To be clear, the left is in fact less violent than the right and this is an indisputable fact
I dispute it.
Violence and terrorism is wrong.
I find this surprisingly hard to agree with too. Rather than 'wrong' I think I'd prefer 'to be avoided' or 'rarely justified'.
Happy to state explicitly though that the recent posting of bombs to political figures in the US _and_ the shooting at a baseball game were both wrong.
I disagree. In the US there seems to have been a shift out of the centre ground.
The issue isn't that the overton window has shifted, it's that it's fragmented and too many extremists (of all types) are too easily finding people to support their idiocy and platforms from which to foment it on others.
I don't think most aging technology professionals are bitter or angry, and they're certainly not underpaid.
Job security is no worse than it's been for well over a decade (currently in a sweet spot) and jobs have always been available even if they've lacked long term security.
Getting laid isn't exactly hard either.
So no, I disagree that Slashdot posters are perfect fodder for any sort of uprising, let alone a right wing one - I think they have a broad set of political views.
While there are certainly concerns over sexism and racism that doesn't in itself lead to an uprising.
As a crazy cat lady I disagree with you. While I sub the cats in for a human relationship it's because humans are too much fucking work for too little reward.
Whereas I got woken up this morning by a cold wet nose offering warm furry comfort and all she wants in return is a cuddle and regular feeding.
I find it highly amusing. On another site I challenged someone's racism towards white people and half a dozen people chimed in to accuse me of racism.
So I posted, "Racism is bad, don't be racist." and got accused of lying. Meanwhile the people calling me racist all continued to demand racism towards white people.
Right now the law agrees with me. It had fucking well better continue to do so. Sadly when it comes to sexism there are already substantial movements to limit protections to just half the population.
Given that you are an American living in the USA (assumption)
Bad assumption.
But please, do tell me more about the deep, long-term damage to the country. It's hard to determine what it actually is in amongst the angst ridden whining and idiocy that seems to permeate half the fucking country.
Seriously, you just can't get objective viewpoints out of America these days, it's all hyperbole and extremist nonsense. Trump frequently looks like the sane one, which is a sad sad indictment of so many of the people that rant about him.
But I guess that's why I'm getting such gartification from the situation.
They literally gave him 2 devices. What do you want them to do, suck his dick while they copy his contacts for him?
Personally I don't give a fuck what they do. I'm just pointing out the thing they're not doing: Giving him the ease of use, flexibility and other benefits he perceives from using a different device.
That means they're failing.
And, seriously, when has Trump ever tried to copy Obama? If you want Trump to be in favor of something
I think you'll find it's the CIA or the NSA that wants Trump to be in favour of something. Perhaps you should share your wisdom with them.
I am finding it highly fucking amusing that I'm being modded 'troll' for highlighting a failure in the US security services. Guess I'm in deep shit when I try to cross the border later this year..
Also this now makes 3 profitable quarters out of 31 since becoming a public company, let's see if they can make a sustainable profit. Bit early to be jubilant.
But they are at least cash flow positive. That's a nice change, and does help them substantially - whether it's enough to cover the near term commitments is less important than the confidence it will give the people they might approach for further loans or investment.
The daft thing is that I think most people realise that - and especially most of his supporters.
They worry less about what he says and focus on what they think he'll do. That's where things get more interesting.
People that virtue signal are all about what's said and hide what they actually do, so they're frightened by someone that works to different rules. I think this is a substantial factor in the hatred towards him.
To be fair, we mostly like him because he's disruptive and entertaining, not least the joy of seeing so many Americans so irrationally distressed by him.
Not to mention 'his contact list' is about the weakest excuse ever offered. Because I'm guessing the security teams supporting the US President have at least one person capable of copying a fucking contact list.
Maybe it's the same reason Obama insisted on using his Blackberry?
Perhaps the NSA should focus on user convenience and accessibility, because people will subvert security to achieve them. Security basics, NSA, fucking learn your job.
People in my country lynched because of their skin colour in the last few decades : 0
None. Nada. Zilch. Absolutely fucking none. Ok, that may not be true; I don't know the reason behind every murder for the past few decades. Certainly I can't remember any, and that's not selective memory either. It just isn't a thing.
But since you want to play this game, lets expand to other serious organised crimes: Slavery and rape rings.
Slavery isn't happening because of skin colour. It's happening to people of all skin colours. So lets skip slavery as it's an equal opportunity crime.
