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c/scotland · by Olap@lemmy.world · 106d

Offord brands Swinney 'arrogant' over plan to exclude Reform from talks

https://news.stv.tv/politics/reform-uk-scotland-leader-malcolm-offord-brands-john-swinney-arrogant-and-petty-over-refusal-to-hold-talks

This one making me laugh! I know who's arrogant, and it's the fash who thinks he's entitled to anything. As an elected representative he gets to sit in a chamber and vote, and if he wants an invite to government talks - he should try denouncing some policies and demonstrating any good faith. Talking with Reform is a waste of everyone's time, why would Swinney bother?

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Skua@kbin.earth · 3 pts · 106d

Maybe shouldn't be such a massive bellend leading a bunch of other bellends then Malcolm

Zombie@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 106d

The anti‐Semite fascist has chosen hate because hate is a faith; at the outset he has chosen to devaluate words and reasons. How entirely at ease he feels as a result. How futile and frivolous discussions about the rights of the Jew immigrants appear to him. He has placed himself on other ground from the beginning. If out of courtesy he consents for a moment to defend his point of view, he lends himself but does not give himself. He tries simply to project his intuitive certainty onto the plane of discourse... ...Never believe that anti‐ Semites fascists are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti‐Semites fascists have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past. It is not that they are afraid of being convinced. They fear only to appear ridiculous or to prejudice by their embarrassment their hope of winning over some third person to their side.

  • Jean-Paul Sartre

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre

Offord knows what he's saying is ridiculous, but now the press will put it to the SNP as if it's a serious question and they must defend the ridiculous with reason. Idiots will then be outraged that of course Reform should have a say despite that not being how government works at all.

bustrouffi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 106d

I agree its "arrogant", "petty" and "undemocratic"....it's also really fucking funny and I support it 200%.