"I like Abdul who works in the kebab shop and think his wife and kids should be allowed to live in the same country as him" "I don't like seeing kids starving to death or being bombed" "I don't want anyone's kids to get a deadly disease, so they should all be vaccinated".

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NB this is how *politicians working in the electoral system, explicitly trying to get elected to do progressive stuff* should talk and act. Not talking here about activists, lobbyists, people on social media etc. Just the candidates and their speechwriters etc.

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People on here will skeet anything. 'Gen Z loves Cliff Richard' No they don't. That isn’t true.

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Bach *is* arguably the greatest pre-20th century composer, and certainly my favourite, but he's worshipped by a generation of geeks and SF fans slightly older than Musk, for reasons only partially related to that, and he's trying to say to them "I'm one of you! I'm clever too!"

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I remember struggling with the concept of 'Verger' more than that of 'Spiv'.

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