Worst of the oppo

[R Mutt]

I would like to share my experiences of acquaintances displaying the ignorance and bias of voters of all parties (on social media for balance so we can grasp the full scale without talk of 'bubbles')

In the red corner we have a south american driving a Deliveroo vehicle registered in someone else's name who demands Tories defriend him from Facebook because they have "different ideals and morale"

In the blue corner we have someone sharing an old article quoting Corbyn wanting to give Calais migrants entry England (with the qualification that that they have relatives here not expressed in the headline)

I do not know anyone who voted LD except myself.

It all feels a bit like the World Cup where clueless middle class people started watching and shouting "do a goal shot", except for a much much longer duration.

[glazbagun]

R Mutt said:

I would like to share my experiences of acquaintances displaying the ignorance and bias of voters of all parties (on social media for balance so we can grasp the full scale without talk of 'bubbles')

In the red corner we have a south american driving a Deliveroo vehicle registered in someone else's name who demands Tories defriend him from Facebook because they have "different ideals and morale"

In the blue corner we have someone sharing an old article quoting Corbyn wanting to give Calais migrants entry England (with the qualification that that they have relatives here not expressed in the headline)

I do not know anyone who voted LD except myself.

It all feels a bit like the World Cup where clueless middle class people started watching and shouting "do a goal shot", except for a much much longer duration.

Indeed.

Mine had a few "holy st. I guess this means Independence"... from people whoo want an IndyScotland.

A couple of shared "I can't believe I live in such an uncaring country of racists/ fascists who hate the ill/sick/poor" type posts.

I only have one actively Lib Dem friend, but he's so active he campaigns, so his posts are all generic "well done everyone, tough night" types. I'm tempted to tell him why I didn't vote Lib Dem this time.

Tory guys at work ranged from "come on Boris!" (pretty much the depth of their political reasoning) to introspective ponderings about how he will handle Brexit and what Labour can do to form an actual functioning opposition to prevent complacency.

In retrospect, I think that social media is cancer and has destroyed critical introspection.

[R Mutt]

Just been at a party with art/ music crowd who seemed unable to identify the government and their voters as anything other than 'rich Tories'.

Including a guy who suggested 'Brexit voters' might baulk at the idea that a gay Pakistani refugee his mum had taken in was given a brand new flat. While the narrative is that you're a bigot for assuming that even happens.

Oh and most people came empty handed.

Edited by R Mutt on Sunday 15th December 04:06