!agree

Eeh, Count Dankula is a bit overrated in my personal opinion

A third party is never going to happen

The only way it would happen is if either the far-right strands of the GOP, or the (much fewer) far-left strands of the Democratic Party split off to create their own party or join one that shares their ideals

Well, the fringes of what antifa are saying anyway

Something to keep in mind though is "Context" and "Nuance".

I'm white, a Canadian of some scottish and Polish ancestry.

That will never work though

I'm anti-GG though lol

Well that and it's impossible to implement in practice

Wouldn't it technically mean SJW's won? Or are you guys talking about the original internet definition of SJW? :P

Twitter has been cracking down on leftists and rightists along with other social media platforms

And yes, the story of social media companies only censoring conservatives is false lol

Not really, at least from what I've seen

And which congressmen is that?

There's a bit of a problem though Mark; even if this idea turns out to be successful, what's to prevent racists and dumbasses from co-opting other words to make them into racist words?

Keep in mind that negro is an offensive term for blacks, even though it's literally the latin word for black.

I mean South Park literally did an episode on how easy it is to have a word change overtime.

Plus, the use of SJW as a perjorative has gotten so overboard that now people are using it as a badge of honor lol

Gutfeld is a bit of a twat personally

Different strokes for different folks xD

Oh yeah, about the shadow-banning of GOP congressman, found this. https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-shadow-ban-affected-democrats-2018-7

technically, they didn't, they got censored along with the Republicans.

If I am being honest, Vice's article is not exactly what I call 'sourceful'.

Whoops, should have clarified what I meant. When I meant that it's not sourceful, Vice's factual reporting is a bit of a mixed bag.

And I'm not saying that Vice is lying, but I am saying that other people found examples of Democrats and leftist voices being censored on Twitter. The article comes off as clickbait by only saying in the title that prominent conservatives are getting censored xD

https://twitter.com/ashleyfeinberg/status/1022211647623098370

I have high doubts it is dispoportionate, but that is just my opinion, and I'll leave it and move on, as I don't want the chat to go off the rails thanks to me xD

technically, none of them are playing politics. They are doing what will best help their bottom line and business. (and this is changing the topic lol) https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/origin-silicon-valley-dysfunctional-attitude-toward-hate-speech It is a bit of an oldie, but I think it accurately captures why Silicon has such warped attitude towards speech.

Yeah, because Trump would be a blatant copy-cat lol

Honestly, I doubt Pence would do that though. Despite Pence being more right-wing than Trump, I would see him as a much better president

Eh, I'll live xD

It's basically copying the GOP playbook of the 2010's when the Tea Party was still a thing

Rally the base to the limit

Though, admittedly, the Democrats would probably have a higher hurdler because the redistricting from the 2010 census severely handicapped their chances of winning a house seat in the senate

That doesn't make sense though

It's not as if by getting Trump impeached it puts a Democrat in the white house; it just means Pence will be President

Which, to be frank, would actually be a better thing for conservatives in the long run

Actually; it did damage Alex Jones greatly.

Plus, I can see why Mister mekotur got axed, he is known for going after people to the point of harrassment.

And is a bit damaging to the profit margins of social media platforms.

I think its safe to say that SJW is a necessity in China

Watched Tim's video on what China is doing to it's Uyghur Muslims

The sad part is that this is basically common knowledge, as the Chinese government is doing the same thing to it's Tibetan population

But most of the Uyghurs aren't even terrorists Stefan

I mostly referring to what is the today's term for SJW, which is basically a catchall for people with leftist leaning and progressive viewpoints

Indeed, Ottobon, I mispoke so I apologize.

Remember the 80's, when so many conservatives and neoliberals claim that implementing capitalism will allow people to transition to democracy and human rights? Boy were they wrong.

and yeah pratel

That's why I am supportive of the two groups having their own nations

True Pratel, like I said earlier, I mispoke and messed up on what I was saying, so I apologize.

They went above and beyond that though in their predictions @Ottobon , they claimed that capitalism would end authoritarian and totalitarian regimes.

