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alabaster_punt

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    Comment #23378303

    > Having the first half of every European news program start with the United States You keep saying this but it's completely false, something you've just pulled out of your ass in …

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    Comment #23360953

    Further to my original comment, as you can see, bringing this up results in your comment being flagged while other users freely go about spreading racist rhetoric. Just a few days …

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    Comment #23358152

    There's a not insignificant far-right presence on this website and many are quite adept at toeing that line between "just asking questions" and "outright stating their position" by…

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    Comment #23311167

    Do you see how absurd it is to present an anti-racist slogan and a racist slogan as equivalent? Your logical contortions require the removal of all context from the discussion. Con…

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    Comment #23305719

    I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and congratulate you on falling for the con.

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    Comment #23305714

    I have to wonder why you're so determined to defend a phrase coined by neo-nazis, used by the Ku Klux Klan and other known white nationalists, and whether or not you have a bias of…

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    Comment #23305456

    One of them was a reaction to a well-evidenced trend of excessive police force against black people. The other one is literally a neo-nazi dog whistle intended to promote the theor…

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    Comment #23305110

    Are you suggesting "It's OK to be white" isn't a dogwhistle?

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    Comment #23263516

    > Has it? I'm not really sure how you came to this conclusion. I explained in the comment you replied to. You seem to be deliberately ignoring that people who are not predisposed t…

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    Comment #23260810

    If you have a specific reason to believe that the model resulted in an incorrect conclusion, feel free to share it, instead of casting aspersions with cryptic nothings.

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    Comment #23260657

    > Which is why it's important that we present the truth right next to it, so people don't have to look elsewhere. This still assumes that people will be willing to watch it. > Well…

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    Comment #23260515

    What's dangerous about it is that it's encouraging people to demand that their government enact policies that will lead to unnecessary deaths. Neil Ferguson's model was not flawed …

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    Comment #23260439

    Sakora is the latter, and the problem with this viewpoint is publishing the truth elsewhere doesn't stop people from absorbing the lies here. Somebody consuming this content is not…

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    Comment #23260164

    Hardly surprising that a video full of dangerous misinformation has been pulled. It would be worth reading about this particular professor on Wikipedia, particularly his support fo…