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    • Mark Beggan on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: ““heroically restrained” Ok Dorothy We’ve heard enough.Jul 23, 13:37
    • Aidan on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Professor Baird may have spent a lot of time on the subject, but that in itself isn’t a validation of…Jul 23, 13:27
    • Aidan on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “@Dan – you’re obviously right, but at the moment there is no place more supportive of this kind of stuff…Jul 23, 13:18
    • Aidan on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Of course we always have the option of scrolling on by, but to ignore the endless tide of incoherent waffle…Jul 23, 13:06
    • Mark Beggan on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “And your going to colonial hell as a punishment for being a gibbering auld dafty.Jul 23, 13:04
    • Dan on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Lorn says: “I want independence, have wanted it from around the age of 11 to now, and I’m no spring…Jul 23, 12:52
    • Northcode on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Alf Baird puts forward a coherent and convincing argument based on sound and methodical academic research. He’s written several papers…Jul 23, 12:51
    • GeoffC on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Aye, some queer thinking around….Jul 23, 12:28
    • Stuart on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “How about readers are freed from the colonialism of Professor Baird colonising this forum with er posts about colonialism? Meanwhile…Jul 23, 12:24
    • Lorn on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Alf: absolutely agree that colonialism is abhorrent, and I also agree that Scotland is certainly treated like a colony. I’m…Jul 23, 11:37
    • Captain Caveman on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “‘… these are all cultural illusions enforced by hateful fascist tendencies and laws, fascism sitting at the root of colonialism…Jul 23, 11:30
    • Chas on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Oh goody. Another link provided by our learned Professor. I wonder who wrote the subject matter in the link. Surprise,…Jul 23, 11:24
    • auld highlander on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “If you are not happy with what Alf has to say the solution is simple, just sling your hook.Jul 23, 11:01
    • Alf Baird on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Correct definitions are very important, as the Rev illustrates. Important then for an oppressed colonized people to know that independence…Jul 23, 11:00
    • Chas on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “It is amazing how the esteemed Professor manages to shoehorn his favourite subject into EVERY thread irrespective of what the…Jul 23, 10:18
    • Alf Baird on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “A colonial and hence dominated society will always be left subject to whatever form of cultural imperialism its external rulers…Jul 23, 09:49
    • Anthem on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Totally agree Twathater. These sickos know exactly what they’ve done, and doing. They are in these positions to serve themselves…Jul 23, 09:01
    • twathater on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “WHY should any of these deviants and perverts get to resign, NHS Fife have been acting unlawfully against the rulings…Jul 23, 03:53
    • Rob on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Its become very obvious that having failed to purge the nurse through suspending her that they are trying all the…Jul 23, 00:14
    • Young Lochinvar on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “MB @8.07 A depressingly accurate assessment I suspect.Jul 22, 20:27
    • Mark Beggan on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Radiohead Creep.Jul 22, 20:17
    • Mark Beggan on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Is it case the Scottish government can’t step into it as they are the cause. It’s their secret cult of…Jul 22, 20:07
    • Milady on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Wait, just when I think I’m keeping up we get “trans*” – what does the * mean?! (Other than I’m…Jul 22, 20:02
    • agent x on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Mark Beggan says: 22 July, 2025 at 7:43 pm Can the UK government step in on this scandalous behaviour? ———————————————–…Jul 22, 20:01
    • Bilbo on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “A song for Dr Upton: https://tinyurl.com/2s4m3vumJul 22, 20:01
    • Mark Beggan on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “The Scottish government are the criminals. It’s our money being spent on insulting us.Jul 22, 19:57
    • Mark Beggan on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Can the UK government step in on this scandalous behaviour? No matter the outcome Dr Upton will have to change…Jul 22, 19:43
    • Anne Johnston on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “For Everything, and that is EVERYTHING, I say ‘Follow the Money’and you’ll find the real criminals behind this enterprise …just…Jul 22, 19:31
    • agent x on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “Yet NHS Fife internal disciplinary procedure has cleared Sandie of all charges/allegations against her. Today she has been accused of…Jul 22, 19:13
    • Bilbo on Everybody’s Normal Nowadays: “I wonder if that is a Freudian slip with the idea that men who have relationships with Trans women thinking…Jul 22, 19:03
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