Mark Connolly Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 17 minutes ago, Rugster said: Please explain where I have been abusive? Is it technically possible to be abusive even when it's factually correct? One for Susie Dent, I think. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 11 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: As someone who has fallen foul of the moderators on this forum, I’d appreciate some guidance on whether calling a self-confessed homophobe a bigot is acceptable. FWIW I reckon it’s acceptable on the basis of accuracy. @Bully Wee Villa @TheGreenElves You'll end up on @sophia's list. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: Is it technically possible to be abusive even when it's factually correct? One for Susie Dent, I think. And most assuredly not for Rachel Reilly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 9 minutes ago, bennett said: (In an Arnold Schwarzenegger voice) She'll be back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 9 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: Is it technically possible to be abusive even when it's factually correct? One for Susie Dent, I think. What’s your thoughts on Jackie McNamara Jnr? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 10 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: You'll end up on @sophia's list. In days gone by I would have called @sophia a c**t, but I’ve learnt my lesson. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Highlandmagar said: Downsized to a Clydesdale and cart. Sounds like the Glasgow Subway on a Sunday tbh. Handing a Wee Free (subs: check which weirdo branch it actually is) the Minister for Teuchters post is an avoidable own goal from Mr 52% within a day of taking office. His authority is very weak and giving Forbes an excellent reason to be outside of the tent pissing in is far more dangerous to him than shunting her to a different role that isn't such an obvious downgrade. Edited March 28, 2023 by vikingTON 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 14 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: What’s your thoughts on Jackie McNamara Jnr? I try not to think about him 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 A 'self confessed homophobe' has not only kept the whip and their party membership but has been offered a role in government. Yousaf must condemn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 56 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: As someone who has fallen foul of the moderators on this forum, I’d appreciate some guidance on whether calling a self-confessed homophobe a bigot is acceptable. FWIW I reckon it’s acceptable on the basis of accuracy. @Bully Wee Villa @TheGreenElves We want to tone down the abuse of posters by other posters but, bigoted politicians? f**k it, go for it. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophia Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 1 minute ago, Bully Wee Villa said: We want to tone down the abuse of posters by other posters but, bigoted politicians? f**k it, go for it. The point I was making, which appears to be lost on you, is that if a vocal cohort of posters continue with that narrative, the corollary is that anyone entering the debate with a different and more moderate view is bracketed as someone with a vile outlook. That just serves to shut down any semblance of reasonable debate. Moreover and surely if a politician is as described, they would be no platformed. I certainly wouldn't expect them to be offered a minister post. I would therefore congratulate you on your post, apart that is, from your two points made which don't stand any scrutiny. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 (edited) The point you were making wasn't lost on me, because I didn't read it. I just responded to a post when someone @'d me. Feel free to defend the politician in question, or not, I don't care. I just want posters to avoid attacking each other as per the guidelines at the top of this subforum. If you feel anyone is in breach of said guidelines please use the "report" function. Edited March 28, 2023 by Bully Wee Villa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, sophia said: The point I was making, which appears to be lost on you, is that if a vocal cohort of posters continue with that narrative, the corollary is that anyone entering the debate with a different and more moderate view is bracketed as someone with a vile outlook. That just serves to shut down any semblance of reasonable debate. Moreover and surely if a politician is as described, they would be no platformed. I certainly wouldn't expect them to be offered a minister post. I would therefore congratulate you on your post, apart that is, from your two points made which don't stand any scrutiny. This is the absolute definition of a word salad. Can you please advise me, as previously asked, where I was abusive? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 9 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: The point you were making wasn't lost on me, because I didn't read it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 3 hours ago, sophia said: She isn't going to shag you m8. Certainly not out of wedlock. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 You get a proper football man in and not a hater like Sturgeon and this is what we get. Humza's scotland off to a cracking start. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Only time will tell whether the old "offer a post to look magnanimous but make it an obvious demotion so they turn it down" gambit works out for Yousaf. Maybe it would have been better to have Forbes inside the tent pissing out, and having her in the backbenches will backfire and do real damage over time with creating a small section of disgruntled MSPs. Maybe though he knows he's going down a path that could have seen Forbes resigning from cabinet because of a policy she disagrees with anyway. If that's the thought process you could figure it's better to have her out now than having a high profile resignation undermining the credibility of a specific policy and/or the government in general, which would potentially cause more damage to party unity than not having his leadership rival in the cabinet in the first place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Beginning to look like purge of the pro-business wing. Fresh blow to Yousaf as business minister quits government 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 11 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Beginning to look like purge of the pro-business wing. Fresh blow to Yousaf as business minister quits government How is it a blow if he doesn’t want to keep him? Another blow to the “economic competency” gang. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 17 hours ago, Rugster said: Hope she leaves the SNP too the bigoted wee homophobe. Thought she just disagreed with gay marriage. Quite a reasonable position for a Christian to have. In fact I think the majority of Christian churches take this position. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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