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Well they don't cut together clips to make it sound like people say something completely different like the BBC does, so they are way more dependable in that sense. But that's sort of like comparing them to Pravda so the bar isn't set very high.

They really don't claim to be anything else than conservative either, and them being conservative doesn't logically make it wrong either does it?

Twitter is really bad for the Labour party because it allows young people to hear dissenting views and criticism that you won't see in large parts of the media.

Labour politicians has done some shocking and outrageous things recently, and are doing terrible in recent polls, most likely because people can go on Twitter and Tiktok and get hear criticism of them.


The BBC has never been as impartial as it pretends, especially when it comes to covering things like the royal family, the Irish Troubles or Scottish independence.

Labour seems to be attacking everyone, from the elderly, to the disabled, to farmers to migrants. A very wide range.


MMT or Magical Money Tree

Don't ask them on the internet because they'll be put in prison if they complain online!!!


Epstein dealt in arms as well didn't he so that's a bit of a let down as well.


I don't think it receives very much hate.


Me neither, I do not know where OP gets this impression. I've mostly seen love towards the language and it's web framework (Rails). But either way, why care? My best advice is to disconnect feelings with the tools. It's just a tool, nothing personal.


Masterful display of someone refuting an argument in a logical in eloquent way, whilst addressing all the points in the article, thank you. The internet is much better after that comment was posted.

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I see him as a clever person. It points out that the very title of the piece exhibits exactly the same behavior that it pretends to call out. That's a time-saver: if the author is that un-self-aware, then the article itself is not worth the time to refute.


> What I meant that it was infantile and immature

Unlike your very sarcastic, passive-aggressive response?

The observation they are making is real. An article about how identity politics is bad shouldn't be engaging in that exact tactic.


Would you like it if people started calling you fascist? Honestly?


At some point we have to look at reality. One political party in the US is explicitly toying with fascism.

> Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian political ideology emphasizing extreme nationalism, a strong central government led by a dictator, suppression of opposition, militarism, and the subordination of individual rights to the state's perceived needs, often with state control of the economy and a belief in national rebirth and strength.

MAGA is fascist or at the very least fascist adjacent. If they don’t like the accuracy of the label, they should stop being authoritarian assholes.


Well the accusation was that he would have been born in Kenya, which you may want to research a bit further. The birth certificate he presented was reviewed by two independent people, and both came to the same conclusion which was ...

also: ISIS did nothing wrong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_beheadings

nothing to see here...


He was a natural-born American, from birth, with less colorable questions than applied to John McCain, who was also a natural-born American from birth, even though he was born on the occupied territory of another country… the only sort of person that thinks otherwise is the one who thinks the ends justify the means.

And sure, ISIS, did plenty wrong, just not one tiny bit of it in the pursuit of anything resembling fascism.

Calling Salafist/Wahhabist Islamist extremism “islamofascist” is as idiotic as calling adherents to the prosperity gospel “christotrotskyites”… it’s just a propaganda tool without discernible meaning to anyone but the (idiot) choir.


yes obviously it's clippy because everyone hated clippy that is the point

the idea is that when your CEO goes on slack or teams or whatever and see 100 clippies they'll be "oh wow, nobody likes how we earn our dollar."

or the very least people who are concerned about surveillance will know who is on their team!

so just do it

I'm serious


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