brexit

[CiG]

Farage's ability to debate, take heat, laugh it off etc is very much a product of British style politics, whereas American politicians rarely debate, rarely have their feet close to the fire, rarely have to think on the spot etc.

 

[The Ozzman]

I got my wish!

 

[Dak]

I got my wish!

That's awesome.

 

[Lunella]

lmao nice
now I wanna participate in making nigel memes haha

 

[Dak]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/o...olitanism.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0

The people who consider themselves “cosmopolitan” in today’s West, by contrast, are part of a meritocratic order that transforms difference into similarity, by plucking the best and brightest from everywhere and homogenizing them into the peculiar species that we call “global citizens.”

This species is racially diverse (within limits) and eager to assimilate the fun-seeming bits of foreign cultures — food, a touch of exotic spirituality. But no less than Brexit-voting Cornish villagers, our global citizens think and act as members of a tribe.

 

[Lunella]

i found this, enjoy

 

[CiG]

Glorious.

 

[Lunella]

digging was totes worth it.

also
@SentinelSlain I SAW WHAT YOU WROTE
and the answer is yes, hahaha

 

[CiG]

What did he write?

 

[Einherjar86]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/o...olitanism.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0

I'm confused, and not in a contentious way, just disinterestedly confused - is tribalism supposed to be good, or bad? Because I think we often tend to excuse it when it suits our comforts, and demonize it when it doesn't. I'm not sure what the criticism is, because it's clear that tribalism has its benefits and its drawbacks.

 

[Dak]

I'm confused, and not in a contentious way, just disinterestedly confused - is tribalism supposed to be good, or bad? Because I think we often tend to excuse it when it suits our comforts, and demonize it when it doesn't. I'm not sure what the criticism is, because it's clear that tribalism has its benefits and its drawbacks.

I went through a phase where I thought it was bad. Now I think it simply is, and that it can have both positive and negative expressions.

 

[Dak]

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-03/merkel-get-rid-jean-claude-juncker-within-next-year

Yeah yeah it's ZH. But it is interesting....

 

[Dak]

Aww, Nigel has resigned as he says he has done what he set out to do. Both disappointing and refreshing.

 

[no country for old wainds]

don't worry dak i'm sure some other horrible cunt will take his place

 

[Dak]

don't worry dak i'm sure some other horrible cunt will take his place

Well most politicians are horrible cunts so probably.

 

[SentinelSlain]

Alea iacta est. Without the need for a eurosceptic soft option right wing party any more, the door is open for a real nationalist party to take a lot of their former share of the vote.

 

[Lunella]

hahahaha
inb4 BNP comes back

 

[CiG]

don't worry dak i'm sure some other horrible cunt will take his place

No need, Corbyn exists.

 

[no country for old wainds]

lol yikes

 

[Dak]

Actor says he doesn't like Farage and when asked for reasons he can't even.