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Re: Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab

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Post by common_crow »

rbanffy wrote: post #555
common_crow wrote: post #531

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Promoting universal healthcare and proportional taxes isn't dangerous at all. Neither is promoting freedom of speech and healthy laws for small businesses. It get dangerous when either side decides that anything standing in the way (in their opinion) of these ideals are "other", and that the "others" are so evil they are simply inhuman, and must be quashed by all means necessary. This pattern repeats in history many,…

> It get dangerous True. Remember all the lynchings of white people in the South by the BBB, for offenses sometimes as minor as drinking from the wrong water fountain? Or when BLM marched, with torches in hand, chanting "Blood and soil" and "You will not replace us"? There was even a Neonazi woman who was ran over by a BLM activist driving a car. And what about the day when BLM terrorists invaded the Capitol threaten…

Both far left and far right regimes have resulted in chaos, murder, and repression.

If you're skeptical that leftism can cause violence, the wikipedia list of recent far-left terrorism groups may convince you otherwise: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_terrorism

And of course, there's the more classical examples: Maoist struggle sessions, the Red Terror, the Cambodian Killing Fields.

Extremism is dangerous. And it's concerning to me that this has become a debatable point.

Re: Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab

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Post by DanBC »

jariel wrote: post #538
deanCommie wrote: post #512

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I fully agree cancel culture exists, and is taken too far in plenty of circumstances. I also fully believe that it is a term that's abused to the point of losing all meaning - a bit like "fake news" became just "facts inconvenient to me". Everyone facing consequences for their shitty actions - including Donald Trump's impeachment trial is being dubbed "cancel culture" by those facing those consequences. Do I believe…

Ok, yes - except that with Rowling it's 100% cancel culture - and it has to stop, now. Rowling's views are not 'dated' (that's your opinion) - they are thought out, and reasonable. They are controversial, possibly. Of course, nobody has to buy her books. It's a little infantile, but it's fine. I don't. The issue is not 'people not buying her books' - the issue is that people are trying to suppress and silence her, an…

It's ludicrous to suggest that the wealthiest author of the 21st century, who can get articles published in any news outlet of her choice whenever she likes, who could get interviews broadcast on any UK tv channel, is somehow "being silenced".

But let's look at the trans people she hates: where do we hear their voices? We don't.

For a comprehensive debunking of Rowlings bullshit you could try this: https://katymontgomerie.medium.com/why-what-jk-rowling-said-...

Re: Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab

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Post by lawnchair_larry »

profunctor wrote: post #450
eplanit wrote: post #400

The Left is using psychological projection as a technique. They accuse their opponents of doing exactly what they themselves are doing. They'll call you a fascist while they burn books. They'll call you racist while accusing you of "white privilege". Like you say, they'll destroy people's lives, based on racial hatred, while accusing those people of racial hatred. Domestic terrorism.

There is a clear difference between racism and acknowledging white privilege. White privilege simple describes one way in which racism manifests itself. If you can't tell the difference between a KKK member and someone says that people with white names getting called back for job interviews more than people with black names is white privilege then you are willfully ignorant. It is not racist to say that someone benef…

Oddly, it always seems to be the people throwing around terms like “white privilege” who are willfully ignorant. There is no such thing as white privilege.

Re: Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab

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Post by sellyme »

mellosouls wrote: post #317
tptacek wrote: post #114

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That stories from "Newsweek" are routinely submitted here and often voted onto the front page, despite "Newsweek" being essentially an SEO scam.

That we only seem to be reading this terrible story in Newsweek (despite the facts being there to see) suggests then that "SEO scams" are doing a better job than mainstream journalists in some cases.

I suppose that depends on whether you think the job of journalists is to report news, or to generate clicks.

