They can fuck off.
Alex Callinicos/SWP vs Laurie Penny/New Statesman Facebook handbags
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But....but cLoWnFiSh....
I want to wallow in the misogyny. It's the only reason I look at U75.
BigTom
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work backwards from p208, Firky posted it if you search and look through his posts it might be quickest.
From page 206.
rekil
to menny cranks
"7" looks a bit like a T and "5" looks a bit like "S".
If you take the "7" from urban75, and shunt it alllll the way to the (so-called) left (thanks dave, really), you get "7urban5".
TURBANS
!
Now things get interesting. A turban is a man's headdress, worn esp by muslims, hindus, sikhs, and ironic tryhards - forrin blokes basically. Now I don't know whether editor is an even bigger racist and sexist than the rest of us (thanks again dave, really) but at the very least, it all looks a bit passive aggressive dodgy doesn't it?
Makes you think.
Need to do more research as they say on the lizardfighter forums.
If you take the "7" from urban75, and shunt it alllll the way to the (so-called) left (thanks dave, really), you get "7urban5".
TURBANS
!
Now things get interesting. A turban is a man's headdress, worn esp by muslims, hindus, sikhs, and ironic tryhards - forrin blokes basically. Now I don't know whether editor is an even bigger racist and sexist than the rest of us (thanks again dave, really) but at the very least, it all looks a bit passive aggressive dodgy doesn't it?
Makes you think.
Need to do more research as they say on the lizardfighter forums.
Fez909
toilet expert
Didn't storm front used to refer to u75 as such?
rekil
to menny cranks
It's all coming together.
Fez909
toilet expert
Regarding the document that was proposed as an article/dossier made from the best bits of this thread...I'd love it if something like that was made, as this thread has been pretty educational for me, and I've only been reading since just before the cartoon. I'm sure other people would find it useful. Obviously I couldn't make the thing 
as I'm don't have the skillz, but collectively it shouldn't be a problem for those on here who've been following this thread for a while.
So how about a wiki or Google docs type setup, where people could update it as they go? It would seem less of a task then, and even people like me could help by sifting through the off-topic stuff in here and putting it into a time-line or whatever on the doc/wiki. Then if someone wants to flesh out a particular bullet point, off they go. You all know how wikis work, so I don't think this explanation was necessary. Just a suggestion on how to kick things off, really...
It's New Nu Media Web 2.0 Citizen Journalism and I'm sure the Twitterati would find it particular annoying if it trended amongst 'their' network.
as I'm don't have the skillz, but collectively it shouldn't be a problem for those on here who've been following this thread for a while.So how about a wiki or Google docs type setup, where people could update it as they go? It would seem less of a task then, and even people like me could help by sifting through the off-topic stuff in here and putting it into a time-line or whatever on the doc/wiki. Then if someone wants to flesh out a particular bullet point, off they go. You all know how wikis work, so I don't think this explanation was necessary. Just a suggestion on how to kick things off, really...
It's New Nu Media Web 2.0 Citizen Journalism and I'm sure the Twitterati would find it particular annoying if it trended amongst 'their' network.
Random
Ethnic nalgocrat
TBH I think that would guarantee that it wouldn't get done. Death by committee becomes death by wiki.
Maybe someone could be the author, and others could help by taking on a chunk of 50 pages and c+ping the best bits to them?
Fez909
toilet expert
I see your point, but I reckon wikis DO work. As I said, I'd be willing to help out on the collating side, but wouldn't feel confident writing. Others no doubt feel the same. And with a wiki, there's no waiting for the author to finish...it's up, there, informing people who search for LP, et al, who might also contribute.
SpineyNorman
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Can anyone tell me what skype is? It says something about internet calls when I google it - does that mean on your computer or is it on the phone but using the internet's cables or summat?
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
Basically. Online video conferencing call. You need a webcam and a microphone then you download Skype and you can talk to people on your computer for free.
