Its fine, [MENTION=3905]wheelaa[/MENTION].
I mean, "wrong" is subjective; that's kinda the issue. In politics we often have to pick "the wrong that's more right".
Also in politics, you have the concept of a "wedge issue". These are specific, named concerns that voters have, which are enough on their own to swing them. The classic wedge issue in the USA is abortion; like on its own, it's a big enough issue to sway a voter and the two parties famously disagree on it.
There are people out there who will doubtless hold me in contempt for what I said above; people for whom antisemitism is a "wedge issue". Like even the slightest hint of it will immediately hold them from voting for a party, and they look at me like some people might look at a Trump voter. They think I'm "wrong"; and they're allowed to hold that opinion.
But the possibility that there were some issues in this area in Labour weren't a wedge issue for me; and as I stated above, a sad reason for it is that I believe there's a reasonable undercurrent of antisemitism in the country at large.
I have quite progressive views on gender, transgenderism and that whole area of discourse, and I find most people in the UK are quite intolerant of that stuff. I don't believe any of the political parties are really that progressive in this area. But I feel I should vote for someone.
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Also in politics, you have the concept of a "wedge issue". These are specific, named concerns that voters have, which are enough on their own to swing them. The classic wedge issue in the USA is abortion; like on its own, it's a big enough issue to sway a voter and the two parties famously disagree on it.
There are people out there who will doubtless hold me in contempt for what I said above; people for whom antisemitism is a "wedge issue". Like even the slightest hint of it will immediately hold them from voting for a party, and they look at me like some people might look at a Trump voter. They think I'm "wrong"; and they're allowed to hold that opinion.
But the possibility that there were some issues in this area in Labour weren't a wedge issue for me; and as I stated above, a sad reason for it is that I believe there's a reasonable undercurrent of antisemitism in the country at large.
I have quite progressive views on gender, transgenderism and that whole area of discourse, and I find most people in the UK are quite intolerant of that stuff. I don't believe any of the political parties are really that progressive in this area. But I feel I should vote for someone.
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