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    Daft Punk

    I quite like it, but broadly agree with this. Pretty shocked by the overreaction of almost my entire Twitter timeline to something that's fundamentally pretty lightweight. And why didn't they get a better singer than Pharrell?
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    Daft Punk

    Say what you will about Zhao though but that was some TOP trolling.
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    mainstreaming of VICE // VICE mainstream

    Co-sign this. And throw in a big LOL at people claiming this is about showing people respect when the default position of one side seems to be accusing others of bigotry or sympathising with racism on flimsy, or even non-existent, evidence.
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    Roiling football blather

    Man for man, it's the weakest by some distance; organisationally, it's been brilliant.
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    mainstreaming of VICE // VICE mainstream

    Why thank you. And best of your luck with your cult-stud identity politics. I'm sure you'll be a campus smash.
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    mainstreaming of VICE // VICE mainstream

    It excludes by implication about 0.00001% (I guess) of the female population for the sake of keeping her writing sharp & pithy. If you feel you can't be part of a left that refuses to butcher good writing for the sake of bogus self-congratulatory inclusivity, that's fine by me - it sounds like...
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    Roiling football blather

    Luis Suarez, he eats when he wants.
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    mainstreaming of VICE // VICE mainstream

    Great, cos nothing works like another bout of infighting and Judean People's Frontism (and yes, there's another caricature for you).
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    mainstreaming of VICE // VICE mainstream

    Understandable, though. The absolute last thing the left in general needs is yet more reasons to play language police, IMO.
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    Dissensible Soccer

    So that's Giroud and we must assume Suarez out for the season. I've fought the good fight, but time to give it up for Allegiant. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TylvUGJIi_w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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    mainstreaming of VICE // VICE mainstream

    Strikes me there's a lot more blindness (and none of that ablist talk here, please ;) ) on the part of those attacking them. For instance, the spat over Suzanne Moore began because she used the term transexual rather than transgender and was called out for transphobia. I'll admit she didn't...
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    mainstreaming of VICE // VICE mainstream

    From what I've seen these "other considerations" mean habitually qualifying every sentence you write with so many sub-clauses and let's-not-forgets while crosschecking with this month's dictionary of the acceptable terms (exhibit A: the blogger who called Caitlin Moran "transphobic" for saying...
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    Richard Dawkins

    Winning friends and influencing people as per...
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    mainstreaming of VICE // VICE mainstream

    You dismissed one feminist writer's piece as "bullshit" while in the same sentence suggesting Zhao has no business criticising other feminists because he, like you, is a man. Do explain how that works.
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    mainstreaming of VICE // VICE mainstream

    So if gender trumps all in this, how come you're dismissing the NS piece, which is also written by a feminist woman?
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    There's no such thing as Margaret Thatcher

    As ever where the super-rich & tax are concerned, ownership is somewhat opaque. But it seems it may not be hers to pass down, so the tax dodge would be her friend's, not hers.
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    Dissensible Soccer

    Gap down to <100. Squeaky bum time. :D
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    There's no such thing as Margaret Thatcher

    Hodges is a bit - OK, a lot - of a knob, but the second piece is just brilliant.
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    There's no such thing as Margaret Thatcher

    Oh that Russell Brand piece in the Guardian is brilliant.
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    There's no such thing as Margaret Thatcher

    That's politics, baby!
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