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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 23h

There was no outrage when they replaced the leader of the Lib Dems with a clown, however.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Yet again, Labour showing itself to be the single most racist and hostile anti-asylum government in living memory. It can take decades, if ever, for refugees to be safe returning to countries they fled, and that's when those countries are stable which Syria is not www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Surgeon faces deportation as Home Office revokes refugee status for Syrians

UK classifies Syria as safe to return to despite UN refugee body’s advice

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It took me a while before I twigged, thanks for the reminder. Blocked now.

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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The BBC’s transphobia is not just BBC News

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I note you're arguing precisely the other way elsewhere, so your motives are evidently to merely cause discord.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

That's called begging the question, friend. And again, the statement to which you replied doesn't prevent that in the slightest, so you're just waxing lyrical for no particular reason.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I'll stop as I don't want to argue any position here because I don't think it's my place to. It's an almighty cluster fuck, and the central point - which is to stop the fucking genocide, has once again been lost in noise.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Well, if that were true, there would have been no outrage regarding calling for a single Palestinian state, which very, very obviously was not the case. I cannot speak of what anyone Jewish does or does not want, but as far as "nearly all" Zionists were concerned, that state had to remain Jewish.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

"The geographical and ethnic realities" is an interesting way of saying "colonialism wouldn't be racist if it weren't for all these pesky other races living where the colony is going."

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

At no point does what I have said rely on "because they were Jews", I use it as an observation to indicate just how vile the whole operation was.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It does occur to me that we should be careful to continue to only discuss aspects around what happened, and not actively indicate support of the group, as it remains true that under Burnhams authoritarian government you will be locked up if you do.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I mean, that's just the legal aspect. The moral aspect is far, far worse. Elbit systems boasts its systems are battle-tested in Gaza.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I don't think anyone would say they should not have been found guilty of the crimes for which they were convicted. The problem is, they were explicitly found not guilty on terrorism charges, and never convicted of any. So this all boils down to "they're terrorists because we say so."

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

First, you ignore the morality and rely on saying "it's the law", then when the law looks iffy you ignore the law and rely on the morality. That's the position that looks inconsistent to me.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Those responsible were convicted and sentenced for that. They were not convicted of terrorism charges. They were found not guilty when terrorism charges were tried, forcing the establishment to call a mistrial to get the outcome they wanted. Can you not see the problem here?

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

One small point. They weren't convicted of those crimes, merely sentenced for them. This was unprecedented. Where's your rule of law now?

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

"Hey! Did you know my girlfriends cousin is Adele?" "No, [customer2494564], I said A Dell"

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

That one statement, in my opinion, sounded idiotic. I apologise for my earlier remark to you, which was unfair.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Antisemitism still exists, and is still just as wrong. Thanks for playing.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Well, you're making remarks like "Better than Polanski" so my guess would be you were you just trying to score a cheap political point. Congratulations to Sagal Abdi-Wali, in any case.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 10/10/2026

YES. I was just thinking about how many useful ideas and real solutions AREN'T being funded - or even THOUGHT UP - because the money and attention is being sucked into tulip bulbs. You've got kids who might have figured out cold fusion spending all their time building AI video apps.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It's not often you see a graph representing an increase in both deadliness and disgustingness.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

To be clear - if one person within a group is guilty of a crime, the whole group is guilty? So if an MP is guilty of a sexual offense, the whole party is, for example? Guess Labour are all sex offenders. Collective punishment is against international law.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This is social media? If you take offense at being told you're incorrect, I cannot help you.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Literally authoritarian mindset. They proscribed a peaceful movement they didn't like, the very definition of restricting free speech. Meanwhile, violent fascist mobs roam the streets while the government calls them legitimate - Labours Britain.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I remember defending Starmer time and time again, until he gained power and they began implementing continuity Tory policies. I'd been fooled, a right wing party masqueraring as a left wing one. All that are left are toxic assholes like the one you're talking to.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I'm not reading the replies but you've convinced me. I'm looking for more sci-fi, I just finished some Ballard and, while horrifyingly prophetic, was the psychic equivalent of brutalist architecture. I could do with less of that.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It's true, distinct areas used to be like their own villages. I've watched that variation fade over the years as gentrification imposed corporate homogeneous mush on them all with identical shops and identikit "new london venacular" godawful "luxury flats".

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

If you live in Hackney and don't know Camden really well, then you're living under a rock. You're not serious. I lived in East London for 20 years, you sound like an idiot to me.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

So those ordinary Green party members that vote on these motions are going to have no chance. I don't believe the wording mattered, any such motion would have drawn the same concocted outrage, regardless of what it said. Toe the line, support Israels aggression against its neighbours, or be crushed.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Could the Greens have avoided this? No idea. Members can introduce motions, and members vote on them. Navigating the minefield laid down over years of conflating opposition to Zionism and ethnic cleansing with antisemitism, using it as both a sword and shield, is impossible for skilled politicians.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Should he have done something different? No idea. I guess he could have voted against the motion instead of staying out it. It would have passed anyway, putting him at odds with the majority of the party. It still would have been used as a casus belli to attack him and the Greens.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The songbook is identical now, note perfect; you'd be an idiot not to hear it, where it comes to Zack Polanski. That he's of Jewish faith himself, as were some of the supporters of that motion, makes no difference; they've ejected "The Wrong Sort Of Jew" before, they'll do it again.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The Labour right and British media concocted an antisemitism scandal around Corbyn and his supporters, many of whom were Jews, who were all ejected from the party. It stuck to the extent that even after the plot was gloatingly revealed, it's still used and treated as "true" to this day.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Fair enough, I stand corrected. The overton window sure has drifted on that one.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The Guardian is now a microcosm of Britain itself: a tiny clique of utterly repellent elite class freaks who hate and fear their employees, resorting to ever dirtier tactics to retain their status and clout.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

An authoritarian communist, basically. Someone that held a torch for the USSR. These days it's mostly only seen used by right wing Labour bores to mean "anyone left of center."

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Which is a couple of wards over, but you have to remember how dense London is - it's a short 13 minute journey on the overground, or about half an hour cycling along the canal path. It's not far away at all, walkable in fact.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

There are suggestions there's various bits of jockeying for position going on with the Greens, but then it's the same trash media reporting that.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I'm never getting my poem about owls at this rate.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I don't think that's all at valid unless you included a poem about owls.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I gather most people discover what's going on it politics by looking at tealeaves or reading the stars.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Your "media game" involves belonging to substantially the same political set as media owners. It involves producing opinions and policies that those owners approve of. That's it. It's a really simple game once you understand it.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I think you fundamentally misunderstand who is in control.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

*Gestures at the last 50 years of British Politics* Evidence tends to very much say "yes."

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

But yes, you're right, I can't see a situation where they win an election. Nobody in the media will allow that.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Imagine if it had been Reform, Labour would be paniced and running about like headless chickens. An interesting juxtaposition of narratives. I'd say they just need to keep plugging away at it. Burnham's honeymoon period will run out long before the next election.

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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Unknown to you, very much known in the area. A 13% swing to the Greens in a Labour safe seat where they managed to treble their vote in the middle of an all-media-channels public controversy is an achievement. It remains to be seen if Green members see it that way or not, and what happens next.

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