tbtc
Veteran Member
In a lot of debates, there's someone on "your" side who's so terrible that you wish there wasn't - they present such a bad impression of what "your" side are like that you wish they weren't
For example, whilst I'd be in favour of a number of "pro-animal" things, I find PETA ("People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals") to be so antagonistic/ cringeworthy that I think they do a lot more harm than good (spending a lot more time annoying "opponents" by being provocative to keep their core supporters happy)
I'm pro-EU but find some of the "Remain" campaigners who get represented on the news (Femi Oluwole etc) to almost be designed to play into the "Leavers" view of what they think all "Remainers" are like - it's embarrassing to watch them as representatives
I'm left of centre but found a lot of the Corbynites arguments in favour of left wing policies to be almost designed to trigger Tory voters into getting out and voting Conservative (which is probably why 42.4% of voters backed May and 43.6% backed Johnson - more than had voted Tory in previous elections)
Sometimes on debates here, you'll find a person arguing on the same side as you to be making such a bad job of it that you think they should shut up (oops, maybe I've been that guy...)
So who is there who you find yourself broadly agreeing with on issues but you wish that they'd shut up because they are letting the side down?
For example, whilst I'd be in favour of a number of "pro-animal" things, I find PETA ("People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals") to be so antagonistic/ cringeworthy that I think they do a lot more harm than good (spending a lot more time annoying "opponents" by being provocative to keep their core supporters happy)
I'm pro-EU but find some of the "Remain" campaigners who get represented on the news (Femi Oluwole etc) to almost be designed to play into the "Leavers" view of what they think all "Remainers" are like - it's embarrassing to watch them as representatives
I'm left of centre but found a lot of the Corbynites arguments in favour of left wing policies to be almost designed to trigger Tory voters into getting out and voting Conservative (which is probably why 42.4% of voters backed May and 43.6% backed Johnson - more than had voted Tory in previous elections)
Sometimes on debates here, you'll find a person arguing on the same side as you to be making such a bad job of it that you think they should shut up (oops, maybe I've been that guy...)
So who is there who you find yourself broadly agreeing with on issues but you wish that they'd shut up because they are letting the side down?