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Originally Posted by Brillopad

Oh come on - have you conveniently forgotten the threads about May that got very personal and insulting. Besides politicians are up for criticism. You can't stop people criticising any politician unless you want to live in some kind of police state.

As for any comments about his supporters in general I can remember plenty of threads bashing tory supporters and EU leavers. I would have thought that when people start on individuals there is more of a problem.

The threads about May got very personal and insulting indeed. Towards her. As an elected official I can insult her as much as I want, just as you can towards Jeramy Corbyn. The difference is we're talking about blanket and derisive insults towards their supporters, which makes debates hostile and provokes arguments. I'm not going to sit here and pretend I've never partaken in that because that would be disingenuous, but I bet I could count on one hand the number of times that's happened without being provoked first.

Brillo, you regularly open your Corbyn and Labour bashing threads with a disparaging remark along the lines of 'his supporters are naive', 'these young left wingers are deluded and can't see the wood for the trees', etc etc. If you give it out, expect it back, you aren't making those comments without wanting a reaction.

Just to be clear, the reason this particular discussion began with Cherie was because she attempted to make out you never insult anyone without being provoked. I wanted to challenge that.