a common trait of some right wingers that they have an obsession with going on about "leftists", the world is a "leftist" conspiracy, the government, the establishment, the media, the BBC, Nigel Farage was going on about it last night at that debate.
They have a standard view of the world, the financial crisis was down to Labour, all social problems are due to immigration, people on benefits are scroungers, the rich don't have enough and should be taxed less, the poor have too much and should benefits/services cut, climate change is a myth, gay marriage is wrong, fox hunting should be restored, feminism has gone too far, Jeremy Clarkson is hilariously funny etc.
They also thrive on personal insults about people they don't like ie Ed Miliband, Nicola Sturgeon, anybody that writes for the Guardian, works for the BBC, anyone on TSR that disagrees with them. They don't have the capability to come up with credible arguments so they just throw out crude statements based around insults.
They get great cheers from each other but everyone else looks at them and thinks "what a knob", this is the big problem the Conservative Party has to deal with in terms of decontaminating the centre right from people that just come over as obnoxious idiots to the electorate. It's also the reason why the Tories are struggling to get majorities these days, even when we were coming off the biggest financial crisis since the war and Labour were at a low ebb they couldn't get a majority without the Lib Dems, and with the economy in good shape they are struggling to win a majority now. They have a toxic image in large parts of the electorate and it's these weird right wingers that perpetuate it.
They have a standard view of the world, the financial crisis was down to Labour, all social problems are due to immigration, people on benefits are scroungers, the rich don't have enough and should be taxed less, the poor have too much and should benefits/services cut, climate change is a myth, gay marriage is wrong, fox hunting should be restored, feminism has gone too far, Jeremy Clarkson is hilariously funny etc.
They also thrive on personal insults about people they don't like ie Ed Miliband, Nicola Sturgeon, anybody that writes for the Guardian, works for the BBC, anyone on TSR that disagrees with them. They don't have the capability to come up with credible arguments so they just throw out crude statements based around insults.
They get great cheers from each other but everyone else looks at them and thinks "what a knob", this is the big problem the Conservative Party has to deal with in terms of decontaminating the centre right from people that just come over as obnoxious idiots to the electorate. It's also the reason why the Tories are struggling to get majorities these days, even when we were coming off the biggest financial crisis since the war and Labour were at a low ebb they couldn't get a majority without the Lib Dems, and with the economy in good shape they are struggling to win a majority now. They have a toxic image in large parts of the electorate and it's these weird right wingers that perpetuate it.
Original post by AstroNandos
TSR is mostly left wing judging by polls putting green and labour at the top
Maybe you've just noticed more right wing people who despise left wingers because you disagree agree with them and notice their responses more?
Maybe you've just noticed more right wing people who despise left wingers because you disagree agree with them and notice their responses more?
The right wingers are more active at posting angry threads so are more noticeable.
Original post by Kyou
'Despise' is a strong word, but you can't deny TSR is much more right-wing then left.
You should create a poll to see if TSR is left or right-wing. I'm serious.
Original post by MagicNMedicine
They have a standard view of the world, the financial crisis was down to Labour
it was
Original post by MagicNMedicine
all social problems are due to immigration
literally no-one on here has ever said that, stop exaggerating
Original post by MagicNMedicine
gay marriage is wrong
making more stuff up
Original post by MagicNMedicine
They don't have the capability to come up with credible arguments so they just throw out crude statements based around insults.
painfully ironic
Original post by MagicNMedicine
The right wingers are more active at posting angry threads so are more noticeable.
Could be that there are more threads posted by right wingers, idk, but I would still say that TSR is not filled with right wingers (I'd actually say the opposite is true)
Wanting to feel different and unique along with being rebellious and non-conforming are normal parts of growing up.