Re: Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab

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Post by rbanffy »

common_crow wrote: post #561
rbanffy wrote: post #555

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It get dangerous True. Remember all the lynchings of white people in the South by the BBB, for offenses sometimes as minor as drinking from the wrong water fountain? Or when BLM marched, with torches in hand, chanting "Blood and soil" and "You will not replace us"? There was even a Neonazi woman who was ran over by a BLM activist driving a car. And what about the day when BLM terrorists invaded the Capitol threaten…

Both far left and far right regimes have resulted in chaos, murder, and repression. If you're skeptical that leftism can cause violence, the wikipedia list of recent far-left terrorism groups may convince you otherwise: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_terrorism And of course, there's the more classical examples: Maoist struggle sessions, the Red Terror, the Cambodian Killing Fields. Extremism is dangerous.…

It's noteworthy that these groups were mostly active in the 20th century as opposition to governments while right-wing extremists have been the government of many countries, including the US until recently.

Re: Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab

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Post by common_crow »

rbanffy wrote: post #565
common_crow wrote: post #561

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Both far left and far right regimes have resulted in chaos, murder, and repression. If you're skeptical that leftism can cause violence, the wikipedia list of recent far-left terrorism groups may convince you otherwise: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_terrorism And of course, there's the more classical examples: Maoist struggle sessions, the Red Terror, the Cambodian Killing Fields. Extremism is dangerous.…

It's noteworthy that these groups were mostly active in the 20th century as opposition to governments while right-wing extremists have been the government of many countries, including the US until recently.

Yes, I agree that it's very noteworthy. These groups generally appear in response to right governments. Which means I suspect we'll see more of them in coming years.

I am all for fighting far-right extremists. I am very against innocent civilians being killed, oppressed, or censored in the process.

Re: Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab

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Post by cmorgan31 »

smaryjerry wrote: post #554
cmorgan31 wrote: post #474

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You're not going to convince many that symbolically property damage across the nation is of the same offense as storming the capitol and beating one of your own to death. The group that stormed the capital was also not ideologically diverse. They were running on a common emotion of hate. Sure, you had hundreds of useful idiots giving the bad actors cover but that's the whole point of being a useful idiot for the left…

Property damage? I mean literally police stations and city halls were attacked across the US and many people did die in the protests, and cops were even killed at random in the name of BLM. Don’t try to stand on the grave of one individual officer in the case who volunteered to protect the building and reports still read his “injuries were unknown” and report it as if it was a murder. Officers die every day around th…

You've lumped about 3 months worth of time into a single response as some kind of single metaphor to a single incident incited by a rally held by several political figures. You want to sit with Fascists and that's okay with me but don't tell me you don't stink mate. Every single person who went to that shit show knew what it was going to be about and anyone so blinded to not see it devolving into violence falls into the useful idiot camp.

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Post by InTheArena »

Natsu wrote: post #140
InTheArena wrote: post #54

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Right now, on /r/opendirectories, there is a dump of videos and pictures from parler that was hacked. Are there racist scumbags on Parler? Yes. Does that justify the disclosure of family pictures, and presumably a lot of NSFW content that is in every social network? Speech is speech. Think about the limits you want carefully. Especially if it starts with the thought that a particular ideological or ethnic group excer…

Wait, didn't Reddit have a policy against publishing "hacked information" just about two months ago?

Let’s just say that Reddit is unequal in their application of rules.

Re: Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab

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Post by smaryjerry »

cmorgan31 wrote: post #567
smaryjerry wrote: post #554

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Property damage? I mean literally police stations and city halls were attacked across the US and many people did die in the protests, and cops were even killed at random in the name of BLM. Don’t try to stand on the grave of one individual officer in the case who volunteered to protect the building and reports still read his “injuries were unknown” and report it as if it was a murder. Officers die every day around th…

You've lumped about 3 months worth of time into a single response as some kind of single metaphor to a single incident incited by a rally held by several political figures. You want to sit with Fascists and that's okay with me but don't tell me you don't stink mate. Every single person who went to that shit show knew what it was going to be about and anyone so blinded to not see it devolving into violence falls into…

Sure that was 3 months of very similar riots. Take any single one of them and it was as violent as the capitol protest. I guess you know exactly what everyone was thinking that went there? Even though the “leader” of the whole thing, Trump, said “be peaceful, don’t give them what they want, be peaceful.” Please tell me how fascism even relates to this conversation? Isn’t asking for election integrity the exact opposite of fascism?
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