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31 Jul 15
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Perfectly acceptable in the context of describing large numbers of people. Those criticising him for it are an embarrassment and, it should be said, the only ones comparing anybody to insects.
Here's the Oxford English dictionary's definition of SWARM.
1. a large or dense group of flying insects. "A swarm of locusts." A large number of people or things. "A swarm of journalists"
Synonyms: crowd, multitude, horde, host, mob, gang, throng, stream, mass, body, band, army, troop, legion, flock, herd, pack, drove, sea, array, myriad, pile, knot, cluster, group. "There was the usual swarm of gendarmes rushing around"
1. (of flying insects) move in or form a swarm. "The bees had swarmed and left the hive"
2. move somewhere in large numbers. "Protesters were swarming into the building"
Synonyms: flock, crowd, throng, stream, surge, flood, seethe, pack, crush.
Here's the Oxford English dictionary's definition of SWARM.
1. a large or dense group of flying insects. "A swarm of locusts." A large number of people or things. "A swarm of journalists"
Synonyms: crowd, multitude, horde, host, mob, gang, throng, stream, mass, body, band, army, troop, legion, flock, herd, pack, drove, sea, array, myriad, pile, knot, cluster, group. "There was the usual swarm of gendarmes rushing around"
1. (of flying insects) move in or form a swarm. "The bees had swarmed and left the hive"
2. move somewhere in large numbers. "Protesters were swarming into the building"
Synonyms: flock, crowd, throng, stream, surge, flood, seethe, pack, crush.
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Some Scottish tw@t on Radio 5 this evening from an immigrant protection group saying Cameron was unacceptable and that it dehumanised them. A t0sser of the highest order who would not have been given the time of day 30 years ago when people just got on with life without taking faux offence at everything and banging on about rights.
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Was it one of them pesky women types?
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No, a bloke. All fake indignation on behalf of people who would happily trample him to death to get through the tunnel.
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I wonder how upset & offended the thousands at Calais felt about a British PM using the word swarm?
About as upset & offended as the Bangkok prostitutes felt when the Leicester City footballers 'racially abused' them. This PC brigade really is pathetic.......... and maybe a little dangerous. |
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his mask slipped for a second there? we saw the face of the overlord.
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Upsetting the pc brigade is the decisive and effective action that the country has been crying out for. Nobody can claim that Dave isn't pulling out all the stops in solving this crisis
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The "fuss" was due to a lack of news.
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There seems to be this feeling amongst some people that white British men are responsible for all the worlds problems and that we are reaping the result of the Empire.
This is very insulting to the troubled peoples of the world it suggests that they have little control over their own lives and that their welfare lies in our hands. |