Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
So there you have it. Mac doesn’t object to the political threads at all and, judging by the amount he contributes to them, neither does MA. All they both, very reasonably, object to is the tiresome and sometimes offensive name calling.

Essentially, as I see it, there are two camps…one broadly on the Right comprising Tricky, yourself and GP (when he makes his mind up and isn’t just mischief making) and one broadly centre Left…made up of Swale, myself, MA with more occasional input from Sith and mac. Sorry if I’ve forgotten anyone or misinterpreted their political stances.

Of all those individuals I would argue that Tricky, Swale and yourself cause the most ‘upset’. Tricky because of the nature and content of his posts, Swale because he takes understandable exception to Tricky’s far right sympathies and becomes enraged too easily before resorting to language that some find unacceptable and you because you frequently go out of your way to wind up others, Swale in particular, and - as you have admitted - are far from shy when it comes to name calling.

We all have our faults, mine probably being having too much to say and not being good at letting things go, but, imo…the problem isn’t having a wide range of threads - including political ones - it’s: a) The posting of inflammatory, offensive and untrue comments. b) The reaction to such comments with language that is also sometimes offensive and c) Your desire to push an agenda which goes beyond your essential basic role of sanctioning those who transgress a&b above without ‘joining in’ and exacerbating the situation.
Oh I'm far right am I? If I am far right, you are way further left than you portray yourself. Your incessent hared for anything Tory betrays that. Anything a right wing party says or does, you are all over it in a flash. Anything the current regime does (and it includes plenty of left wing ideology) you igmore. If you was truly centre ground, you would call out every infair decision going, but you don't.

For your knowledge.

Far-right politics, or right-wing extremism, is a spectrum of political thought that tends to be radically conservative, ultra-nationalist, and authoritarian, often also including nativist tendencies.[1] The name derives from the left–right political spectrum, with the "far right" considered further from center than the standard political right.

Historically, "far-right politics" has been used to describe the experiences of fascism, Nazism, and Falangism. Contemporary definitions now include neo-fascism, neo-Nazism, the Third Position, the alt-right, racial supremacism and other ideologies or organizations that feature aspects of authoritarian, ultra-nationalist, chauvinist, xenophobic, theocratic, racist, ***ist, homophobic, transphobic, or reactionary views.[2]

Far-right politics have led to oppression, political violence, forced assimilation, ethnic cleansing, and genocide against groups of people based on their supposed inferiority or their perceived threat to the native ethnic group, nation, state, national religion, dominant culture, or conservative social institutions.[3]