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Cosmocat

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10. Its evidence that the relentless stupid we see here

Reply to ArtTownsend (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2019, 07:11 AM

Dec 2019

Unfortunately is not confined to our borders.

That somehow when whipped into a nationalist lather people in mass will readily come to believe completely immoral and corrupt fascist are more safe than those who soberly propose the common sense measures that would most benefit their best interests.

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The UK election offers a valuable lesson: hardline Far Left activism can be politically fatal. [View all] ArtTownsend Dec 2019 OP

Labour was split on Brexit RandySF Dec 2019 #1

Yup, but Brexit can't be stopped. ArtTownsend Dec 2019 #2

Yeah, it seemed like a doomed election Johonny Dec 2019 #17

Corbyn is hardly a "far left" politician. Jeesus n/t leftstreet Dec 2019 #3

The platform he was pushing was very transformative - nationalizing utilities Amishman Dec 2019 #11

He was literally talking about nationalizing industries Recursion Dec 2019 #16

Let's see how much of the UK is left after an English PM gets done with it. roamer65 Dec 2019 #4

Right. Straw Man Dec 2019 #5

Absolutely true. RelativelyJones Dec 2019 #6

Thank you for safeinOhio Dec 2019 #7

It was a vote on BREXIT, but it is naive to believe that this was NOT a rejection of nationalism of still_one Dec 2019 #8

Ummmmmmm, no, this was a Brexit vote, plain and simple, n/t Baclava Dec 2019 #9

It wasn't just brexit tman Dec 2019 #15

Its evidence that the relentless stupid we see here Cosmocat Dec 2019 #10

I get a different lesson DFW Dec 2019 #12

B Clinton won on the state of economy delisen Dec 2019 #13

The people who were in Bush's corner were the Boomerproud Dec 2019 #14

Bullshit jpak Dec 2019 #18

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