Saturday, June 15, 2019

Nicknames and Name Calling.

Isn't it hilarious when we call stupid people by a nickname!

Mrs Thatcher – milk snatcher! Tony Bliar! Mrs Dismay!

Isn't it funny when we hang a huge orange balloon of President Trump wearing a nappy!

Isn't Jo Brand hilarious when she admits to a fantasy of throwing acid in the face of a politician!

Not quite so funny thogh when President Trump calls the Mayor of London, who allowed the balloon to fly, a loser who cannot control knife crime. Not quite so funny when a man compares the Royal Baby to a monkey. That, as everybody knows (except apparently the elderly man who did it) has to be racism.

Nicknames are dangerous – they appeal to our own tribe, but they alienate the other tribes.

And they lower the tone. Like this cartoon:

This excerpt is from a blog which I used to follow regularly:

“This applies in spades to Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, the "compulsive liar", about which the only certainty is that he will lie through his back teeth if there is any advantage to be gained from it.
"Right to the end, "cheater" Johnson is doing his best to rig the contest in his favour, especially as he is still struggling to avoid having to partake in Channel 4's TV debate.
"Brexit: lies, damn lies and politics - That the Telegraph rushes to the turd-giver (Boris Johnson) when he is called out as a liar, tells you all you need to know about the paper."

Now, I do not go near it!