Thread by @LiveCatAlerts

Reaction to name-calling by making fun of it.....

A thread....

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#stopthecoup #FBPE #Dangerous

By now - the #remain groups should have an agenda to win over the 45+million undecided voters to understanding the strengths of the EU.

Ask you local group what this is - and how you can help with it..... 😀

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When the 23rd June 2016 referendum was written up - the biggest criticism of #remain, was that it was reactive.

It didn't have a policy of its own - but reacted and refuted things that the #Leave group said

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AT this precise moment - the team behind mr Comings - are using the fact that we STILL do this to create things for us to react to.

To use up our time.

To make us feel comfortable and reassured bc we are making silly jokes ... (again)

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So when we *react* to someone calling us Halibuts or Revolutionists - or whatever - we are doing 3 things.

1) We are wasting time we could better put to explaining why we so strongly feel we should stay in the EU

#stopthecoup #FBPE

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2) We are reinforcing those words - so they are not forgotten quickly -but become normalised, ordinary currency used about us.

3) We are sending a message that this situation is not dangerous but safe, charming and funny

#stopthecoup #FBPE

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They are none of those things - and they have been used to make people feel that there is nothing really untoward happening.

So, perhaps spend some time explaining why this is the case, and take EVERYTHING they say and do seriously...

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#stopthecoup #FBPE

Everything they say and do is done with a deliberate purpose - by people who are predicting exactly how the humorists of the #remain movement will react to it.

#StopBrexit #stopthecoup
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We are on the edges of a fascist state here - reinforcing the jibes of the fascists normalises what they are doing

#StopBrexit #stopthecoup

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