To be sick of people on MN using "Tory" as a term of abuse

[carrotsarenottheonlyvegetable]

Example on a recent post, "you are being a little bit Tory". I see a lot of these types of comments - or people saying, "but it's ok, I'm a Labour voter" as if that means they're a good person.

Surely everyone's choice of party to vote for is down to a variety of reasons which are important to them, and doesn't just categorise them as "socialist" or "capitalist". Most people are within shades of grey and may have switched voting from Labour to another party as they've not been happy with the way they've handled things when they were in power as opposed to being cradle to grave Tories, Liberals, etc.

It would be really nice to see some respect of people here with regards to their personal choices and decisions.

[2shoes]

yabu

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Tory

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I do say it to my partner in a Jane Horrocks kind of way whenever he says anything I disagree with.

[lorelilee]

YANBU - always makes me laugh the way many Labour voters see themselves as superior. Completely goes against their espouting 'equality' at every turn!

[carrotsarenottheonlyvegetable]

clearly that's not really what I mean!!!

LOL @ said

[OrmRenewed]

Isn't it a term of abuse then?

[carrotsarenottheonlyvegetable]

(oops X post lore)

[Tiredmumno1]

I always try to see what each party has to offer for my circumstances, now i am a parent its obvious that i would be concentrating on who has the best plans regarding education and children with disabilities etc.

sometimes it just gets a tad confusing to try and foresee who would be better. i wouldnt vote a party just because i voted for them last time, what if views have changed since then

[Jamieandhismagictorch]

I blame Thatcher

[Spidermama]

Come on! Stop being such a Tory.

Actually I would hate to be called a Tory. To me it means self serving, unjust, intolerant and socially divisive.

The Tory government of the 80s blighted my life and wounded this country.

If you don't think of the word 'Tory' as a term of abuse then it isn't. But I put it to you OP that deep down you know that Tories are basically bad and uncaring as I do.

[policywonk]

I just say 'Tory' because I can't be bothered to type out 'Conservative'. I suspect there's just as much anti-Labour abuse, you're just not particularly sensitised to it.

[skihorse]

YANBU - there are arseholes of every political persuasion. To use their affiliation as a form of degredation quite frankly shows a distinct lack of imagination you big-eared fop.

[carrotsarenottheonlyvegetable]

"To me it means self serving, unjust, intolerant and socially divisive."

To me, THIS Labour Party means incompetent, bribing, short sighted, house of cards building idiots. But it doesn't mean that I think someone who chooses to vote Labour is any of those things.

The Tory government of the 80s is not the Tory party we have now, any more than the Labour party of the 80s is the same as the Labour government we have now.

[Attenborough]

"I always try to see what each party has to offer for my circumstances"

What about what they offer for society as a whole? Or is that too left-wing a notion?

[AvadaKedavra]

YANBU. Sick of it.

[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

skihorse

OP - YANBU.

Lorelilee - completely agree, drives me mad.

[tethersend]

Tongue, meet cheek. Cheek, meet tongue.

That should sort it, OP.

[JaneS]

YABU. I don't like tautology either.

[Jamieandhismagictorch]

tether - whose tongue ? Which cheek ? Dirty cow.

[tethersend]

Jamie- mine and yours in any order you like

Add a plastic bag and a satsuma and that's Tory.