In fairness your response to the whole thing typifies some of the core problems in our politics at the moment. We have access to more information than ever before but we also have far more ease in filtering out the information we don't want. You took issue with a point he made simply because you only paid attention to the information you wanted to, which supported your goal. You weren't interested in actually understanding the issue and being part of the solution, you just wanted to support your team. And when that new and unequivocal information was presented to you, you just filtered it out again. Your job was done, you supported your team, it became harder to support your team in light of the new facts so you just shrugged your shoulders and moved onto the next convinent facts, moving away from the inconvenient truths as quickly as possible. And then you played the victim.
In and of itself that's completely harmless and and unremarkable. It's an internet argument abput a relatively minor government scandal. The fact is it is emblematic of your approach to most Tory discussions, and emblematic of most political discussions across the board. That wider social problem has very severe consequences because it's that way of thinking that allows you to vote for these people that have done unquestionable harm to the population throughout this crisis. It also allows you to just brush off the problems they have created for themselves by just saying "at least they're better than labour", without having to ever pay attention to the inconvenient truths, and the actual facts of the matter. Which is a recipe for bad government.
That isn't a small thing. You shouldn't feel entitled to do that without people calling you out for it.
I replied to a post. I wasn’t presenting a thorough argument. I wasn’t supporting a team. I was nearly asking a question/ making a statement about what else those MPs were expected to do. They were supporting a colleague, that’s normal. I never debated whether she was right or wrong at any time. Quite frankly, I don’t have an opinion on it, because I have non inclination to look into the detail
you've also gone onto make broad brush assumptions, based on very little information. I don’t have a goal, or an agenda, and if I did, I wouldn’t feel the need to push that on a forum.
If you are going to call me out for not looking in depth and widely about a topic, which I don’t feel is necessary to do (so fair enough), then you need to look at the way you jump to conclusions about the way in which I think, and how I may approach things.
fact is, I jump in and out of conversations, I don’t have email alerts set up, and jump on the forum when I have a few mins free. I Don’t feel that it is incumbent on me to go and process all posts that may be relevant, if I miss things, then so be it.
This is meant to be a social experience. A discussion forum. Not work.
Again, you’ve made broad brush assumptions about how I vote and how I think, and then conflate this with your own political viewpoint and perspectives. You have no idea who my local MP is, and what my personal political landscape/ interaction is.
You’ve even put “at least they are better than labour?” Which implies that’s a quote of mine. Where have I said that?
frankly, you come across holier than thou, in you post. Whilst you do so, you make assumptions, which may or may not be true, and project your own political perspectives on to how you perceive I vote. You should take a look in the mirror.
it would be constructive to move on from this.
