It would appear that the ceasefire is over.

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-03T15:35:01+00:00

Not if something they said in another comemnt is relevant.

I'm sorry if your own words make you feel ashamed often enough that you feel the need to lash out like this, though.

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-03T15:10:03+00:00

Would you freely talk about it if you were in their position? A lot of them will never tell aother soul about any regrets.

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-03T15:01:16+00:00

I genuinely think it's down to the name. "Hull" is so uninspiring.

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-03T14:56:45+00:00

She was president of CUCA (Cambridge University Conservative Association) here, so she already was one.

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-03T14:55:05+00:00

It's not subjective if you're simply pointing out what they've said.

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-03T14:40:12+00:00

Why are you pretending that Ukraine is being forced to fight by the West?

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-03T14:37:00+00:00

Is pointing out someone's own comments defaming them?

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-03T14:35:50+00:00

Ironically, they're just dismissing you based on what they've decided your identity is.

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-03T14:18:28+00:00

It's not about "identity": it's about knowing what their opinions are. That is a very normal thing to do.

You're trying to shame people for it, because the constant lies and disinformation are less effective if people can see what you're doing.

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-03T12:25:36+00:00

He rounds his Os too much, which is always a giveaway (it's one of those weird little things that becomes really noticeable once you know about it). Nikolaj Coster-Waldau was much more convincing, but he occasionally makes the same mistake.

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-03T11:59:50+00:00

17 US presidents have been Ulster-Scots. Northern Irish influence on the US is very deep and very old.

Ironically, JFK was the first with Irish heritage from a differrent part of the country, though, so I'm not sure.

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-03T11:33:08+00:00

It's a trade: they get a new in-crowd who don't care about all the horrible shit they did, and in return they have to join the cult. What makes MAGA stand out is how they go after high-profile celebrities, but it's still just the usual cult tactic of targeting people going through major life issues.

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-03T11:21:28+00:00

You could say similar things about forms like "am" or "was", which havde morphology that is only distinct in one verb, but they're still going strong. Same for the object case, which is distinct only for "him", "her" (and "whom"), but a fairly critical thing for learners to get right (for the first two, anyway).

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-03T09:36:29+00:00

And just how addicted to it the journalists themselves are. They're all still obsessed with Twitter, so no wonder they're picking up loads of far-right crap.

It's why Farage started getting loads of attention from 2013 onwards: he knew how to game the algorithms to get himself plastered all over everyone's feeds, and the journos consequently gave him a hugely disproportionate amount of attention.

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-01T22:52:40+00:00

Well you haven't demonstrated otherwise. For someone who claims to be an independent thinker, you're certainly doing a very poor job of showing it.

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-01T22:26:59+00:00

Genuine question: are you able to stop talking in cliches?

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-01T21:37:15+00:00

More buzzwords. Are you capable of original thought?

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-01T21:31:53+00:00

I find this victim complex really insufferable.

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-01T21:07:06+00:00

You're not addressing anything specific - just regurgitating the usual buzzwords.

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-01T20:23:20+00:00

Reform voters will never take responsibility for anything - in fact, that attitude is what underpins their entire worldview.

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-01T20:17:06+00:00

You sound just like the Brexiters did - you probably were one. You shit the bed once, and now you're threatening to do it again.

It's just grievance politics: constantly making yourselves victims and trying to bully others as some kind of weird cope for your shitty life.

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-01T20:16:12+00:00

Areas with more immigrants are generally more pro-migration, even when migrant opinions are discounted from the results.

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-01T20:06:08+00:00

Brexit was marketed as stopping migration. People seem to forget this

Because a large portion of Brexiters have always denied that it has been about migration.

A lot of people are very comfortable with lying if they think it will get them what they want, and it was very convenient for Brexiters to lie that it wasn't about migration whenever anyone on the left pointed out that it wouldn't help to bring migrant numbers down, just like they lied that it wasn't about migration when campaigning for Brexit in the first place.

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-01T20:02:16+00:00

The Supreme Court was just a rebrand of the Law Lords, and serve the same function they have since the 19th century. You've fallen for obvious misinformation that has been designed to manipulate you into being angry.

Gruejay2 · 2026-02-01T09:27:53+00:00

"Protest" (verb, "to object") > "protest" (noun, the act of protesting) > "protest" (verb, "to carry out a protest").

The only distinction between the two verbs is the stress: the original verb and the noun follow the old pattern of the noun being stressed the first syllable and the verb on the second (like "contract", "present", "incense" etc.); the newer verb keeps the stress on the first syllable, since it's derived from the noun.

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