Secret Chief
Degrow!
Soon to be irrelevant, Sunak will be gone as soon as the tories lose the general election. Being married to a billionaire heiress will soften the blow.
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UK PM Rishi Sunak: "A man is a man, and a woman is a woman, that's just common sense"
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Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
He has struck me as remarkably unremarkable. BoJo was at least good for some jokes, inlcuding how his nickname sounds like a slang term for oral sex, lol.
Secret Chief
Degrow!
RestlessSoul
Well-Known Member
The UK Conservative Party has been in power for thirteen years. Public services are underfunded, the economy is moribund, the housing market is broken, and while a very few very wealthy people are better off, the rest of us are all experiencing varying levels of economic pain. If the polls are to be believed, Sunak's government is due to drubbing in next year's general election. This culture war nonsense is literally all they have left; expect the appeal to prejudice and demonising of minorities to ramp up, in the name of the War on Woke. If the British people don't sling these unscrupulous spivs and liars into the bin via the ballot box, I officially give up on my country.
exchemist
Veteran Member
This is exactly the sort of thing I think is an utter waste of time to discuss.
So far it seems like the responses have been that what Sunak said is transphobic. Is that a fair summary?
So what I genuinely want to understand is why anyone here thinks what he said is transphobic. Is anyone will to explain that? To be fair, I might well have questions about your explanations, I'm hoping to have an actual conversation and dig into why Sunak's comments are viewed as transphobic.
thanks!
So what I genuinely want to understand is why anyone here thinks what he said is transphobic. Is anyone will to explain that? To be fair, I might well have questions about your explanations, I'm hoping to have an actual conversation and dig into why Sunak's comments are viewed as transphobic.
thanks!
What are Mr. Sunak's credetials that any of us should pay attention to his take on this complex and difficult issue?
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Promise nit to keep asking hiw counterpoints are relevant and to start using a dictionary rather than asking what so many words mean?
I take it you disagree with Sunak? Can you explain your thinking?
Secret Chief
Degrow!
Could you be more disingenuous?
In what way(s) have I been disingenuous?
Secret Chief
Degrow!
You're just looking for another way to grind your axe. Obvious to everyone but (apparently) yourself.
You at least grasp that his comments are related to trans political controversies, yes? He said what he said for a political reason. You know this, right?
Because neither Sunak, nor (I think) the majority of us is qualified to actually discuss the issue as the medical and/or psychological issue that it is.
Little Dragon
Well-Known Member
That's what I was going to say. Noice.
He is just dog whistling.
Little Dragon
Well-Known Member
Hear hear, well said. Spot on.
I did not say that at all! I asked what are his credentials, that would make it worth my while to listen to his opinion. As a matter of fact, what are my credentials? I'll tell you -- none. And in that case, why would you be interested in my opinion, either?
Tough topic. No matter what side of the issue you take, you will lose. I gave a thumbs up for your guts to even bring it up.
My position will always be grounded to 'life' and the living process intending to continue living.
RestlessSoul
Well-Known Member
I don’t know if you’re being disingenuous. I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt, but I won’t extend that to Rishi Sunak. I doubt he has much in the way of an informed opinion on trans issues, nor any strong feelings of his own either way. Most people don’t btw, most people are worried about paying their bills; but it’s not informed opinion he’s appealing to - it’s prejudice, plain and simple. In case you weren’t aware, his government (which has quite a few sons and daughters of immigrants among it’s number) has also ramped up the rhetoric about immigration; we hear endless talk about an ‘invasion’ of refugees. This is dog whistle politics, real nasty gutter scraping stuff.
