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jamest wrote:

Spinozasgalt wrote:

jamest wrote:

Spinozasgalt wrote:
Wow.

It's the truth that soooo many members here have been shafted for being opposed to the status quo mindset. That you say 'wow' to that means that you've probably spent more time than I imagined in front of that full-length mirror of yours.

You know full well you just likened people criticising you on the internet to the KKK. And you compared yourself being criticised to people of colour being shot by hooded racists. That's disgusting.

And on top of that, it's just another glaring instance of hypocrisy on your part. Some of us remember you complaining that Thommo had called you a rightwing extremist or worse simply because he mentioned your use of the phrase "final social revolution" and its affinity to a more problematic phrase that had been in the news at the time. Yet here you are comparing people to the KKK. What a sad joke.

It's what's called a metaphor, which is what you use when people such as you persist in claiming that my situation here is similar to that of Scotland being a member of the UK, which is the biggest load of bollocks I've heard in this thread. So, adorn your make-up and high-heels and just stay looking in the mirror, because I'd much rather listen to someone with some intelligence talking bollocks such as Thommo, than yourself, who doesn't appear to have any.

Ahhh, the "full-length mirror" jibe was more of that classic homophobia on your part. I thought so.



We all know what a metaphor is, of course. But you've got the order of things wrong. The use of a metaphor is precisely what got you into this mess. I used the one you made to tease out the general principle you were appealing to (which you've gone on to confirm in subsequent posts) and then applied said metaphor, and thus that principle, to your situation here. And because it's so broadly applicable, it turns out it gives you the perverse result of putting yourself at the mercy of the majority of the membership. Rather than even attempt a defense or to amend the principle, you've squirmed and called bollocks. That's as weak a rejoinder as they come.

I do have to shake my head at the "It was a metaphor! I compared you to murderous racists as a metaphor!" moment in the above though.

jamest wrote:ETA: that's another gripe of mine about Western socialism: people always ready to turn the words of another into some sort of homophobic agenda against socialism. If you want to know what my version of 'disgusting' is, then add that to your fucking dictionary.

It's fine. I don't think I need to tie your homophobia to socialism to call it out.