mcantelon

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by mcantelon 7y ago
>This pales in comparison to the actual problem, climate change Seems a bit ideological to label climate change as "the actual problem" when 24 arsonists were caught, over the season, deliberately starting forest fires. Forest
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by mcantelon 7y ago
Relying on any one source of info is probably a bad idea. Getting news from multiple outlets with multiple slants is a more robust approach.
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by mcantelon 7y ago
Celebrities actually do have influence, horrifying as that is.
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by mcantelon 7y ago
The mainstream media can push conspiracy theories, such as Russiagate, until the cows come home but people are generally fine with that. During Russiagate numerous establishment outlets pushed blatantly false stories, such as Buzzfeed'
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by mcantelon 7y ago
24 people being charged with arson, deliberately setting forest fires, during this season seems like a lot.
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by mcantelon 7y ago
Insane people/outrage feeders will only be tolerated if they serve an establishment agenda.
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by mcantelon 7y ago
When clicking on this I assumed it would be about pervasive surveillance, but seems like it's yet another article about how it's a bummer that social media provides an alternative to establishment media.
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by mcantelon 7y ago
An ethos that can be used to justify anything, given sufficiently crafted and amplified rhetoric.
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by mcantelon 7y ago
Ideologues often don't that care much about being professional or reasonable.
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by mcantelon 7y ago
People should definitely take a stand against something that they were previously okay with when another administration was in power.
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by mcantelon 7y ago
I've got a old-ish smart Samsung and I've never configured the Internet, but can still plug USB keys to it and play movies, etc. Newer TVs might insist on an Internet connection, though, to use any "smart" features.
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by mcantelon 7y ago
Gut bacteria IIRC effect personality/mood as well as other things.
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by mcantelon 7y ago
The word "meaningless" is defined as "lacking any significance". The claim that data lacks any significance until someone extracts meaning from it seems most useful, apart from philosophical discussions, as a rhetorical
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by mcantelon 7y ago
Seems like it's Forbes that's doing that, not IA.
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by mcantelon 7y ago
Good rhetoric to have on speed dial when encountering data that contradicts one's beliefs.
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by mcantelon 7y ago
You can both insulate shipping containers and cut windows into them.
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by mcantelon 7y ago
>But also, yes, I think it's not unreasonable to expect that people might show more outrage for murders than for property damage, even if they disagree with both. I never mentioned property damage. Antifa's violence isn't
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by mcantelon 7y ago
If so, why are many people hesitant to condemn the left wing extremism that does exist? Does right wing extremism somehow justify left wing extremism?
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by mcantelon 7y ago
> The first was at most in anti-govt groups, which were clearly not left. You don't need to be associated with a group to be an individual extremist deciding to advance a movement. The shooter's photographed doing a black power
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by mcantelon 7y ago
Why do many people use "whataboutism" to wave away double standards?
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by mcantelon 7y ago
>When reporters discover the people behind pseudonymous lobbying fronts, they don't report only the pseudonyms to protect the real identities involved Apples and oranges are different, yes. A private individual communicating indepen
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by mcantelon 7y ago
They can report on people using pseudonyms by referring to the pseudonym. This is done all the time when referring to tweets, etc. And, yes, people certainly exist who get offended and decide to harass/threaten others as a result. Ther
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by mcantelon 7y ago
I'd say it's pretty reasonable to condemn two ways of exposing people to possible harassment and violence.
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by mcantelon 7y ago
You're asking what one form of doxing has to do with another? Well... they're both forms of doxing. You seem to arbitrarily consider one form a problem, but not the other.
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by mcantelon 7y ago
Does the data show that left wing extremism should be ignored because there's not as much or it's lower intensity? Why do many people seem to have a hard time condemning political violence in all forms and by all parties?
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by mcantelon 7y ago
Islamism seems to still be the number one source of terrorism fatalities: https://www.newamerica.org/in-depth/terrorism-in-america/wha...
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by mcantelon 7y ago
So you think it's okay to connect a pseudonym to a real identity, but not a real identity to a physical address?
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by mcantelon 7y ago
True, but seems doxing fits better conceptually into "harassment" than "violence".
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by mcantelon 7y ago
Exposing the real names of anonymous/pseudoanonymous people, regardless of whether it's hard to find out (given that many people suck at opsec), is probably the most common scenario people refer to when using the word "doxing
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by mcantelon 7y ago
And a left wing extremist problem, given the recent Antifa beating of journalist Andy Ngo and, fortunately unsuccessful, attempt by Antifa to ignite a large propane tank next to a migrant center.

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