Cosmic Joe Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Apparently they even burned down Leuchars Train Station. They make today's political activists look a bit wishy washy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 8 minutes ago, Angusfifer said: Apparently they even burned down Leuchars Train Station. They make today's political activists look a bit wishy washy... Wish they would do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Hey! Any girl who wants to chain herself to *my* railings and suffer a jet movement gets *my* vote! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 These flappers were emboldened by the suffragette movement no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifes Elite Force Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Just read an article on the bbc website on a group of women who were opposed to giving women voting rights which was a bit bizarre. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42704341 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Just read an article on the bbc website on a group of women who were opposed to giving women voting rights which was a bit bizarre.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42704341 Haven’t you heard of EDL Abdul? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 15 minutes ago, Fifes Elite Force said: Just read an article on the bbc website on a group of women who were opposed to giving women voting rights which was a bit bizarre. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42704341 That came up on QI once; "who were the most vociferous opponents of women receiving the right to vote?", or something similar. There's a percentage of people who would find a reason to oppose absolutely anything. For example, I'm fairly certain that my own father would approve of any moves made to dismantle democracy altogether and return to a sovereign monarch. People are weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Fifes Elite Force said: Just read an article on the bbc website on a group of women who were opposed to giving women voting rights which was a bit bizarre. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42704341 A depressing number of women voted for Trump and still defend him, despite everything. It isn't just that I disagree with them, I truly don't understand them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 2 hours ago, Angusfifer said: Apparently they even burned down Leuchars Train Station. They make today's political activists look a bit wishy washy... Indeed they did. LadiesLightUpLeuchars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivo den Bieman Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Fairplay to the Suffragettes, they had Asquith and the Edwardian Liberal establishment absolutely seething. Top trolling IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Fifes Elite Force said: Just read an article on the bbc website on a group of women who were opposed to giving women voting rights which was a bit bizarre. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42704341 Some parts of Switzerland were fairly late in letting women vote. My father in law was talking about it recently. His mum was against women getting the vote because in her words "We tell our bloody men who they are voting for anyway". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 That came up on QI once; "who were the most vociferous opponents of women receiving the right to vote?", or something similar. There's a percentage of people who would find a reason to oppose absolutely anything. For example, I'm fairly certain that my own father would approve of any moves made to dismantle democracy altogether and return to a sovereign monarch. People are weird. If it resulted in people stopping bitching and moaning about a democratic vote that never went the way they wanted then I'd be all for it as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Fifes Elite Force said: Just read an article on the bbc website on a group of women who were opposed to giving women voting rights which was a bit bizarre. It's also the case that many suffragettes opposed universal suffrage, for working class men & women. Suffragettes didn't win the vote anyway: men & women in the trenches and factories did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 8 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said: If it resulted in people stopping bitching and moaning about a democratic vote that never went the way they wanted then I'd be all for it as well... I don't think anything would stop the old man bitching and moaning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musketeer Gripweed Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Been there but I couldn't afford to get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Ah, mellow thighed chicks indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 3 hours ago, Angusfifer said: Apparently they even burned down Leuchars Train Station. They make today's political activists look a bit wishy washy... One person's "direct action" is another's "civil disorder", afterall. Tbh, if it was happening today some aspects would be getting labelled 'domestic terrorism' . They also bombed the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh, fired Ayr and Perth racecourse grandstands and burnt-down Whitekirk Church in East Lothian. An unsuccessful attempt was made to blow-up Glasgow's drinking-water aqueduct from Loch Katrine. Much was disobedience, peaceful protest and low-level disruption or vandalism. You also get the famous cases like the hunger strikers and the woman who threw herself under a racehorse. However at the extreme end you had assaults, rioting, arson, planting bombs, intimidation, widespread attacks on the post and telephone systems, letter-bombs, burning down places of worship, etc. I've read somewhere there was purportedly even a plot to assassinate Asquith . As such I suppose you could picture the militant wing as a sort of a corseted, horse-drawn version of The Bader Meinhof Complex, without most of the killing (and dare I say sex)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 2 hours ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: Hey! Any girl who wants to chain herself to *my* railings and suffer a jet movement gets *my* vote! Saw the coverage on the lunch time news and that scene popped into my head too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 That came up on QI once; "who were the most vociferous opponents of women receiving the right to vote?", or something similar. There's a percentage of people who would find a reason to oppose absolutely anything. For example, I'm fairly certain that my own father would approve of any moves made to dismantle democracy altogether and return to a sovereign monarch. People are weird. Think a lot of intellectuals probably clung to the Rousseauian (sp?) notion of men and women occupying different spheres.That was the glory days when it was the left wing committing terrorist atrocities. They had ambition as well. Shout outs to the People’s Will taking out a Tsar and that woman that flung herself in front of the king. Imagine they had taken out Asquith as well. Mad shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifes Elite Force Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 hour ago, HibeeJibee said: It's also the case that many suffragettes opposed universal suffrage, for working class men & women. Suffragettes didn't win the vote anyway: men & women in the trenches and factories did. Probably a pretty accurate statement tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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