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The Turds Who Voted to Sell Out Your Online Privacy Get Their Faces Plastered

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Re: The Turds Who Voted to Sell Out Your Online Privacy Get Their Faces Plastered

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Post by user982 »

andybak wrote: post #18
test1235 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. Immaturity isn't something to strive for, or be proud of. It's something I've seen far too much of in recent years of politics.

I'm British and I think that swearing enriches language when used judiciously. Also - expressing emotion and anger is valuable when the situation calls for it. Personally I would have considered something stronger than 'turd' in this case. Oh. Here's Hitchens saying "Fuck" a lot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO129-RfhVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1fmWVECUI4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB_dgqy6l4k

Hitchens was inexhaustibly eloquent and grandiloquent; his skill at using expletives for emphasis in service to his message reflected his mastery of the language.

Gawker (and all of its puerile clickbait spawn) is no Chris Hitchens.

Re: The Turds Who Voted to Sell Out Your Online Privacy Get Their Faces Plastered

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Post by panzer_wyrm »

Kurtz79 wrote: post #5

Off topic, but such a crass title makes me instantly disinterested in whatever the article has to say, even if I'm likely to agree with its content. Is this really the new normal for websites ?

The american dictionary and willingness to go into profanities changed charmingly in the last year. I have no idea why. Cute!

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Post by smhenderson »

The title from the people who actually did the campaign is a little more morning coffee friendly[1]. If you get as upset as I do every time you see a story like this why not head over and donate today?

[1]https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2017-05-03-crowdfunde...

Re: The Turds Who Voted to Sell Out Your Online Privacy Get Their Faces Plastered

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Post by passiveincomelg »

pharrlax wrote: post #19
ingenuous2 wrote: post #3

I am so conflicted. At my core, I believe everyone, regardless of affiliation or beliefs has a right to online privacy. On the other, man do I freaking wish that one of the big porn sites would put up a billboard with the (private) sexual fetishes of these specific elected officials. Edit: I would wish more for the latter if I thought it would change anything.

You know what would be even better? An electronic billboard, where the private sexual fetishes of 1 random constituent are publicly displayed, next to their name. A new unlucky constituent is randomly chosen and displayed every day. At the bottom, a bold red banner reads, "[REPRESENTATIVE NAME] TOOK $XX,XXX FROM THE CABLE INDUSTRY, THEN VOTED TO LET THIS HAPPEN."

Agreed, except for the text on the banner. It should read "Everyone is weird. Get over it."

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Post by fiiv »

pedalpete wrote: post #4

There are two sides to the 'value' equation here. The telecoms can now sell your data, but that also means that somebody needs to be buying it on the other end. This campaign does a great job of calling out Senators who sold out their voters. I'd like to see us also call out the companies that buy the data from the telecoms. Just because it is legal, doesn't mean it is right. I'm not sure how one would track down who…

You are assuming that this will be easy to find.

The most obvious methods that comes to mind:

Isolate the purchase to some kind of shell company or chain of shell companies. The sale can go through them and end up in my hands.

Also possible that we will see the rise of a data broker, who buys the data and sells it to clients but keeps them anonymous.

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Post by passiveincomelg »

Melk wrote: post #11
pedalpete wrote: post #4

There are two sides to the 'value' equation here. The telecoms can now sell your data, but that also means that somebody needs to be buying it on the other end. This campaign does a great job of calling out Senators who sold out their voters. I'd like to see us also call out the companies that buy the data from the telecoms. Just because it is legal, doesn't mean it is right. I'm not sure how one would track down who…

Politicians are our representatives, not corporations. If you want to shame people for not doing the right thing you would need to become a priest.

It's not about shaming corporations. It's about telling people which companies to boycott.

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Post by psyc »

Kurtz79 wrote: post #5

Off topic, but such a crass title makes me instantly disinterested in whatever the article has to say, even if I'm likely to agree with its content. Is this really the new normal for websites ?

I found it delightful, and would like to see more of it.

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Post by gens »

test1235 wrote: post #9
Kurtz79 wrote: post #5

Off topic, but such a crass title makes me instantly disinterested in whatever the article has to say, even if I'm likely to agree with its content. Is this really the new normal for websites ?

Agreed. Immaturity isn't something to strive for, or be proud of. It's something I've seen far too much of in recent years of politics.

And here i thought that being "mature" is about taking responsibility for your actions, thinking about others instead of only yourself, looking at the bigger picture and maybe even making sacrifices for it, even being the "bigger man" when the situation calls for it. But no, being "mature" is about being politically correct. Fuck that, i'l stay a child kthnxbye.

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Post by skocznymroczny »

ingenuous2 wrote: post #3

I am so conflicted. At my core, I believe everyone, regardless of affiliation or beliefs has a right to online privacy. On the other, man do I freaking wish that one of the big porn sites would put up a billboard with the (private) sexual fetishes of these specific elected officials. Edit: I would wish more for the latter if I thought it would change anything.

That's very sex-negative of you to think of sexual fetishes as something you should be ashamed of and keep hidden from others. Also, the kind of porn you watch doesn't imply what you are attracted to.

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Post by funnyfacts365 »

ingenuous2 wrote: post #3

I am so conflicted. At my core, I believe everyone, regardless of affiliation or beliefs has a right to online privacy. On the other, man do I freaking wish that one of the big porn sites would put up a billboard with the (private) sexual fetishes of these specific elected officials. Edit: I would wish more for the latter if I thought it would change anything.

Maybe just a tag cloud with the all the search terms/tags/categories visited from D.C.
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