I didn’t know he was a Tory 😔.

  • janguv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    I used an emoji therefore I am sad he’s a bigot and he’s a Tory?

    No, you’ve misread the original comment. I said you sound disappointed that Linehan has aligned with the Tories. I used the phrase “a bigot” to refer to GL, because he is; I used the phrase “a collection of bigots” to refer to the Tories, because they are.

    Using those phrases in those constructions does not imply anything about what you think or know about the Tories or GL. The phrases are plainly in my voice identifying them by what you can infer I think is factual: their bigotry.

    Your sadface emoji generally connotes something like disappointment. So my comment is essentially: oh, you’re really disappointed that this guy is aligned with the Tories? Why, when he is a bigot and they are also bigots? Why would you even want him to be aligned with a party you do support?

    picking random fights based on your poor reading skills

    Irony. Helluva thing.