Brexit Britain is wallowing in dangerous talk of national humiliation

The Guardian ^ | 14 June 2019 | Fintan O'Toole

[Cronos]

The problem I ser is when a country makes the theme of “national humiliation” predominant. It then pushed them to crazy things like we see with Xi and Taiwan.

[marktwain]

Fakenews by a fake intellect.

Exactly. Straw man arguments about non-existent angst.

[867V309]

Since you agree with George Soros policies, perhaps you could complain to him that we on FR don’t like him.

lots of people here know where I stand and those who don't can easily research my posts.

you're a worthless bot, not worthy of reply.

[Cronos]

Keep yammering like a troll and don’t be surprised if people detect your love for Soros in your posta.

[outofsalt]

This author needs a Thesaurus. “Humiliation” was sounding like, “Russia, Russia, Russia.”

[Godebert]

Nobody is buying into your BS. Give it up.

[867V309]

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[Cronos]

Let me repeat - this isn't BS. This article talks about the theme of "national humiliation" that is increasingly talked about in the British press - both left and right MSM - and this is to a large extent due to the gap between reality and grandeurs of the past

You see the same in France and historically speaking you can read it in Roman writings of Egyptians and Greeks - when one wallows in the past expecting things to be easy because of one's ancestors great deeds instead of realizing the situation you get what happened to President Trump when he recently visited - the 'baby blimp' was a cry of impotence at the ability to influence the USA.

[trebb]

More like a Snowflake Chronicle...but maybe that’s just my bias against Snowflakes in general - I see them everywhere and it ain’t even Winter...

[Lurker]

“There is a strain of superiority complex among many leading leave politicians and newspapers.”

And an even larger one in the Leftist Remainers.

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[Cronos]

That’s also true.

[Fightin Whitey]

think of the War of Jenkins’ Ear in the 18th century

Or the Pursuit of Incontinentia Buttocks near the end of the 20th!

[Lurker]

Watching the entire thing reminds me of this classic bit by Month Python:

https://youtu.be/zGxSM5y7Pfs

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[miss marmelstein]

These people are still whining over “Suez.” I don’t know how many plays I’ve seen from Great Britain (even tv plays) that talk about humiliation over SUEZ. Sometimes they sound like the Arabs who do the humiliation talk well...but of course the Brits are Arabists.

[NFHale]

“... and Nigel clubs himself into fourth place...”

Truly the best comedy show on TV back in the day...

[Lurker]

Indeed it was. Late night on “public” tv back in the day. And it still holds up.

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[Cronos]

Suez was a shocker. It was the first time they realized they had dropped to a second rate power. That realization would be hard for any and all of us

[miss marmelstein]

Or, you could take it as a positive for the USA, Cronos. I do believe you’ve gone native over there.

[Cronos]

It is a positive for the USA.

[FLT-bird]

More of the typical crap from the Yurp socialists at the Manchester Guardian. Theresa May and the rest of the Remoaners in Westminster have inflicted humiliation on the UK by trying to ram through a shameful abject surrender treaty that would be an affront to any sovereign country’s dignity. Fortunately it failed.

Now Britain can get on with retaking it’s national sovereignty from Brussels by simply leaving. Sooner or later, self interest will compel the Yurps to offer a reasonable trade deal with what is after all, a sizable market. Britain just has to have enough self confidence not to back down first.