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Boggling at the cognitive dissonance of a company that claims it’s a bastion of free speech suing companies for exercising their right not to spend money on advertising

Do these views ever get old? No. No they do not.

With the latest antics from the proprietor I’m finding it ever harder to justify being on here. But none of the ersatz Twitters are yet filling the gap. Connect with me on any of them and I’ll make an effort to be more active.

In which that guy admits that not only does he shitpost for money, but he’s willing to trash his career, reputation, friendships and relationship with his kids for less than the minimum wage.

The ‘for you’ tab on here is now just a bin fire of right wing shills that I do not follow and do not want to read.

“Why has a person who pleaded guilty been handed a sentence while those who have not, not?” ask a string of idiots in the replies who struggle to grasp the concept of police doing a job to secure successful prosecution.

i think what we've discovered tonight is that Farage has been lying. britain doesn't actually agree with him. he doesn't 'have a point'. could we stop putting him on the tv now? since he basically only represents a fringe that have fallen for his lies.

Home from a phone-free dinner and cheered by the news reports that the good folk far outnumbered the bad ones at the planned protests in the UK tonight. Racists try and convince themselves they’re a silent majority when they’re far from it.

There’s a lot of this performative stupidity on display at present. People who plead *guilty* to violent disorder at their first appearance can be sentenced quickly. People who have *not been convicted* cannot be sentenced. For anything. Because they are still not guilty.

As I said the other day: the FarRightThugsUnite hashtag was a bizarre collection of actual racists, bots, and useful idiots taken in by the previous two categories. What is absolutely was not was a genuine reflection of ordinary people with valid concerns.

Here for this response. None of us is obliged to waste our time on this earth replying to people on Twitter. Ignore, tell them to do one, share a picture of a cat, you do you.

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