
Originally Posted by
JamesWales
I'm not sure your example really backs your point up and you didn't seem to take from it the thrust of what I was saying. From the first two pages of the same thread:
"This bunch really are the dregs of society." - Ninian Opinion
"Tosspots" -Sludge
"Tosspots" - Dorcus
"Parasite" - Ninian Opinion
"Pack of miscreants" - Claude Blue
"Duplicitous tosspots - AZ City
Note how common the insults are plural; using one person to damn a group of people. And note how abusive they are, which certainly included calls to resign.
There is no comparison with people's comments on Rachel Reeves, and as I say..if it was a story about a Tory chancellor lying about their role at the Bank of England we would be seeing the exact same language as above