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smokingboot) wrote2016-06-13 10:26 am
smokingboot) wrote2016-06-13 10:26 am
The Unready
I put this up on Twitter;http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/19/10-diktats-from-brussels-that-are-ruining-life-in-britain
Some Brexiters instantly started following my account, and some joyfully retweeted it. Because they hadn't read it.
They don't do irony and they barely read.
Friends of friends, activists and the like, tell me that one educates, one inspires,one encourages. But I think that's somewhat condescending in a place and time where there's information everywhere, and most can read. No, I've been on this planet over half a century now, and I have learned that you cannot convince those who are stout in their stupidity. None so blind... If they want dead bees, deregulated fracking, sewage filled seas, fewer employee rights, animal testing and carcinogenic toys, what is there to be said?
Some Brexiters instantly started following my account, and some joyfully retweeted it. Because they hadn't read it.
They don't do irony and they barely read.
Friends of friends, activists and the like, tell me that one educates, one inspires,one encourages. But I think that's somewhat condescending in a place and time where there's information everywhere, and most can read. No, I've been on this planet over half a century now, and I have learned that you cannot convince those who are stout in their stupidity. None so blind... If they want dead bees, deregulated fracking, sewage filled seas, fewer employee rights, animal testing and carcinogenic toys, what is there to be said?