Rape rings however.. the only ones that target people of a specific skin colour are the ones targeting white girls.
If it was a one-off I'd write it off as an single group of fuckwits, but separate rings in Aylesbury, Halifax, Rochdale, Rotherham, Huddersfield, Oxford..
Yeah, those white girls are very fucking privileged.
Yet again, you ask for evidence to support someone's claim, evidence is provided and you switch to "well, that's irrelevant".
reasonable person would expect tolerance to extend to open intolerance of other employees
Given that's exactly what many those emails and communications demonstrate I'm bewildered that you think that would cause them to
be dismissed fairly quickly
Shit, you're not even consistent within the same fucking sentence. Seriously, learn how to fucking think, it might help you avoid the intellectual dishonesty I highlighted in the first half of this reply.
I am far from confused about what the White Privilege Conference is about. It's about racism.
Stop fucking pretending that skin colour confers privilege. It does not.
For example, people with white skin run at most a third of the countries on the planet and maybe 10% of the businesses. They don't have the highest educational outcomes in the countries in which they're the majority. They're legally discriminated against in multiple countries.
That conference is for racists to discuss their racism.
Slashdot Mirror
How about Cedric Richmond or Marisol Alcantara, both of whom have publicly been racist in their roles in congress and the senate (respectively).
Shit, just do a google search for the number of democrats decrying "stupid white people" for electing Trump.
They were shadowbanning elected political representatives, if that helps answer you.
We like to explain and we like to be right.
I fear your problem is that you can't explain why you think you're right. Which is precisely why
But being right and explaining don't win debates
To be clear, the left is in fact less violent than the right and this is an indisputable fact
I dispute it.
Violence and terrorism is wrong.
I find this surprisingly hard to agree with too. Rather than 'wrong' I think I'd prefer 'to be avoided' or 'rarely justified'.
Happy to state explicitly though that the recent posting of bombs to political figures in the US _and_ the shooting at a baseball game were both wrong.
I disagree. In the US there seems to have been a shift out of the centre ground.
The issue isn't that the overton window has shifted, it's that it's fragmented and too many extremists (of all types) are too easily finding people to support their idiocy and platforms from which to foment it on others.
I don't think most aging technology professionals are bitter or angry, and they're certainly not underpaid.
Job security is no worse than it's been for well over a decade (currently in a sweet spot) and jobs have always been available even if they've lacked long term security.
Getting laid isn't exactly hard either.
So no, I disagree that Slashdot posters are perfect fodder for any sort of uprising, let alone a right wing one - I think they have a broad set of political views.
While there are certainly concerns over sexism and racism that doesn't in itself lead to an uprising.
As a crazy cat lady I disagree with you. While I sub the cats in for a human relationship it's because humans are too much fucking work for too little reward.
Whereas I got woken up this morning by a cold wet nose offering warm furry comfort and all she wants in return is a cuddle and regular feeding.
So not only did they deny shadow banning R's, they denied doing it at all.
Then their lies were investigated and..
https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/06...
Come on, keep up.
I find it highly amusing. On another site I challenged someone's racism towards white people and half a dozen people chimed in to accuse me of racism.
So I posted, "Racism is bad, don't be racist." and got accused of lying. Meanwhile the people calling me racist all continued to demand racism towards white people.
Right now the law agrees with me. It had fucking well better continue to do so. Sadly when it comes to sexism there are already substantial movements to limit protections to just half the population.
I'd much rather pursue the platform/publisher approach.
Force them to declare as a platform - no moderation based on viewpoint - or as a publisher - responsible for everything published on their site.
Right now they're seeking platform protections while acting as a publisher and that's why the current legal frameworks are failing.
That is both irrelevant and entirely missing the point.
social media companies have a political agenda and have the power to manipulate public opinion
Undue influence on public discourse is indeed a concern and although the print media carries a level of balance that isn't being achieved online.
Given that you are an American living in the USA (assumption)
Bad assumption.
But please, do tell me more about the deep, long-term damage to the country. It's hard to determine what it actually is in amongst the angst ridden whining and idiocy that seems to permeate half the fucking country.
Seriously, you just can't get objective viewpoints out of America these days, it's all hyperbole and extremist nonsense. Trump frequently looks like the sane one, which is a sad sad indictment of so many of the people that rant about him.
