The Reform UK Party (latest nigel farage vehicle) is it to be laughed at or not

[danny la rouge]

How about we don’t reignite this bollox, folks?

 

[brogdale]

Who made you fucking boss are you on the fucking comitee? Soon as new people have a view on sommat should we private message you wether its a go?

If you concur with the view that that the forum is populated by humourless, wanker bullies I'd imagine that you'd be looking elsewhere to post, tbh. You don't need a boss, a committee or any private messaging to see that maybe it's not the right community for you?

 

[danny la rouge]

And that includes you.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

at thread

 

[Serge Forward]

Hope that supply of slaps is holding up Serge.

I'll be shifting to donkey scrubs soon.

 

[The39thStep]

Sounds very much like he's easily bested you on threads in the past and maybe made you look a bit of a fool?

That's uncalled for.

I read and enjoy loads of Spymaster posts and he needs absolutely no assistance in looking like a fool

 

[Serge Forward]

Waitaminit, have ye all suddenly shifted time zones?

Nope just sent to bed early with no supper.

 

[Rob Ray]

Assuming that many of those you engage with on here do not also engage in real life activism, sounds like projection.

It's also quite silly to assume the tone people take on a forum full of other lefties is the way they approach say, their next door neighbours. I live near an older, single, mostly a-political woman worried about an influx of Eastern European men in the town centre, quite clearly I'm not expecting the same of her or talking to her in the same way as I would someone who goes out of their way to post on the politics section of urban75.

 

[JimW]

It's also quite silly to assume the tone people take on a forum full of other lefties is the way they approach say, their next door neighbours. I live near an older, single, mostly a-political woman worried about an influx of Eastern European men in the town centre, quite clearly I'm not expecting the same of her or talking to her in the same way as I would someone who goes out of their way to post on the politics section of urban75.

And at least you can be sure she won't reply with shit memes and videos.

 

[brogdale]

Nope just sent to bed early with no supper.

I'm still on my first of the day...I'm not going to bed yet and, after a few, I'll mellow out and forget the noob transgressions.

 

[teqniq]

How about we don’t reignite this bollox, folks?

That would be absolutely wonderful

 

[Rob Ray]

And at least you can be sure she won't reply with shit memes and videos.

Tbh in my experience the fury with which the left sometimes conducts itself online is often matched by the timidity it employs in everyday life. I've seen people IRL sending their friends zesty memes about someone sitting a few feet away who'd not manage a mumbled "I disagree" in the meeting itself. In many ways I'd prefer a bit more fire and brimstone to be taking place on physical soapboxes rather than virtual ones.

 

[breadandcircuse]

There you go again, with the noob "transgressions".

We didn't start this shit.

 

[krtek a houby]

It's telling, where the likes and reactions are going on this and the Trump thread.

It's the latest in a long history of urban divisions.

Alas, they can often take years to move on from. The civil wars here can cause scarring and enmity, some of which is completely avoidable.

Imho, I don't believe that most of our newcomers are posting in bad faith. They are definitely needed and welcome, but one or two have embarked on a peculiar path of aggravation.

And some of our oldies (myself included occasionally) are questioning the approach when it comes to class and basic humanity. Sometimes we get irked. Maybe we need to tone down the rhetoric, and perhaps some of the newcomers need to tone down the "jokes" which may get upvotes on other sites but don't really fly here.

Fwiw, I went through the gauntlet here twenty years ago and I thought it unfair at the time. I didn't stop to think that my crap jokes and jibes were seen as crass and disruptive. It took a while for me to get what this community is about.

Stick with it and when in doubt, hold a moment before jumping in. This place can be rough and tumble but it's also educational and you will get a lot out of it.

Not everyone criticising you is your enemy. And not everyone egging you on is your friend.

And that's my tupperware worth.

 

[brogdale]

There you go again, with the noob "transgressions".

We didn't start this shit.

Stop whinging and being so humourless.

 

[klang]

I never got egged by a friend, just by strangers. Last time in Chiswick, about 17 years ago.

 

[Ax^]

We didn't start this shit.

** Musical interlude to the bun fight **

 

[breadandcircuse]

Stop whinging and being so humourless.

I am not humourless, but I won't sit back and allow the false narrative that some are trying to perpetuate. They've picked the wrong person to try and intimidate.

 

[breadandcircuse]

** Musical interlude to the bun fight **

Love that song.

 

[Ax^]

I am not humourless, but I won't sit back and allow the false narrative that some are trying to perpetuate. They've picked the wrong person to try and intimidate.

ah don't take it all to heart .. every one get a bit of a baptismal of fire in this place
more so if post quite a bit as it a long stand standing community

not read everything you been posting but people hear don't tend to be to mean spirited
cranky and contrary but not mean spirited

 

[Skinny Ethel]

Am still able to type comprehensiveĺy being from a comprehensive scool ya cont . Dont wind me up or try to i know brian malone. Aye shut uit

 

[Rob Ray]

They've picked the wrong person to try and intimidate.

(Seriously go for a walk or something)

 

[danny la rouge]

There you go again, with the noob "transgressions".

We didn't start this shit.

This is you now starting it up again. My plea is for nobody to start this up again.

You want to argue about politics? Go right ahead. Sooner the better.

Thank you.

 

[krtek a houby]

Love that song.

Now that's feckin funny

 

[brogdale]

I am not humourless, but I won't sit back and allow the false narrative that some are trying to perpetuate. They've picked the wrong person to try and intimidate.

Getting called out for shit-posting is not a false narrative.

Like you, I came here after leaving another forum because I was not happy with the culture. Once I understood the culture here, I felt very comfortable and have stayed and learnt so much from others here. My first ever post was met with abuse but, you know, you learn.

 

[teqniq]

Am still able to type comprehensiveĺy being from a comprehensive scool ya cont . Dont wind me up or try to i know brian malone. Aye shut uit

As any fule no.

 

[breadandcircuse]

Getting called out for shit-posting is not a false narrative.

Like you, I came here after leaving another forum because I was not happy with the culture. Once I understood the culture here, I felt very comfortable and have stayed and learnt so much from others here. My first ever post was met with abuse but, you know, you learn.

I haven't left the other forum, so you're making assumptions there.

 

[JimW]

Whereas I've been loved, cherished and admired from the off wherever I've gone. Think it's the aftershave.

 

[brogdale]

I haven't left the other forum, so you're making assumptions there.

Hedgie, eh?

 

[Spymaster]

In many ways I'd prefer a bit more fire and brimstone to be taking place on physical soapboxes rather than virtual ones.

It'd make a change to boring the fuck out of everyone on the internet.

I can see you and Broggers like Alexei Sayle and Wolfie Smith at Hyde Park corner, getting irate because nobody stops anywhere near you or takes one of your leaflets.