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Who I listen to
Who I talk to
What I read
Who I respond to
These are my (our) choices to make
So what’s the alternative?
The UK Government decide?
Whitehall decide what I hear, read or who I can talk to?
That is State overreach/oppression/suppression
Cc
@SpeechUnion
Freedom/liberty mean being able to hear, consider and informed of different views contrary to my own
To read different opinions, have conversations
Without UK government or Whitehall or quango ever-increasing overreach deciding who we can listen/talk to
Cc
@BigBrotherWatch
Knuffsed - Adam ❤️🔥💭 retweeted
Loved this jumper my gran knitted me
She passed away when I was 19, I still miss her
We must never feel like we have to 'move on' and distance ourselves from the memories, we are allowed to treasure those memories ❤️🩹
In January I banged my head
losing my appetite for reading
Late summer holiday I had unexpected access to a library reading 2 pages of 75+ classics incl East of Eden
My love of reading hasn't returned but I have Borrowbox audiobooks
East of Eden is avail today so here goes
Given the capabilities of UK government to influence social media
• 6,000+ professionals, specialist agencies + paid influencers
I expect these resources are used to amplify selected @X accounts
Artificially boosting their reach and fabricating popularity through astroturfing
Tiring listening to politicians who parade around with a progressive self-appointed halo
Branding themselves a paragon of virtue
Preaching righteousness using rehearsed polished rhetoric to disguise their audience from their ego, ambition and relentless pursuit of self-interest
Knuffsed - Adam ❤️🔥💭 retweeted
Obama deported over 3 million+ people through formal ICE removals
Yet cultivated a Statesman-like progressive image
Obama's record is not immune to scrutiny
Politicians - incl Obama - must be judged by their actions, not just their branding and self-righteous rhetoric
It's nice to see politicians that are relatable on TV
Such as Andy Burnham
However
If within 2 years those same politicians bring in legislation that allows only them/think and speak
Then the public were duped, played and lied to by genius optics and PR teams
Cc
@SpeechUnion
Dear UK, FYI
In the 1950s Joseph Stalin would imprison you in a Siberian Gulag for making a joke about him
Just saying
cc
@SpeechUnion
Last night someone immediately asked which political party I support
Seems every conversation is a minefield of 'what’s your politics?' as if people need to know whether you’re worth talking to
I said I support no party I’m happy to talk to anyone whatever their political views
Knuffsed - Adam ❤️🔥💭 retweeted
*Chatter*
Has there ever been a more insidious word used to ignore the sexual violence against women and girls in UK
Alastair Campbell is everywhere
Relentlessly amplified across every layer of the information space, socials, TV, radio, podcasts...
His reach and visibility is improbable without institutional backing
Are Whitehall or its agencies behind his political messaging and placement?
We see machete attacks/knife violence in news daily across UK towns/cities
Public deserve transparency re disconnect between what they see - and fear - in their communities and @ukhomeoffice percentages on social media
Your statistics don't reflect the reality on our streets
I enjoy living in the UK
Especially how we can all coexist despite our differences
It’s really easy to work out who the bad guys are
Anyone who wants to end
Democracy
Individual liberty
Freedom of Expression
Debate
Child Protection
Or say
‘Believe what I do or I’ll harm you’
Some people I love the most in life I disagree with on some huge topics
That’s allowed
We are allowed to be friends with people we disagree with
It’s the only way we learn, listen to counterviews and break out of our own echo chamber of confirmation bias
And be stress tested
Knuffsed - Adam ❤️🔥💭 retweeted
Presenting it as oppression vs liberation is a false dilemma designed to make criticism feel immoral
We can recognise genuine grievances and oppose inequality while still condemning arson, looting and violence
Regarding those who burn and loot as never guilty is delusional
For some, French rioters are never guilty
They're oppressed, so their violence = liberation
Billionaires are never innocent
They're oppressors, their wealth = proof of guilt
When ideology determines innocence before actions are judged, individual responsibility means nothing