Brexit - a reality check!

[ReganAndCarter]

onwards and upwards or downwards

Definitely downwards. All governments have been doing over the last few decades is managing the decline of The UK. Trying to do it slowly so as few people will notice and complain as possible. But down we are going, and our descent has definitely sped up in the last few years.

 

[Deleted member 294929]

And you are still falling for the Brexit con.

all the evidence shows Brexit is a complete failure, when are you going to realise.

I only pulled a face

 

[fillyboy]

I can find you at least 20 outlets stating Zero Hedge as a far right bulls hit outlet.

But you chose a far left bulls hit outlet. Interesting.

 

[fillyboy]

WRONG

“Overall, we rate RationalWiki Left-Center biased based on the use of loaded language against conservatives and High for factual reporting due to pro-science reporting coupled with proper sourcing and a clean fact check record”


notice the term “factual reporting” - you don’t get that in the Telegraph, Daily Mail, Express” or any other right wing newspapers

RationalWiki is about as reliable as the diary of an average middle school kid; I wouldn’t outright dismiss everything they say as baloney, but expect lots of bias and factual inaccuracies.

It was created by a group of immature adults who enjoyed vandalizing other wikis, like Conservapedia and Wikipedia. They basically created RationalWiki to publish what the other wikis wouldn’t allow them to publish. For the naysayers, go look up RationalWiki on Wikipedia and notice the LA Times reference. As an example of the maturity of the contributors there, how I first discovered RationalWiki and Conservapedia is from one of RW’s administrators contacting Wikipedia vandals on their user talk pages to suggest vandalizing Conservapedia instead; I won’t call him out in this forum, but he has been community banned from Wikipedia because of his shenanigans. The problem with taking RationalWiki seriously is I don’t think it was ever really intended to be taken seriously, hence why many of the articles are loaded with snark and the users frequently engage in immature actions like block wars (where the admins block each other with ridiculous accusations as the block reason, like “keelhauled for being unpirate”).

The site has a very high turnover of editors. I don’t think a single person from the early days is very active on the site anymore unless they are using a new identity. A significant number of the current editors are minors (which I discovered last year during board member elections, when several people turned down nominations due to being under 18), and I’d say most of the ones who aren’t are likely young adults, probably not even old enough to drink in most US states, and almost certainly not older than 30. So basically, we can assume that a lot of the opinions and original research on the site is just the rantings of rebellious high school students and college students. A lot of Wikipedia content is also created by high school students and college students, but they are expected to base what they say on reliable sources, unlike RationalWiki where they rant about how weird they think certain people are.

So if you are wondering what left-wing youth like David Hogg (and not all youngsters are leftists, by the way) might think of something, go to RationalWiki and you’ll get an idea, but otherwise, I wouldn’t recommend the site for anything more than entertainment purposes.

 

[Notch7]

RationalWiki is about as reliable as the diary of an average middle school kid; I wouldn’t outright dismiss everything they say as baloney, but expect lots of bias and factual inaccuracies.

It was created by a group of immature adults who enjoyed vandalizing other wikis, like Conservapedia and Wikipedia. They basically created RationalWiki to publish what the other wikis wouldn’t allow them to publish. For the naysayers, go look up RationalWiki on Wikipedia and notice the LA Times reference. As an example of the maturity of the contributors there, how I first discovered RationalWiki and Conservapedia is from one of RW’s administrators contacting Wikipedia vandals on their user talk pages to suggest vandalizing Conservapedia instead; I won’t call him out in this forum, but he has been community banned from Wikipedia because of his shenanigans. The problem with taking RationalWiki seriously is I don’t think it was ever really intended to be taken seriously, hence why many of the articles are loaded with snark and the users frequently engage in immature actions like block wars (where the admins block each other with ridiculous accusations as the block reason, like “keelhauled for being unpirate”).

The site has a very high turnover of editors. I don’t think a single person from the early days is very active on the site anymore unless they are using a new identity. A significant number of the current editors are minors (which I discovered last year during board member elections, when several people turned down nominations due to being under 18), and I’d say most of the ones who aren’t are likely young adults, probably not even old enough to drink in most US states, and almost certainly not older than 30. So basically, we can assume that a lot of the opinions and original research on the site is just the rantings of rebellious high school students and college students. A lot of Wikipedia content is also created by high school students and college students, but they are expected to base what they say on reliable sources, unlike RationalWiki where they rant about how weird they think certain people are.

