That political discussion with occasional humour thread

The useful part

It all started because I said I thought the bins should be collected on time. Dave, who I went to school with and who now has a Palestinian flag, an EU flag, and a picture of his sourdough starter in his bio, immediately replied: "Typical gammon. I thought, I've been called many things in my 59 years, but never that while eating a slice of toasted Warbles Then I made it worse.

How it works

• Within 30 seconds, three people I'd never met called me a Nazi, a fascist, and literally Hitler.
• One of them had pronouns in its bio and a tote bag that said "Be Kind." By lunchtime I had accidentally become a Nazi for believing:
• Borders should exist Kids shouldn't have TikTok account at 8 And that the council shouldn't charge you £80 to look at a pothole I went down to the local shops to buy milk, terrified someone might hear my...
• I said, "I just think we need a bit of common sense." She gasped like I'd just announced I was building a wall in Salford.
• "One of the RIGHT WING NAZIS." I tried to explain that last time I checked, Nazis were into invading Poland, not into thinking your council tax should actually fix something.

Details worth keeping

I said I wasn't sure men should be in women's boxing. Turns out my jackboots were just my old Skechers. My grandad actually fought the real Nazis and most of his generation.