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  1. Hmm interesting, from your perspective it's only the right wing people who are doing this. You are essentially proving my point about the fact everything is tribalism anything your side does is ok, but the the side are the problem. Extreme right are facists and extreme left are communists. It's hard to keep score of which dangerous ideology is worse. From your perspective however I assume you think Marxism is good and Capitalism is bad? and you would not consider this an extremist view? and you then resort to the old trope of making something up and applying it to my comments. I of course believe people should organise to further their own rights but like everything things can go to extremes. Take my cited example of forced DEI hiring by quotas (Amazon Prime and Disney full DEI rules available on internet). All the Reparations bills and demands. This is taking things to the extreme by labeling this all "positive" discriminating. ANY discrimination is wrong. It can only lead to bad things. People should be treated equally. As Dr King Said - "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
  2. Co-ordinated attackes online and cancel culture is as bad (or worse) on the left than it is on the right. If people hold views your tribe doesn't like go all out attack on those people. (take JK Rowling for example) Identity politics is to group all people into categories based on a few identifiable traits, race, sexuality etc. To make this the primary focus of pursuing aims. This is a divisive ideology where everything can be reduced to your group. You start by stating your group before making your point as points made from people outside the group are invalid. "I as a xxx, xxx, xxx think etc.." Once things have been reduced to identity group then the we can move to things like hiring based on this group (take Hollywood have rules for 50% of all hires and people from "underepresented groups") this is hiring based on identity. Redistribution of wealth based on your group, like "reparations" yes of course that was next, give this group money from taxpayer based on identity. The majority of the issues are socio-economic issues, which are tagged as down to race particularly in the US. When we see the same evidence in countries like Ireland where 99% of population are same race/religion until recent years. What starts out as noble aims, ends up in the extreme. Like the recent Antisemitism not being racist (Jews are rich and white in US). All of this is at odds with liberal democracy. You need to be tolerant of others views if you don't agree with them. Those on the extreme left do not share this concept. It's tribalism on both extremes now, left and right.
  3. I think the source of information changing is the key issue. Where and from whom people get their news. It started in the US when they were allowed create partizan news channels in the 80s. Stopped the laws requiring TV networks to show impartial news. From there it's just spiraled with the internet and particularly social media where people get fed "news" which keeps them engaged on a platform. Also negative emotions keep people more engaged than positive, so "news" which people are outraged by is what to feed people. I think we are seeing the consequences of that in our society. I do think more people are realising this effect now, there is a rise of people being more aware information you are fed is via other people and they will add their spin or their views to the information, or sometimes completely misrepresent something. Now AI will be able to create legit fake video footage means people will be foreced to disbelieve more and more.
  4. Two games in a row in PL. Carragher was right he did this at the end of his first season with Arsenal. Always changing the system and ended up costing him and Arsenal.
  5. When we face a decent team we lose. I hope 6th place at least gets Europa as going back into Conference League would be a truly shambolic end. Season unravelling as we all deep down knew it would
  6. The Universities in the US. The driving of identity politics. Trans in womens sports. Coordinated cancel culture. DEI hiring based on race. You find plenty of extremes in there.
  7. It wasn't a real insurrection. It was a bunch the the lunatic mob incited by Trumps lies to essentially riot. Excluding Trump from this election would be incredibly damaging for the US. Half the population or so want him as president and the division that barring him from running would do is more significant than him winning and being barred by the two term limits from running again in 4 years time. While if he loses to Biden a 2bd time then the Republican party will surely stop tying to get him elected having lost twice and barely winning the original time. Either way the future needs to be mending the wounds not further division
  8. Left and Right both gone insane it appears when compared to "traditional" ie 1990/2000s. I still do wonder how much of that is really true though. It's certainly true for the loudest and on social media. I think there are still lots of sensible people still who are silent. Liberal democracy means tolerance for others views however much you disagree with them.
  9. It's the team slow unbearable downhill demise from the back to back wins over City and Arsenal that's broken me. The loss at Old Trafford from 2-0 up and I knew, this is the moment we'll look back on where it all unravelled It's been that unravelling slowly but surely that's just unbearable. It's just an inevitable event we have to live through. Slow painful death basically I used to be very positive. But sometimes you just know what's going to happen and when it eventually comes to pass. Being mid table all season is beyond better than being a win away from top of League at Christmas and then collapsing to 6th.
  10. Without replying to everyone who quoted me. I said how bad a draw it was and the stats people would show that whenever they tweeted their numbers. They have. It's as bad as a draw gets. If we didn't have a side collapsing entirely, injury and form and the embarrassment of turning Villa Park into th opposite of a fortress. We would all be confident There's nothing to be confident about. Throwing away Champions League from the position we were in before Christmas is unbearable to think about. Just soul destroying stuff
  11. As I said earlier. Disaster draw for English. Probably not even possible to hand pick a worse draw. A better draw would have made it 90%+ We just needed any shred of **** luck. The entire year 2024 has been terrible so far.
  12. Yeah not bad as guarantees a finalist. It's more the head to head match ups England Vs Germany which are bad. Like 6 pointers basically.
  13. So who would have been an easier draw for Dortmund? Arsenal, Madrid, City, Bayern, PSG?
  14. Whoever does these probabilities will show the draw has been bad for Englands chances of extra place and good for Germany. Dortmund easy draw. Bayern and Leverkusen can knock out Arsenal and West Ham and effectively seal the extra place for Germany.
  15. Why? Leverkusen can knock West Ham out. We prefer having easier draw for West Ham rather than direct match ups. Leverkusen Vs Liverpool is good for PL as Liverpool should knock them out. We want West Ham Vs Atalanta or something team they can beat
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