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what did he do here? rate limited when i replied to you so my response below: >We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to

what did he do here? rate limited when i replied to you so my response below: >We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and with everything they can to score political points from it.” Where is the lie?

bitlax 1y ago
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- ceejayoz 1y ago
  That said…?
  - bitlax 1y ago
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    - roxolotl 1y ago
      How is it possibly out of bounds to suggest that someone might be of a certain politics? Kirk has said horrific things. Many have horrific things about Kirk. What Kimmel said was so incredibly bland.
- tomhow 1y ago
  Please don't call people names or attack people for comments in historical threads. The guidelines apply, no matter how right you are or think you are, and no matter how heated the topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
  - bitlax 1y ago
    I'm sorry, I didn't know that this was a rule and I apologize for breaking it. I do occasionally overstep my bounds but I generally try to go with the flow of traffic around here. In my defense, I linked to a very recent exchange that I had with that exact same person about nearly the same topic. In a normal conversation or debate that would be considered totally appropriate, and I imagine I was caught by an automated rule, since I was immediately throttled. But I understand the reason for the rule and I will attempt not to break it again. Sorry to give you more work and thanks for the site.
seanmcdirmid 1y ago
Not sure what the original text was, but FoxNews keeps trying to play up a tenuous trans angle, which they keep back tracking on. It is weird, creepy, and I really should stop looking at the FoxNews homepage to figure out what the other side is thinking.
- bitlax 1y ago
  What's tenuous about it?
  - seanmcdirmid 1y ago
    Very indirect and circumstantial. “Hey his roommate was trans this must be why!” You can tell that even FoxNews doesn’t believe it since they keep pulling it off the page. Edit, oh they are back at it again: “ Relative reveals why roommate of Kirk's alleged assassin was kicked out of parents’ home”. At least they aren’t mentioning trans anymore but come on, but the comments are still really toxic. See https://www.foxnews.com/us/charlie-kirk-alleged-assassins-roommate-problematic-before-family-kicked-him-out-relative-says https://www.foxnews.com/us/charlie-kirk-alleged-assassins-ro...
    - bitlax 1y ago
      Oh I see you're just a few news cycles back. Just keep hitting refresh.
      - seanmcdirmid 1y ago
        I only sample the FoxNews homepage, they often have a trash top story even when much more important things are going on. It would be interesting to do an actual study by writing some code to scrape and keep track of their top-story (the one that takes the most space on their homepage).
        bitlax 1y ago
        Strange!
soupbowl 1y ago
The kid wasn't 'MAGA' though.

bitlax 1y ago

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ceejayoz 1y ago
That said…?
- bitlax 1y ago
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  - roxolotl 1y ago
    How is it possibly out of bounds to suggest that someone might be of a certain politics? Kirk has said horrific things. Many have horrific things about Kirk. What Kimmel said was so incredibly bland.
tomhow 1y ago
Please don't call people names or attack people for comments in historical threads. The guidelines apply, no matter how right you are or think you are, and no matter how heated the topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
- bitlax 1y ago
  I'm sorry, I didn't know that this was a rule and I apologize for breaking it. I do occasionally overstep my bounds but I generally try to go with the flow of traffic around here. In my defense, I linked to a very recent exchange that I had with that exact same person about nearly the same topic. In a normal conversation or debate that would be considered totally appropriate, and I imagine I was caught by an automated rule, since I was immediately throttled. But I understand the reason for the rule and I will attempt not to break it again. Sorry to give you more work and thanks for the site.

seanmcdirmid 1y ago

Not sure what the original text was, but FoxNews keeps trying to play up a tenuous trans angle, which they keep back tracking on. It is weird, creepy, and I really should stop looking at the FoxNews homepage to figure out what the other side is thinking.

bitlax 1y ago
What's tenuous about it?
- seanmcdirmid 1y ago
  Very indirect and circumstantial. “Hey his roommate was trans this must be why!” You can tell that even FoxNews doesn’t believe it since they keep pulling it off the page. Edit, oh they are back at it again: “ Relative reveals why roommate of Kirk's alleged assassin was kicked out of parents’ home”. At least they aren’t mentioning trans anymore but come on, but the comments are still really toxic. See https://www.foxnews.com/us/charlie-kirk-alleged-assassins-roommate-problematic-before-family-kicked-him-out-relative-says https://www.foxnews.com/us/charlie-kirk-alleged-assassins-ro...
  - bitlax 1y ago
    Oh I see you're just a few news cycles back. Just keep hitting refresh.
    - seanmcdirmid 1y ago
      I only sample the FoxNews homepage, they often have a trash top story even when much more important things are going on. It would be interesting to do an actual study by writing some code to scrape and keep track of their top-story (the one that takes the most space on their homepage).
      - bitlax 1y ago
        Strange!

soupbowl 1y ago

The kid wasn't 'MAGA' though.