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To think EVERYONE is thick according to MN? (Election related)

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kinkytoes · 09/05/2026 11:21

Reform voters are thick because they can't say what their policies are.

Green voters are thick because the Green Party is clearly insane.

Voters of moderate parties are thick because why would you want more of the same old bullshit?

Non voters are thick because you should take part in democracy you idiot!

Have I covered everyone?

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kinkytoes · 09/05/2026 18:46

BlakeCarrington · 09/05/2026 11:37

Mental isn’t it. Someone should start a poll “Are you thick?”. It should have a resounding 100% yes vote according to MN.

Or perhaps the poll should be “Is everybody else thick?” Again 100% yes I presume

*could add “as mince” for extra sass.

I'm very much enjoying everyone's input today, thanks all!

And yy to these polls! Someone do it 😂

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kinkytoes · 09/05/2026 18:44

@Sartre

"I don’t think people are thick necessarily, just misinformed and it isn’t always their fault."

I disagree. Even the best informed people will vote one way or another. It still doesn't make them wrong!

I think this take is quite patronising actually and I see it a lot on here.

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UniquePinkSwan · 09/05/2026 17:47

kinkytoes · 09/05/2026 11:29

Seriously I actually wish we could all just stop insulting each other for having different opinions.

That’s far too hard for the Labour voters

SnoopyPajamas · 09/05/2026 17:45

Tableforjoan · 09/05/2026 11:33

Obviously.

If you all don’t vote for the right party you are too stupid and shouldn’t be allowed to vote.

The right party being…

The Thicky McThickety Thick Party, for certified thickos only 😂

You must be at least two planks thick to enter.

Showing any respect for other people's opinions at all will get you the boot, though, so you better not be thick enough to try that

Brainstorm23 · 09/05/2026 16:53

Think how stupid the "average" person is and then remind yourself that half the population are less intelligent than that 😂

Boomer55 · 09/05/2026 16:36

Well, if anyone has to resort to calling others stupid, it’s the last resort of those that can’t construct a reasonable debate.

Best ignored. 🙄

Femalemachinest · 09/05/2026 16:34

kinkytoes · 09/05/2026 11:29

Seriously I actually wish we could all just stop insulting each other for having different opinions.

Agreed. I wrote something on one of the threads about been fed up of people calling others stupid.

Boomer55 · 09/05/2026 16:18

kinkytoes · 09/05/2026 11:21

Reform voters are thick because they can't say what their policies are.

Green voters are thick because the Green Party is clearly insane.

Voters of moderate parties are thick because why would you want more of the same old bullshit?

Non voters are thick because you should take part in democracy you idiot!

Have I covered everyone?

MN doesn't really seem to reflect the common thinking. But, all good fun. 👍

Riapia · 09/05/2026 16:16

Everyone wants democracy, so long as everyone agrees with their point view.

BananagramBadger · 09/05/2026 15:34

The child is currently halfway through doing Citizenship GCSE - as a result he’ll understand more about how parliament works, the rule of law and media bias than a large percentage of the voting adults in the country. I’d think that’d give hope for the future if the teaching of it was more engaging. He has learnt a lot more from revising than he has in two years of classes. If we could just roll that syllabus out as compulsory for all the adults in the UK next…..🤔

Tableforjoan · 09/05/2026 15:15

Newrumpus · 09/05/2026 13:53

It shows a lack of insight and self awareness to conclude that because you don’t understand someone else’s perspective they must be the unintelligent one.

I very much agree here.

Believing your view or opinion is the only right one and that everyone else is wrong or stupid shows a huge lack of intelligence and mere empathy.

If you refuse to even look at others opinions then you refuse to be challenged truely just sitting in your little echo chamber.

namechangedforthisquestion1 · 09/05/2026 15:11

kinkytoes · 09/05/2026 11:29

Seriously I actually wish we could all just stop insulting each other for having different opinions.

I wholeheartedly agree with this, it’s just not constructive at best and very divisive at worst

Newrumpus · 09/05/2026 13:53

It shows a lack of insight and self awareness to conclude that because you don’t understand someone else’s perspective they must be the unintelligent one.

