Truss told the rightwing event that the left was “winning the argument” by rebranding “socialism” as “the environment”, “human rights” or “equality” – “but what they mean is they mean divisive identity politics”.

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    3 months ago

    The silent majority argument feels like ‘girlfriend goes to another school’ argument of politics.

    And if a bunch of people were to believe something, but aren’t vocal about it, doesn’t that mean they either don’t care or know it’s wrong to some extent?

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      3 months ago

      legit, I’ve just started slinging that back when they go on about “the public” or “the majority” or other nebulous bullshit.

      you wouldn’t know them. they go to another school

      • eureka
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        2 months ago

        Yeah the public majority all agree. You wouldn’t know them, they live in America.

        (or wherever their troll farms are outsourced to this year)