This website is largely populated by young people, and young people are statistically more likely to be left wing than the rest of the population, so the natural response from a lot of people is to go overboard with their right wing beliefs to:
1. Get attention
2. Show how unique and special they are.
Of course, I'm not saying that right wing beliefs are somehow not legitimate or valid; but there's a different between having right wing beliefs and being so reductionist and outrageous with claims and posts that are clearly only made as an attention seeking device.
On top of this, right wing beliefs are more commonly associated with older generations and (I'm merely speculating here) maybe some people on here are so outspoken about their right of centre outlook as they just want to be seen as mature.
Then there's trolls.
TL;DR: Being a right winger is fine but when you come across someone who is trying far too hard, don't mock them - they're just a little bit less emotionally and mentally mature than you are.
This website is largely populated by young people, and young people are statistically more likely to be left wing than the rest of the population, so the natural response from a lot of people is to go overboard with their right wing beliefs to:
1. Get attention
2. Show how unique and special they are.
Of course, I'm not saying that right wing beliefs are somehow not legitimate or valid; but there's a different between having right wing beliefs and being so reductionist and outrageous with claims and posts that are clearly only made as an attention seeking device.
On top of this, right wing beliefs are more commonly associated with older generations and (I'm merely speculating here) maybe some people on here are so outspoken about their right of centre outlook as they just want to be seen as mature.
Then there's trolls.
TL;DR: Being a right winger is fine but when you come across someone who is trying far too hard, don't mock them - they're just a little bit less emotionally and mentally mature than you are.
I'd agree (as someone who identifies as right wing) that there are a conspicuous number of right-wingers here. I think it is just that teenagers are, by nature, contrarians. The ones on here just recognize that the left is popular, while teenagers who use the internet less probably consider it more unusual and radical.
Original post by PPF
Sir Mervyn King for PM !!
Its time for academics to run the country..
BTW I've always wondered why the UK is run by relatively uneducated people? I mean its completely incomparable to the U.S.
Its time for academics to run the country..
BTW I've always wondered why the UK is run by relatively uneducated people? I mean its completely incomparable to the U.S.
Not sure what you mean as relatively uneducated....it's pretty much always run by Oxbridge graduates.
Unless you mean the country should be run by academics, or people with PhDs. There are a few like that in government. Vince Cable used to be an economics lecturer at the University of Glasgow. Gordon Brown had a PhD.
The new Greek government under Syriza has gone for academic appointments to key posts - the finance minister, economics minister and foreign minister jobs all went to well known Greek academics rather than professional politicians.
Right wingers think that they have a degree of economic nous but the reality is they actually fail to comprehend both the economic and social benefits of democratic socialism whilst also struggling to understand that a cohesive collective society working in the interests of all is far better than a divisive society that only allows a few at the very top to benefit at the peril of every other percentile below it. Students voting for parties like the Conservatives are essentially signing away their own future economic prosperity to the very rich, the multinationals who'll get tax reliefs on their behalf, whilst they slave away in the service sector, most likely in an inner city job in London and struggle to make ends meet due to an overly privatised housing market with absurd rental prices.
Furthermore, those who set up SME's will say the Conservatives are the best choice for them but the reality is the Conservatives penalise SME's so that their big friends in big business can benefit. Oh, and before some right wing zealot comes in here mouthing off, the Labour Party under Blair were no better and were a disgrace. Labour need to return to their roots and need to stop pondering to the on the fence voters.
Furthermore, those who set up SME's will say the Conservatives are the best choice for them but the reality is the Conservatives penalise SME's so that their big friends in big business can benefit. Oh, and before some right wing zealot comes in here mouthing off, the Labour Party under Blair were no better and were a disgrace. Labour need to return to their roots and need to stop pondering to the on the fence voters.
Original post by MagicNMedicine
I think its a common trait of some right wingers that they have an obsession with going on about "leftists", the world is a "leftist" conspiracy, the government, the establishment, the media, the BBC, Nigel Farage was going on about it last night at that debate.
