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The regressive left are at it again. Why do the left hate democracy?
The regressive left are at it again. Why do the left hate democracy?
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BBC are supposed to be totally unbias, if anything they're slightly left leaning
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(Original post by GwynLordOfCinder)
How is this in anyway bias?
BBC are supposed to be totally unbias, if anything they're slightly left leaning
How is this in anyway bias?
BBC are supposed to be totally unbias, if anything they're slightly left leaning
Regarding the bias of the BBC… I think they generally do a goodjob of being impartial, perhaps with a few slip-ups/inequalities here and there.
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(Original post by iEthan)
I meant the political affiliation of OP. Because those described in the article act against their political interest, they are accused of being regressive or 'democracy hating'. Whereas, the other side of the argument is the vile campaign which Trump is running. Not only to mention, that democracy gives them the right to protest should they wish to.
Regarding the bias of the BBC… I think they generally do a goodjob of being impartial, perhaps with a few slip-ups/inequalities here and there.
I meant the political affiliation of OP. Because those described in the article act against their political interest, they are accused of being regressive or 'democracy hating'. Whereas, the other side of the argument is the vile campaign which Trump is running. Not only to mention, that democracy gives them the right to protest should they wish to.
Regarding the bias of the BBC… I think they generally do a goodjob of being impartial, perhaps with a few slip-ups/inequalities here and there.
I'm likely one of the people he wants to keep out and even I can see that.
Also are you suggesting we only ever post articles that we agree with? That we should never post anything that we disagree with? Should LGBT protestors never post any acts of violence agaisnt the LGBT community because they would be bias?
Or is this your own left wing bias talking againsy those on the right?
So many questions, so little time...
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(Original post by GwynLordOfCinder)
Trump isn't breaking the law, the protestors are. Attacking the police is not legal protesting.
I'm likely one of the people he wants to keep out and even I can see that.
Also are you suggesting we only ever post articles that we agree with? That we should never post anything that we disagree with? Should LGBT protestors never post any acts of violence agaisnt the LGBT community because they would be bias?
Or is this your own left wing bias talking againsy those on the right?
So many questions, so little time...
Trump isn't breaking the law, the protestors are. Attacking the police is not legal protesting.
I'm likely one of the people he wants to keep out and even I can see that.
Also are you suggesting we only ever post articles that we agree with? That we should never post anything that we disagree with? Should LGBT protestors never post any acts of violence agaisnt the LGBT community because they would be bias?
Or is this your own left wing bias talking againsy those on the right?
So many questions, so little time...
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*yawn*
Britain First said they will take 'direct action' against where Sadiq Khan 'lives, works [and] prays'. This is also action against an democratically elected official.
But we don't go around calling Britain First the epitome of the right do we?
Britain First said they will take 'direct action' against where Sadiq Khan 'lives, works [and] prays'. This is also action against an democratically elected official.
But we don't go around calling Britain First the epitome of the right do we?
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(Original post by iEthan)
I meant the political affiliation of OP. Because those described in the article act against their political interest, they are accused of being regressive or 'democracy hating'. Whereas, the other side of the argument is the vile campaign which Trump is running. Not only to mention, that democracy gives them the right to protest should they wish to.
Regarding the bias of the BBC… I think they generally do a goodjob of being impartial, perhaps with a few slip-ups/inequalities here and there.
I meant the political affiliation of OP. Because those described in the article act against their political interest, they are accused of being regressive or 'democracy hating'. Whereas, the other side of the argument is the vile campaign which Trump is running. Not only to mention, that democracy gives them the right to protest should they wish to.
Regarding the bias of the BBC… I think they generally do a goodjob of being impartial, perhaps with a few slip-ups/inequalities here and there.
Ironically, these kind of protests do wonders for Trump's campaign. Every time his rallies are met with a violent, Democrat-led protest, it paints Trump as the moderate and his detractors as the extremists. It paints Trump as the arbitrator of democracy, compared to an opposition who is incapable of winning by democratic means and who is instead resorting to censorship. If the actual election is marred by such violent opposition to Trump, it could well be that which carries him into the White House.
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(Original post by Luke Kostanjsek)
Difference is, as a democracy we promote freedom of speech. Whether you agree with Donald Trump's policies, he has the right to espouse them. And his supporters - who have voted for him to represent them in a democratic election - have the right to back him. You are more than welcome to consider him abhorrent, as his detractors do. You are more than welcome to protest against him. What you are not allowed to do, is try to censor Trump and his followers with a campaign of violence aimed at his rallies, which is what this is fast turning into. By all means disagree with him, but don't try to act as though these violent protests are somehow noble.
