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It’s definitely unsavory, but absolutely nothing compared to the conflicts of interest under Trump, ironically even in Ukraine. Remember the withheld US money used to blackmail for political dirt?
I remember that one. It's the one where Biden said "well, son of a bitch, he got fired", right? But what does that have to do with Trump?
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You know what is also scary, that most of higher education is also aligned in the same political direction. It's almost as if there is some correlation that comes with education
Are the higher educated from Brazil, Russia, China, Egypt, Japan, Poland, and Algeria also aligned in this same direction? And do you know what happens to the higher educated that don't toe the line? Here's a hint: James Watson's DNA Nobel Prize sells for $4.8m - https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30346903 And here's more than a hint: unless you're publicly committed to this same political direction, 20% of…
So let me get this straight. Facebook has absolute control to limit the spread of a story or news on their platform. Facebook has absolute control to outright block specific content based on an algorithm they control. Facebook can and will editorialize content posted on their platform. Facebook has absolute control over the content that users see. Can someone, anyone, please explain to me why Facebook is not a publis…
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What he’s saying is extremely muddled, I think he’s just ham fisted-ly trying to say “the truth got out there eventually” rather than “our process was as good as a criminal trial and whatever the FBI says constitutes absolute truth until it’s disproven”. I’m really not sure what Facebook should do in this situation, it’s really tricky for them.
What truth got out? This still seems like an enormous effort to prove that Hunter Biden is a dirtbag, which was already proven for years. Like didn't he sleep with his brother's widow and stuff like that? Obviously they want to use the sins of the son to tarnish the father, but if there was actual proof of some sort of wrong-doing, it'd still be the number one story on Fox News every day. So really you just get to co…
Why does that matter if they both wanted to do it?
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It’s definitely unsavory, but absolutely nothing compared to the conflicts of interest under Trump, ironically even in Ukraine. Remember the withheld US money used to blackmail for political dirt?
Whataboutism
The abuse of whataboutism has rendered it nonsense.
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> I picked a random video with Chomsky [1] about the topic and he calls the invasion a criminal act against international law in his first sentence. Noam Chomsky described Russia's invasion of Ukraine as "criminal", by after the face-saving copout there's always a "but". In some interviews, Chomsky states in no uncertain terms that he believes that everyone should just hand over Russia what the regime wants as a form…
None of your points expresses support. It is one option, if you are attacked, you just surrender and probably save a lot of lives. At least immediately, there can of course be other bad things happening down the road. I do not think that I would consider this the best option most of the time, but it is a valid option and maybe even a good one if you value lives over everything else or if the situation is extremely in…
This take is profoundly disingenuous. Russia is targeting civilians and razing Ukrainian cities and settlements, conducting forced deportations, burying civilians in mass graves, all while Russia's talking heads repeatedly claim Ukraine does not have the right to exist.
And here you are, claiming that not offering ay resistance to Russia's assault on Ukraine would magically save people's lives.
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What truth got out? This still seems like an enormous effort to prove that Hunter Biden is a dirtbag, which was already proven for years. Like didn't he sleep with his brother's widow and stuff like that? Obviously they want to use the sins of the son to tarnish the father, but if there was actual proof of some sort of wrong-doing, it'd still be the number one story on Fox News every day. So really you just get to co…
> Like didn't he sleep with his brother's widow and stuff like that? Why does that matter if they both wanted to do it?
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When you're running for president of the US and your son is in an overall shady bed with China and Russia it should matter. If Joe knew, it should at least be fair news, same if he didn't know.
Do we really have to pretend that anyone cares about this any more? Like sorry, but Trump proved that the right wing doesn't give one shit if one of their boys does it. That's why your faux outrage falls on deaf ears now - no one believes that you have any standards.
And Democrats just proved they don't either. So maybe Democrats should take this opportunity to prove they aren't hypocrites instead of acting just like the other side they're criticizing.
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> Can someone, anyone, please explain to me why Facebook is not a publisher? Facebook either disseminates posts from their users and/or links to sites operated by third-parties. Claiming that Facebook is a publisher makes as much sense as claiming hackernews is a publisher.
You seem to be thinking of author, not publisher. Lots of publishers publish material they didn’t write themselves, they’re still publishers when they do that.
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Manufacturing Consent on YouTube: https://youtu.be/EuwmWnphqII
I can highly recommend it. I didn't read the book, because it would take too long, but the film is a masterpiece in my opinion. Can anyone recommend something similar?