They have a standard view of the world, the financial crisis was down to Labour, all social problems are due to immigration, people on benefits are scroungers, the rich don't have enough and should be taxed less, the poor have too much and should benefits/services cut, climate change is a myth, gay marriage is wrong, fox hunting should be restored, feminism has gone too far, Jeremy Clarkson is hilariously funny etc.
They also thrive on personal insults about people they don't like ie Ed Miliband, Nicola Sturgeon, anybody that writes for the Guardian, works for the BBC, anyone on TSR that disagrees with them. They don't have the capability to come up with credible arguments so they just throw out crude statements based around insults.
They get great cheers from each other but everyone else looks at them and thinks "what a knob", this is the big problem the Conservative Party has to deal with in terms of decontaminating the centre right from people that just come over as obnoxious idiots to the electorate. It's also the reason why the Tories are struggling to get majorities these days, even when we were coming off the biggest financial crisis since the war and Labour were at a low ebb they couldn't get a majority without the Lib Dems, and with the economy in good shape they are struggling to win a majority now. They have a toxic image in large parts of the electorate and it's these weird right wingers that perpetuate it.
They have a standard view of the world, the financial crisis was down to Labour, all social problems are due to immigration, people on benefits are scroungers, the rich don't have enough and should be taxed less, the poor have too much and should benefits/services cut, climate change is a myth, gay marriage is wrong, fox hunting should be restored, feminism has gone too far, Jeremy Clarkson is hilariously funny etc.
They also thrive on personal insults about people they don't like ie Ed Miliband, Nicola Sturgeon, anybody that writes for the Guardian, works for the BBC, anyone on TSR that disagrees with them. They don't have the capability to come up with credible arguments so they just throw out crude statements based around insults.
They get great cheers from each other but everyone else looks at them and thinks "what a knob", this is the big problem the Conservative Party has to deal with in terms of decontaminating the centre right from people that just come over as obnoxious idiots to the electorate. It's also the reason why the Tories are struggling to get majorities these days, even when we were coming off the biggest financial crisis since the war and Labour were at a low ebb they couldn't get a majority without the Lib Dems, and with the economy in good shape they are struggling to win a majority now. They have a toxic image in large parts of the electorate and it's these weird right wingers that perpetuate it.
Aye. Vile right wingers just perpetuate the image that the Conservative party is the nasty party. They have a huge image problem. The party needs a grassroot, bottom to top revolution if they are to remain a credible force in British politics. During their years of wilderness they did naff all to address it. David Cameron to his credit tried to form a more friendly image of the party with 'compassionate conservatism', the 'big society' and his focus on Green issues. However once he got into office he threw it all away and the party returned to its regular self with backwards policies and a horrible attitude. Dismissing concerns of those at the bottom, and giving no indication of how their policies will help improve the lives of others is electoral suicide. It isn't enough to say that the economic recovery will improve living conditions, when they tell us the economy is great and yet people still aren't feeling it. If the party is to survive I think they need to return to a 'One Nation Toryism' of sorts.
In general I think that those on the right are more argumentative and less agreeable which makes them stick out a lot more. Gaining common ground with someone on the right is incredibly difficult and they very rarely make any effort to reach some sort of consensus. This causes an image problem.
I think it's pretty even on here to be honest and you get loads of left-wingers on here who hate those on the right and use various slurs like "fascist" to denigrate them.
Look at the people calling UKIP "fascists" when the truth is that the major parties are far more authoritarian than they are except for the notable exception of immigration.
Look at the people calling UKIP "fascists" when the truth is that the major parties are far more authoritarian than they are except for the notable exception of immigration.
Original post by Kyou
'Despise' is a strong word, but you can't deny TSR is much more right-wing then left.
Its pretty balanced, there's plenty of sympathy for the possible socialist alliance between Labour and the SNP, and a fairly vociferous group who support the Green Party.
Maybe you mean there are more right-wingers with extreme views?
Because the mainstream consensus of this website is arguably left-of-centre.
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