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Suella Braverman reacts to photo of herself standing on guide dog at Tory party conference
(www.independent.co.uk)
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As a foreign observer, the UK seems to have seen the clown show going on in the “United” States and decided they want in on the ridiculousness. It’s a sad time to be alive.
Exceptionalism. We had the ridiculousness down pat before yous were a country you knob 😂
People really forget that america inherited many of its problems from the europeans who made it.
I’m very obviously talking about since 2015/2016 ya knob.
Hey, that means currently. Reading comprehension is hard.
Are you honestly comparing the governing of today to the past 100 years…?
They are saying that ascribing what's been happening in politics for thousands of years to the copying of those from a country that has existed for all of 20 seconds is exceptionalist.
I’m obviously talking recently. We get it, England is old as fuck.
Compared with the US, a lot more countries than just England are old as fuck, bit of a random one to bring up. But regardless, as the other commenter said: it's still exceptionalism.
E: just saw your other comment. "obviously talking about since 2015/16"... are you 12 or is that all the world history you can recall?
Not random at all. Did you forget what this was about?
No, it's about UK politics. England is one country of several in the UK, hence why it seemed random to only mention it.
Okay be pedantic then. Go away.
....really? You replied to me just to say "Go away?"
I'm starting to think maybe I was right when I asked if you were 12.
And no, it’s not exceptionalism. The US has dominated headlines about being a political shit storm not seen in ages since 2015/2016. I am not American and get equal US/UK news in all my media.
If you guys want the claim being the most fucked up go right ahead and claim it baby. I seriously don’t care, but don’t assign meaning to my words.
"No, it's not about exceptionalism, here's how it's about exceptionalism."
Brilliant.
As usual the difference between the US and UK is that the US clown show is over the top and overstated all-signing-all-dancing slapstick, while the UK clown show is the kind of cringe delivered entirely deadpan that you watch through your fingers because it's too embarrassing to watch any other way, and that we will nervously laugh at the next day while wondering just how badly we'll feel the consequences.
But they both do the job of totally fucking everyone but their donors over.
We aren't going to let you colonials beat us at ridiculousness now.