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  1. Re: BAN BUMP STOCKS... apk on Mass Shooting Reported at Madden Video Game Tournament in Florida (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    Seeing as the actual lamb which did all the shit (again and again and again and again) is as venerated as Jesus for [insert weird reasons here], that's the best anyone can hope for. Remember: when something is intrinsically irrational, any attempts to curtail it will appear irrational from its perspective. You seem to have figured out the latter part, but not yet the former.

  2. And if you read what "jihad" means, you'd know it doesn't automatically mean violence, just a concerted effort to improve something. But yeah I know - scary scary brown people terrrrist words, so must be bad.

  3. Re:Who judges fake news? on Google Removes Accounts Tied To Iran-Led Misinformation Campaign (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Engaging in breathless whataboutism does not reflect particularly well on you or your argument.

  4. Re:Wait, do Republicans acknowledge this exists? on Google Removes Accounts Tied To Iran-Led Misinformation Campaign (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Apart from when Russia hacked the DNC and released the emails to stir up controversy (even though eventually nothing damning was found in them), which Trump apparently knew of before the emails were released.

    And as for the CIA, two wrongs don't make a right.

  5. Re:Echo chambers are bad, m'kay on Evidence is Piling Up That Facebook Can Incite Racial Violence (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Seeing as there is an inverse relationship between disliking of refugees and exposure to refugees, I'd say your guess is almost entirely incorrect. Evidence suggests that the more refugees people meet the less they dislike them. I've spent plenty of time visiting refugee centres here in Germany and have no problem with refugees. Some are assholes, but that's humanity for you.

  6. Re:Echo chambers are bad, m'kay on Evidence is Piling Up That Facebook Can Incite Racial Violence (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    It would help your argument if you didn't use massive generalisations, and realise that limits to speech must always exist, if even just to protect freedom of speech. Popper wrote a fair bit on this.

  7. You might want to learn what hate speech is before proudly telling everyone you have no idea yet disapprove of it anyway. It's perplexing. Complaining about a company delivering poor service or products is not hate speech. I guess it would be great for your argument if it was, but that really isn't the case.

  8. The money on ads wasn't the entire problem, though. The grass-roots campaigns funded by and coordinated out of Russia were the real threat. It's weird you don't seem to care about foreign governments controlling your own. I guess if they're not libs it's fine, right?

  9. Re:EU Parliament resolutions are non-binding on EU Accepts Resolution Abolishing Planned Obsolescence, Making Devices Easier to Repair (retaildetail.eu) · · Score: 1

    The desperation, lies, misleading and just plain false claims in this thread are truly entertaining at this point.

    If they're really upsetting you, stop posting them.

  10. You seem confused.

  11. Re:I expect we will find on Child Drownings In Germany Linked To Parents' Obsession With Mobile Phones (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You're like a sad little stuck record. Your life must be hell.

  12. Re:GP isn't very accurate. on Child Drownings In Germany Linked To Parents' Obsession With Mobile Phones (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    As the drowned were not from Africa, mentioning that seems rather bizarre. You might as well mention the new flavours of Haribo, as that has just as much to do with it. Of course you won't, as racists gonna racist. "Fugitives" - grow up. You sound incredibly scared.

  13. Re:Immigration brings lots of non-swimmers on Child Drownings In Germany Linked To Parents' Obsession With Mobile Phones (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Two points:

    1. Germany received far less migrants than that
    2. These weren't immigrants.

    Your racism is especially lazy.

  14. You would sooner leap to some racist conclusion completely at odds with the official statistics? Maybe that's why the MSM isn't discussing it in Europe - it's racist nonsense.

  15. Re:WTF law enforcement is not socialism :))))) on Fewer Than Half of Young Americans Are Positive About Capitalism (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It absolutely is, as it is paid for by everyone who can afford it, regardless of whether they use it or not, as it benefits society as a whole. The same goes for the armed forces, too.

  16. Re: Capitalism is fine on Fewer Than Half of Young Americans Are Positive About Capitalism (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    That's what happens when the government is in the pocket of business. If it isn't, then that doesn't happen.

  17. Re: Look at all these jobs... on PC Case Maker CaseLabs Closes Permanently (pcgamer.com) · · Score: -1

    One can correct trade imbalances through negotiation, not scorched earth policies. Trump might mean well, but this is killing jobs when it doesn't need to.

  18. Re:States can get serious on Senate Rejects New Money For Election Security (apnews.com) · · Score: 2

    Hardly - do you know how difficult it would be to swing a vote through this method, compared to silently flipping some bits or simply coercing the electorate through emotive social media campaigns?

  19. Re:States can get serious on Senate Rejects New Money For Election Security (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    As you say, they just need to target swing states, so it's more a question of a handful of systems, not 50.

  20. Re:It's not the content, it's how you say it on Twitter Is Limiting the Visibility of Prominent Republicans In Search Results (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    You seem confused by how insurance works. You might want to figure that out before getting angry at the wrong thing.

  21. Re: It's not the content, it's how you say it on Twitter Is Limiting the Visibility of Prominent Republicans In Search Results (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    True, but seeing as the US is in spot #31 on that list and spends more tax-payers money on health per capita than any country above it, you can see something is inherently wrong with healthcare in the US.

  22. Re:Please for the love of god on Twitter Is Limiting the Visibility of Prominent Republicans In Search Results (vice.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    That's not Libertarian in the slightest. "Fuck you I've got mine" is more like it.

  23. Re: You know you're joking on Russian Hackers Reach US Utility Control Rooms, Homeland Security Officials Say (wsj.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    That the way Trump wishes to do it is indistinguishable from someone who is compromised and being used. That's the scary part.

  24. Re:Welcome to the EU on EU Regulators Fine Google Record $5 Billion in Android Case (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes - people misunderstanding what the EU is and what it is doing.

    Like you seem to be doing.

  25. Re:Never confuse stupidity with malice on EU Regulators Fine Google Record $5 Billion in Android Case (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is not a question of technology, and the EU has a long history of protecting consumers. The last sentence shows you don't understand how the EU works, which makes your desire to criticise it baffling.