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I've read this 3 times and I still don't understand what you're trying to say.

by andrepd 5y ago

boppo1 5y ago
He's saying Twitter is very left-leaning and censors criticism of progressive tweets.
- andrepd 5y ago
  But isn't this demonstrably false? (Not even to mention that "progressive" in this context seems to mean something very different from the dictionary definition).
  - water8 5y ago
    Just as much as it's demonstrably true.
  - jokethrowaway 5y ago
    Which Twitter are you using? Pick up any conservative YouTube video talking about social media and you'll see plenty of examples. One example that comes to mind is Hunter Biden's laptop (recently confirmed as true, even by left wing publications) being censured vs all the Trump's Russian allegations (which didn't go anywhere) which weren't.
    - SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
      > recently confirmed as true, even by left wing publications Sorry, the existence of said laptop, or all the wild conspiracy theories attached to it? You need to bound in your definition of "true" here a bit.
KarlKemp 5y ago
cockfacts 5y ago
coolso 5y ago
Many of the silliest progressive ideas are being / have been normalized thanks to Big Tech and the establishment doing one or more of three things: 1) actively censoring people who speak out against them 2) preventing discussions from happening in the first place (comments disabled, dislikes hidden) 3) actively promoting the ideal progressive version of the idea to cut down on dissent Take the pronouns thing. Every other Instagram account of a female has her official pronouns (which you may only choose from a list of officially allowed ones so as to cut down on dissent via things like “your majesty / his highness”) set to she/her. I’m sorry but we all know you’re a woman. Why are you putting your pronouns up? The idea is a preposterous one; don’t even get anyone started on the they/them abomination. And yet dissent and mockery of this abject stupidity is largely censored. As a result it’s bleeding out into the real world. I hang in very progressive social circles. Trust me when I tell you, you do not want this reality. Their lives are defined by their progressive causes and perceived slights and micro aggressions. Every introduction “must” involve your pronouns and if you “forget” them they will innocently ask you of them. As a result people are bumbling pronouns all the time, I cannot tell you how many times even the pronoun experts start to say “she” or “he” in casual conversation referring to someone but then panic and stutter and say “they” because they can’t quite remember what pronoun this particular person wants to go by today or if they’re a they/them who despises people who feel like they should be able to speak freely without knowing they’re very, very special and are too special to go by a binary pronoun. Mockery is the best defense against stupidity. Which is why it’s under such a big threat. And it’s why Elon is taking over Twitter.
- akomtu 5y ago
  Some relevant offtopic here. Long time ago I came across a book of occult nature that, among other things, outlined 6 soul types, one of them being a curiously accurate portait of what we call wokeness now: ...individualised by vanity were born into city populations, and life after life they tended to drift together by similarity of tastes and contempt for others, even though their dominating idiosyncrasy of vanity led to much quarrelling and often-repeated ruptures among themselves. Separateness became much intensified, their minds strengthening in an undesirable way, and becoming more and more of a shell, shutting out others. Their emotions, as they repressed animal passions, grew less powerful, for the animal passions were starved out by a hard and cold asceticism, instead of being transmuted into human emotions; sex-passion, for instance, was destroyed instead of being changed into love. The result was that they had less feeling, birth after birth, and physically tended towards sexlessness, and while they developed individualism to a high point, this very development led to constant quarrels and rioting. They formed communities, but these broke up again, because no one would obey; each wanted to rule. Any attempt to help or guide them, on the part of more highly developed people, led to an outburst of jealousy and resentment, it being taken as a plan to manage or belittle them. Pride grew stronger and stronger, and they became cold and calculating, without pity and without remorse.
nonethewiser 5y ago
Then there is nothing anyone can do for you.

I've read this 3 times and I still don't understand what you're trying to say.

boppo1 5y ago

He's saying Twitter is very left-leaning and censors criticism of progressive tweets.

andrepd 5y ago
But isn't this demonstrably false? (Not even to mention that "progressive" in this context seems to mean something very different from the dictionary definition).
- water8 5y ago
  Just as much as it's demonstrably true.
- jokethrowaway 5y ago
  Which Twitter are you using? Pick up any conservative YouTube video talking about social media and you'll see plenty of examples. One example that comes to mind is Hunter Biden's laptop (recently confirmed as true, even by left wing publications) being censured vs all the Trump's Russian allegations (which didn't go anywhere) which weren't.
  - SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
    > recently confirmed as true, even by left wing publications Sorry, the existence of said laptop, or all the wild conspiracy theories attached to it? You need to bound in your definition of "true" here a bit.

KarlKemp 5y ago

cockfacts 5y ago

coolso 5y ago

Many of the silliest progressive ideas are being / have been normalized thanks to Big Tech and the establishment doing one or more of three things: 1) actively censoring people who speak out against them 2) preventing discussions from happening in the first place (comments disabled, dislikes hidden) 3) actively promoting the ideal progressive version of the idea to cut down on dissent Take the pronouns thing. Every other Instagram account of a female has her official pronouns (which you may only choose from a list of officially allowed ones so as to cut down on dissent via things like “your majesty / his highness”) set to she/her. I’m sorry but we all know you’re a woman. Why are you putting your pronouns up? The idea is a preposterous one; don’t even get anyone started on the they/them abomination. And yet dissent and mockery of this abject stupidity is largely censored. As a result it’s bleeding out into the real world. I hang in very progressive social circles. Trust me when I tell you, you do not want this reality. Their lives are defined by their progressive causes and perceived slights and micro aggressions. Every introduction “must” involve your pronouns and if you “forget” them they will innocently ask you of them. As a result people are bumbling pronouns all the time, I cannot tell you how many times even the pronoun experts start to say “she” or “he” in casual conversation referring to someone but then panic and stutter and say “they” because they can’t quite remember what pronoun this particular person wants to go by today or if they’re a they/them who despises people who feel like they should be able to speak freely without knowing they’re very, very special and are too special to go by a binary pronoun. Mockery is the best defense against stupidity. Which is why it’s under such a big threat. And it’s why Elon is taking over Twitter.

akomtu 5y ago
Some relevant offtopic here. Long time ago I came across a book of occult nature that, among other things, outlined 6 soul types, one of them being a curiously accurate portait of what we call wokeness now: ...individualised by vanity were born into city populations, and life after life they tended to drift together by similarity of tastes and contempt for others, even though their dominating idiosyncrasy of vanity led to much quarrelling and often-repeated ruptures among themselves. Separateness became much intensified, their minds strengthening in an undesirable way, and becoming more and more of a shell, shutting out others. Their emotions, as they repressed animal passions, grew less powerful, for the animal passions were starved out by a hard and cold asceticism, instead of being transmuted into human emotions; sex-passion, for instance, was destroyed instead of being changed into love. The result was that they had less feeling, birth after birth, and physically tended towards sexlessness, and while they developed individualism to a high point, this very development led to constant quarrels and rioting. They formed communities, but these broke up again, because no one would obey; each wanted to rule. Any attempt to help or guide them, on the part of more highly developed people, led to an outburst of jealousy and resentment, it being taken as a plan to manage or belittle them. Pride grew stronger and stronger, and they became cold and calculating, without pity and without remorse.

nonethewiser 5y ago

Then there is nothing anyone can do for you.