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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
They aren't refusing to address it as much as they want that outcome. The Right in the US is tired of being hamstrung with fact-checkers when spreading dubious claims, so the only remaining avenue is to remove moderation altogether.
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
But that's what people want. If they can't spread lies and untruths without being fact-checked, then we all lose whatever platforms are tolerable only because of moderation.
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
I've also heard that the prison population, while sometimes non-voting, goes to the electoral advantage of these rural areas.
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
I agree with you. This is an old solved problem. Between using different ids that don't associate to other bits of information, to not participating in such discussions, OP may be better served by not spending time online.
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
None of the legitimacy ascribed to HCQ compares to the legitimacy of the vaccine. The only reason HCQ rose to prominence was because of COVID denialism, not because of actual scientific or therapeutic concerns as a reasonable alternative t
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
Yes, HN has something of a COVID-19 denialism streak.
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
How is HCQ misunderstood due to the recent political furor? It's been used since the 1950s.
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it isn't a problem for those who are targeted by such ideas. This is the same rhetoric used during the Jim Crow and chattel slave era where slavers and Jim Crow supporters harped on
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
I mean, he's 33, that's well old enough to understand getting in over your head and understanding the value in humility, even if only deployed sparingly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hotz
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
In light of Uvalde, we've seen police show incredible restraint whenever an active shooting is in progress. We can't use the idea of people being hurt as contributing to a sense of urgency.
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
The way the deceased goes around that corner, he's not even thinking that he's going to take any fire from that direction.
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
The whole "more" thing just seems like concern trolling. We don't have this problem because they don't have the resources, we have this problem because as an institution, the country has demanded that they have these sor
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
The deniability of decision leading to action is a feature, not a bug. Especially as the world tries to move to automated killing devices as weapons of war.
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
Everytime TikTok and it's algo pop up on HN, people can't help but tell on themselves.
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
Or they are quiet, as they are getting the results that they've wanted and that the time of propping up ridiculous Free Speech Absolutism arguments has passed.
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
You don't find it telling that you have to rope in child exploitation to add weight to the scales in favor of Elon Musk?
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
So what would banning a jet tracking account have to do with a stalker (for which no police report was filed)? And why ban journalists? In addition, the rule change was just to enable the banning of the jet tracking, not because it was it
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
It's not what Free Speech means, but in the run-up to his buying Twitter, that's all it seemed to mean in many of the discussions. Of course, we know that they weren't serious about such things as shown by their silence in t
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
I never believed the Free Speech Absolutists in the least. As you notice, the rancor that generally accompanied such posts is curiously absent.
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
What do institutions and Citizens United have to do with marijuana legalization? MJ has been illegal for decades in the U.S., before Citizens United. The fact of the matter is that this is a problem with the electorate, not CU or institut
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
The cost reasons though are people concern-trolling for a reason to continue to do the wrong thing. Not to mention, in the article they state how much extra cash is needed to keep people beyond their detention date. When it's somethi
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
Why do parish Sheriffs get any say on the release of someone incarcerated at the state level? >..In October 2017, Sheriff Steve Prator of Caddo Parish, which includes Shreveport, told reporters he was concerned that a recent criminal jus
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
It's not unworkable when we see other countries in the West with frameworks that prevent such routine abuse. The fact of the matter is that much of the people in the country want police performing such actions.
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
I'm not claiming they are the same in nature, I'm saying that a group gets the "terrorist" designation based only on it being unaligned with the West, and as a non-state actor.
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
I've heard the lead time on some of the affected parts is on the order of 1 year.
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
Terrorism is a very plastic term, that in the modern era is only applied to non-state actors who act against Western interests. Many, many, many allies of the West would be considered terroristic if they didn't align with Western goal
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
I don't know if IG is dead, but that Reels nonsense was an absolute fiasco. They kept showing me reels that were nonsensical and were only designed to lead engagement stats from questions of "what is the person trying to do here&
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
Occupy was largely a Leftist movement. And while the Tea Party was created then by Ron Paul, the political machinery that swept into Federal government seats was only after Obama won in 2008. The Tea Party as an entity is completely differ
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
In much of the real world, you don't get a chance to choose identifying/over-identifying with a particular group. People will do it for you.
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by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
Reagan's Welfare Queen is a prime example of how government support systems were not only dismantled, but met with disdain because of the feeling that they were helping undeserving people.

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