Stop Funding Hate - Pathetic!

[GoldWithFalmer]

i propose those 17 million DM readers tell advertisers at the guardian to stop right now because they dont like the guardian opinion. hopefully all the advertisers will stop and the guardian will go bust. People power will have won

No silly,they voted leave of course...

That's what they would have us believe.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

A Sea Saw can be balanced too at times but is only good for the playground.

Also good for use at sea presumably.

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

Also good for use at sea presumably.

Is it C Saw? i don't know back to the swings i go

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

i propose those 17 million DM readers tell advertisers at the guardian to stop right now because they dont like the guardian opinion. hopefully all the advertisers will stop and the guardian will go bust. People power will have won

Stop Funding Quality Reporting and Great Travel and Food Sections? Good luck with that.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

great post
but you forget cunning f , a left wing/socialist brexiter who showed up the champagne socialists like Herr T for what they were

How could I forget cunning f, an interesting and entertaining poster whose views would once have been commonplace but are now
marginalized by the liberal takeover. What particularly interests me is that the Liberal party itself has failed to capitalize on the upsurge of liberal values. I think it may be down to packaging in that it is deemed more acceptable to be under a Labour banner than the Liberal one whilst meanwhile insulting working class people and prioritizing globalization, the multinational driven EU project, open borders and green politics.

 

[pastafarian]

How could I forget cunning f, an interesting and entertaining poster whose views would once have been commonplace but are now
marginalized by the liberal takeover. What particularly interests me is that the Liberal party itself has failed to capitalize on the upsurge of liberal values. I think it may be down to packaging in that it is deemed more acceptable to be under a Labour banner than the Liberal one whilst meanwhile insulting working class people and prioritizing globalization, the multinational driven EU project, open borders and green politics.

i enjoyed cunning making herr t look clueless time after time .....was a highlight of brexit

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

i enjoyed cunning making herr t look clueless time after time .....was a highlight of brexit

It's pleasing to know I have played such a significant part of your last few months. Im not entirely sure what it says though. Was this really a highlight of Brexit for you?

 

[BBassic]

I like Lego. I still buy Lego at the age of 31. I loathe the Daily Mail. This news pleases me.

Carry on.

 

[Rowdey]

Point of note:

This action by Lego wasn't instigated by the SFH campaign, despite them claiming so (and the OP giving them credit for doing so..!)

I heard this radio interview on LBC yesterday, and it's just a individual father (who is a fan of Lego, and likes playing it with his son) who asked them off his own back..

http://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/ian-payne/why-i-asked-lego-to-drop-daily-mail-ads/

 

[Captain Sensible]

Well played Lego! They decide where to put their money and advertising, they aren't happy with the political stance of the Mail and have the right to disassociate with them. I wish more companies took that view.

 

[JC Footy Genius]

You would have thought Lego would be wary of indulging in the same behaviour as those lovely tolerant Saudi Clerics ..

Danish producers feel heat of cartoon boycott

https://www.ft.com/content/8f24bb46-9a60-11da-8b63-0000779e2340

.. but then again they seem to bend over backwards to accommodate some extreme intolerant views ...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-in-fight-over-anti-islamic-lego-8555610.html

 

[Captain Sensible]

You would have thought Lego would be wary of indulging in the same behaviour as those lovely tolerant Saudi Clerics ..

Danish producers feel heat of cartoon boycott

https://www.ft.com/content/8f24bb46-9a60-11da-8b63-0000779e2340

.. but then again they seem to bend over backwards to accommodate some extreme intolerant views ...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-in-fight-over-anti-islamic-lego-8555610.html

With respect, Lego can put their cash where they want. Pointing out what about this and what about that lot, because they happen to have withdrawn from the Daily Mail is no way of justifying them staying with the Mail. You may be pointing out contradictions in Lego, but like I said, it their money, they can do what they like. I think this has been highjacked by the SFH campaign, as I understand it, and has been written by another poster, Lego pulled away from the Mail off their own backs.

 

[Biscuit]

Is there an unusually high number of right wingers on this forum or do they just shout louder? I think it might be the latter.

I find it odd how people who hold liberal views are branded left wing - it really isn't the same thing at all.