Fozzie Bear
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Phone calls on your computer over the internet. Often with webcam.
love detective
there's no love too small
firky's cartoon gets a mention in the telegraph in a 'in defence of laurie penny' article
tables once again turned, laurie ever the victim, once again, the oxford university educated circle closes ranks and defends its own privilege, elitism and right to spout shite without reply
hate to say it firky, but i did tell you it would end up like this
tables once again turned, laurie ever the victim, once again, the oxford university educated circle closes ranks and defends its own privilege, elitism and right to spout shite without reply
hate to say it firky, but i did tell you it would end up like this
I'm surprised that people haven't grasped that being called racist, sexist etc etc by the likes of Laura and her chums is probably a badge of honour.
As long as we have class society, you're always going to get these types attaching themselves to 'the movement' (a clue: there is no 'movement' and there may never be again; historical moment gone forever etc.) Some of them probably mean well. They're not going to go away just because a few people dedicate themselves to slagging them off (although I'm not saying people shouldn't do it if that's what they want-it can be highly entertaining.) They're not even addressing the same audience as most of those getting so animated on here.
As long as we have class society, you're always going to get these types attaching themselves to 'the movement' (a clue: there is no 'movement' and there may never be again; historical moment gone forever etc.) Some of them probably mean well. They're not going to go away just because a few people dedicate themselves to slagging them off (although I'm not saying people shouldn't do it if that's what they want-it can be highly entertaining.) They're not even addressing the same audience as most of those getting so animated on here.
love detective
there's no love too small
and all the comments on that telegraph article are from the point of view that the likes of penny are stereotypical of the left (which i guess they are now, but you know what i mean), that's why she and her type are so fucking corrosive when they become established in this way and debilitate what little is left of left credibility outside of its shitty little ghetto
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Another thing that people don't seem to have grasped: if the enemy think Laura and co. are typical of the left, what a shock it would be if another type of left, based where it really belongs, emerged while they were fighting the good fight (from the kitchen table) against the trendy liberal chatterati, and they never even noticed.
And again, it doesn't actually matter, in practical terms, what the swivel-eyed right wing anaroks fighting 'communism' on the internet say about anything or anybody. They're another bunch who are only talking to themselves.
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
Can somebody post a cartoon of Jake Wallis Simons being strangled to death with Michael Gove's intestines.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
He appears to be part of that private school boosting network - former writer in residence at Bedales (the progressive wing of such anti-social behaviour of course).
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
'Skype' is a company which offers a 'VOIP' - that's 'voice over internet protocol' - service. 'Skype' is also sometimes used generically, in much the same way as 'hoover' or 'poratakabin' are, to refer to all VOIP services.
Basically, instead of your phone being a tin can at one end of the telephone company's long piece of string, with the phone of the person you're calling being the other tin can, yours and their computers are the tin cans, and the whole of the internet is the string. Because you are already connected to (and paying for) the internet, the call costs nothing.
With Skype, you install a bit of software on your computer, and you register an account (for free) under a unique username, which acts much the same as a unique telephone number. You can then make calls to anyone else with a Skype account who is online at the same time as you, for free. You can make voice calls, or video calls (if you have a webcam).
You can also use the Skype system (and other VOIP systems) to access the regular telephony system - ie you can call real telephones, anywhere in the world using your computer. This costs money, because you are accessing telephone company string, but it is (in general) cheaper than just using your mobile or landline. To do this you buy credit from Skype.
Finally, you can also purchase a 'telephone number' from Skype if you want, which can be useful for a variety of reasons. People using mobiles or landlines will be able to dial that number to reach you, just like a regular telephone number.
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love detective
there's no love too small
for something that doesn't really matter you spend a fair amount of time here telling us it doesn't really matter
you are right though, it doesn't really matter LLETSA, so why do it, it's almost as if you think it matters
(yes, i know it only takes you a minute or so to post a comment here from your kitchen in your undercrackers etc...)
Random
Ethnic nalgocrat
No, I don't think we agreed. After seeing the video and hearing about the Thomas Paine Society incident I've personally got a lot of sympathy for Starkey in that clash. And Penny claimed on Twitter that he "attacked" her, when it was just some finger-wagging.
ok, i may have misremembered the thread.
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