Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
So, what's the change, is she now Elphicke Natalie?
Natalie Elphicke defecates to Labour
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SpookyFrank
Float like a caterpillar, sting like a tree
Penny Mordaunt got in a pretty good dig by saying she couldn't defect to labour because she's too left wing.
kenny g
Sheeple Awake!
Doing a Brand?
Raheem
Well-Known Member
A dig? An explanation, I would have thought.
SpookyFrank
Float like a caterpillar, sting like a tree
Well yeah it works as both a joke and a statement of fact.
Raheem
Well-Known Member
It's funny because it's depressing.
hitmouse
policing yellow and opportunity purple
Just looked it up and, presumably from the same speech:
"What next: a photo op with a bulldog? A lecture on how misunderstood Enoch Powell was?"
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Indeed. Though equally, it's pathetic the tories storing this up and not kicking her out at the time
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Yeah, proper shady all round.
Dystopiary
Left lyrics in the practice room
Did anyone see her "apology" to his victims? She didn't even say what she was apologising for, nor did she acknowledge her wrongdoing.
Watch: Elphicke apologises to ex-husband's victims
Watch: Elphicke apologises to ex-husband's victims
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Yes, there’s no need to use sexist terms, even of people who have behaved despicably.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
given that we have the accepted, gender neutral, descriptor of vermin this looks like casual misogyny
Orang Utan
Acceptable through usage
Is vermin accepted? Should we be using dehumanising language about anyone?
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Sorry, I had assumed it was; it is by me, at least. Perhaps I should have made that clear?
IMO, yes, the term is historically established and completely relevant and appropriate for those that impose their dehumanising ideology for their own greed.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Acceptable through usage
Orang Utan
Acceptable through usage
You don’t feel uncomfortable using the same language to describe people you don’t like as those who have committed genocide? I certainly do.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
No, not at all, but I respect your sensitivity.
(lower than) vermin is actually a pretty good descriptor for those that are ideologically harmful to and parasitic upon the common good.
Orang Utan
Acceptable through usage
I get there are differences - being a Tory is a choice after all. I’m sure I have used similar language before about political enemies, bullies and other people who are unpleasant by choice.
But I still feel uneasy about it. Feels like stooping to the level of those who use similar language about immigrants. I felt the same when there was a trend on here to describe certain people as ‘surplus’.
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Orang Utan
Acceptable through usage
surely Tory is enough?
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
perhaps "at the same level as vermin" or even "slightly better than vermin" to show that we've mellowed over the years?
Was actually a bit unfair asking you for an alternative, as Johnson pointed out you don't need to be a cobbler to know that your boots don't fit.
Was actually a bit unfair asking you for an alternative, as Johnson pointed out you don't need to be a cobbler to know that your boots don't fit.
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