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{{A|work|}}{{D|Ally|/ˈalʌɪ/|n}} | {{A|work|{{image|Allied Powers Flag|svg|WW2 allies: Britain, America, pre-communist China, Soviet Union and Free France.}}}}{{D|Ally|/ˈalʌɪ/|n}} | ||
''Politics'': Of a state, playground faction, fashionable political cause or marginalised constituency or [[community]], to formally cooperate with another such [[community]] of which you are not a part for a military or other purpose. | ''Politics'': Of a state, playground faction, fashionable political cause or marginalised constituency or [[community]], to formally cooperate with another such [[community]] of which you are not a part for a military or other purpose. | ||
We are frequently invited these days to [[Virtue signalling|declare]] ourselves “allies”. But to “'''ally'''” is to take sides, which it to accept the premise that there is a side to take — that there is some kind of ''war'' going on. | We are frequently invited these days to [[Virtue signalling|declare]] ourselves “allies”. But to “'''ally'''” is to take sides, which it to accept the premise that ''there is a side to take'' — that is, that there is some kind of ''war'' going on. | ||
The [[JC]] has a hard time accepting this premise — at any rate, not between the factions he is usually invited to suppose are at war, especially since he seems, by accident of birth — or, cough, arbitrary gynaecological identification — to have been lumped in with the one most of them feel they are at war against, so ''if'' there ''is'' a war (and let’s say it again: there doesn’t ''seem'' to be) then declaring oneself an ally for the opposition doesn’t seem an awfully smart move. Does it not make one a traitor? | The [[JC]] has a hard time accepting this premise — at any rate, not between the factions he is usually invited to suppose are at war, especially since he seems, by accident of birth — or, cough, arbitrary gynaecological identification — to have been lumped in with the one most of them feel they are at war against, so ''if'' there ''is'' a war (and let’s say it again: there doesn’t ''seem'' to be) then declaring oneself an ally for the opposition doesn’t seem an awfully smart move. Does it not make one a traitor? | ||
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