Urban v's the Commentariat

[rekil]

Remember when LP used a guardian column to declare that this creep is a hero actually and her mate did his portrait? Good times.

 

[butchersapron]

Remember when LP used a guardian column to declare that this creep is a hero actually and her mate did his portrait? Good times.

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But,but...the internet.

 

[Bakunin]

Remember when LP used a guardian column to declare that this creep is a hero actually and her mate did his portrait? Good times.

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'Great days, they were. Great days...'

 

[equationgirl]

Remember when LP used a guardian column to declare that this creep is a hero actually and her mate did his portrait? Good times.

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wasn't that one of things that prompted us to look more closely at her writings? Good times indeed.

 

[killer b]

Hardly, that was only 2014.

 

[DotCommunist]

nazi yoghurt

 

[DaveCinzano]

nazi yoghurt

As opposed to anarchist yogurt, which is Makhno-biotic

 

[ViolentPanda]

As opposed to anarchist yogurt, which is Makhno-biotic

You're talking out of your Arshinov, comrade!

 

[smokedout]

"The left would be a bleaker place without thinkers from privileged backgrounds."

You can be born into privilege and still want to change the world | George Monbiot

Gaw'd bless ya Mr George

 

[rekil]

Just mad cos his PD membership application got rejected again.

 

[DotCommunist]

is he including himself in that list of priv'd leftists of old? engels, kropotkin, monbiotic

 

[frogwoman]

It already is pretty bleak tbh.

 

[frogwoman]

been seriously annoyed by some of the coverage of the bundy ranch by the commentariat left on various sites in the last few days. mocking them because they're on welfare, really? and practically screaming at the cops to go in all guns blazing. ffs, a massive coup handed to the far right.

 

[Bakunin]

been seriously annoyed by some of the coverage of the bundy ranch by the commentariat left on various sites in the last few days. mocking them because they're on welfare, really? and practically screaming at the cops to go in all guns blazing. ffs, a massive coup handed to the far right.

Because going in guns blazing worked superbly at Waco, as I recall. That and if it was a bunch of lefties they approve of doing this then they'd probably be shouting for the evil empire to leave them alone and, if there was another Waco, be creaming their jeans over all the bylines and appearance fees for spouting off about how terrible it was.

 

[frogwoman]

well exactly, how would they react if it was a bunch of armed white leftists occupying a University?

 

[frogwoman]

Because going in guns blazing worked superbly at Waco, as I recall. That and if it was a bunch of lefties they approve of doing this then they'd probably be shouting for the evil empire to leave them alone and, if there was another Waco, be creaming their jeans over all the bylines and appearance fees for spouting off about how terrible it was.

if there is another waco i suspect a lot of these will go very quiet.

 

[seventh bullet]

been seriously annoyed by some of the coverage of the bundy ranch by the commentariat left on various sites in the last few days. mocking them because they're on welfare, really? and practically screaming at the cops to go in all guns blazing. ffs, a massive coup handed to the far right.

The comments on the Monbiot piece make me want to shoot people.

 

[NoXion]

been seriously annoyed by some of the coverage of the bundy ranch by the commentariat left on various sites in the last few days. mocking them because they're on welfare, really? and practically screaming at the cops to go in all guns blazing. ffs, a massive coup handed to the far right.

That ties in with what I've seen of US liberals rubbing their hands with unseemly glee at the prospect of militant right-wing gun nuts being completely blown away by the US armed forces' tanks, drones and artillery. Quite apart from betraying an ignorance of how insurgencies actually operate, there's something I find personally repulsive about it even though I have no love for the militias.

If such a naked lust for the mortal exercise of state power against fellow citizens is so easily engendered, I have to wonder how far away from another civil war the US is.

 

[frogwoman]

That ties in with what I've seen of US liberals rubbing their hands with unseemly glee at the prospect of militant right-wing gun nuts being completely blown away by the US armed forces' tanks, drones and artillery. Quite apart from betraying an ignorance of how insurgencies actually operate, there's something I find personally repulsive about it even though I have no love for the militias.

If such a naked lust for the mortal exercise of state power against fellow citizens is so easily engendered, I have to wonder how far away from another civil war the US is.

Easy to wish death and violence from the safety and comfort of your home somewhere on the east coast (or thousands of miles away in the UK) tbh

 

[frogwoman]

It's the whole 'they're committing treason / terrorism by occupy a building, take them out'. What would be achieved by packing Bundy and his bunch of southern good old boys to guantanamo? It's almost like they think state violence is OK as long as it's applied equally. Occupying a building isn't treason ffs, what about all the graduates of millbank a couple years ago? Most of them where white and a lot were a lot more privileged than some farmers up in some backwoods.

 

[frogwoman]

Another Waco with privileged white liberals baying for blood would be the absolute worst thing that could happen to the US in the current political climate, and the shrill coverage of these men as terrorists is in danger of creating a self fulfilling prophecy

 

[ViolentPanda]

Just mad cos his PD membership application got rejected again.

Look, the corner shop was out of loo roll, okay?

 

[newbie]

oh joy, three urban favourites in one easy to digest story.

Katie Hopkins sued by Jack Monroe over vandalism accusation

 

[Bakunin]

oh joy, three urban favourites in one easy to digest story.

Katie Hopkins sued by Jack Monroe over vandalism accusation

 

[gosub]

oh joy, three urban favourites in one easy to digest story.

Katie Hopkins sued by Jack Monroe over vandalism accusation

are @MsJackMonroe and @MxJackMonroe the same person?

 

[gosub]

dp

 

[Bakunin]

are @MsJackMonroe and @MxJackMonroe the same person?

Hopkins certainly lacks the intellect to distinguish one member of the commentariat from another. Interesting to see media types feuding among themselves when they're often so quick to circle the wagons against criticism of the journalistic 'profession.'

 

[killer b]

are @MsJackMonroe and @MxJackMonroe the same person?

Yes.

 

[gosub]

Hopkins certainly lacks the intellect to distinguish one member of the commentariat from another. Interesting to see media types feuding among themselves when they're often so quick to circle the wagons against criticism of the journalistic 'profession.'

But handy in this comes to court. All her tweets are directed at MsJackMonroe, an acount with an avatar of an egg that has tweeted once, all the cease and apologise ones back at her are from MxJackMonroe complete with a photo avatar of Jack Monroe. "Your honour, there has clearly been some sort of mix up, I wasn't defaming her, I was defaming the other one...."

 

[gosub]

Yes.

How do you know?