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johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 5h

the brass neck of this dude critisising anyone else, rocking his Ozempic Boss Hogg look

johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 5h

most straight couples would be lucky

a man getting to date someone as creative, confident and effortlessly cool as Debbie Harry; a woman getting to date someone as kind, funny and gently empathetic as Kermit

this should be life goals

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johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 6h

its the same strategy being used in the US. govt yells "woke cities are full of crime" no matter what the reality is

that is picked up by the press, who both sides (at best) and suddenly you have military being rushed into cities that did not vote for the president

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johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 2d

If this was some schmuck working in burger king saying this shit, they'd get sectioned

johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 2d

“If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”

i hope other orgs see this and learn; people can do what they want, but they should not be able to buy their way back into society just because they have some money

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johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 2d

there was a joke i heard Mark Lamarr tell a long time ago, paraphrased:

"I came second in the Most Reasonable Man in the World competition.

But I made such a stick, the guy who came 1st gave me the prize"

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johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 3d

opening the pub for an additional 3 hours will not make money magically appear that people can spend

i am sure the next logical step of this is not a "crackdown on anti social behaviour in the early hours" by Starmer and his gang of no nothing idiots

anything but a real answer to the problems

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johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 3d

it helps to understand that the media reporting benefit from it

if we had a proper and impartial media, people like Badenoch would get no airtime

in a time of uncertainty, creating a two-sides narrative makes for clicks

the media would burn the UK to the ground for as much attention as it can get

johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 3d

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johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 3d

because a bunch of people like me feeling good that they put a sticker on a lamp post is not helping them

you have a voice and reach that has been effective many times before. listen to these people, organise *with* them

either be their voice, or get out of the way and let someone else

johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 3d

there are people who are under threat responding to you here, and you are so sunk cost into your idea you are dismissing them

i am not that different from you. white, cis, hetro, middle aged

and i know - listen to those people, understand them

/cont

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johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 3d

imagine in the late 70s, a younger Billy Bragg being told not to organise, not to write and release music, not to give interviews and fund raise

no - here are some stickers saying "Thatcher is Bad". that will do the trick

/cont

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johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 3d

the flag may or may not be irredeemable

that is beside the point

people have been radicalised - they have had their lives made materially worse, and have been fed a litany of bollocks about foreign, gay, trans as the perpetrators

this sticker idea might come from a good place, but useless /cont

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johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 3d

either "young" means something else, or this lot are aging like the finest milk

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johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 3d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 3d

these stories are like if the Untouchables went after Al Capone only to find he'd submitted his taxes properly

"have you considered the story was debunked?"

"well, never the less. have you considered that i don't like him"

<repeat until they find something else to try and get mad about>

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johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 3d

...and the baby looked at me

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johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 3d

these independents? are they in the room with you now?

because anyone who is unwilling to engage because of trangender hills (i did not realise hills had gender) is probably not as independent as you claim

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johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 4d

I understand with "burger" but then I hate the use of the word

Show me the town of "cheeseburg" from whence the meat patty with cheese issued?

Sausage on the other hand, that is stupid. Glamorgan sausage has been a thing for as long as I can remember.

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johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 4d

+1 for Black Shuck

That dog don't give a ....

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johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 4d

At least they let her on the spaceship

Some Fireball Spaceship crews might see a woman onboard as a distraction. Or a bad luck omen

johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 4d

My son asked me why I don't have a girlfriend for so long

I said it's mainly my personality, with a smattering of not being bothered

Articles like this make me feel I am lucky; and if true, so is she. I cannot imagine living a counterfeit life in case my significant other found out I was a human

johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 4d

Making me pay for petrol will kill my delivery industry!

It's almost like the answer is right Infront of him, just obscured by the obscene cash Meta throw at him

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johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 4d

Starmer could show some backbone and deliver his manifesto and leadership pledges

The fact he refuses to demonstrates either he can't or he never meant to

Either way, we are here watching out country be driven further right with every press release

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johnniegoat.bsky.social @johnniegoat.bsky.social · 4d

You are correct

However I didn't notice Labour complaining when this was to their benefit

Levenson 2 was binned, any hope of electoral reform as well

If Labour wanted to fix this they could, they have a huge majority. But they don't. Same as with Blair

The purpose of a system is what it does

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