B-B-But the narrative!

11 Replies to “B-B-But the narrative!”

1. Abuse – as defined by whom? Marxists consider polite conversation by conservatives as abuse.

2. I didn’t read the report word for word, but it does appear that the fairly clear chart shows a marked increase in the amount of ‘abuse’ received by conservatives as compared to leftists.

   Deep state hirelings been busy? George Soros petty cash?

   1. Ken, and conservatives, generally, have a higher bar for calling out “abuse” , me thinks the study may just be skewered a little. And as lefties are often snowflakes, good morning could be abusive to them.

      waiting for unDork…5..4..3..2…

      1. To say nothing of, “Here, let me get that door for you.”

3. “Studies” like this are absolute rubbish. The primary failing is that at some point someone has to be in a position to determine what “abuse” actually is. No one is in a position to make that call. No one leaning left. No one leaning right. No one in the middle. It’s a waste of time, energy and likely grant money.

   The fact that there is a study such as this is indicative of how far we’ve gone to giving up our freedom of speech.

4. I suspect “abuse” is actually disagreement.

   1. That is the mantra of the left today to shut up anyone disagreeing with them. Seen almost daily in our universities, the so called bastions of free speech and thought.

5. “As politicians increasingly talk about their reluctance to expose themselves to this abuse and intimidation, we see that there is a very real danger that they may no longer choose to do this work…”

   AND THE CROWD WENT WILD.

6. Those damn Scottish women – they’re just not pulling their weight.

   1. Except for the INCREASE in abuse hurled at them

7. I have this awful habit of speed reading ponderous studies like this looking for the understandable English phrases buried in the gibberish … and even worse … to scroll to the end looking for the bottom line conclusions.

   So what did I find at the end of this most impressive looking study?

   
   Acknowledgments
   This work was partially supported by the European Union un- der grant agreements No. 610829 DecarboNet and 654024 SoBig- Data, the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Coun- cil (grant EP/I004327/1), and by the Nesta-funded Political Futures Tracker project.18

   Oops … NOT the answers the EU were paying-for. I expect these Researchers will never see another EU Grant ever again. Kinda like how it works with Global Warming statistical research