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Is Suzanne Moore’s thought maturing?

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On social media the new religion is sharing. Some of that sharing may not be very nice | Suzanne Moore | Comment is free | The Guardian.

Ms Moore is one of my least favourite writers. She is of the militant busybody tendency. To put it politely (and I don't think it ever advances one's cause to be rude) she is generally (although probably a delightful friend and family member in everyday life) the sort of woolly-thinking person who got us into our current mess.

Much about the linked article is vintage Moore, but am I just indulging in pre-holiday optimism when I think I detect some positive development? Have a look and tell me what you think. There should be more joy among us, after all, over one Guardianista repenting than over a thousand of us who always knew the state is not our friend.

4 responses to “Is Suzanne Moore’s thought maturing?”

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    Moggs Tigerpaw

    Oh Tom.. you think that is light at the end of the tunnel? Are you sure it is not a just train coming?
    OK She makes some good points, and we all know the internet is not perfect. Trolls under that bridge you’ll cross when you come to it.
    “We over share and call it freedom” she says.
    I figure once she has had a good think about it she will be able to come up with some sort of regulation, or law, to fix it all to her liking.
    Status and Tweets and pic we post of ourselves, saved forever for the police, social workers and councils to look at whenever they like.
    I don’t think she sees freedom as freedom, regulation will be the new freedom.

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    Tom

    I never seem to be able to cure this damned optimism, do I? For all the 50-something complaining, the fact I keep writing about this stuff gives away my continuing hope. It’s embarrassing and I can only apologise.
    Unlike their hate-driven ideology (class hatred for international socialists, race hatred for national socialists) mine is powered by love for humanity and desire to see us realise our potential as a species. Pathetic, I know.

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    Moggs Tigerpaw

    Don’t worry. Optimism and idealism are fine and dandy, in thir place.
    I figure a decent person needs them to know how things ought to be and aim to get things there.
    Figuring ways how you might be dissapointed or frustrated in that just allows you to avoid the lamp posts, potholes and dead ends along the way.

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  4. Tom Avatar
    Tom

    My daughters once told their mother “Everyone thinks Dad’s a cynic, but he’s really a frustrated idealist.”

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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.

Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.

He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that

“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”

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