But I guess that's why I'm getting such gartification from the situation.
Obama used a hardened device provided to him
At some point, maybe, but don't fucking pretend he didn't use a blackberry: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/0...
They literally gave him 2 devices. What do you want them to do, suck his dick while they copy his contacts for him?
Personally I don't give a fuck what they do. I'm just pointing out the thing they're not doing: Giving him the ease of use, flexibility and other benefits he perceives from using a different device.
That means they're failing.
And, seriously, when has Trump ever tried to copy Obama? If you want Trump to be in favor of something
I think you'll find it's the CIA or the NSA that wants Trump to be in favour of something. Perhaps you should share your wisdom with them.
I am finding it highly fucking amusing that I'm being modded 'troll' for highlighting a failure in the US security services. Guess I'm in deep shit when I try to cross the border later this year..
There are many out there who genuinely wouldn't prefer to drive a Bugatti
To be fair, most of us couldn't afford to drive one.
It's not even the fuel costs, wait until your tyres wear out. It'd be cheaper to buy a new car.
Also this now makes 3 profitable quarters out of 31 since becoming a public company, let's see if they can make a sustainable profit. Bit early to be jubilant.
But they are at least cash flow positive. That's a nice change, and does help them substantially - whether it's enough to cover the near term commitments is less important than the confidence it will give the people they might approach for further loans or investment.
The daft thing is that I think most people realise that - and especially most of his supporters.
They worry less about what he says and focus on what they think he'll do. That's where things get more interesting.
People that virtue signal are all about what's said and hide what they actually do, so they're frightened by someone that works to different rules. I think this is a substantial factor in the hatred towards him.
To be fair, we mostly like him because he's disruptive and entertaining, not least the joy of seeing so many Americans so irrationally distressed by him.
Not to mention 'his contact list' is about the weakest excuse ever offered. Because I'm guessing the security teams supporting the US President have at least one person capable of copying a fucking contact list.
Maybe it's the same reason Obama insisted on using his Blackberry?
Perhaps the NSA should focus on user convenience and accessibility, because people will subvert security to achieve them. Security basics, NSA, fucking learn your job.
That fashion conscious "the brands I use define me" behaviour is why Apple have such ludicrous profit margins.
I guess I should respect firms like Apple and Leica for tapping into the market segment of wealthy idiots.
If it helps you any, they aren't firing someone over the phone they're using.
They're responding to someone with a contractual obligation to promote their brand consciously doing something that actively damages it.
Would you find that a reasonable cause for action?
People in my country lynched because of their skin colour in the last few decades : 0
None. Nada. Zilch. Absolutely fucking none. Ok, that may not be true; I don't know the reason behind every murder for the past few decades. Certainly I can't remember any, and that's not selective memory either. It just isn't a thing.
But since you want to play this game, lets expand to other serious organised crimes: Slavery and rape rings.
Slavery isn't happening because of skin colour. It's happening to people of all skin colours. So lets skip slavery as it's an equal opportunity crime.
Rape rings however.. the only ones that target people of a specific skin colour are the ones targeting white girls.
If it was a one-off I'd write it off as an single group of fuckwits, but separate rings in Aylesbury, Halifax, Rochdale, Rotherham, Huddersfield, Oxford..
Yeah, those white girls are very fucking privileged.
Yet again, you ask for evidence to support someone's claim, evidence is provided and you switch to "well, that's irrelevant".
reasonable person would expect tolerance to extend to open intolerance of other employees
Given that's exactly what many those emails and communications demonstrate I'm bewildered that you think that would cause them to
be dismissed fairly quickly
Shit, you're not even consistent within the same fucking sentence. Seriously, learn how to fucking think, it might help you avoid the intellectual dishonesty I highlighted in the first half of this reply.
I am far from confused about what the White Privilege Conference is about. It's about racism.
Stop fucking pretending that skin colour confers privilege. It does not.
For example, people with white skin run at most a third of the countries on the planet and maybe 10% of the businesses. They don't have the highest educational outcomes in the countries in which they're the majority. They're legally discriminated against in multiple countries.
That conference is for racists to discuss their racism.
Half of Southern China is on the Hong Kong side of the bridge.
Maybe he thinks of Hong Kong as the island.
I know I generally do. But looking at a map, I do see your point.
I'm there in a couple of weeks, I'll take a gander at this bridge. I like bridges.