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Liberal US media now playing the free-speech card in light of Twitter bans

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    #92
    Mad_maxx
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006794#Comment_120006794

    Oh please, any sort of expressed reservation about say current levels of immigration are labelled racist , during lockdown anyone expressing reservations about how strict the rules were was accused of “ wanting to kill granny “



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    #93
    Brian?
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006806#Comment_120006806

    It’s the Jordan Peterson phenomenon. Man has PhD so he must always be right.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #94
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,415 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006822#Comment_120006822

    If that’s the reaction you’re getting maybe the problem isn’t the discussion, it’s who you’re having the discussion with. Find new places to discuss.


    I love some nuance, which is why I rarely debate on boards anymore.


    People of a conservative lean have called me everything from a Stalinist to a pedophile. For saying that maybe we should listen to doctors about trans kids and pointing out drag Queen readings at libraries are no worse than Pantos. This is definitely a both sides issue. One of the few.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #95
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,881 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006822#Comment_120006822

    Prove it, please.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



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    #96
    RobbieTheRobber
    Registered Users Posts: 6,830 ✭✭✭RobbieTheRobber


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006822#Comment_120006822

    Brexit supporting thinks Jewish people are involved in far left conspirscy and now heading towards anti vax.

    But yeah something something liberal something



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    #97
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,881 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006824#Comment_120006824

    This is a very long video but it does a really good job of exposing Peterson as being nothing more than another grifter:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSNWkRw53Jo


    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



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    #98
    Mad_maxx
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006815#Comment_120006815

    That’s a fact that Jews have always been heavily involved in progressive politics in America, if it makes you feel any better they have always been heavily involved in financial markets, if you think I’ve some dislike for Jewish people?, come right out and say it, cut the sly implications

    I also said in that old post that there were very good reasons why Jews crowded around particular industries, they were not given a fair shot in conventional mainstream areas and focused on areas where they could have creative freedom and control , wall st was dominated by WASP,s for a long time, the Jews beat them at their own game and good on em



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    #99
    RobbieTheRobber
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006843#Comment_120006843

    You didn't say progressive in that post you said far left.



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    #100
    Mad_maxx
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006837#Comment_120006837

    The “ pedophile “ slur is disgraceful but I would fight tooth and nail if “ drag storytime “ or “ gender fluid “ nonsense was introduced in the school my kids attend



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    #101
    Brian?
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006855#Comment_120006855

    I’d disagree but I’d be happy debate you if terms remained civil. They never did with others though.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #102
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,415 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006820#Comment_120006820

    Can you show me on the doll where the moderator touched you?


    It’s hilarious that you’re lumping all mods together. I was thread banned multiple times for expressing dislike for bigotry and calling people bigots. Mind you, I wasn’t as polite about it.


    You know how I moderate posts in the fitness forum? Does it break the rules, yes/no. If it doesn’t it stays. That’s moderating in a nutshell.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #103
    Brian?
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006859#Comment_120006859

    You’ll never convince me he moderates based on ideology. He bans everyone.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #104
    Brian?
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006949#Comment_120006949

    If you want to debate, why have you stopped responding to people who disagree with you?

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #105
    TomTomTim
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006812#Comment_120006812

    It's not even hypocrisy. I don't advocate for the banning of anyone, but we're all well past the point of defending tyrannical leftists, who both beg for and cheer for the censorship of any dissenters. You had your chance to be defend years ago, but you blocked your ears and continue playing the game as you always have. Everyone I know who's against this stuff, warned you all that the tables could turn, but you thought that they couldn't, and now that they have, you expect those people who you wanted censored/banned/removed to come to your defense? You can't have your cake and eat it as they say, but still you'll try.

    There should be lesson in all of this, but the left hates lessons, and any form of growth or evolution, so nothing will be learned.

    “The man who lies to himself can be more easily offended than anyone else. You know it is sometimes very pleasant to take offense, isn't it? A man may know that nobody has insulted him, but that he has invented the insult for himself, has lied and exaggerated to make it picturesque, has caught at a word and made a mountain out of a molehill--he knows that himself, yet he will be the first to take offense, and will revel in his resentment till he feels great pleasure in it.”- ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov




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    #106
    Mad_maxx
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006851#Comment_120006851

    By American standards, that is far left , the Bernie Sanders ( European style social democratic advocates ) are very thin on the ground



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    #107
    TomTomTim
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006838#Comment_120006838

    This is the go to tactic of said poster now, asking for proof of things he's both seen himself and done himself. Any threads on said topics proves said point, and he knows it, but still he plays these tedious games.

    “The man who lies to himself can be more easily offended than anyone else. You know it is sometimes very pleasant to take offense, isn't it? A man may know that nobody has insulted him, but that he has invented the insult for himself, has lied and exaggerated to make it picturesque, has caught at a word and made a mountain out of a molehill--he knows that himself, yet he will be the first to take offense, and will revel in his resentment till he feels great pleasure in it.”- ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov




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    #108
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,881 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006987#Comment_120006987

    American standards involve school shootings being regular and tolerable occurrences.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



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    #109
    ancapailldorcha
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006999#Comment_120006999

    I look forward to seeing some examples. When you're ready.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



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    #110
    TomTomTim
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120007014#Comment_120007014

    We've done this dance before. I told you exactly why I wouldn't waste my time. Both because you'd dismiss the proof no matter how clear as you always do, and because the claim is not speculative, it's an observable fact. You are the literal embodiment of that type of person, you regularly call people racist, far right, or whatever term is trendy at the moment, when anyone opposes immigration, or any of your values for that matter. I've seen you using those terms on threads that had literally nothing to do with politics many times. You don't just do it, it's something you're obsessed with doing, hence why you do it even when there's no just place to do it.

