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All I've seen of it is tweets and video clips on Twitter and it doesn't seem all that right wing to be honest. Of course the inclusion of Farage immediately ruins any credibility it has but it would be nice to have a truly independent alternative media in this country.
Channel 4 is that, isn't it?
 

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Channel 4 is that, isn't it?

Yep, that's the only viable alternative to the rest of the Tory run / backed news outlets.

And the Tories are trying to put a noose around them too

:nope:
 

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Yes but it's closer to the centre than GB News
I'll have to take your word for it, I haven't seen Channel 4 news in a long time and all I've seen of GB News is what they tweet out.
 

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Yeah I suppose so, but they do tend to lean left and indulge the wokies.
I think the problem here is that the country (and the shouty press) has leaned so far to the right that anything middle ground appears 'left' or 'woke'.
 

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I think the problem here is that the country (and the shouty press) has leaned so far to the right that anything middle ground appears 'left' or 'woke'.
I think we've had to suffer Boris (and Trump in the US) at least partly because of people being turned off by wokeness.
 

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I think we've had to suffer Boris (and Trump in the US) at least partly because of people being turned off by wokeness.
But with 'woke' being such a subjective term (other than in it's originally defined meaning) it can mean anything to anyone, a nice easy umbrella term for the right wing press (and many Tory politicians) to pigeonhole anything remotely liberal.
 

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But with 'woke' being such a subjective term (other than in it's originally defined meaning) it can mean anything to anyone, a nice easy umbrella term for the right wing press (and many Tory politicians) to pigeonhole anything remotely liberal.
Well as far as I know there's no other handy term to describe people who get triggered by 'cultural appropriation' or try to cancel comedians for telling jokes.
 

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Well as far as I know there's no other handy term to describe people who get triggered by 'cultural appropriation' or try to cancel comedians for telling jokes.
That's the point, that's your version of woke, to someone else it's entirely different.
 

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Well as far as I know there's no other handy term to describe people who get triggered by 'cultural appropriation' or try to cancel comedians for telling jokes.
:sherlock::sherlock: How about soppy c**** ??


EDIT. Difference between nasty offensive and tongue in cheek joke...
 

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:sherlock::sherlock: How about soppy c**** ??


EDIT. Difference between nasty offensive and tongue in cheek joke...
It literally doesn't matter what term you use, they will get offended by it and try to get you to stop using it.

There is some irony on woke people being so woke that even the word woke offends them.
 

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It literally doesn't matter what term you use, they will get offended by it and try to get you to stop using it.

There is some irony on woke people being so woke that even the word woke offends them.
So let them be offended.

Meanwhile carry on as you see fit.

That way they may realise that they’ve got every right to be offended but it doesn’t mean they can force their views on everyone else.

As I’ve said before , the real blame lies with the people that pander to the vocal minority.
 

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Well as far as I know there's no other handy term to describe people who get triggered by 'cultural appropriation' or try to cancel comedians for telling jokes.
Going by that definition, couldn't you describe Colin Brazier being a bit woke in the video you posted above?
 

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Going by that definition, couldn't you describe Colin Brazier being a bit woke in the video you posted above?
That he's angry about anti-monarchist billboards? Yeah, maybe. Just happy to see them upset about it tbh :hehe:
 

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I could have guessed The Guardian's take on the matter :hehe:
Thing is, I think we all have our own definitions of what woke means.

First I’d heard of it was it being used in a pejorative way to describe ultra sensitivity.

Now for me, being a bloke of a certain age, I find all this gender stuff a bit hard to get my head around.

I have no issue with people who are gay, I can also understand, to an extent, trans people.

To some people, that would qualify me as being woke.

But what I don’t get is non-binary, and all this “they/them” nonsense you see in twitter handles. I’m sorry, but you’re one person, there’s not two of you, you can be he or she, I don’t care which bit pick one.

Now anyone who gets upset by that, I would consider to be woke.

See what I mean? Actually, I know you know what I mean.
 
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