The Evil European

Its not just full moons that make people go fucking loony bin ape shit crazy.

While reading a a) very badly research b) badly humoured c) both, article in Engadget (now shit-listed), I came across some very interesting comments. Most related to the GROSS factual errors in the article, but what really got my attention was some of the bizarre ranting that were included in some comments.

Given that the rasion d'etre of this blog is Europe and a European focus, the comments that got my attention were related to Europe and the European Union in particular. The first part of the comments made sense before degenerating into a nonsensical rant against Europe and Europeans (I am guessing the person was European, as in British, but that is an issue for another post). It did not make sense from any perspective.....and this is something I find more and more with people regarding a range of issues.

People seem to confuse democracy, freedom of speech and the right of opinion with being able to say what they want and have it just as 'respected' (if that’s the right word, as anyone else’s comments. This is regardless of the fact that what is being presented is nothing but pure horse shit. If you correct people on the factual information, as in the European Union is not being run by Hitler’s re-animated corpse which seeks to force evil communist-fascist agenda like making all British people drive on the left side of the road or only eat straight bananas, you are being an arrogant snob and elitist liberal blah blah blah.

The degree of ignorance that even well educated people have on the European Union is nearly as shocking as the tripe that spews forth. I tend to spend more time educating people about what is and is not the European Union than actually discussing its merits.

I am sure there is an issue surrounding freedom of speech and the right to talk bollocks. What really worries me is that the bat shit crazy brigade are in the majority and that, in these intellectually lazy days, being popular is the same as being correct.

It aint.


PS trying something different. I have been very bad at posting so I am 'training' myself to blog everyday, and so I am writing these blogs in 15 minutes. No links, back to basics, get it down style!