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Hilarious
I mean, what's the take here? Discrimination against people who can't have children? Hatred towards those who won't? Did he only encourage people of a certain race to have children? I remember listening to some interviews/podcasts where he discussed this. I don't have children myself, but I did not detect any malice in his arguments.
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I was not aware of his opinions till yesterday, but I am still not sure how that is fascist, it might be something else but not fascist?
Ahhh, sorry, I was focusing on the rascist side. In the article he supports Tommy Robinson[0], who I think most people in the UK would consider a fascist. He started the EDL (english defense league) which was a more violent extreme version of the BNP (british national party), which the ADL article I just linked describes as "fascist". I only found out about his views the other day too, so can't say I've noticed any a…
The only direct quote from DHH in the article seems to be this, which is quoted as being offensive (?): > “First-world problems” shouldn’t be seen as an insult, but a celebration! Hurraaaay, I have ascended from the daily toils and tribulations of a life in the third world, so my worries may now include slow laundry machines and air conditioning, not starvation or failed states How is this offensive? Seems like a not…
I really had no idea of DHH's politics and I read through the linked posts and, while I don't agree with a bunch of what DHH said, none strike me as excessively extreme. Worth debating? Sure. Worth protesting? Less sure. I will say DHH's post on Trump's return is like reading something from an alternate universe ( https://world.hey.com/dhh/mega-a0f62cd4 ). What optimism was there in Trump's second campaign? Trump pro…
As someone who did enjoy his writing it's quite shocking and really very disappointing.
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Ahhh, sorry, I was focusing on the rascist side. In the article he supports Tommy Robinson[0], who I think most people in the UK would consider a fascist. He started the EDL (english defense league) which was a more violent extreme version of the BNP (british national party), which the ADL article I just linked describes as "fascist". I only found out about his views the other day too, so can't say I've noticed any a…
I am from the UK and know about Tommy Robinson in passing. I read the ADL article and am struggling to see how he is a fascist, he is anti-islam and anti-immigrant but how does that translate to wanting a dictatorial leader, autocracy, forcible suppression etc like Russia?
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Interesting it says knife crime for 23/24 was up 16% for London. I wonder if they only record convictions so the 19% decrease will change as people are convicted. Also West Midlands is that not Biringham etc? Is that not one of the other mostly non-white places in the UK? You could have pointed to number 3 on the list Cleveland being mostly white(95%+ I think) and not being much lower than London.
It's almost like crime isn't that strongly correlated with the ethnic mix of a place! I'm sorry reality doesn't support your racism. Of course, if you don't believe the police data, that page suggests you look at hospital admissions. Again, as I said, London is lovely. You said there was a problem with knife crime. I pointed out that London is lower than a comparable major US city. It's also lower than several areas…
How is what I said racist? I was agreeing with you but saying London being #2 and pointing to #1 is not really proving your point. You should point to #3 to make your point.
> I pointed out that London is lower than a comparable major US city.
Again, you can not compare across countries you don't know the difference in how the data is recorded. For example is a murder not recorded in the USA for every suspious death where as the UK it is for every murder conviction?
> It's also lower than several areas in the UK.
It is #2 on that 23/24 list.
> Come and visit - don't believe the lies being spread.
I lived on London's outskirts for multiple years and have to visit multiple times a year. I wouldn't describe it as great, I dread going everytime.
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I am from the UK and know about Tommy Robinson in passing. I read the ADL article and am struggling to see how he is a fascist, he is anti-islam and anti-immigrant but how does that translate to wanting a dictatorial leader, autocracy, forcible suppression etc like Russia?
So you at least agree he's racist then?
This is unrelated to Ruby and the author is against free speech because he wants to professionaly censor someone because of his work-unrelated opinions. Plus there are perfectly valid reasons to prefer some categories of people over others. It has nothing to do with hate or fascism, it's only natural. I'm a DINK (double-income no kids) and I don't feel the hate of DDH, I only see someone who thinks it's worthwhile to…
Wait, people are complaining about his views on having children now?
His tone is so histrionic. I'm glad the influence of people like this is now somewhat lower than 5 years ago.
I stopped reading at the point he described Basecamp as having imploded. Can we please at least try to be a little more objective in how we use language? You may agree or disagree with what Basecamp, now 37signals, did but the company did not “implode”. Many of their employees - one third - did disagree with what they did and chose to leave. Was their leaving a protest? Well, maybe. But IIRC they were offered very ge…
I wish I can see more summary, state facts mostly (with sources even they might not be reliable but better than just guessing without source)
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I am not a propnent of cencorship or loose labeling as nazi etc. too. Identity politics is unfortunately also part of the left, which allows right wing media to manipulate the gullible by mis-portraying the left with dislikeable stereotypes of LGBTQ/communism/violence etc. > we have enough of this So do i. But what to do about it? Having a clear, open and hopefully constructive conversation about > we need to reduce…
The older leftist path was that taking refugees was the moral thing to do, but taking immigrants to do cheap jobs was not.
In the past the left was saying "the real issue is capital using migration to drive down wages and fragment worker power".
Today nobody is saying that anymore, left or right, because nobody cares about neither refugees nor workers. It's just extremist positions in public discourse. Saying "economic migrant" has become a dog whistle.