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by textgel 6y ago
With all due respect your comment history outlines you as a progressive and the first line you have on your profile is "You call it "alt-left", I proudly call it "Antifa".". Among the many aspects of your faith
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That's fair; I suppose it's inevitable that search engines move more in a similar direction to what we know as the main high street when it comes to high profile searches, keeping more mainstream stuff while losing the off the wal
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by textgel 6y ago
Some people are fine with making decisions for themselves and don't need a net nanny to say "mummy thinks you shouldn't be reading this".
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by textgel 6y ago
Please refer to my response at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25087153
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by textgel 6y ago
He was okay because... 1) He was a beloved actor with a lot of public support. 2) His attempted character assassination was recorded on film and so any stories of how the victim was "traumatised" by his "sexual harassment&quo
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by textgel 6y ago
With a bit of luck it does seem some of the more reasoned voices are winning out, at least in some of the areas I've seen, and rationally I know this stuff didn't appear out of thin air so time will tell but I'm hoping to see
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by textgel 6y ago
This is a a good point; and one I wish I could give you a decent response to as this problem is such a big one and one that I've seen hit plenty of groups I once subscribed to, and evidently from history quite an old one too however I&
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by textgel 6y ago
You're absolutely right about not knowing being a problem; unfortunately I'm guessing it's a bit of an art, at least with respect to the "be careful of bad-faith actors" replies you've received, or at least a h
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by textgel 6y ago
I honestly feel it needs to be described in such terms; the idea definitely isn't my own, I remember the ah-ha moment when the internalised-misogyny/toxic-masculinity = original-sin link was pointed out to me and the more aspects
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by textgel 6y ago
Willful blindness is a common tactic too; perhaps a psychological extension of the progressive safe-space doctrine but I couldn't be certain. Another one that interests me greatly is the frequent use of the narcissists prayer in debate
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by textgel 6y ago
A common tactic seen by progressives during attacks on their victims is to hype up the crime by either making vague claims such as that they "are pretty messed up" and hoping that regular people apply their reasonable measure of &
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by textgel 6y ago
I think a major point missing in amongst the discussion so far, and one that's causing a lot of crosstalk is whether you should even be apologising at all. For example. Progressives are widely known for their enthusiastic use of forcin
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by textgel 6y ago
Plenty of easy and obvious ones. Dr Matt Taylor being attacked for an anime shirt is the first that comes to mind.
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by textgel 6y ago
What concerns me is that with the increase in arguably totalitarian laws and the constant attempts on once sacrosanct principles like the above we're moving in a direction where we'll run out of room to point at that side and say
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by textgel 6y ago
Because it likely wouldn't be left up to choice, it would be from a tax in the same way the aforementioned financial safety nets are.
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by textgel 6y ago
A) A large number of people have had their wellbeing put at risk due to placing sensitive information about themselves in a location that was compromised. B) mostlove pointed out that this would give reason not to continue doing this in fut
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by textgel 6y ago
Because arguing points based on who can have the biggest temper tantrum and scream the most slurs is something most are proud to have grown out of around middle school. This applies especially to important and complicated subjects that affe
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by textgel 6y ago
Oh so now you get to decide how they should self identify; how very generous of you. At this stage you really need to stop and think about what you are doing and who you are hurting; they're just words to you but they're a lifetim
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by textgel 6y ago
Oh but not trans of course, so polite of you to leave them out in your heteronormative take on the world. I would have hoped most were aware of the pressures the transgender community is under and would offer more care than such casual take
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by textgel 6y ago
I have friends and family whose businesses and livelihoods have been destroyed by this, but no it's fine we should just let them all go to the wall, what's a few evictions here and suicides there eh? I mean fuck em right, you&#x2
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by textgel 6y ago
I've been having this concerning feeling lately that we are in fact getting the leaders we deserve :(
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by textgel 6y ago
But we were told it would save lives and was for saving the world? That means it's completely impossible for such things to be a lie doesn't it? As long as you say something is for saving the world or doing good and accuse all oth
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by textgel 6y ago
The same ones that are already paying for the current financial safety nets; it would be just a case of switching the money from those over to taking care of those at risk. Provided the risks are understood (although I would like real data
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by textgel 6y ago
We accept a certain amount of risk in our lives no matter what we do. You personally had the liberty to go out and infect people who were at risk of death from colds, flu and any many others diseases before covid came along and that was ne
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by textgel 6y ago
> In case of driving, why can't individuals choose which side of the road to use for themselves? It not a choice of side it's a choice of whether to use the road at all, those who agreed to use it before managed fine and those
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by textgel 6y ago
No no they aren't; there is an enormous political, academic and corporate movement to get and keep them and they certainly haven't dealt with anywhere near the general BS any nerd deals with growing up or being in tech; 90% of the
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by textgel 6y ago
If you push "nazi", "sexist" and "racist" aside you should find some room.
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by textgel 6y ago
Does anyone know mechanically what this^ is? The account has sat dormant for 2 years after making 2 comments in 2018 and after 2 years of silence it spits out this. Is it part of some sort of farmed bot network? Or is it an old account t
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by textgel 6y ago
Unfortunate as it is but neither you nor DanBC are the global authority on other peoples "real reason" for doing things no matter how you feel on the subject. Context is also a poorly thought out point to bring up considering plen
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by textgel 6y ago
No the intent as described many times in the comment chain was protection of the statues; that was what spurred the counter protest. Both sides began under good intent; both sides had bad actors who caused trouble; both sides get labelled.

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