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CVByrne

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. So who would have been an easier draw for Dortmund? Arsenal, Madrid, City, Bayern, PSG?
  13. 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.
  14. 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
  15. West Ham got Leverkusen haha why can't we just get any **** luck with this
  16. City Madrid ffs that is a bad situation if City get dumped out. Dortmund got the easiest draw too
  17. Hence me saying the rescheduled game. Ie they will win the game in hand. It's not like Spurs game in hand who are away to Chelsea
  18. Yes who will be 5 points behind us again as they'll win their rescheduled fixture at home to Burnley. They are only 8 points behind us at the moment
  19. Yes my point is you get an opportunity to get into Champions League and if you grab it then amazing but don't be expecting the chance to be there for you the next season. Look at Newcastle and Leicester. The season after getting or just failing to get 4th. If we don't get it now, we have to make a big sale for FFP next season and we know United will be better, Spurs are going the right way. Next season will be much much more difficult and the moment will be gone. So for me this is the do or die moment for the club. We need the finances from CL we need the leap forward it can bring us and we need it now
  20. Plus we have tougher games than them. We will likely get nothing from City and Arsenal. While United have tough games but at Old Trafford like Liverpool. Add in our European games and a squad that's falling to injury, suspension, everything to get us down to bare bones. The final factor is pressure. We've cracked in the key games this year at Villa Park. The pressure will be a telling factor in the run in too. If we lose to West Ham I think this goes to final day where we need to win at Palace to secure 5th. For me the sliding doors moment is on us. We get CL and it is a boost in every respect for the clubs future. We fail to get it we then absolutely have to sell a Douglas Luiz type player for staying in FFP and Top 5 next year is a mountain for us, look at Newcastle
  21. If we lose to West Ham and they win I'd say they'll get 5th
  22. Dortmund and they are already ahead of us in points. Plus all points we get are divided by 8 and points they get are divided by 7 so the points they get are worth more
  23. They don't need to win it. Just keep progressing and getting Germany the points to get the CL place
  24. That's a bad bad goal for the extra CL spot. Leverkusen have saved Germanys chances and given them a 50:50 shot now with England.
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