Sartre · 09/05/2026 12:14

Womanofcustard · 09/05/2026 11:46

And to add to previous poster, Theseus, the founder of Greek ‘democracy’, started out by killing those who didn’t agree with him!
I now lean towards the Swiss system - referendums on anything contentious and no ‘personalities’, just people who do the job they are paid for. Now wouldn’t that be nice!

It is but my Swiss student said they vote quite a lot and it gets a bit tedious. I’m not sure British people have the appetite to vote so much, they barely turn up to elections that happen every half a decade so…

I don’t think people are thick necessarily, just misinformed and it isn’t always their fault. Politics should be on the curriculum but sadly like the desecration of the humanities and thus critical thinking, it doesn’t often benefit politicians to have an informed electorate.

Eskarina1 · 09/05/2026 12:13

Womanofcustard · 09/05/2026 11:46

And to add to previous poster, Theseus, the founder of Greek ‘democracy’, started out by killing those who didn’t agree with him!
I now lean towards the Swiss system - referendums on anything contentious and no ‘personalities’, just people who do the job they are paid for. Now wouldn’t that be nice!

Ooh that sounds brilliant

BlakeCarrington · 09/05/2026 12:13

😂 Brilliant user name @Error404FucksNotFound

Eskarina1 · 09/05/2026 12:11

Error404FucksNotFound · 09/05/2026 11:28

Well, it's a fact that the world is not full of Einsteins.
Most of us are not that bright. I certainly wish I was more intelligent.

Not all it's cracked up to be. My grandmother's IQ was significantly higher than Einsteins (she was repeatedly tested by psychiatrists) but it did not make her happier, less racist or a safer parent.

Eta she would 100% have voted reform

latetothefisting · 09/05/2026 12:08

If you think of the average person, half the population are stupider than that!

I agree there's no need to call names though. And if you are calling someone names, "thick" isn't exactly the most articulate and verbose way to demonstrate your own superior intellect, is it? At least call them an imbecilic cretin lacking in political acumen if you're going to bother with an insult.

PurpleAxe · 09/05/2026 11:46

It is because everyone thinks they are right, therefore everyone else must be wrong/stupid/thick.

Womanofcustard · 09/05/2026 11:46

And to add to previous poster, Theseus, the founder of Greek ‘democracy’, started out by killing those who didn’t agree with him!
I now lean towards the Swiss system - referendums on anything contentious and no ‘personalities’, just people who do the job they are paid for. Now wouldn’t that be nice!

eyeballer · 09/05/2026 11:45

We are all pretty thick, it’s a problem

TheKeatingFive · 09/05/2026 11:44

kinkytoes · 09/05/2026 11:21

Reform voters are thick because they can't say what their policies are.

Green voters are thick because the Green Party is clearly insane.

Voters of moderate parties are thick because why would you want more of the same old bullshit?

Non voters are thick because you should take part in democracy you idiot!

Have I covered everyone?

What your post clearly shows is how poor all the options are

ProudCat · 09/05/2026 11:40

I don't think we're thick so much as confused.

Democracy comes from the Greek, demos, i.e. the people. The free born men would gather together and discuss politics (also from the Greek, polis, meaning city because they were organised into city states) before voting on policy. So long as you were free (not a slave) and a man, you got to decide.

What baffles people now, given that technology could easily support this system, is that we only get a say once every five years in a first past the post competition that's blatantly unfair. There's no reason on god's earth why we can't have more of a direct say more often. This is why politics is dead and dominated by loons, because everyone knows it's just a wacky performance.

MyAutumnCrow · 09/05/2026 11:38

"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard"

BlakeCarrington · 09/05/2026 11:37

Mental isn’t it. Someone should start a poll “Are you thick?”. It should have a resounding 100% yes vote according to MN.

Or perhaps the poll should be “Is everybody else thick?” Again 100% yes I presume

*could add “as mince” for extra sass.