Ironically, these kind of protests do wonders for Trump's campaign. Every time his rallies are met with a violent, Democrat-led protest, it paints Trump as the moderate and his detractors as the extremists. It paints Trump as the arbitrator of democracy, compared to an opposition who is incapable of winning by democratic means and who is instead resorting to censorship. If the actual election is marred by such violent opposition to Trump, it could well be that which carries him into the White House.
Difference is, as a democracy we promote freedom of speech. Whether you agree with Donald Trump's policies, he has the right to espouse them. And his supporters - who have voted for him to represent them in a democratic election - have the right to back him. You are more than welcome to consider him abhorrent, as his detractors do. You are more than welcome to protest against him. What you are not allowed to do, is try to censor Trump and his followers with a campaign of violence aimed at his rallies, which is what this is fast turning into. By all means disagree with him, but don't try to act as though these violent protests are somehow noble.
Ironically, these kind of protests do wonders for Trump's campaign. Every time his rallies are met with a violent, Democrat-led protest, it paints Trump as the moderate and his detractors as the extremists. It paints Trump as the arbitrator of democracy, compared to an opposition who is incapable of winning by democratic means and who is instead resorting to censorship. If the actual election is marred by such violent opposition to Trump, it could well be that which carries him into the White House.
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(Original post by iEthan)
I meant the political affiliation of OP. Because those described in the article act against their political interest, they are accused of being regressive or 'democracy hating'. Whereas, the other side of the argument is the vile campaign which Trump is running. Not only to mention, that democracy gives them the right to protest should they wish to.
Regarding the bias of the BBC… I think they generally do a goodjob of being impartial, perhaps with a few slip-ups/inequalities here and there.
I meant the political affiliation of OP. Because those described in the article act against their political interest, they are accused of being regressive or 'democracy hating'. Whereas, the other side of the argument is the vile campaign which Trump is running. Not only to mention, that democracy gives them the right to protest should they wish to.
Regarding the bias of the BBC… I think they generally do a goodjob of being impartial, perhaps with a few slip-ups/inequalities here and there.
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(Original post by BasicMistake)
But we don't go around calling Britain First the epitome of the right do we?
But we don't go around calling Britain First the epitome of the right do we?
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(Original post by The gains kinggg)
examples of this so called vile campaign iEthan?
examples of this so called vile campaign iEthan?
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-...im-ban-w167152
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...ageous-quotes/
http://www.refinery29.uk/2015/08/109...quotes#slide-1
Plenty more where these came from.
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(Original post by The gains kinggg)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-36404323
The regressive left are at it again. Why do the left hate democracy?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-36404323
The regressive left are at it again. Why do the left hate democracy?
As Mr Trump, the republican nominee has done.
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How are these people being regressive? They are protesting against regressive policies from a regressive politician. Just because in doing so they step over the boundaries of the law doesn't make change that fact.
If a politician came on the scene in this country and suggested we start up the slave trade again, I doubt I'd be called regressive if I was arrested for unlwaful protesting.
If a politician came on the scene in this country and suggested we start up the slave trade again, I doubt I'd be called regressive if I was arrested for unlwaful protesting.
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(Original post by The gains kinggg)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-36404323
The regressive left are at it again. Why do the left hate democracy?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-36404323
The regressive left are at it again. Why do the left hate democracy?
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(Original post by NabeelS)
Here you go mate!
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-...im-ban-w167152
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...ageous-quotes/
http://www.refinery29.uk/2015/08/109...quotes#slide-1
Plenty more where these came from.
Here you go mate!
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-...im-ban-w167152
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...ageous-quotes/
http://www.refinery29.uk/2015/08/109...quotes#slide-1
Plenty more where these came from.
> Found nothing vile
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(Original post by offhegoes)
How are these people being regressive? They are protesting against regressive policies from a regressive politician. Just because in doing so they step over the boundaries of the law doesn't make change that fact.
If a politician came on the scene in this country and suggested we start up the slave trade again, I doubt I'd be called regressive if I was arrested for unlwaful protesting.
How are these people being regressive? They are protesting against regressive policies from a regressive politician. Just because in doing so they step over the boundaries of the law doesn't make change that fact.
If a politician came on the scene in this country and suggested we start up the slave trade again, I doubt I'd be called regressive if I was arrested for unlwaful protesting.
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(Original post by The gains kinggg)
trump has done nothing wrong.
trump has done nothing wrong.
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