In the real world however, things are a bit less simplistic. Although you do manage to simplistically state it is fine to discriminate on the basis of social class (actually illegal under equality legislation did you know?).”

Never said all Conservatives were rich. I said the traditional Tory supporter was rich – i.e. the kind that has been mocked in the #ivenevervotedtory posters. Nor did I say all Labour supporters were poor or wear flat caps. I don’t think it’s okay to mock disadvantaged people. You can mock Labour and Labour people, look at all the Darth Mandelson jibes or the “I’ve never voted Tory, but I do like their tax cuts for millionaires” and the Blairs – that was hilarious. I think privileged people make for acceptable targets, whereas to mock the underprivileged is tasteless. And I don’t think I said it was fine to discriminate on the basis of social class. I’m talking about the emotions behind comedy and why mocking the poor leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

@32 “JSlayerUK,

So it’s one rule for the rich and another for the poor is it?

Taking the piss doesn’t go like that, everyone is fair game.

Now’s the era of equal opportunites mockery such as Little Britain, not the black and white Cleese/Barker/Corbett sketch.”

No, it’s the same rule for everybody – check your privilege before making fun of people. This isn’t anything new, I don’t know why people seem so shocked by it. It’s the way it’s always been. Conservatives, traditionally the party of the rich and privileged, cannot mock poor people because it reeks of discrimination. Just like white people telling black jokes makes me uncomfortable, or straight people laughing about gays. Little Britain’s “Daffyd – The Only Gay In The Village” was funny because the writer/actor was gay and we were laughing with him, not at him.

And I’ll tell you something, anyone who genuinely thinks that everyone is fair game? Usually a bit of a knob.

Was different in the eighties under your monetarist ideology.
I think Labour with programmes like Sure start are now at least trying.
Also the pictures of the immigrants at Calais, I know for rabid foaming bigot like yourself taking the piss out of a group of individuals who are victims (economic or political) and who will be there who ever wins the election is a social norm . That is a class act. Take the piss out of Labour . No problems with that but taking the piss out of victims. Well
You are a low life

In addition to pointing out what for me and others on this thread is a fairly obvious differing target for the humour of the Labour/Tory spoofs, I was also aiming at a appropriate level of self-satirisation (“pseudo-intellectual leftie twat etc”) in order to challenge the common misconception (for example, on Dale’s blog) that lefties are in fact unable to have a laugh.

In fact if you follow the wholly self-referential Bob Piper link through, you’ll find a little story I wrote about Iain Dale which even he had a laugh at, this reinforcing my (now totally obscure) point – a point which was in any case totally subsidiary to the main point that Tories are generally nasty buggers.

But as I’ve just had to explain my subsidiary aim, I clearly failed to achieve it. Crap post, really, wasn’t it? Shall we stop now?

Also, I’m at a loss where anyone accused these of being OFFICIAL CONSERVATIVE PARTY WORKINGS (TM ALL RIGHTS RESERVED) but they obviously reflect the views of Conservative voters, just as the others reflect the views of those that don’t like the Tories.

Thanks for explaining in detail, you seem to be saying just because these were made my Tories doesn’t mean this reflects on the Tories, which is clearly nonsense and slightly irrelevant but still by making it clearer and now see the angle with which you like to attack stuff here.

Not quite. He’s saying that these posters are not official Conservative Party posters, but are instead the work of bored online people. As such, it would be ridiculous to assert that they reflected official Conservative policy on anything – any more than the Cameron spoofs represent official Labour policy.

And just because something was written by you on Libcom or anywhere else does not make it true, particularly given that the majority of your postings here are themselves desperate negative thinking (e.g. visiting a place you do not agree with and come only to attack everything).

Thanks for explaining in detail, you seem to be saying just because these were made my Tories doesn’t mean this reflects on the Tories, which is clearly nonsense and slightly irrelevant but still by making it clearer and now see the angle with which you like to attack stuff here.

You seem to struggle with the idea of opinions, you see you have an opinion and I have an opinion and they will not meet anywhere, repeating your opinion does not make it anything other than your opinion. It will not enter the realm of fact, neither will mine.

There is no definitive truth here to be unearthed.

Just because something was written on Libcom does not make it true, particularly given that the majority of postings here are themselves desperate wishful thinking (e.g. the campaign against rod liddle is wishful thinking at its finest).

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“The policy by DC did not feature these posters which are un-official, the announcement included the catch phrase ‘I’ve never voted xy’ but not the hilarious images”

I don’t know what that means.

The posters that the paul is talking about are not official conservative posters, they are mock ups, someone else was claiming that these posters are official conservative election posters or something, just cos a conservative supporter does something doesnt make it indicative of all people who support the conservatives
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Taking the piss / mocking is not the same as complaining / whinging. I saw no mocking in paul’s post just crying that the conservatives were being mean or something, that the posters made by people who are not directly affiliated with the conservative party are a cut and dry demonstration of why the conservatives are not fit to govern.

Perhaps I missed the point of the the original post, was Paul taking the piss out of all the labout twitterers for getting so upset about an unnoffical website taking the piss out of labour? see that makes much more sense.

The one with the shameless character isn’t mocking his poverty – it mocks the fact that Frank is a lazy, shiftless, idle, benefit scrounging, good for nothing, take everything but contribute nothing member of a whole new (small “n”) Labour created class of society. Now Labour’s only remaining supporters in much of their heartlands.

Nothing to do with being poor per se.

Well said. 100% with you there.