So if you are wondering what left-wing youth like David Hogg (and not all youngsters are leftists, by the way) might think of something, go to RationalWiki and you’ll get an idea, but otherwise, I wouldn’t recommend the site for anything more than entertainment purposes.

I wonder why Filly doesnt include the link.............is it because its from some nobody who put it on Quora

the author: David Michael Im in love with Trump Morris went to Liberty university

and guess what: Liberty university is: "Described as a "bastion of the Christian right", the university plays a prominent role in Republican politics"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_University

 

[fillyboy]

I wonder why Filly doesnt include the link.............is it because its from some nobody who put it on Quora

the author: David Michael Im in love with Trump Morris went to Liberty university

and guess what: Liberty university is: "Described as a "bastion of the Christian right", the university plays a prominent role in Republican politics"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_University

About as sound as Rational wiki then.

 

[transam]

I don’t quite understand

what the remainers want

rejoin the EU
In which case vote / support what ever party is intent on rejoining the EU at the next election


Or do they want another referendum

and exactly what do they expect those who voted out to do

all they seem to be intent on is whinging / moaning
welcoming any deal that goes pear shaped

or hoping that any trade deal goes
T*ts up

jeez us

 

[Notch7]

About as sound as Rational wiki then.

Filly refuses to admit he has posted nonsense

 

[noseall]

But you chose a far left bulls hit outlet. Interesting.

What all seven?

Zero Hedge is a far right libertarian newqs aggregator.. read more


American intelligence officials told the Associated Press on Tuesday the controversial financial website Zero Hedge has spread Russian propaganda, read more

U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday accused a conservative financial news website with a significant American readership of amplifying Kremlin propaganda and alleged five media outlets targeting Ukrainians have taken direction from Russian spies. read more


Zero Hedge is often blamed for spreading false information. In February, Twitter permanently banned Zero Hedge’s account, read more

Twitter Inc. has banned financial market website Zero Hedge from the social media platform after it published an article linking a Chinese scientist to the outbreak of the fast-spreading coronavirus last week. Zero Hedge said it received a notification from Twitter on Friday, accusing it ... read more

The financial blog Zero Hedge was permanently suspended from Twitter on Friday after it published an article identifying a Chinese scientist it claimed created the deadly Wuhan coronavirus.

A report from Buzzfeed News first captured on the controversy, which labeled Zero Hedge a "far-right" and "pro-Trump" news site, read more

There are loads more but I think people can get the picture. It's far right bulls hit gutter stuff that gassy and the right wing not only thrive on but actually believe.

Massive lol.

I can find lots more to your liking if you wish?

Zero Hedge give your head a shake. Massive lol.

 

[noseall]

Filly refuses to admit he has posted nonsense

Frequently. The old duffer is good for a laugh though.

 

[noseall]

what the remainers want

What is best for the UK instead of populist opportunists lying daily to the public. Oh and a foreign sec that knows what they are doing would be good.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

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[Deleted member 294929]

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I'm happy I stayed up for that

 

[ReganAndCarter]

I'm happy I stayed up for that

Less is more.

Tried to link to a (clean) video, but new forum was having none of it.

 

[Mottie]

I don’t quite understand

what the remainers want

rejoin the EU
In which case vote / support what ever party is intent on rejoining the EU at the next election


Or do they want another referendum

and exactly what do they expect those who voted out to do

They had the opportunity to do that if you remember. After the Brexit vote and the years of squabbling and court cases, there was a GE. According to the remainers, in that GE, many of the oldies that voted out would have died off, all the sensible voters who realised they had made a mistake would change their mind and all those highly educated university students who were ineligible to vote in the referendum were going to flood the ballot boxes with votes for anyone other than conservatives. What happened? Just about the biggest Tory landslide ever known. However you put it, the 'remainers' lost the vote but instead of getting behind their government and wishing them well, they are constantly tripping over themselves to pray for failure and rubbing their hands with glee when they think they smell the faintest whiff of bad news that they can attach to Brexit. They are behaving like spoilt children who have been told the can't have an ice cream and are watching the ice cream van leaving their street. Their parents have done them a favour and are putting up with their whining because they know it will do them good in the long run.