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By Liz S
“That is the mindset of many in the media”
There is also a “mindset” sourced from some of the new alternative British media as well, such as some of those who write articles for the Byline Times.
One example of a British mindset being Otto English, who often writes articles for the Byline Times.
Otto posted this on 2 March on BlueSky.
“Majority of Britons do not support UK involvement in Trump and Netanyahu’s attack on Iran. 58% of Reform voters buck trend”
This was based upon a question in a YouGov poll that asked:
“Do you support or oppose military action that the United States has taken against Iran” ?
The results of this poll that Otto English posted on his Blue Sky account included voters from the following political parties:
Reform UK-Tories-Labour-Lib Dem- Green party (England).
The political party whose voters were not included in this poll was those who vote for the SNP.
Scotland is , I believe, is still a part of Britain, yet I doubt this poll was a British wide poll, as it excluded results from voters of the SNP.
However even those supposed liberal minded thinkers, like Otto English, make the exact same mistake of presenting English opinions as being those that they say represents British opinion and so then they refer to as being the opinions of “Britons”.
BTW if you were to highlight this fact to Otto he would very likely present your very valid , as in pertinent, point as being one that was typically petty and so then typically, as expected, one that came from a typical what ?……….(Nasty) Nat.
Sometimes there is indeed more that unites some the so called liberals with those within the right wing faction of their UK or Britain, where they both seem to always see Britain and Brits as being synonymous with England and the English.
They are both seemingly or deliberately blind too this being an inherent prejudice, as they are English , so they fail to understand how offensive and dismissive this kind of behaviour is to people within Scotland.
That’s why the UK, for Scotland, just does not work on any level.
As if there is only one nation that exists within the UK that dominates all of the media, the politics and every other aspect of the UK/British State, then all of the other nations within the UK will then always be disregarded, disrespected, disappointed, disgruntled, dismissed by those from that one dominant nation.
So then , as other nations, they may eventually all be disobedient, disruptive and so at some point they, the other nations, will then want to distance themselves from that one dominant nation within the UK.
That is not the fault of the other nations, but it is clearly the fault of the dominant nation that, so far, has behaved in a way that only seeks to represent that one dominant nation while wilfully ignoring all of the other nations.
That , as a constant, in the future can surely not continue to be maintained.
In Scotland we only need the “mindset” of more people living within Scotland to “change” , to “reform”, to “advance” , to then be “reset” and so then to “restore” embrace and so then enjoy a “new direction” for them, in the future, as citizens within Scotland and also for Scotland itself.
Yes I have indeed included partial UK political party names and partial slogans of UK parties in my last paragraph, done only to demonstrate how easy it is to apply them , as words , that we can use to help others within Scotland envision a better future for Scotland as an independent nation, minus all of those pro UK political parties and their UK party slogans as in:
“Advance” UK – Ben Habib
“Restore” Britain – Rupert Lowe
“Reform” UK – Nigel Farage
“Change”, “Reset” and “New Direction” – Labour HQ and Labour branch office slogans.
Liz S
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I don’t think it is quite far to say what Otto ‘would’ say without asking him. Of course, you may be acquited with his opinions from other exchanges. I am not.
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“I don’t think it is quite far to say what Otto ‘would’ say without asking him. Of course, you may be acquited with his opinions from other exchanges. I am not”
Well , if I may be so bold, is it fair of you to say that I cannot say “what Otto would likely say” in that scenario , if , as you concede , you have not been acquitted with his opinion upon these matters ?
In the past I have indeed read , when he formerly had a Twitter account (before it became ‘X’), how dismissive and critical he was of of nationalist movements in general, including Scottish nationalism.
So I , perhaps wrongly, based my assumption on what his response would possibly be, had he read a comment like mine criticising him for using the term “Brits” in reference to a poll of different political party voters minus voters from the SNP and Plaid Cymru also.
He has frequently criticized populist rhetoric, including the tactics he said were used by supporters of Scottish independence, to claim that they represent the “true” Scotland.
“In a 2020 article for The Guardian, English argued that Scottish nationalism can share similar “delusions” with English nationalism, specifically criticizing the idea that a “true” or, in this context, more benign, form of nationalism exists”.
He is not unique, as a political commentator, in dismissing our cause for independence as a “delusional form of nationalism” and so then ignoring that Scottish independence is a just cause for us to try to gain to finally manage to get away from the UK State, but also, par for the course, in him equating Brits opinions to being those of voters within England, especially as this poll that he referred to has no reference to Plaid Cymru voters in Wales nor SNP voters in Scotland.
However I will , going forward, try to stick to actual quotes and facts in future comments on here , to then try to substantiate any point I am trying , but obviously so far failing (very badly , yet again it seems) to make.
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Liz S
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“In a 2020 article for The Guardian, English argued that Scottish nationalism can share similar “delusions” with English nationalism, specifically criticizing the idea that a “true” or, in this context, more benign, form of nationalism exists”.
Apparently he, English, was referenced in this article on making this above point , as in he was quoted in the article.
Liz S
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Apparently he, English, was referenced in some way in this article on making this above point , as in he was quoted in the article.
Or was he ?
Hmm.
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Liz S
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They’re all brainwashed by the media to conflate British with English and UK/Britain and England. So are we. But in their case it’s their own ruling elite doing the brainwashing. With us it is a foreign colonial elite. Easier to spot.
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