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Originally Posted by Damien
Maybe Corbyn will succeed by offering a genuine difference and benefit from the 'Farage' effect where people believe what he is saying. I doubt it will work though.
His supporters are falling for the same trap they did during the Election. All their friends, Twitter and Facebook love him ergo the whole nation loves him. After all who isn't on Twitter and Facebook talking about politics 24/7?
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Those on the further reaches of the left tend to be absolutely vile online in my experience.
In my experience some are tetchy, middle class, obsessively PC social justice warriors who don't even attempt to engage in reasoned debate but run their spiel about why every viewpoint apart from their own is wrong, then run away to their safe place.
Others are also tetchy and obsessively PC, but add to that the extra charm of throwing hateful bile rather than just running a miniature manifesto at you. Then having thrown that bile will leave with some insult about how a person isn't worth speaking to.
What both have in common is their utter refusal to engage with anyone with a viewpoint that doesn't match their own, a disdain for basic liberties such as freedom of speech, deeming it far less valuable than their own 'right' to not be offended or challenged, and a strong preference for the prevailing group think.
Regrettably this point of view seems rather common in younger generations especially. Previously that's where free thinkers were; now it's where the group think, political correctness and an entitlement to not be challenged are.