Demonisation

It is, of course, that "the left" accuses "the right" of demonising the poor, immigrants, blacks, Asians and the infirm (or whatever the socially acceptable term for these people is, this week).

This is an actual conversation on twitter:

Literally a post made by the social media campaign for a political party representing an entire state. Gross. LINK
-- Tom Nix

@TheTomNix @SpaghettiJesus and?
-- Me

OK, so here we go. I read that link and all I got was "if you hand out stuff, the recipients become dependent on the handouts". I don't think there's any particular controversy in that argument. But if you're looking to be offended, the obvious thing to do is to drag something irrelevant into the point.

@obotheclown @TheTomNix they compared poor people to animals
-- @SpaghettiJesus

@SpaghettiJesus @TheTomNix we’re all animals, last time I looked
-- Me

@obotheclown @TheTomNix yeah but people running for political office tend not to want to insult their voting base on principle.
-- @SpaghettiJesus

I'm afraid that if you go around looking for things to be offended by, it's very difficult not to offend you. I'm frankly astounded by the lengths to which someone will go to be offended. And anyone looking for votes is trying very hard not to offend potential voters.

But watch this...

@obotheclown @TheTomNix of course they're inbred and basically brain dead so object permanence is hard for them.
-- @SpaghettiJesus

Having just accused someone of making a sweeping generalisation that could be considered offensive, the obvious thing to do is to make a sweeping generalisation that could be considered offensive. I mean, right now I'm pretty poor and I didn't take offence at the handouts thing. But if I was an Oklahoman, I'd probably be mildly annoyed at being described as inbred and brain dead because of an accident of birth. You can't really choose where your born, any more than you can choose your skin colour. So where is "the left's" moral high ground now?

Of course, that's just one conversation, but it's one I see quite often:

Left: Tories hate the poor / blacks / immigrants / women

Right: No they don't

Left: Of course they do, look at the Infographic from Labour Eoin / video of Iain Duncan Smith which I'll pretend is him cheering murdering the poor / innocuous comment from David Cameron that I'm going to twist and take out of context.

Etc.

I think that "the left" hate "the right" far more virulently than "the right" hates anyone. "The right" just has a different set of things that they believe is important to make the poor better off than "the left". That doesn't mean they want them dead or ground under heel, it just means that their compassion and reasoning has led them to a different conclusion. This doesn't mean their motives or objectives are evil.

If "the left" genuinely wants to engage and change the way "the right" thinks or behaves, then not blaming them for every evil in the world and ascribing the worst of human nature to their every word, thought and deed is possibly a good place to start.

I'm not holding my breath.

From the vaults (an occasional series) - Disabled Parking

Ah Jesus cunting fuck shit cunt!!

What the cunting fuck is this nation coming to? There are so many cockwiping cars sporting special disability parking permits, they are fucking outnumbering the number of people who actually pay to park somewhere. I was utterly gobfucked today, went for a coffee, and squeezed into what was left of the only vacant parking bay, because some dipshit cow fucker had parked neatly across two fucking bays, the arse-sucking fucktard.

When I walked past the cunting car on my way to St. Arbucks, I noticed that he had a "disabled" parking permit in his windscreen. And the guy behind him. And two cars further back. And the next one. And two cars further back. And so on. Out of about 20 bays on the street, more than half of them were occupied by cars driven by or otherwise hauling disabled drivers. And then there were the double yellow lines, where, if I'm not mistaken, you are not allowed to park. Unless of course, you have a cunting disabled parking permit.

So an entire street is blocked by crippled cockmunchers who can't be arsed park in a bay or park somewhere legally. Or is it?

Because invariably, every time I see anyone get into or out of a car with a cripple permit, they are healthier and more spritely than I. I've never even seen one of the cunts use a walking stick, let alone a fucking wheelchair or anything serious.

Which cocktard council fuckwit dreamed this little scat-filled fantasy up then?

Why the cunting fuck are these thieving cock munchers (who are probably fucking dole scroungers as well) allowed to ride roughshod over the parking regulations just because their second cousin's third uncle has a fucking gammy leg, ARGH FUCKING CUNTING COCKSUCKING SHITSTABBING ARSEHOLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CUNTS!!!!!!!

Originally posted here.

In defence of Boy George

Much as it galls me to do this, I have to ask his many critics: what did he actually do? Especially when Labour ministers are falling over themselves to claim all sorts of ludicrous things:

George Osborne could have breached the law covering donations to political parties simply by discussing a possible donation from a Russian billionaire, a senior Labour MP has suggested.

Really? Well, I suggest that Denis MacShane could have commited child molestation, by simply exposing children to the utter bullshit he speaks on a daily basis. I'm not sure my suggestion would stand up in a court of law, though.

And the sheer, unmitigated brass neck of these cunts who actively fiddled dozens of bent donations and who have had cabinet ministers resign for being caught fiddling their own rules (albeit only for a week or two) comparing that to someone having a chat over dinner is a bit fucking rich.

Make no mistake, George was a weapons-grade cock end for even having the discussion (especially with Mandelsnake within a thousand miles of the table) and that "dripping poison" fatuity is coming back to haunt him with a vengeance, but unless he actually took any money, there is absolutely nothing more than a trumped up play to try and get Gordon out of the shit pit this week.

The fundamentals of our economy are stronger than anyone else

Really? Doesn't fucking look like it to me!

Hat tip to Blaney's Blarney.

Oh, for God's sake...

... and I'm an atheist!

The Telegraph advises:

Parents are to receive official letters telling them if their child has a weight problem under a Government crackdown on obesity, it has been announced.

Look: just fuck off, OK? We're not fucking stupid, we know if our kids are fat, skinny, tall or short. For fuck's sake!

Ah! But it gets even better:

The Government cannot force parents to allow their child to be weighed and measured because it would breach Human Rights legislation, Dr Cavendish said.

Good old yoomin rights, eh? Where would we be without them!?

He said there was a balancing act between being a 'nanny state' and being a 'neglectful state'.

No, you fucking weapons-grade cocktrumpet, there is no fucking balancing act: IT IS NONE OF THE STATE'S FUCKING BUSINESS WHAT SHAPE I, YOU, MY KIDS, MY DOGS, MY FUCKING BUDGERIGAR OR ANY FUCKING OTHER THING IS!!

NOW FUCK OFF!!!!!


Update: The Croydonian has also covered this leading off with the glorious line:

The chin-rich environment that is Ivan Lewis...

Excuse me while I snigger.

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