SNP Voters Take It More Personally

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Smurf

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Twice more likely to take criticism of their party as personal criticism than voters of the Tories or Labour according to a British Election Survey I was reading on the Coffee House Spectator blog.

Smurf on the Bounce refuses to believe this....
 
Smurf said:
Twice more likely to take criticism of their party as personal criticism than voters of the Tories or Labour according to a British Election Survey I was reading on the Coffee House Spectator blog.

Smurf on the Bounce refuses to believe this....
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is that a good thing or a bad thing or just a thing?

people defend their politics, their beliefs? or people not critical/objective enough?
 
Smurf said:
Twice more likely to take criticism of their party as personal criticism than voters of the Tories or Labour according to a British Election Survey I was reading on the Coffee House Spectator blog.

Smurf on the Bounce refuses to believe this....
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Dub on the bounce refuses to believe that Smurf gives credence to anything written by a gunts fan :Sparkle_Cool:
 
Smurf said:
Twice more likely to take criticism of their party as personal criticism than voters of the Tories or Labour according to a British Election Survey I was reading on the Coffee House Spectator blog.

Smurf on the Bounce refuses to believe this....
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I find it hard to believe versus labour voters. There's certainly a kind of labour voter for whom it is a kind of religious identity - for example, the guardian is full of juvenile horror when a beloved celeb turns out to be other than a labour supporter; something just inconceivable amongst Tories, and nowhere near as strong among nats albeit they can be hostile to those who specifically speak out against independence.

The whole 'shy tory' phenomenon owes a great deal to the intensity of this labour religiosity amongst opinion influencers. It seems implausible to me that independence supporters take things more personally. What is more likely is that independence voters are more consistently engaged right now whereas for every labour ideologue there will be many who are aparthetic.
 
I quite believe this. You'd have thought I'd shagged their ma's & demanded they called me daddy when I had the audacity to say Nicola Sturgeon looked like Wee Jimmy Krankie a few months back.
 
The uncritical adoration of nationalist politicians is certainly remarkable. Mind you most of the historical precedents I can think of are nationalist politicians. Which is not to compare the SNP to them but nationalism in whatever super strength or alcohol free form does seem to put a spell on folk.

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In fairness socialism does to, but usually lacks mass appeal; it attracts radiohead like nerdish devotion to nationalisms one direction knicker throwing
 
emerald green said:
$#@!!!

I was hoping you would get yersel in a state so I could ask you not to take it personally. :giggle:

I would have done it to smurf but I think he's gettingn all jihadi on ANL (anyone not labour).
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Life is too good for that. And it amazes me that I get this Labour thing attached to me on here. I'm hardly banging the Labour drum at every opportunity. Doh - that's cause I'm red Tory! Peace. Make love not war etc.
 
Och smurf, to the theme of the op don't take it so seriously -

You may not really be a goose stepping new labourite, then again;

I may not really be a right wing God botherer, FTJT a muesli nazi, shrink over 100 years old, emerald green a liking / disliking super atheist arbiter of all posts, Henrylb an englischer schweinhund, proclaimer probably doesn't really want man love from Liam and Noel and big g probably doesn't really believe hibs will win every game 3-0
 
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