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[Politics] Brexit
- Thread starter KingstonSeagull
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Well done.I didn't expect a schoolkid to know about Birds.Have you done the Custard Factory Tour?
Not surprising. The U.K. is full of them.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Another quality candidate
BREXIT PARTY
Claire Fox
One of Britain’s most prominent libertarian voices, Ms Fox, 58, is a writer, broadcaster and free-speech campaigner. She has been a scourge of the liberal left.
I had no idea you were a supporter of the Revolutionary Communist Party. She makes Corbyn look a bit Tony Blair-Left. Good for you.
nicko31
Well-known member
History will judge Carole Cadwalladr well for digging up so much dirt on the dodgy vote of 2016. We still don't know where a lot of the dark money that fueled the lies came from
In days gone by the Beeb would have doing this investigative stuff, they used to be good at it. But no longer, they seem terrified of questioning anything about the legitimacy of Brexit for fear of retribution from the Tory government
nicko31
Well-known member
It is bizarre Farage that attracted all kinds of odd balls in the his sect...
It's encouraging to know there are still people out there who are brave enough to call out the lies and duplicity; it's a rallying cry for the rest of us.
nicko31
Well-known member
Its not just Brexit, democracy is being undermined all over the world from a wave is misinformation and lies. Things are out of control, we should be passing legislation to sort thing outs, but these lies have crippled our country and paralysed our parliament
Pretty pink fairy
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that's correct , the vote was to leave the EU but the parody in Westminster seem to have forgot the result hence the stalemate # the Brexit party
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DR
Pretty pink fairy
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Pretty pink fairy
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Pretty pink fairy
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...meanwhile their inconsequential functionaries on the front line - (people like Ppf) continue to do their dirty work
Pretty pink fairy
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# LEAVE MEANS LEAVE
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DR
regards
DR
Clearly not.
Easy to ignore, if on ignore. I read it for a few years but there is absolutely nothing to see there. A dog whistle for 3 legged dogs
the gift that keeps on giving
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DR
I would hardly consider him a gift but he doesn’t disappoint, I’ll give you that.
JC Footy Genius
Bringer of TRUTH
- Jun 9, 2015
- 10,568
Have Remainers lost perspective?
Catastrophising, as Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt note in their recent book The Coddling of the American Mind, is what we do when we believe that something is far worse than it is, usually after an event or moment has challenged our values and beliefs. Psychologists associate catastrophising with the parallel traits of overthinking, magnification, feelings of helplessness and a tendency to view an event (or an election result) as being much worse, dire or severe than it really was.
When prominent Remainers compare Eurosceptics to Nazis, or modern-day Britain to the Weimar Republic, they are engaging in something that has defined much of our post-referendum debate: liberal ‘catastrophising’ – a cognitive distortion leading them to expect, and become obsessed by, the worst of all possible outcomes.
The distortion means that Brexit is not an uncomfortable democratic result but rather signals the rebirth of fascism. The 2016 referendum was not a valid democratic exercise but was hijacked by the Russians. The ERG is not a fringe group of eccentric Eurosceptic reactionaries who are obsessed about trade but is somehow equivalent to the virulent anti-Semitic, white supremacist and revolutionary Nazis, and so on.
The irony is that liberal catastrophisers engage in exactly the same behaviour that they associate with populists and Right-wing extremists; they overgeneralise; they label others; they engage in Manichean ‘good-versus-bad’ dichotomous thinking; they lose perspective; and they become obsessed with apocalyptic-style scenarios.
Rather than assessing things rationally, and engaging with those who hold different points of view, they cling to comfort blankets, such as catastrophising, distancing and emotional reasoning.
https://unherd.com/2019/04/have-the-remainers-lost-perspective/
Yes .... yes, they have.
Catastrophising, as Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt note in their recent book The Coddling of the American Mind, is what we do when we believe that something is far worse than it is, usually after an event or moment has challenged our values and beliefs. Psychologists associate catastrophising with the parallel traits of overthinking, magnification, feelings of helplessness and a tendency to view an event (or an election result) as being much worse, dire or severe than it really was.
When prominent Remainers compare Eurosceptics to Nazis, or modern-day Britain to the Weimar Republic, they are engaging in something that has defined much of our post-referendum debate: liberal ‘catastrophising’ – a cognitive distortion leading them to expect, and become obsessed by, the worst of all possible outcomes.
The distortion means that Brexit is not an uncomfortable democratic result but rather signals the rebirth of fascism. The 2016 referendum was not a valid democratic exercise but was hijacked by the Russians. The ERG is not a fringe group of eccentric Eurosceptic reactionaries who are obsessed about trade but is somehow equivalent to the virulent anti-Semitic, white supremacist and revolutionary Nazis, and so on.
The irony is that liberal catastrophisers engage in exactly the same behaviour that they associate with populists and Right-wing extremists; they overgeneralise; they label others; they engage in Manichean ‘good-versus-bad’ dichotomous thinking; they lose perspective; and they become obsessed with apocalyptic-style scenarios.
Rather than assessing things rationally, and engaging with those who hold different points of view, they cling to comfort blankets, such as catastrophising, distancing and emotional reasoning.
https://unherd.com/2019/04/have-the-remainers-lost-perspective/
Yes .... yes, they have.
Have Remainers lost perspective?
Catastrophising, as Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt note in their recent book The Coddling of the American Mind, is what we do when we believe that something is far worse than it is, usually after an event or moment has challenged our values and beliefs. Psychologists associate catastrophising with the parallel traits of overthinking, magnification, feelings of helplessness and a tendency to view an event (or an election result) as being much worse, dire or severe than it really was.
When prominent Remainers compare Eurosceptics to Nazis, or modern-day Britain to the Weimar Republic, they are engaging in something that has defined much of our post-referendum debate: liberal ‘catastrophising’ – a cognitive distortion leading them to expect, and become obsessed by, the worst of all possible outcomes.
The distortion means that Brexit is not an uncomfortable democratic result but rather signals the rebirth of fascism. The 2016 referendum was not a valid democratic exercise but was hijacked by the Russians. The ERG is not a fringe group of eccentric Eurosceptic reactionaries who are obsessed about trade but is somehow equivalent to the virulent anti-Semitic, white supremacist and revolutionary Nazis, and so on.
The irony is that liberal catastrophisers engage in exactly the same behaviour that they associate with populists and Right-wing extremists; they overgeneralise; they label others; they engage in Manichean ‘good-versus-bad’ dichotomous thinking; they lose perspective; and they become obsessed with apocalyptic-style scenarios.
Rather than assessing things rationally, and engaging with those who hold different points of view, they cling to comfort blankets, such as catastrophising, distancing and emotional reasoning.
https://unherd.com/2019/04/have-the-remainers-lost-perspective/
Yes .... yes, they have.
In that book, they are applying their broad social dogma to a situation they do not understand and are observing from afar. Most of their stock psychological views simply do not stand up to scrutiny when applied to what we know about the impact of Brexit.
They’re quite credible people, to a degree but they fail to acknowledge the specific nuances of Brexit and cannot be seen as credible on this particular subject.
They’re also just plain wrong about a lot of it.
Grombleton
Surrounded by <div>s
- Dec 31, 2011
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Ah, the schoolkid retort. Running out of ideas I see.