Yesterday there was a lot of righteous anger over just one anti-brexit poster from the #PeoplesVoteMarch.
This anger was aimed at just one person.
What had this person done?
They had simply posted a photo, on twitter, of a small sign, on the side of a bus!
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This anger was aimed at just one person.
What had this person done?
They had simply posted a photo, on twitter, of a small sign, on the side of a bus!
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The sign said:
"UK now in so much trouble government appointed Suicide Minister!
Don't top yourself...
Demand a Peoples Vote"
Now OK to some this may seen to be in poor taste.
But did the sign really deserve the ire it got?
Actually I don't think it did for a couple of reasons.
"UK now in so much trouble government appointed Suicide Minister!
Don't top yourself...
Demand a Peoples Vote"
Now OK to some this may seen to be in poor taste.
But did the sign really deserve the ire it got?
Actually I don't think it did for a couple of reasons.
The first is that Jackie Doyle-Price MP was recently appointed (on or around 10/10/18) as the minister for mental health, inequalities and suicide prevention. Now from what I can tell this is a brand new ministerial post. ...
It may have been introduced just because the UK goverment were hosting the first ever global mental health summit. Who knows, but timing wise, well its all a bit convenient especially when the official suicide rate is falling (what do they know?). ...
The second reason is that ... hmmm well it's not a lie. Yes it might make people uncomfortable ... but it is actually true!
Now I suffer from depression so I can appreciate how low people can get and how badly they can think about themselves. ...
Now I suffer from depression so I can appreciate how low people can get and how badly they can think about themselves. ...
I can also see that brexit will have a very negative impact on the nation's mental wellbeing. I can only hope that the people most at risk aren't bottling it up and that they are telling their GPs (so it gets reported up to the Department of Health).
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I personally had no problem with the sign. I had more of a problem with the comments about the sign. Now most of the negative comments came from either leavers who were finger pointing basically saying "look at the nasty remoaners" etc, or (to be blunt) ....
..... Corbyn supporters who were basically throwing their hands in the air saying "look at the nasty remainers".
Now there is a certain amount of hypocrisy going on here. The people who complained are demanding an appology for something that was basically true.
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Now there is a certain amount of hypocrisy going on here. The people who complained are demanding an appology for something that was basically true.
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Where are their demands for an appology for a sign that was on the side of a big red bus that was basically a lie?
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