That was one of their main talking points against communism back when the Soviet union was still around.

Well with Xi Jinping in command, those liberations might be gone, since he seems to be very intent on echoing Mao Zedong

I tend to see totally free markets and communism as basically two sides of the same dream coin: Awesome ideas in theory, but impossible to implement in practice because it doesn't factor in humans.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2014/07/18/the-free-market-is-an-impossible-utopia/?utm_term=.49981193215b An interesting piece if anyone wants to read it

I have to head off anyway, going to see a movie. See yah.

@Beemann https://outline.com/aCw7s3

Try this, it's what I use to bypass some paywalls

https://datasociety.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/DS_Alternative_Influence.pdf Very interesting study that's trending across the net

Can't help but think that it's mostly your way to give an F-U to Data & Society

personally think that the study makes a lot of valid points. It's a shame that no doubt many channels listed in the study will attack this. The irony is that the AIN is basically only going to give rise to a far-left version of a network that will likely combat their bullshit with their own. After all, facts don't matter anymore so much as your own definition of what constitutes facts.

I disagree, the study was very thorough and cited a lot of first hand sources, plus the methodology is sound

That's first handed sources though.

Also, Risotto, you are familiar with Chapo Trap House right? XD They are pretty far left

It makes sense when you take into account how the modern economy is basically an interactive and attention economy.

I seriously doubt that

Not to point out the obvious, but giving them a platform has basically given the same result as 'silencing them'

Even though he deserved to get banned and booted because he kept repeatedly violating the terms of services on those platforms and harrassed people?

Even though he used those same rules and terms of services for his own site?

Well, that and because what Jeong's tweet showed is not the same thing as Owens

In her circle, 'white men' means something closer to “the dominant power structure and culture” than it does to actual white people

That's because you don't really try to hang out with people that are affiliated with that circle. So of course you'd be oblivious

Then under your logic, Candace Owens is an extreme anti-semite

Even though Quinn was right that social autopsy was a really bad idea that would lead to mass doxxing?

You mean just like GamerGate and the Alt-right, Risotto? lel

I can say the same for you good sir <:thunk:286263772132278284>

Not really Zutt.

Police at the time still considered online harrassment to be not a serious issue that's worth putting investigation. Doesn't really help that harrassers and doxxers are anonymous.

When have I said it was only GG pple? lol I only said that they were just as bad, if not worse at it then 'socjus'

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/11/what-the-law-can-and-cant-do-about-online-harassment/382638/ I think this best describes the response of law officials, since this was written around the same time that the GG controversy happened.

I have seen a lot of GG deny that they have doxxers on their side.

Pretty much Zutt. Especially when the movement is mostly online

Even if your job and livelihood requires you to use the computer? Especially in the case of being a content creator?

Anyways I have to head to bed as it's past 4. Night folks.

Except for the fact that men falsely accused of rape are, to be blunt, rarely go to trial, let alone get convicted

It's called reality dude, but thanks for being a whiner about it.

I've been here for a long while dude. And how the heck is stating reality 'stiring the pot'?

I think it's safe to say that if you use the phrase "fortune cookie or a feminist infographic?" when pointing out that men rarely go to trial when falsely accused; being snooty should be the least of your problems. Makes you look like snowflakes who can't handle dissenting opinion.

The irony is really lost on you, Xorgy.

And how many are about rape/sexual assault?

Really? Well in that case. That proves my point.

I think your reading the numbers in bad faith, folks.

Keep in mind that that the numbers only focus on cases they are looking at.

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2018.html

The report here breaks down the prison population by the crimes they committed (which is under the jail system they are in).

Looking at sexual assault/rape, the numbers (if they are to be taken as truth) lists the number of people convicted at over 160,000.

https://static.prisonpolicy.org/images/pie2018.png?v=1 It's in the infographic Mockingbird, with the numbers for sexual assault/rape at the bottom of the pie chart

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/trump-supporter-arrested-threatening-slaughter-senators-families-not-supporting-brett-kavanaugh/