Comments by "Cinderball" (@cinderball1135) on "Brexit: Parliament to be suspended after MPs vote on holding election" video.

  1. The problem underpinning Brexit is not, in my opinion, our relationship with Europe. I think the problem is two competing visions for the future of the country. Brexit is just, and always has been, a cover story to obtain British people's consent to sign away their rights and their democracy, back to the elites (such as Johnson, Rees-Mogg and Farage), who for centuries have held power and are now seeing it nibbled away from all sides. Europe is a threat to their inherited right to power, because institutions like the ECHR (European Court of Human Rights) will always serve as a guardrail against the very reactionary policies they'd most like to implement (crackdowns on LGBTQ identities, attacks on reproductive rights, constriction of religious and political freedoms, closing the borders, implementing tougher and more punitive prison measures). Meanwhile, the people of this country are better educated than ever, and the young are more capable than ever of fiercely opposing them at the ballot box. So now, here we are. On the cusp of finally being rid of the aristocracy, the British people are being offered a blank cheque, by the aristocracy. Sign here, they say, and we'll solve all your problems. Just give us all the power, and don't ask too many questions. All we need to do is take away the naughty policemen in Europe who might stop us from running away with the family silver. For the people who continue to support Brexit, I doubt that the strides towards totalitarian government (attacks on the media, shutting down Parliament, branding opposition voices as "traitors") are disturbing. They downright applaud such brazen fascistic steps. In Britain, like in most other countries around the world it would seem, there's between 30-35% of the population who would (even if they are reluctant to admit it) rather like to be governed by a strongman or a dictator. So, what'll it be? Will you sign on the dotted line, and let the Big Man take away all your problems.... and your freedoms? Or will you open your eyes, and oppose Brexit, oppose Trump, oppose the voices of fear and unreason, who would consign our planet and our freedoms to the dustbin of history?
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  2.  Daniel McGrath  The freedom to bear arms? More like the freedom to get shot and brutally killed at a moment's notice for no reason.
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  3.  Daniel McGrath  Oh yes, I positively adore bringing up 11th and 12th century precedents as answers to modern problems! Let's bring back execution by being hung, drawn and quartered! Let's make archery a compulsory activity for every English male over 14! Let's outlaw football! Let's allow men to sell their wives at market! (Yes. These are all things which really happened. You're welcome.)
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  4. ​ Daniel McGrath  The fact that the Bill of Rights was progressive at its time does not make it a useful repository of ideas to solve today's problems. Times have changed drastically, and the "right" to bear arms was created with the intent of having militias upon whom the King could call - and it certainly wasn't written with any anticipation of the existence of modern assault weapons. For an apparent student of history, with such a copious knowledge of the facts, you see very poor on context.
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  5.  Daniel McGrath  I really haven't got time to bother arguing with a far-right race-war apologist like you. There are thousands of more productive things I could do with my day, like licking paint off the walls, or gouging out my own eyes with a blunt pencil. At least that way I guess I wouldn't have to read this drivel. All I can say is that if you feel you could stand a chance against a trained British serviceman in a combat situation, even using the same weapon, then you are sorely mistaken. The only thing accomplished by arming civilians is dead civilians. What you're telling me is an elegantly crafted story, pieced together over decades by various right-wing pundits and ideologues. It's been carefully refined so that it might pass before a layman's eyes as sensible politics. It wouldn't fool anybody who cared to game out the consequences of your nightmarish ideal. And that's all it is. A story. Reality stands mounted against you. And in future, please kindly format your comments so as not to resemble a large mud brick. It's slow to read, and mildly insulting to our intelligence.
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