    “The man who lies to himself can be more easily offended than anyone else. You know it is sometimes very pleasant to take offense, isn't it? A man may know that nobody has insulted him, but that he has invented the insult for himself, has lied and exaggerated to make it picturesque, has caught at a word and made a mountain out of a molehill--he knows that himself, yet he will be the first to take offense, and will revel in his resentment till he feels great pleasure in it.”- ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov




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    #111
    ancapailldorcha
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120007031#Comment_120007031

    So you can't provide a single example of something I apparently do regularly. Exactly what I was expecting to be honest.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



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    #112
    BruteStock
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006812#Comment_120006812

    It was the media that said Musks Twitter would become a wild wild west of hate speech , racism etc. But Musk never once implied that hate speech or rule breaking would be allowed. Now the policies they pretended to care so much about are being enforced and its suddenly a bad thing. That to any unbiased observer is an indication of biased dishonest reporting. The media will distort and mangle their own standards in order to make him look bad.



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    #113
    TomTomTim
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120007059#Comment_120007059

    To be fair, I think he said his standards would comply with the law of whatever nation a user is in. Doxxing technically isn't illegal, but I think there was always a rule against it on Twitter, which was not enforced leftward at least before Musk.

    The left have always been "anti doxxing" the same way they are "anti racist", meaning that it's fine when they do it, but a great danger when the right does it.

    “The man who lies to himself can be more easily offended than anyone else. You know it is sometimes very pleasant to take offense, isn't it? A man may know that nobody has insulted him, but that he has invented the insult for himself, has lied and exaggerated to make it picturesque, has caught at a word and made a mountain out of a molehill--he knows that himself, yet he will be the first to take offense, and will revel in his resentment till he feels great pleasure in it.”- ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov




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    #114
    RobbieTheRobber
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006987#Comment_120006987

    Wibble wobble.



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    #115
    Montage of Feck
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    Liberal smiberal! Yes most of today's problems are due to liberals jumping on the Ronald Reagan wagon, which is now careening off the rails. But still a fake tanned buffoon isn't the solution.

    🙈🙉🙊



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    #116
    RobbieTheRobber
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120007073#Comment_120007073


    meaning that it's fine when they do it, but a great danger when the right does it.

    Do you want to do a spot of the aul racism Tom. They way you talk about it in your post it nearly comes across as if you are upset you can't freely be a racist.



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    #117
    TomTomTim
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    https://twitter.com/hodgetwins/status/1603747545217650689


    This is only half the story too, many of said journalists weren't just quite, they were literally getting in touch with these tech companies to ask for the removal of certain people. As usual though, they were slimy about it, and it often came in the form of shame; "Why is X person allowed on your platform", "do you endorse their views", "are you worried about advertisers".

    “The man who lies to himself can be more easily offended than anyone else. You know it is sometimes very pleasant to take offense, isn't it? A man may know that nobody has insulted him, but that he has invented the insult for himself, has lied and exaggerated to make it picturesque, has caught at a word and made a mountain out of a molehill--he knows that himself, yet he will be the first to take offense, and will revel in his resentment till he feels great pleasure in it.”- ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov




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    #118
    TomTomTim
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120007095#Comment_120007095

    Another one. Sadly I can't be frank with you, as you'd report me. As you know, as all sane people do, you appear to be hallucinating again. Not one thing in my post has anything to do with your response. You do this all the time to get a reaction, then hit the report button once you get the reaction you want. Or you might even report it several times if there was a method to. But to do that, you'd obvious need several accounts, and that's not allowed, so I'm sure you wouldn't dare, would you Robbie?

    “The man who lies to himself can be more easily offended than anyone else. You know it is sometimes very pleasant to take offense, isn't it? A man may know that nobody has insulted him, but that he has invented the insult for himself, has lied and exaggerated to make it picturesque, has caught at a word and made a mountain out of a molehill--he knows that himself, yet he will be the first to take offense, and will revel in his resentment till he feels great pleasure in it.”- ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov




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    #119
    RobbieTheRobber
    Registered Users Posts: 6,830 ✭✭✭RobbieTheRobber


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120007119#Comment_120007119

    Now you are creating conspiracy theories about people on boards Tom.


    🤣

    I don't report your posts Tom. In fact I don't think I have even reported a post in the past 3 months.


    Do you think I have a "mind virus" Tom?


    CT forum can't compete with CA these days.

    🤣👆



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    #120
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users Posts: 27,564 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006471#Comment_120006471

    The dogs on the street know but you or the op can't define it? That's pure stupidity.



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    #121
    TomTomTim
    Registered Users Posts: 2,841 ✭✭✭TomTomTim


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120007133#Comment_120007133

    Just been reported and warned. Point proven.

    “The man who lies to himself can be more easily offended than anyone else. You know it is sometimes very pleasant to take offense, isn't it? A man may know that nobody has insulted him, but that he has invented the insult for himself, has lied and exaggerated to make it picturesque, has caught at a word and made a mountain out of a molehill--he knows that himself, yet he will be the first to take offense, and will revel in his resentment till he feels great pleasure in it.”- ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov




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