Yep. And this is one of the sad things about that narrative for me and the fact that, for some, it has worked - it requires people to believe that this is if, this is as good as it gets. It is a horridly negative world view that people take and make a part of themselves. How little some must think of themselves and their neighbours and their communities that this is okay?
It’s not okay. And this is why the ‘both sides’ things bugs me no end. Because it’s not true. You only have to look even in the last few days of some of the things that have been said. Johnson’s IQ and equality speech, or about immigrants calling the U.K. their home like it’s a terrible thing and so on. Just in the last few days, never mind weeks months or years. It’s dehumanising and dangerous. No other side is doing this. No other side is flat out cartoon bad guy. The both sides thing itself is a defeatist false idea, like Stockholm Syndrome - don’t leave the bunker because it’s just as bad out in the real world. The suffering here is better than the alternative.
It’s not. It’s simply not.
Even if they did seem much closer, much nearer to being equivalents, as has been noted, the Tories have had nine years to make a better country. Only if you feel they have succeeded should anyone consider voting for them again. Only if they have made things better not just for you but for others should they be real contenders. And have they? Take any other alternative. Vote Lord Buckethead if you have to.
It’s not okay. And this is why the ‘both sides’ things bugs me no end. Because it’s not true. You only have to look even in the last few days of some of the things that have been said. Johnson’s IQ and equality speech, or about immigrants calling the U.K. their home like it’s a terrible thing and so on. Just in the last few days, never mind weeks months or years. It’s dehumanising and dangerous. No other side is doing this. No other side is flat out cartoon bad guy. The both sides thing itself is a defeatist false idea, like Stockholm Syndrome - don’t leave the bunker because it’s just as bad out in the real world. The suffering here is better than the alternative.
It’s not. It’s simply not.
Even if they did seem much closer, much nearer to being equivalents, as has been noted, the Tories have had nine years to make a better country. Only if you feel they have succeeded should anyone consider voting for them again. Only if they have made things better not just for you but for others should they be real contenders. And have they? Take any other alternative. Vote Lord Buckethead if you have to.
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