welshbairn Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 They get a bad name but without them we'd still have State sanctioned execution, people like Alan Turing would still be experimented on and driven to suicide by the State, gay marriages would still be outlawed, slavery would have been a profitable industry for the wealthy in Glasgow, Liverpool and Bristol in particular, for much longer, less protection for animal welfare in agriculture, the list is endless. Please add to it. Populists are welcome to add their victories and benefits they have brought to us all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 6 hours ago, welshbairn said: They get a bad name but without them we'd still have State sanctioned execution, people like Alan Turing would still be experimented on and driven to suicide by the State, gay marriages would still be outlawed, slavery would have been a profitable industry for the wealthy in Glasgow, Liverpool and Bristol in particular, for much longer, less protection for animal welfare in agriculture, the list is endless. Please add to it. Populists are welcome to add their victories and benefits they have brought to us all! These are all the things people use who generally throw about “the libera elite” phrase want back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 6 hours ago, welshbairn said: They get a bad name but without them we'd still have State sanctioned execution, people like Alan Turing would still be experimented on and driven to suicide by the State, gay marriages would still be outlawed, slavery would have been a profitable industry for the wealthy in Glasgow, Liverpool and Bristol in particular, for much longer, less protection for animal welfare in agriculture, the list is endless. Please add to it. Populists are welcome to add their victories and benefits they have brought to us all! The fact you have started this provocative thread shows that you were not whipped enough as a boy. Bring back corporal punishment, the birch and the slipper. Also, stocks. I think Falcon Square in Inverness would ideal for some of these but I can't seem to find any on EBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Given whiny little betas like TCK a cause to rail against Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I'm not sure I buy that all progress in society is due to the actions of an elite, however you describe them. I do appreciate that the OP is trying to blue pill the pop-tards though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest of Dean Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 This post means very little unless you define the terms you are using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 4 hours ago, Forest of Dean said: This post means very little unless you define the terms you are using. Not Rangers fans. Partick Thistle fans maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawWatchin Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 15 hours ago, welshbairn said: They get a bad name but without them we'd still have State sanctioned execution, people like Alan Turing would still be experimented on and driven to suicide by the State, gay marriages would still be outlawed, slavery would have been a profitable industry for the wealthy in Glasgow, Liverpool and Bristol in particular, for much longer, less protection for animal welfare in agriculture, the list is endless. Please add to it. Populists are welcome to add their victories and benefits they have brought to us all! Indeed. Wouldn't it be wonderful? A. Tory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 6 hours ago, Forest of Dean said: This post means very little unless you define the terms you are using. I've been asking this of our politicians for a while now. Rich white guys who were born into money seem to throw the word elite around a lot so it makes you wonder what an "elite" is if they aren't one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 i was with you until you brought animal welfare into it. These freeloading scum pay no tax and expect to live in luxury. If any of them come near my daughter I swear I'll do time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 They get a bad name but without them we'd still have State sanctioned execution, people like Alan Turing would still be experimented on and driven to suicide by the State, gay marriages would still be outlawed, slavery would have been a profitable industry for the wealthy in Glasgow, Liverpool and Bristol in particular, for much longer, less protection for animal welfare in agriculture, the list is endless. Please add to it. Populists are welcome to add their victories and benefits they have brought to us all! I take it you were watching the BBC4 thing on capital punishment? Very, very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 1 minute ago, pandarilla said: I take it you were watching the BBC4 thing on capital punishment? Very, very interesting. Aye I was, as it happens. I was surprised by how long it took them to see jail time an alternative punishment to just inflicting physical harm or death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 5 minutes ago, coprolite said: i was with you until you brought animal welfare into it. These freeloading scum pay no tax and expect to live in luxury. If any of them come near my daughter I swear I'll do time. Yeah, but then we eat them (well most of them), at least the ones in agriculture as the OP mentioned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 They are more concerned with dispensing social justice on Facebook and don't vote so we're left with the real elite like Jacob Rees Mogg and BoJo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 not true. numerically speaking most agricultural livestock in the UK is not reared for slaughter. Chickens are kept for eggs, in spacious appartments. Chickens originate in SE asia. They could have stayed there to fight for their rights but chose to piggy back on the efforts of working class british geese. Sheep are kept for wool. Sheep are from the middle east. That says it all. Female cows get to have a long peaceful life sitting around eating, while the menfolk are mostly slaughtered at birth. This is a vision of Corbyn's Britain. Salt of the earth types like farage would bring back the battery farms that brussels took from us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppino Impastato Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I never knew chickens live in spacious apartments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawWatchin Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 29 minutes ago, Peppino Impastato said: I never knew chickens live in spacious apartments Of course they do. Chickens cross the road to visit their flat mates all the time. Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I’m not an intellectual (big surprise eh?) or part of the “elite”; but the anti-intellectual/anti-elite stance is worrying. We do need experts, we do need clever folk; they are not the same thing but there is an overlap. Mind you the Democratic elite in the US that still support Hillary Clinton can f**k off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 3 hours ago, Granny Danger said: I’m not an intellectual (big surprise eh?) or part of the “elite”; but the anti-intellectual/anti-elite stance is worrying. We do need experts, we do need clever folk; they are not the same thing but there is an overlap. Mind you the Democratic elite in the US that still support Hillary Clinton can f**k off. Are you sure? Post Brexit the "Intellectual Elite" is defined as the smartest 48% of the population The bar is now pretty low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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