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Lulu was from Glasgow, if there every was a place called Caledonia, Glasgow would have been in the South of Caledonia.
As to one being a one hit wonder, Leave a Little Love (no 8),The Boat that I Row (no 6), Boom Bang a Bang (no 2), The Man Who Sold the World (no 3). With regards to humourous quips, maybe best not to give up the day job.
TS ““… providing space for all nations to pursue sovereignty and peaceful co-prosperity…”
And was that not the same line given by the US/UK invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, the same line given by every excuse for capitalism’s wars, the same excuse given by the Nazis for their imperial expansion, etc. If you are going to fall for that one, you really are in trouble.
TS- “I don’t know what name one gives to the overthrow of centuries of US/European hegemony if not revolutionary. What would you call it?”
So the overthrow of one hegemonic empire by another imperialistic contender is “revolutionary”. By that logic the overthrown and destruction of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire was “revolutionary” the overthrow of Ottoman Empire by the French and British Empire was revolutionary, the overthrow of the Aztec Empire by the Spanish Empire, etc. etc.
Viva the revolution, not.
[moderator deleted offensive quote from True Scotsman]
Message to Alan Johnston
Alan, I know that at times I push the boundaries of moderation, etc. However as a socialist organisation I really think that we cannot put up with True Scotsman’s continual use of discriminatory language regarding people with intellectual disabilities.
He uses terms like retard and retarded and other offensive and oppressive terms about disability on a regular basis. If he was using the equivalent oppressive style racist language we would be outraged.
People with intellectual disabilities have a long history of oppression and discrimination. The Nazis (who TS hypocritically claims to oppose) instituted the murderous Operation T4 where an estimated 300,000 people with disability were killed. Sweden, the UK and the US had a long history of forcible sterilisation and involuntary incarceration in long term institutions.
For these types of terms to be used continually on a SPGB forum, without moderation and without protest, is to my mind unacceptable.Lizzie 45 wrote – “You’re absolutely spot on of course, PGB, but you’ll have an insurmountable job convincing these blinkered ‘band of brothers’. 🙁 They know nothing about human psychology.”
You may think I know nothing about “human psychology” but I have long been interested in the Freudian concept of ego defence mechanisms (an unconscious psychological operation that functions to protect a person from anxiety-producing thoughts and feelings related to internal conflicts).
One well known defence mechanism is “reaction formation” in this case Reaction formation occurs because an individual is anxious or uncomfortable about a particular belief, trait, or preference. By demonstrating the opposite, that uncomfortable characteristic remains unacknowledged, both to themselves and others. So for example you might see the person who makes lots of homophobic comments, but is not able to acknowledge that they deep down are actually gay themselves.
As you say, I may know nothing about human psychology, but it does seem odd that people like Lizzie 45 express such dislike of the SPGB, yet seem to like hanging around us?
BD – “Interesting that TS has not as yet answered any questions about whether or not he agrees with the Chinese Communist Party’s approach to Pol Pot and his gang.”
Truly Scrumptious-“I’m not here to talk Pol Pot, I’m here to talk Russia/Ukraine. You know, the thread topic. The fact Alan is not moderating as he should is not my problem. So suck it up buttercup.”
What a clown🤡🤡🤡
Interesting that TS has not as yet answered any questions about whether or not he agrees with the Chinese Communist Party’s approach to Pol Pot and his gang. He often just ignores awkward questions, or thinks that a string of pathetic insults will distract, a kind of state capitaist Boris Johnson.
Presumably, TS, as an “anti imperialist” you also supported the Taliban in their defeat of Western Imperialists?
ThomaS More asked “TS, why not Pol Pot? He had the full support of the CPC.”
so never mind appealing to the moderator, just answer the question, do you (did you) agree with the line to support Pol Pot taken by the Communist Party of China (the party you state you support). Simple yes or no, really.
Re TS – the Lady doth protest too much, me thinks.
Although I guess you might have to have a little break from licking jackboots and brown tonguing dictators
I don’t know if anyone else has noticed that TS never appears to make any contributions during the weekends and that his contributions seem to only occur during working times during MSK (Moscow Standard Time). If I was a cynic (which fortunately I am not) I might link these facts and come to conclusions which could explain TS’s strange contributions.
DS- “ And where does Marx say that workers can not have leaders?”
Oh Lordy, has this Fwit even read a single word of Marx’s work????
