>Yes, and the wishes of all parents together != the wishes of the UK government

This legislation has widespread support among British parents across the political spectrum[1]

"As YouGov has shown previously, such a policy would be widely popular with the general public. In our latest survey, looking more specifically at the views of parents, we find that 77% of those with children under the age of 18 would support a ban, compared to only 14% who are opposed.[...] Likewise, 76% of parents think the government needs to kick up their activity on this issue, although a much lower rate of 43% think they need to be doing “much more”."

I don't even have any idea what the last paragraph, other than being some generic twitter rant has to do with the topic of the thread

[1]https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/54969-eight-in-ten-parents...

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joe_mamba a day ago | parent [-]

>This legislation has widespread support among British parents across the political spectrum[1]

Because parents like most voters, are incredibly stupid, and just want to delegate accountability of their kids to the state, not that they actually understand the repercussions of what they're supporting. Same with brexit. Voters want a scapegoat on why their kids are stupid(er), and the government is happy to offer a monkey paw.

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inigyou 21 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Ah, yes. Whenever a policy that you personally dislike is widely supported, it's because all its supporters are incredibly stupid, because you are always right.

	▲	joe_mamba 21 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's not just because I am right and they're wrong in this case, it's because as the saying goes, "The Best Argument Against Democracy' Is 5-Minute Conversation with Average Voter". And British voters have proven that several times over that they're not good at making decisions which is why their country has been in decline. Again, see their Brexit choice as proof. But sure, you go and personally attack me with no arguments as if that means anything.

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Barrin92 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm sorry to tell you this but you'll have to decide between "The British government is doing terrible things that does not represent the British people" or "people are extremely stupid, democracy is terrible and we must in fact make decisions for them"

You can't actually bring up the first one because you disagree with me and then the second one when you realize you also disagree with the British people. Either you like democracy or you don't, you don't get to decide that based on what route you want to take in an internet argument.