I find it difficult to understand how a movement that seeks to fight against hate speak and bigotry (ideals seemingly in the DNA of the DM) can come into so much criticism,

This isn't an argument of free press - that's like using freedom of speech to defend racist and sexist language.

 

[portslade seagull]

Is there an unusually high number of right wingers on this forum or do they just shout louder? I think it might be the latter.

I find it odd how people who hold liberal views are branded left wing - it really isn't the same thing at all.

I find it difficult to understand how a movement that seeks to fight against hate speak and bigotry (ideals seemingly in the DNA of the DM) can come into so much criticism,

This isn't an argument of free press - that's like using freedom of speech to defend racist and sexist language.

So anybody that dares to have a differing view point to you is a right wing racist. Ok I get it

 

[Biscuit]

So anybody that dares to have a differing view point to you is a right wing racist. Ok I get it

Blimey you're a bit touchy? Defensive much? I didn't say that at all?! In fact I cannot fathom how you got that impression from what I wrote at all,

 

[The Clamp]

Lego are the biggest ****ing sell out corporate shills out there. Hypocritical numpties. They sold out years ago when they started producing £400 licensed kits that allow for no imagination, just follow the instructions to build your pixelated, slightly naff Millenium Falcon. That should corner the nagging dollar and the idiotic "Kidults" who sit around playing games and high fiving other nerds at conventions dollar.

I loathe the Mail and all it stands for but these forms of media can, as well as being harmful, also act as a barometer for certain sections of the populations feelings.
In fact if the remain campaign had actually paid closer attention to the hysteria being spun by The Mail they could have directly addressed some of these issues. It was all outlined for them in The Mail, they could have used it as a bloody guidebook. Instead they told us world war 3 would happen.

 

[BBassic]

Is there an unusually high number of right wingers on this forum or do they just shout louder? I think it might be the latter.

I find it odd how people who hold liberal views are branded left wing - it really isn't the same thing at all.

I find it difficult to understand how a movement that seeks to fight against hate speak and bigotry (ideals seemingly in the DNA of the DM) can come into so much criticism,

This isn't an argument of free press - that's like using freedom of speech to defend racist and sexist language.

I think the problem is that people who read the DM and buy into that rhetoric don't view what they say as hate speech or bigotry, merely an opinion and whilst opinions can be different they can never be wrong.

Note, I'm not personally of the view that an opinion cannot be wrong. For instance if I met someone who was of the opinion that an apple was an orange I'd throw apples at them.

I sometimes wonder if people ever read the DM past the headlines? Besides the fact that it is hateful nonsense the actual quality of the writing itself is just woeful. It's like someone took the Argus comments section, added a few bits of punctuation and then sent it to the presses.

 

[BBassic]

Lego are the biggest ****ing sell out corporate shills out there. Hypocritical numpties. They sold out years ago when they started producing £400 licensed kits that allow for no imagination, just follow the instructions to build your pixelated, slightly naff Millenium Falcon. That should corner the nagging dollar and the idiotic "Kidults" who sit around playing games and high fiving other nerds at conventions.

That isn't selling out, it's identifying a market and targeting it, aka Business 101. You can still buy bags of assorted bricks and make whatever your mind can come up with.

Nice way to denigrate an entire sub-section of society there by the way.

 

[JC Footy Genius]

With respect, Lego can put their cash where they want. Pointing out what about this and what about that lot, because they happen to have withdrawn from the Daily Mail is no way of justifying them staying with the Mail. You may be pointing out contradictions in Lego, but like I said, it their money, they can do what they like. I think this has been highjacked by the SFH campaign, as I understand it, and has been written by another poster, Lego pulled away from the Mail off their own backs.

They certainly can. As you say I was just pointing out some possible contradictions or hypocrisy in their decision making.

 

[The Clamp]

That isn't selling out, it's identifying a market and targeting it, aka Business 101. You can still buy bags of assorted bricks and make whatever your mind can come up with.

Nice way to denigrate an entire sub-section of society there by the way.

Ha! Fairs. Kidults are a bug bear of mine I'm afraid. I cannot stand all that stuff, in fact Mrs The Clamp sometimes refers to me as The Victorian Father, because I use traditional handkerchiefs and go for Sunday walks. I probably should lighten up but I'm too long in the tooth now.