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| He's a bit of an 'intellectual acrobat' himself, especially when defending his opinion. Copyright relevant owner |
Hi, my name's Rip Jaggy (named after an obscure comics character, which fits me to a tee) and I have a wunnerful blog named Rip Jaggy's No-Go. So named because when I state an opinion on anything, I brook no dissent and won't tolerate anyone disagreeing with me if, in so doing, they demonstrate that I'm talking outta my @ss. I mean what I mean, regardless of whether what I say can mean more than I meant it to mean, so don't comment if you're going to take anything I write to its logical conclusion and reveal my woolly thinking. On this blog I'm king and I want you peasants readers to know your place.
Your only purpose is to make me feel good by agreeing with everything I say, and if you don't, I'll take a huffy fit and tell you to f*ck off! I know I'm an insecure, ineffectual, inadequate individual so I don't need reminding, thank you very much. In fact, the reason I hate Donald Trump so vehemently is that he reminds me so much of myself. Now, you know the rules, so don't bother commenting if you're not going to obey them. Now where'd I put my liquor?
On first reading this post I was completely baffled so I went back and examined Rip's posts over the last week and the accompanying comments which is when I discovered your disagreement (to put it politely) over the reasons for Brexit. I'm sorry you've fallen out, Kid, because I always enjoyed your comments on Rip's blog.
ReplyDeleteAs you don't mind people disagreeing with you, I'll just say that you made a fair point about why people voted for Brexit but I totally disagree that Brexit has failed because it was "sabotaged from within" so we didn't get a proper Brexit. We've left the EU, the Single Market and the Customs Union which sounds like a proper Brexit to me. Brexit has failed because its' supporters lied about the benefits of leaving the EU and no other EU member has followed us out because they can see what a disaster Brexit is.
I typed all my comments in a jovial and good-natured frame of mind, CJ, so he obviously just can't tolerate being disagreed with and his opinion being shown to be ludicrous. He was equating Brexit with racism and that's simply nonsense. Which is not to deny, of course, that some racists will have voted for Brexit; on the other hand some will have voted against because they had other priorities. The fact is, he blinked first and resorted to rudeness and swearing so he lost the 'argument' in my view.
ReplyDeleteAnd you're perfectly free to disagree with me. As you know, I've never minded being disagreed with on this blog as I love a good debate - as long as it produces light and not just heat. I'd still say we haven't so far had a complete Brexit and it's doubtful now that we ever will as Starmer is already backtracking on it. Also, I don't really see how Brexit has been a 'disaster' as my life isn't any worse off than it was before. Is it any better? In some ways it actually is, but I don't think it's because of Brexit.
Why are we talking politics again on a nostalgia blog? Go and take another look at my Plaston Tardis and Herts Dalek (new photo of mine) and tell me how wonderful they are.
I'm old enough to remember a time when people could have opposing viewpoints on issues, any issues at all, and still co-exist. Those days are long gone, of course, mainly because the internet allows you to express your opinion and be a horse's behind about it without having the fear of getting punched in the mouth. Now, I'm seeing things online about not inviting family members to holiday get-togethers because they didn't vote a certain way. I try to keep my opinions to myself about most everything because you just can't express them now without people crawling out of the woodwork with opposing views insulting you or telling you to do things that are physically impossible to yourself. Life's too short to have to argue about everything.
ReplyDeleteTrue, G. Unfortunately, though, some people think they can say anything on their blogs and if you politely point out that their 'facts' are inaccurate (which is surely okay or they wouldn't have a comments option) or that their choice of words means more than they perhaps intended them to mean, you're told to 'f*ck off'. There are some poor souls who just don't like to be wrong, you see - or even tolerate someone expressing a different viewpoint about something than theirs. Ah, well - no loss.
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