Forum thread turns politician into dog-hater icon

A 834-day, 149-reply forum thread mixes questions about a politician and her dog with fights over Madrid, cleanliness, and hate as identity.

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Forum thread turns politician into dog-hater icon

There is a thread that has been open for 834 days and has accumulated 149 replies. Its title says everything and nothing: a public figure attributed an excessive canine hobby, a small forum that turned her into a muse, and a question someone threw out: would you convert to "trinc" for your pizpi? The majority answer, in case anyone had doubts, is no. That we come here to hate, not to love.

The matter starts with a direct challenge to a specific participant, asking if they are a fan of the aforementioned person. Things escalate quickly. Some reply with generic contempt. Others, with specific contempt. And a few, the least, try to inject some analysis into the mud. The result is an involuntary portrait of how people argue today in Spain: shouting, labeling, and with very little shame.

From Madrid politics to the discord dog

The thread begins talking about a specific politician, but after three messages it has already become a fight over Madrid. One participant defends that the capital is an oasis without socialism, having spent the whole afternoon walking from Plaza España to Rosales without seeing a single incident, and that the mix of races doesn't bother them if they behave politely. Another replies that this is smoke, that tranquility will last as long as there is free money via the printer, and that in seven years they can tell him. The discussion about the pizpireta muse has mutated into a lawsuit about public safety, tourism, and cleanliness.

Then the comparison with Barcelona appears. It is said that in Madrid police presence is constant, that there are plainclothes agents downtown, and that the absence of socialism makes the poorest dream of a better life. Against that, another message points out that Madrid is dirtier than ever, that walls smell of urine, and that the heat makes everything worse. The muse, meanwhile, has disappeared from the debate. Her dog too.

Hate as forum identity

One of the most lucid messages in the thread doesn't talk about dogs or Madrid. It says that the average bubble-ist who hates dogs simply hates everything, that they won't convert to anything because their hate is independent of the hated subject. It is primary, essential, pure and simple. The observation has depth: in the same thread coexist contempt for a specific politician, contempt for those living in the capital, contempt for those who don't live there, and contempt for whoever dares to say they live in three houses.

Because that also happens. A participant claims to have property in Madrid and reside in three houses. They are replied that owning a house isn't living there, that in real life they live in a hovel in La Sagra, and that on forums they build movies. He answers that they will never know the truth, that the last thing to tell in a forum is the truth, that everything is adulterated. It is the only phrase in the thread that a philosopher could sign.

Family, dogs, and double standards

The final stretch of the thread recovers the original topic through scandal. Two politicians are compared: one married with children, another single with dogs. And the paradox is pointed out that for years the first was accused of being against family. The argument is simple: if traditional family is the supreme value, why attack those who have it and exalt those who don't? The answer, in the thread, does not arrive. Only more disqualifications arrive.

A participant finishes with a phrase that summarizes the general tone: "The hate of the bubble-ist is independent of the subject of hate." Another sentences that anyone supporting the delusions of the silly woman and not having a golden visa is mentally deficient or frequents a specific club. The pizpireta muse, meanwhile, still hasn't appeared. Nor has her dog. But the thread has been open for 834 days, which means someone, at some point, returns to it.

What remains of all this

What remains is a portrait. A thread that started asking if anyone would convert to trinc for their pizpi and ended up discussing whether Madrid is an oasis or a toilet, whether those living in the capital are privileged or deluded, and whether having three houses is for rich people or trolls. The original muse, that public figure attributed a canine hobby, is the least important. The most important is the confirmation that in Spain people argue about everything except what they claim to be arguing about.

The data that disorients is none of the previous ones. It is that the thread has been open for 834 days. Almost two and a half years. And it is still alive. Someone, at some point, will enter again. And will insult again. And will leave again. That, deep down, is the only thing nobody argues.

Summary of a discussion on Burbuja.info - Foro de economía, actualidad y política., translated from Spanish and reviewed before publication. Read the full discussion (149 replies).

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