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Friday, January 17. 2020

A response to "How I Learned to Loathe England"

This guy has a funny and pointed response to a Remainer's article. (h/t SDA)


What does it mean to be English? This guy is a good talker. 




Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 12:01 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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Does anybody know the name of the presenter here? He’s very good.
#1 RickinJax on 2020-01-17 13:14 (Reply)
He sure is.
#1.1 Bird Dog on 2020-01-17 14:57 (Reply)
Sargon of Akkad:

https://www.youtube.com/user/SargonofAkkad100/featured


Cheers
#1.2 Russtovich on 2020-01-17 14:57 (Reply)
As a Dutch person myself: beautifully spoken and to the point. Brexit is not about earning a little bit more or less money, it is about autonomy. And let's not forget that the Dutch referendum on the EU constitution in 2005 was a solid rejection of that constitution, which was of course immediately ignored by our political elites. (After two more referenda in which the hoi polloi voted the wrong way the Dutch politicians cancelled the law that enabled referenda.)

Additionally, any Dutch person living in London/the UK for six years should have learned that being outspoken doesn't mean you have to be impolite.
The Dutch are blessed with an extremely high disinterest in hierarchy or authority, which does further increase our tendency to be undiplomatic at all the proper times.
#2 Freddo on 2020-01-17 13:14 (Reply)
"The Dutch politicians cancelled the law that enabled referenda."

It's the same situation in America. The government has completely stopped holding referendums. The people of California voted against Gay marriage in a referendum, but the results of the referendum were overturned by a Judge. We didn't even know that they could do that.

If we had a comprehensive phone directory of our government, then people could call specific bureaucrats directly; to voice their concerns. And if those bureaucrats were unresponsive, then they could be petitioned for removal from office.

So really, Brexit is not just about autonomy, or identity. It's about the fact that government in general has run amok. We have millions of invisible freeloaders in London, and in Washington, that we can't seem to get rid of.
#3 Ron Lieberman on 2020-01-18 10:26 (Reply)

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