loopz

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811.
by loopz 6y ago
So you advocate for no user speech, only government / corporate legal speak? A strawman yes, but what is the alternative here? Calling for more court cases seems like very chilling effect, and won't stop bad faith actors.
812.
by loopz 6y ago
Just consider the birther gaslighting, or everything else.
813.
by loopz 6y ago
Injustice implies good faith, riots unfortunate side effect. Lies and fraud implies bad faith, riots and coup being end goal. The intent is different, so it is false equivalence.
814.
by loopz 6y ago
Anger about what though?
815.
by loopz 6y ago
Too bad they vote for the party making it worse, though seems what they really want is coup. That won't end well and in good policies. Explaining everything by race is also a dead end.
816.
by loopz 6y ago
I don't see the reason not to be outraged after having been at receiving end of gaslighting for 4-5 years and now consequences start accellerating?
817.
by loopz 6y ago
If they know of criminal conduct, they might be liable for not reporting or supporting such activities. There's also bad PR and various guilt-by association. Take a hard look what happened to the founder of Wikileaks for instance.
818.
by loopz 6y ago
Some people need to lose some attitude and respect fellow human beings. Nobody knows everything and believing random texts online is nuts. Just stay humble and help those around you and locally. The irony is the bad qualities they hate in o
819.
by loopz 6y ago
There's a big reason they act in unison now though. They're responding to a single national security threat event and possible consequencial liabilities. So it is not a random time do be doing this. There has previously been legit
820.
by loopz 6y ago
Wisdom may go beyond just banning everything "we" don't like. That gets old after a while.
821.
by loopz 6y ago
Sounds like a sort of social psychosis, lead by psychopaths in lead positions, or anonymous anarchy. Point being humans experience pleasure at such fantastical thinking, especially when validated in a group setting, even online. In the begi
822.
by loopz 6y ago
Sometimes people just need you to listen. Though it's ill adviced to agree with wild conspiracy theories, after a long discussion normal human beings tend to agree on something together, especially if not arguing.
823.
by loopz 6y ago
Hate speech, discriminatory speech and defamation, lots of speech is criminal. It depends on context and intent, for which misguided tolerance for bullying we're now witnessing. For especially bad cults, ie. Germany banned Nazi symbols
824.
by loopz 6y ago
All those people became brainwashed last week then?
825.
by loopz 6y ago
It's all different people, groups and situations, but I acknowledge your point.
826.
by loopz 6y ago
With whataboutism, everything is OK then, as you can always find something worse to confirm your bias. Besides, I find it disingenious to equate lies about election fraud without evidence leading to riot and assault on core democratic proce
827.
by loopz 6y ago
It was an hour long talk with falsehoods and telling people to go to Congress and act with the people there. The demo plans were known in the community and his lawyers and family chimed in. Intent and collusion is clear. There were words us
828.
by loopz 6y ago
No, how politicians need to act. BLM is a symptom to a systemic problem not rooted in politics explicitly.
829.
by loopz 6y ago
You could say that analytical thinking undo gullibility. Idealism and principles though, may better be understood, applied and defended, with well-rounded education.
830.
by loopz 6y ago
Hard Work is great when it benefits the person doing the work. Expecting "Free Work" however, is exploitation passing the costs to society and the workers.
831.
by loopz 6y ago
Accountability for lies, deceit, fraudulent accusations, thuggery, incitement to mob rule and stopping a cult, are worthy goals. Politics need moderation from falsehoods and slander, and should be about policy, goals and reasons behind the
832.
by loopz 6y ago
For that to happen you need to address what happened, why and hold the leaders accountable.
833.
by loopz 6y ago
Exploitation, easier disposal, less accountability, more access to higher qualifications, etc.
834.
by loopz 6y ago
Which is what free enterprise and privatization means.
835.
by loopz 6y ago
This is just too generic a complaint.
836.
by loopz 6y ago
This is what "cloud" means.
837.
by loopz 6y ago
So, help the multibillionaires, then?
838.
by loopz 6y ago
It never was.
839.
by loopz 6y ago
He instructed them to cheer on the delegates, and not be too nice to Pence.
840.
by loopz 6y ago
Maybe because of sedition, threats and extortion: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/09/media/reliable-sources-ja...

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