The Thread of Democrats

[Brian Peacock]

Ah yes, Mitterrand, father of The Third Way.

[pErvinalia]

problem is that now, "left" has become a blanket label for anything not archconservative... heck, here, even the party of economically liberal president macron is often classified as "left", a misnomer if I ever saw one.

Careful Svarty. People don't like it when you call centrists economic liberals - makes you sound like some kind of bolshie or Zapatista.

No, it's the other way around. He's implied that economic liberals are not of the left. Which is entirely appropriate. Unless one has nonsensical views of what liberalism is, like someone recently was found doing.

[Brian Peacock]

Very amusing. But it does support the idea that centrists are actually right-leaning eh?

[pErvinalia]

One day, when you finally get round to justifying your opinion rather than simply asserting it, we might be able to prove that.

*sproing* There goes my irony meter. You just nakedly asserted that we are governed/controlled by fascists.

[Svartalf]

We aren't?

[pErvinalia]

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[Brian Peacock]

One day, when you finally get round to justifying your opinion rather than simply asserting it, we might be able to prove that.

*sproing* There goes my irony meter. You just nakedly asserted that we are governed/controlled by fascists.

LOL. As usual, what you think I mean by what I say over-writes anything I might mean by what I say - and furthermore you have absolutely no interest in finding out what my actual views are or in representing them honestly when I do qualify them. What passes for your political viewpoint falls entirely within the 'assertive contrarian' these days - which also makes you too easy to troll. I blame Twitter.

[Brian Peacock]

We aren't?

Apparently not.

[pErvinalia]

Peacock doing his impersonation of 42 again by refusing to own his words.

[Svartalf]

We aren't?

Apparently not.

Granted, BoJO's fright whig is not as snappy as a SS uniform.

[Brian Peacock]

eacock doing his impersonation of 42 again by refusing to own his words.

I'm more than happy to own my words, the question is are you prepared to represent my views honestly and in good faith or are you going to continue with this kind of lazy, contrarian drivel?

Jury's out on that one at the moment.

[Brian Peacock]

We aren't?

Apparently not.

Granted, BoJO's fright whig is not as snappy as a SS uniform.

There was something in the Mail the other day saying that we can tell that BoJo is taking his Premiership seriously because he's combing his hair an no longer mussing it up before appearances. This struck me as a kind of political divination by coiffure.

[Svartalf]

Oh my, that clown taking himself seriously, the horror!

[pErvinalia]

eacock doing his impersonation of 42 again by refusing to own his words.

I'm more than happy to own my words, the question is are you prepared to represent my views honestly and in good faith or are you going to continue with this kind of lazy, contrarian drivel?

Jury's out on that one at the moment.

So are we governed/controlled by fascists or not? Keeping in mind that fascism is an actual thing. It's not a rhetorical flourish.

[Svartalf]

Well, BoJo is not far if not outright one, macron is a fascist in disguise, frump has a personal authority complex... take a situation check and draw your conclusions.