tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post8694658130777696367..comments2024-03-28T20:14:42.500+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Newsflash, guys: There's no special rule that makes Wings Over Scotland immune from criticismJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-88177102238713218042022-11-12T19:33:17.057+00:002022-11-12T19:33:17.057+00:00I thought the point I was making was clear enough....I thought the point I was making was clear enough. A fundamental part of Campbell Fan Club ideology is that, if Individual A is allegedly more successful than Individual B, any criticism directed by Individual B at Individual A has no legitimacy because it is motivated solely by jealousy and bitter obsessiveness, and is extremely boring to listen to. Which, in a shock twist, must mean that the Campbell Fan Club is bored to tears by Campbell's bitter, jealous and obsessional rants about Ms Sturgeon, and want him to put a sock in it.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-24538064648629956942022-11-12T19:09:09.595+00:002022-11-12T19:09:09.595+00:00Well anonymous I think it is pretty obvious. Sturg...Well anonymous I think it is pretty obvious. Sturgeon is a top SNP politician who has achieved great success for herself and the SNP in terms of winning elections. She has, however, delivered the exact opposite for the independence movement and as a leader for independence is a disaster. She has won the elections by continually making promises about Scottish independence she has no intention of keeping. <br /><br /> If James replies he may think differently. Independence for Scotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335330210460885789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-20239655059269954492022-11-12T18:34:46.916+00:002022-11-12T18:34:46.916+00:00Can I ask you what makes you think Nicola Sturgeon...Can I ask you what makes you think Nicola Sturgeon is 'successful' ? Asking on behalf of the whole of Scotland. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-91183192976135680102022-11-12T17:27:33.437+00:002022-11-12T17:27:33.437+00:00To prove my point I would like to disagree, but I ...To prove my point I would like to disagree, but I actually agree, but would also add that WGD is just as bad as WOS. You would have thought a lot more people would have learned from the slavish devotion to every word uttered by Labour in Scotland for decades. You had a poster called Alex Birnie on SGP who stated he supported Labour for decades and he has now transferred his slavish devotion to the SNP. <br /><br />However, I now feel duty bound to find something to disagree with you - I had absolutely no problem with Campbell calling Wishart a traitor if he did say if he was speaker of the H of Commons he would cast his casting vote against independence. Seems obvious to me that someone contemplating such a situation deserves such a comment. Not seen any evidence showing that this statement of Wisharts was untrue or Pension Pete denying it. Wishart is the poster boy example of what happens to you when you go down to London. Independence for Scotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335330210460885789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-9735149265289431672022-11-12T16:10:46.156+00:002022-11-12T16:10:46.156+00:00People on WGD and people on WOS commonly get very ...People on WGD and people on WOS commonly get very angry at anyone who disagrees with them both sites ban people who disagree with them.<br />This site and talkingupscotland are very much better at discussing differing opinions.<br />I’ve just been on the tax research blog where for saying i believe in free speech i was met with this response “ well if you believe in hate speech you are banned “<br />I responded by saying i believe in free speech within the law I will wait and see what happens.<br />The thing is it’s typical , banning people just narrows the discussion<br />What we need is expansion of the discussion<br />The discussion of Scottish independence is being narrowed all the time and if we want to reverse that we have to create a discussion forum that developed discussion between those in favour of Scottish independence and those against Scottish independence but I fear that all the popular sites have in fact become very tribal.<br />I am not on this site very often but do you get many unionists on here ?<br />You get none on WOS or WGD they’ve all been scared away or banned<br />Banned for holding a view <br />Banned for swearing at someone who swore at them first , allowing people who agree with you to be abusive then banning people who swear back but at the same time disagree with your point of view really is not expanding the discussion <br />This all had to change <br />Perhaps all the people who run the big sites need to have a get together and reach agreement on how to expand discussion and find a way to stop banning people <br />It’s my website and I make the rules is not what Scottish independence discussion needsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-37060472421853130622022-11-12T14:40:32.853+00:002022-11-12T14:40:32.853+00:00Luckily that's not a problem Scot Goes Pop has...Luckily that's not a problem Scot Goes Pop has ever suffered from. I can't think of a single person who just blindly accepts everything I say as gospel. But Wings has a much more hypnotic hold over a significant percentage of his followers. James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-55850198764001623372022-11-12T14:36:06.519+00:002022-11-12T14:36:06.519+00:00It is sad that so many Scottish independence suppo...It is sad that so many Scottish independence supporters cannot maintain some sort of independence of thought. It is silly tribalism that leads people to accept everything a blogger or a politician says and defend to silly levels. That is the situation we find ourselves in. There is not one blogger that I have agreed with EVERYTHING they post. Independence for Scotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335330210460885789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-81325174196844354852022-11-12T01:52:06.763+00:002022-11-12T01:52:06.763+00:00James, you chose the wrong reply to Morag Kerr to ...James, you chose the wrong reply to Morag Kerr to embed. Your best one was:<br /><br /><i>"Get a room." That's my line to you, surely. Can't bear the guy to be criticised? It's love, Morag. It's rather beautiful in its own way.</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-45383819095046477802022-11-12T00:51:38.738+00:002022-11-12T00:51:38.738+00:00It's hard to disagree. The Twitter pile-on is...It's hard to disagree. The Twitter pile-on is still going on several hours later.<br /><br />"Traitor": fine.<br /><br />"Mercifully deceased": fine.<br /><br />"Nine blogposts in eleven days is not a 'closed' website": WHAT AN IMMATURE COMMENT, LEAVE THE POOR MAN ALONE, JAMES.<br /><br />It's either mass hysteria or mass hypnosis, but these people have utterly lost all sense of persepective.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-23788111055425162132022-11-12T00:29:18.851+00:002022-11-12T00:29:18.851+00:00People read lots of things it doesn't mean the...People read lots of things it doesn't mean they agree with the content<br />Stuart Campbell is a narcissist in the exact same mold as Donald Trump, if or when disagreed with, he rages like a petulant child hoping to infect those who read his bile with the same disease of bitterness to take up arms in his defense by attacking those who would dare to oppose him<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-29339532398986182002022-11-11T23:33:51.878+00:002022-11-11T23:33:51.878+00:00Which is a somewhat redundant criticism when he...Which is a somewhat redundant criticism when he's not publishing his either (and when he's the one making the dodgy claims using unreliable stats). As it happens, though, I have revealed my numbers in the past - although I stopped when I realised I had Analytics set up incorrectly and it was only picking up desktop traffic.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-8560939784777099332022-11-11T23:15:40.798+00:002022-11-11T23:15:40.798+00:00"The only way we'd ever know for sure is ..."The only way we'd ever know for sure is if Mr Campbell reveals his own private stats to permit a direct comparison"<br /><br />Comparison with what? I don't think I've ever seen you publish yours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-24835279777970147052022-11-11T23:13:08.874+00:002022-11-11T23:13:08.874+00:00Please keep the block on James, your reasonable an...Please keep the block on James, your reasonable and moderate comments are all to often spoiled by the intolerant language of some.<br />Robust but respectful debate will win the day. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-75511652515087949702022-11-11T23:04:25.393+00:002022-11-11T23:04:25.393+00:00Well said, James.Well said, James.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-33232265219713535732022-11-11T22:52:30.638+00:002022-11-11T22:52:30.638+00:00This. Very much this.This. Very much this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com