- Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:11 pm
#25663
Note this doesn't apply to all mail readers (that would be evil blanket labelling), just the more "extreme" ones.
You know it's odd.
I read a few of the stories and some of the comments on the Mail website and I honestly truly feel depressed. Not because of the stories but because of the incredibly stupidity and complete narrow mindedness by some people.
And it's not even the people who think we should have capital punishment or sharia law.. it's just every day obsurdities like how we should close our borders which will apparently solve all crime or how putting in a narrow minded, hypocritical, homophobic, sexist journalist will solve all the UK's problems.
If I can get depressed just reading the comments to these stories, how the hell must these people feel reading a dozen of these stories every week.
Jesus it must be a mix of hate, depression and blanket fear in their heads. The fact that some people are absolutely and completely convinced that they are going to get mugged / raped / stabbed / all of the above by a black / darkie / muslim / policeman / all of the above every time they go out is just shocking to me.
And these people take it to such extremes, such as calling for capital punishment for everything, and viciously attacking anyone who doesn't agree, blanket labelling them as a "liberal lefty" softy.
And what's worse than their labelling is their automatic dismissal of anything contrary to what they've chosen to believe. They don't bother to get rounded, constructive views. They just swallow what the Mail has said, in the way the Mail has said it.
If anyone does say something to the opposite, it's labelled as liberal / Guardian bullshit by someone who is brainwashed, and just dismissed without question.
the fact the mail tops the invasion of privacy list (whilst banging on about "big brother state"),
the fact it's possibly the most ridiculed (satire) paper,
the fact that stories are usually so full of hate for anything government-related that by the time you've got to the end of a story, you've forgotten what the story is about (case in point: using a 10 year old drown victim as an excuse to mercilessly bash the police and PSCOs)
the fact that headlines are often way over the top where the story is quite mundane.
the fact that they fill the article with hate and disclaim it in the very last line knowing full well that some people won't get there, or if they do, that they'll be so wound up they won't fully take it in.
the fact that comments that critisise the Mail's style of reporting very rarely make it.
the fact that people who post on this site will apparently never make it to the quick post status on the mail site, such is the fear and policy of the mail team.
the hypocrisy which reams off every edition and most actions.
And they're just the issues off the top of my head. There are likely to be more.
How can people miss such obviousness?
Of course the most repeated answer to that is "well the Guardian/Sun/etc is the same". Well, even if they are, and I'm not saying they are, do you think that makes it alright? That's like saying "yes it's okay for me to mug someone because some criminals murder people".
Let me tell you Drew, and Jacqui, and Albert, and all the rest of you. Let me tell you that people like you are something to be ashamed of in this country. In my opinion people like you contribute towards making it a "laughing stock of the world". And the most tragic thing of all is you're so set in your ways that you can't even see just how obsessively fanatical you are.
You know who else is like that? A suicide bomber. (nb that's not a direct comparison, it's a state of mind comparison).
Average Joe: Right, here are the facts, what conclusions can we draw from them?
People like Jacqui: Right, here's my conclusion, what facts can I find to support it.
You know it's odd.
I read a few of the stories and some of the comments on the Mail website and I honestly truly feel depressed. Not because of the stories but because of the incredibly stupidity and complete narrow mindedness by some people.
And it's not even the people who think we should have capital punishment or sharia law.. it's just every day obsurdities like how we should close our borders which will apparently solve all crime or how putting in a narrow minded, hypocritical, homophobic, sexist journalist will solve all the UK's problems.
If I can get depressed just reading the comments to these stories, how the hell must these people feel reading a dozen of these stories every week.
Jesus it must be a mix of hate, depression and blanket fear in their heads. The fact that some people are absolutely and completely convinced that they are going to get mugged / raped / stabbed / all of the above by a black / darkie / muslim / policeman / all of the above every time they go out is just shocking to me.
And these people take it to such extremes, such as calling for capital punishment for everything, and viciously attacking anyone who doesn't agree, blanket labelling them as a "liberal lefty" softy.
And what's worse than their labelling is their automatic dismissal of anything contrary to what they've chosen to believe. They don't bother to get rounded, constructive views. They just swallow what the Mail has said, in the way the Mail has said it.
If anyone does say something to the opposite, it's labelled as liberal / Guardian bullshit by someone who is brainwashed, and just dismissed without question.
the fact the mail tops the invasion of privacy list (whilst banging on about "big brother state"),
the fact it's possibly the most ridiculed (satire) paper,
the fact that stories are usually so full of hate for anything government-related that by the time you've got to the end of a story, you've forgotten what the story is about (case in point: using a 10 year old drown victim as an excuse to mercilessly bash the police and PSCOs)
the fact that headlines are often way over the top where the story is quite mundane.
the fact that they fill the article with hate and disclaim it in the very last line knowing full well that some people won't get there, or if they do, that they'll be so wound up they won't fully take it in.
the fact that comments that critisise the Mail's style of reporting very rarely make it.
the fact that people who post on this site will apparently never make it to the quick post status on the mail site, such is the fear and policy of the mail team.
the hypocrisy which reams off every edition and most actions.
And they're just the issues off the top of my head. There are likely to be more.
How can people miss such obviousness?
Of course the most repeated answer to that is "well the Guardian/Sun/etc is the same". Well, even if they are, and I'm not saying they are, do you think that makes it alright? That's like saying "yes it's okay for me to mug someone because some criminals murder people".
Let me tell you Drew, and Jacqui, and Albert, and all the rest of you. Let me tell you that people like you are something to be ashamed of in this country. In my opinion people like you contribute towards making it a "laughing stock of the world". And the most tragic thing of all is you're so set in your ways that you can't even see just how obsessively fanatical you are.
You know who else is like that? A suicide bomber. (nb that's not a direct comparison, it's a state of mind comparison).
Average Joe: Right, here are the facts, what conclusions can we draw from them?
People like Jacqui: Right, here's my conclusion, what facts can I find to support it.
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