Jeremy Corbyn. He seems to be a boring old socialist. Not very media savvy. Commited to socialist values. Somewhat Eurosceptic. Struggles to consolidate the broad range of backstabbing in his political party. Pacificist peacenik.
Over his career he met some unpleasant people and attended events with them in order to try and find common ground and advocate peace, as per his pacficist worldview.
Boring old man. Grows his own vegetables. That's all.
But then, this:
I've never seen anything like this in the media - absolute unrelenting hatred towards a single man, without consequence, for years now.
To give this some context for those not familiar with UK politics - in 2015, the Labour Party (the opposition to the government) had a leadership contest. The Labour party members caused an upset by electing a boring old socialist called Jeremy Corbyn into the role.
The man was an outsider to establishment politics, having never served in high office. His career as a backbench MP was colourful, he was once arrested for protesting against racism:
Ever since he became Labour leader, he has been on the front pages of the newspapers every week. So far, there have been news reports that have informed readers the following:
He has also reportedly done or is doing the following:
So there you go. The entire media machine of the UK and its unyielding, endless hate for a single boring old man.
Wonder if it will work?
Note - Its okay to disagree with his politics or his leadership style, of course. Its okay to question his policies and views and competency. But rather than debate and discussion, does anyone else think that the above is, well, a bit much?
Over his career he met some unpleasant people and attended events with them in order to try and find common ground and advocate peace, as per his pacficist worldview.
Boring old man. Grows his own vegetables. That's all.
But then, this:
I've never seen anything like this in the media - absolute unrelenting hatred towards a single man, without consequence, for years now.
To give this some context for those not familiar with UK politics - in 2015, the Labour Party (the opposition to the government) had a leadership contest. The Labour party members caused an upset by electing a boring old socialist called Jeremy Corbyn into the role.
The man was an outsider to establishment politics, having never served in high office. His career as a backbench MP was colourful, he was once arrested for protesting against racism:
Ever since he became Labour leader, he has been on the front pages of the newspapers every week. So far, there have been news reports that have informed readers the following:
- He was a Czech secret agent
- He was a Soviet secret agent
- He was an IRA agent and/or collaborator
- He was a Hamas collaborator
- He was an ISIS and/or Al-Queda jihadi comrade
He has also reportedly done or is doing the following:
- Bowed to the Queen for money
- Hates the Queen
- Refused to bow to the Queen
- Stole sandwiches from war veterans
- Danced over the graves of war veterans in front of other war veterans
- Maliciously ran over a journalist
- Killed a rabbit with a pogo stick on Christmas Day
- Rides a Chairman Mao Communist Bicycle
- Got bloody hands from IRA bombings
- Sold state secrets
- Is currently line managed by Putin
- Won't launch nukes in completely hypothetical situations
- Didn't sing when the national anthem was played
- Once stood up on a train when there were no seats left (yes, this was actually a big thing)
- Is an existential threat to all Jewish life.
So there you go. The entire media machine of the UK and its unyielding, endless hate for a single boring old man.
Wonder if it will work?
Note - Its okay to disagree with his politics or his leadership style, of course. Its okay to question his policies and views and competency. But rather than debate and discussion, does anyone else think that the above is, well, a bit much?
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