> Luckey has “liked” many alt-right memes Thought crimes will not be tolerated. Extrapolating 'likes' to mean sympathy with racists (which is what Motherboard's article infers) is disgusting, surely. This culture of witch-hunting people for what they liked on Twitter (which could mean anything from 'I like this' to 'interesting insight' - not that it matters) or who they choose to support is shameful. Believe it or n…
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#13> Luckey has “liked” many alt-right memes Thought crimes will not be tolerated. Extrapolating 'likes' to mean sympathy with racists (which is what Motherboard's article infers) is disgusting, surely. This culture of witch-hunting people for what they liked on Twitter (which could mean anything from 'I like this' to 'interesting insight' - not that it matters) or who they choose to support is shameful. Believe it or n…
Luckey can express/support anything he desires and that's fine for him -- however ignorant his views are. But it's another thing to say we shouldn't call him out on it.
And by calling out, you mean public shaming him for his beliefs. I see it on my FB feed everyday - "look at this idiot Trump supporter". Or from the other side - "these libt_rds actually believe this stuff".
Remember when Viralnova made big bucks making cute cat pics go viral? We don't see them anymore because media outlets have figured that outrage gets more clicks, and the results are so unhealthy for our discourse.
On Twitter right now, a million person witch-hunt is in full swing, calling for the virtual expulsion of a person for beliefs it has been inferred he holds.
No point in letting Luckey explain himself, of course. That would take too long and we're outraged now!
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#14> Luckey has “liked” many alt-right memes Thought crimes will not be tolerated. Extrapolating 'likes' to mean sympathy with racists (which is what Motherboard's article infers) is disgusting, surely. This culture of witch-hunting people for what they liked on Twitter (which could mean anything from 'I like this' to 'interesting insight' - not that it matters) or who they choose to support is shameful. Believe it or n…
Given his association with this Trump group, I think his Twitter likes on alt-right memes are absolutely relevant to the story. You may have a point about witch hunt culture but I do not believe this is the best example. If a news outlet was trying to make a story from his likes alone, then okay, I'd agree.
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#15Oh lord. Why did the term 'shitpost' gain such popularity? Such a nasty dismissive term.
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#16And? I thought the US are the land of the free and brave. The mainstream propaganda has done its job.
Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from criticism. If your political ideology is to be a douche tech brotarian, don't be surprised to receive criticism for it. This guy is literally copying Putin's web brigades/online army. [Why does anything associated with Trump often lead to some relation to something Putin is doing, however, indirect?] This reminds me of "libertarian" Peter Thiel, who backs Trump, whose Palan…
It's the rhetoric that's been put forth in this election to pander to the lowest common denominator, whether we like it or not.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from criticism. If your political ideology is to be a douche tech brotarian, don't be surprised to receive criticism for it. This guy is literally copying Putin's web brigades/online army. [Why does anything associated with Trump often lead to some relation to something Putin is doing, however, indirect?] This reminds me of "libertarian" Peter Thiel, who backs Trump, whose Palan…
> Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from criticism. Criticism, or a media wide "witch hunt" about his weight etc.? Oh, those memes and jokes don't count ? So far I've checked, he's still a legitimate presidential candidate. What the mainstream media doesn't obsess about is the Clinton business, not to mention censoring the whole health issue as a "conspiracy theory". > Why does anything associated with Trump oft…
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Luckey can express/support anything he desires and that's fine for him -- however ignorant his views are. But it's another thing to say we shouldn't call him out on it.
Of course. But call him out for what exactly? That he liked a Tweet? That he supports Trump? And by calling out, you mean public shaming him for his beliefs. I see it on my FB feed everyday - "look at this idiot Trump supporter". Or from the other side - "these libt_rds actually believe this stuff". Remember when Viralnova made big bucks making cute cat pics go viral? We don't see them anymore because media outlets h…
Most of us want to live in a world that says this is not ok.
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#19> Luckey has “liked” many alt-right memes Thought crimes will not be tolerated. Extrapolating 'likes' to mean sympathy with racists (which is what Motherboard's article infers) is disgusting, surely. This culture of witch-hunting people for what they liked on Twitter (which could mean anything from 'I like this' to 'interesting insight' - not that it matters) or who they choose to support is shameful. Believe it or n…
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from criticism. If your political ideology is to be a douche tech brotarian, don't be surprised to receive criticism for it. This guy is literally copying Putin's web brigades/online army. [Why does anything associated with Trump often lead to some relation to something Putin is doing, however, indirect?] This reminds me of "libertarian" Peter Thiel, who backs Trump, whose Palan…
> Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from criticism. Criticism, or a media wide "witch hunt" about his weight etc.? Oh, those memes and jokes don't count ? So far I've checked, he's still a legitimate presidential candidate. What the mainstream media doesn't obsess about is the Clinton business, not to mention censoring the whole health issue as a "conspiracy theory". > Why does anything associated with Trump oft…
1) a bad manager and executive, bully, narcissist 2) apparently has a low attention span and no appetite for work 3) a thin skin that is prone to retaliate 4) a fraud who uses the tactics of a salesman and appeals to the devils of peoples nature, namely: bigotry, xenophobia
You think Trump is an isolationist who will reduce America's empire footprint? In 2000, George Bush, running against Bill Clinton, claimed he would be a President with a "humble" foreign policy, as opposed to Bill Clinton's interventionist ways (referring to Serbia/Bosnia). He would not engage in "nation building" or attempts to spread democracy by force. He appointed Donald Rumsfeld as SecDef, and had Cheney as Vice President. What do you think happened?
Trump has said the following: 1) he wants to outsource the functions of the Presidency, that means foreign policy will be delegated mostly to beltway neo-cons 2) he called for bombing libya 3) he has called for carpet bombing syria, killing the families of terrorists, and doing "a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding" 4) he's talked about using nuclear weapons not as retaliation for a WMD first strike.
You can find ample saber rattling from Trump, and given his past inability to stay the course on any stated policy, and his inability to even run his own businesses without delegating, what on gods green earth makes you think his Presidency would be less aggressive and militaristic than Hillary? It's a complete unknown. Hillary's a known quantity, yes, she is hawkish to a degree, but most US Presidential candidates have been. But it's a predictable quantity.
Trump's level of retaliatory involvement is unknown. If another 9/11 happens, who is going to show more restraint, Hillary or Trump?
The mere fact that the man actively courts openly racist supporters and won't disavow them (even a few days ago, Mike Pence wouldn't disavow David Duke), is bad for the fabric of American society and threatens the rise of neo-nazi politics here, and is enough IMHO to completely disqualify him.
Ergo, any techbro billionaire in SV, who presumably should be smart enough to evaluate these issues, and supports Trump, IMHO, deserts heavy criticism. This is not a normal election between left-wing socialist/progressives/liberal ideology and right-wing/free-market/conservative ideology, and Trump is not the torch bearer of the latter, he's something far worse.