I'm fed up of how whenever something bad happens (like racism at a football match) everyone immediately pounces on the government rather than the perpetrators of the misdeed, even when the government had nothing to do with it - the government's condemnation or condolences weren't worded or delivered in the way the grandstanding opposition party leader said they should be, the government needs to pass new laws, the government needs to spend more money, the government is incompetent, the government allowed it to happen, the government's policies caused it to happen; if the government had pumped more money into this or that then it wouldn't have happened, etc. This isn't just the oppostion party or its supporters - this is the general public. And it's over stupid minutiae, much of the time. The media and the opposition just goad the people and everyone screams blue murder at the government like a petulant toddler. 'I want! Give me!'
There's a lot of framing and posturing in the US too - and the UK has pretty much copied it - but in the UK it isn't just an annoying habit; it's the heart of the circus that is the entire political establishment, and the weekly scandals sound absolutely ridiculous sometimes. The press and media feed off the acrimony, the people swallow it along with their soaps and TV dramas, and the politicians just play into their hands.
For example:
Some US Republican states pass laws to prevent voter fraud but that also make it harder to vote.
Biden says it's the biggest attack on US democracy since the Civil War. I find this quite a ridiculously exaggerated thing to say, but essentially, it is true that people who already find it harder to vote, which is maybe disadvantaged people and ethnic minorities who might vote Democrat, would be less likely to vote. Essentially it does indirectly influence turnout in a way that doesn't promote equity.
Compare this to Keir Starmer. Boris Johnson condemned the booing at the football match when the England crowd booed the taking of the knee. He later condemned all racism and issued a rule that people who engage in online racial harrassment of players should be banned from attending games. Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of giving a green light to racism because he didn't include mention explicitly in his statement that it was the booing of the taking of the knee that he condemned, but just said he condemned booing. It's a storm in a teacup.
It's almost as if the people who did the booing aren't even responsible.
What is your opinion on the British?
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I'm fed up of how whenever something bad happens (like racism at a football match) everyone immediately pounces on the government rather than the perpetrators of the misdeed, even when the government had nothing to do with it - the government's condemnation or condolences weren't worded or delivered in the way the grandstanding opposition party leader said they should be, the government needs to pass new laws, the government needs to spend more money, the government is incompetent, the government allowed it to happen, the government's policies caused it to happen; if the government had pumped more money into this or that then it wouldn't have happened, etc. This isn't just the oppostion party or its supporters - this is the general public. And it's over stupid minutiae, much of the time. The media and the opposition just goad the people and everyone screams blue murder at the government like a petulant toddler. 'I want! Give me!'
There's a lot of framing and posturing in the US too - and the UK has pretty much copied it - but in the UK it isn't just an annoying habit; it's the heart of the circus that is the entire political establishment, and the weekly scandals sound absolutely ridiculous sometimes. The press and media feed off the acrimony, the people swallow it along with their soaps and TV dramas, and the politicians just play into their hands.
For example:
Some US Republican states pass laws to prevent voter fraud but that also make it harder to vote.
Biden says it's the biggest attack on US democracy since the Civil War. I find this quite a ridiculously exaggerated thing to say, but essentially, it is true that people who already find it harder to vote, which is maybe disadvantaged people and ethnic minorities who might vote Democrat, would be less likely to vote. Essentially it does indirectly influence turnout in a way that doesn't promote equity.
Compare this to Keir Starmer. Boris Johnson condemned the booing at the football match when the England crowd booed the taking of the knee. He later condemned all racism and issued a rule that people who engage in online racial harrassment of players should be banned from attending games. Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of giving a green light to racism because he didn't include mention explicitly in his statement that it was the booing of the taking of the knee that he condemned, but just said he condemned booing. It's a storm in a teacup.
It's almost as if the people who did the booing aren't even responsible.