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Go to the Winchester, have a pint, and just wait for all this to blow over.



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pokoko said:
Just a quick question for those who are all into politics--why do people use insults like "libtard" or whatever the silly alternative on the other side is? What's the point in looking childish when talking about stuff that's kind of important? They might as well say "u r dum lol" or something, it looks that cringe-worthy, yet I see it all the time. Maybe it's trolls, trying to convince smart people to choose the other side?

Labels make it easier to dehumanize your opponent. Negative ones even more so. They usually seem pretty silly to those outside the conflict (or those involved, but with a more level headed view of things), but to those using it, it acts as a focus point for hate. It's far easier to hate a 'them' than a complete human being. It's also, at least In the mind of the person useing it, a useful tool for deflection. Why address someone's argument when you can invalidate it with an almost meaningless label.

As for why such labels are usually so immature, it's just a matter of who creates them. Take those on each side that would be willing to dehumanize their opponents, and then average out the loudest sub-group. Ta-da, you have an idiot :p



WolfpackN64 said:
You are a massive idiot.

Corbyn is doing just fine. Can't you people see the "New Labour" MP's are the ones destroying Labour?
Isn't Labour supposed to be a socialist party, working for the common people? Then why are you taking a piss out of them?

You need some class counciousness.

The guy is a flip-fop. Saying he doesnt support brexit, yet secretly being anti-EI. Very strange. Almost his entire cabinet quit, and many of his MPs have totally lost confidence in his leadership.



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).

Since libtard isnt allowed and liberal doesn't fit or make sense in the context because I myself would be socially liberal I've changed the title to just corbyn supporter



Good girl your sister =)

Go Corbyn! About time to have a socialist president in the UK =)



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bunchanumbers said:
Wait... you have entry fees to vote?

Party based voting is done internally in the UK. It's privately run, not publicly run. You have to be a member of the party to vote for who leads the party.

Voting between parties is still public and free.



Banned for no reason? Why?

 

See this:

 

Miyamotoo said:

 Basically, this his post just proves that this thread is just about bitching NIntendo.

Hadoram: uhm no. Thats called beeing objektive and those mentioned things all are facts.

Every company makes mistakes, speeking about them is not "bitching". I know this is hard to understand for fanboys though.

- Moderated, Carl

 

 

So I (hadoram) was banned for what ? Somebody blamed me i would bitch about nintendo by just giving my opinion based on facts. I do this about every company. That called critism.

The moderator need to be a huge fanboy to ban me for this LOL. He should ban the other guy who blamed me, not me by justing responding and explaining/disproving it.

 

At vgchartz: Please remove this moderator.



barneystinson69 said:
WolfpackN64 said:
You are a massive idiot.

Corbyn is doing just fine. Can't you people see the "New Labour" MP's are the ones destroying Labour?
Isn't Labour supposed to be a socialist party, working for the common people? Then why are you taking a piss out of them?

You need some class counciousness.

The guy is a flip-fop. Saying he doesnt support brexit, yet secretly being anti-EI. Very strange. Almost his entire cabinet quit, and many of his MPs have totally lost confidence in his leadership.

How is Corbyn a flip-flop? He's been consistent his entire life. He's been lightly eurosceptic his entire life, but how couldn't he? It's not like the EU has really done a lot for the people of Europe and even then he defended it. The failure of the Brexit vote is entirely Cameron's fault, he was the leader of the in-camp.

Many MP's have never supported Corbyn to begin with. But those New Labour folk should really be put out of the party.



man-bear-pig said:
Since libtard isnt allowed and liberal doesn't fit or make sense in the context because I myself would be socially liberal I've changed the title to just corbyn supporter

Corbyn is a Socialist, not a liberal. You're labeling your own sister wrongly with the wrong label.



Super_Boom said:
Thread title updated. Don't flame political groups.

Right. We can talk about how stupid Trump is and how stupid all his followers are, but everything else is off limits. Good to know.



I bet the Wii U would sell more than 15M LTD by the end of 2015. He bet it would sell less. I lost.