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Post by mids on Jul 22, 2024 6:26:26 GMT
What's wrong with being popular?
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Post by moggyonspeed on Jul 22, 2024 9:02:43 GMT
Popular and populism/populist are related, but they are different things.
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Post by mids on Jul 22, 2024 9:35:59 GMT
What's wrong with being sexy?
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Post by Repat Van on Jul 22, 2024 9:40:16 GMT
The smug, self-serving, pious establishment of the patrician Left. QV Brexit. QV the appearance of the word "populist" to describe politics that appeal to the little people, but which aren't acceptable to Guardian readers. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72vjlgl4j8oWhat’s wrong with the word when the definition appears to be exactly what you describe? “ Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more noun noun: populist; plural noun: populists a person, especially a politician, who strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups. "he ran as a populist on an anti-corruption platform" adjective adjective: populist relating to or characteristic of a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups. "party leaders plan to reprise the populist rhetoric that they used in the tax fight" appealing to or aimed at ordinary people. "it seems their efforts in creating a populist movement for chamber music are paying off" |
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Post by Repat Van on Jul 22, 2024 9:40:46 GMT
What's wrong with being sexy? People never take you seriously… |
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Post by mids on Jul 22, 2024 9:46:35 GMT
It's such a fine line between stupid and clever.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jul 22, 2024 10:32:11 GMT
What’s wrong with the word when the definition appears to be exactly what you describe? “ Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more noun noun: populist; plural noun: populists a person, especially a politician, who strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups. "he ran as a populist on an anti-corruption platform" adjective adjective: populist relating to or characteristic of a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups. "party leaders plan to reprise the populist rhetoric that they used in the tax fight" appealing to or aimed at ordinary people. "it seems their efforts in creating a populist movement for chamber music are paying off" I've explained that before. Have a read. |
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Post by moggyonspeed on Jul 22, 2024 12:56:21 GMT
It's such a fine line between stupid and clever. In the same sense, I suspect, that there's a fine line twixt you and baloo. Feel free to argue which is which. |
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Post by Repat Van on Jul 22, 2024 13:35:03 GMT
“Populist” is only sneery if you choose to see it that way.
It’s a fairly neutral term to describe something that “popular” does not quite capture.
It’s weird that some people complain constantly about the “elites” not caring about the concerns of ordinary people….but then also have an issue with a term to describe just that scenario.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jul 22, 2024 13:38:39 GMT
Nah, it has overtones, like "white van man" or "people who eat Richmond sausages" or "people who watched ITV".
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Post by perrykneeham on Jul 22, 2024 13:40:31 GMT
"Has Sky-tv".
Ooh, this fun.
"England fan".
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Post by mids on Jul 22, 2024 13:43:34 GMT
Shops at Asda. It's definitely sneery when used by the BBC or the Guardian.
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Post by flatandy on Jul 22, 2024 13:54:35 GMT
Populist definitely has critical overtones to me. But remember that Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders are also populist. It is definitely about a baser appeal to baser sentiments. It’s not just right wingery. Thatcher was a cunt but not particularly populist. She wasn’t trying simplistic appeals to the poor, whether it’s race baiting or union arguments or trite redistribution.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jul 23, 2024 14:39:19 GMT
Torn on where to put this really: "‘Dark oxygen’ in depths of Pacific Ocean could force rethink about origins of life Charged metallic lumps found to produce oxygen in total darkness in process akin to how plants use photosynthesis" www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/22/dark-oxygen-in-depths-of-pacific-ocean-could-force-rethink-about-origins-of-lifeAt first, I thought this might be an interesting new discovery, but then my skeptical side got the better of me and I started to wonder if there was an anti-harvesting agenda. The appearance of the article in The Guardian only served to reinforce this, as did the sentence "in process akin to how plants use photosynthesis". |
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Post by moggyonspeed on Jul 23, 2024 16:14:36 GMT
"Sharks off Brazil coast test positive for cocaine" : A Great White line perhaps ... ?DuuuhDuh ... DuuuhDuh ... Duhduhduhduh Duhduhduhduh Duhduhduhduh Duhduhduhduh ... "Like, er, hey man ... mind if I, er, take a bite dude?" |
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Post by flatandy on Jul 23, 2024 16:26:03 GMT
I don’t think you’re thinking of cocaine, man. That’s Hashhead shark. Cocaine shark, I fear, is closer to cocaine bear. Angry and overconfident and a bit fighty.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jul 23, 2024 16:27:53 GMT
Whitetip?
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Post by voice on Jul 23, 2024 18:10:06 GMT
Hammered head...
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Post by perrykneeham on Jul 23, 2024 18:30:40 GMT
Smackerel shark, also known as a Cako.
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Post by unclejunior on Jul 23, 2024 18:35:57 GMT
A question for Hunter S Thompson …😊❤️
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