☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Share Funny Videos, Images, Memes, Quotes and more @lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoBBC edited Jeremy Corbyn to look as though he is wearing a Russian ushanka-hatlemmy.mlimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up159
arrow-up159imageBBC edited Jeremy Corbyn to look as though he is wearing a Russian ushanka-hatlemmy.ml☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Share Funny Videos, Images, Memes, Quotes and more @lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoBecause Newsnight was a show that had a more relaxed, wry perspective on current affairs. People without a sense of humour or an understanding of the history of British political commentary went nuts over it, which was entertaining.
minus-squarepropter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·5 months agoAh, yes, leaning on red scare tactics painting a man as a communist because he wants the rich to pay their fair share in taxes. Very relaxed and wry.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoWas it also painting Tory then-defence secretary Gavin Newsom as a communist when he appeared in the exact same graphic a few weeks previously?
minus-squarepropter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoYeah, probably. Libs love their “horseshoe theory” about communism.
minus-squareLemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·5 months agoDon’t try to tell us you’re laughing with us instead of taking mickey out of us. We already know how your media paints him wholly black.
minus-squareFlyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·5 months agoOh get fucked.
Because Newsnight was a show that had a more relaxed, wry perspective on current affairs. People without a sense of humour or an understanding of the history of British political commentary went nuts over it, which was entertaining.
Ah, yes, leaning on red scare tactics painting a man as a communist because he wants the rich to pay their fair share in taxes. Very relaxed and wry.
Was it also painting Tory then-defence secretary Gavin Newsom as a communist when he appeared in the exact same graphic a few weeks previously?
Yeah, probably. Libs love their “horseshoe theory” about communism.
Don’t try to tell us you’re laughing with us instead of taking mickey out of us. We already know how your media paints him wholly black.
Oh get fucked.
Oh, it was just a joke? Like on TopGear?