The idea of free-speech-absolutism relies on a top-down model which only examines how a government or platform should regulate speech, while completely ignoring how free a space is depends as much on who participates as who controls.

Free speech is also dependent on the twin stupidities that a “market places of ideas” will produce good ideas, or that debate could possibly settle the most trivial issue.

The only reason to honor Bob Lee is because he’s responsible for more dead slavers than any three Union generals.

The AI that sets your health insurance policy is going to be way deadlier than the one that has a gun.

Fonzi and “Grease” greaser stereotypes that were popular at the time

Isn’t it funny how we look back to 80s as nostalgia, but so much of that was recycled 50s nostalgia. Has anyone ever lived through and authentic era?

DEI is a conservative concept: have your corporate masters both decide how anti-racism can justify it’s existence (good for business) and how it should be implemented (top down corpo scolding).

It’s not a social issue, it’s a marketing campaign. And we shouldn’t feel obligated to defend something so hideous and trivial just because it aggravates the reactionary.

This is crazy in it’s lack of sophistication. Reads more like a criminal scam to get grandma’s credit card than an intelligence op to destabilize Western Europe.

I suppose all the talented “hackers” were more valuable at the front.

the preferred nomenclature is “come back with a warrant”.

Not all “elephant experience” parks are the same. Some only have rescue animals, don’t use them for “shows”, segregate male animals from guests, and only allow interaction on the animal’s terms.

Similar to the difference between an accredited zoo and Joe Exotic.

My opinion of anti-theists in general is that they’re like “fat hate”, just basic bigots who think they found a loophole. In anti-theist spaces for example, Islamophobia isn’t tolerated, it’s enforced.

Dawkins was always a public bigot. It’s no wonder he talks just like American conservative Christian, he’s been in bed with them for years.

Because I’m not allowed to read the article to know if this is mentioned: a big reason why this would aggravate Wukong fans is that Nintendo is a Japanese company.

At some meeting someone asked: “AI is going to change everything. How is it going to change the Windows experience”? And recall was the best they could come up with.

You can’t reason with racism. They believe he was essentially an Arab, and that is the source of his violence. Also, his race makes him unworthy to attack white Christians no matter how “righteous” the motive.

It’s kinda like the Daniel Penny vs. Luigi Mangioni dynamic. Murder is not wrong per se, just who has station and authority to kill whom.

“spices” were valued for their exclusivity, or because rich people ate them.

For example, allium plants like garlic and onion were viewed with suspicion and disgust, even considered poisons. This isn’t because they don’t taste good, more that anybody with a garden could grow them. Meanwhile, spices like nutmeg, which only grow in far-off places were coveted.

This is also the probable explanation for prohibitions on pork. Pigs are the meat of the poor, because you don’t need much land or resources to raise them. That old wives tale about trichinosis implies that ancient people were too stupid to cook their pork thoroughly while consuming chicken and fish that had the same illness and parasite problems as pigs.

This article’s reasoning is faith based. The cornerstone assumption is that industry profits and layoffs obey the preferences of the market.

To those who follow the industry, this is demonstrably false. What follows is the lack of awareness on full display:

and even though Spider-Man 2 sold more than 11 million copies, several members of Insomniac lost their jobs when Sony announced 900 layoffs in February.

This is like when you get the right answer using the wrong formula

This is like a soup joint that’s trying to see how much they can piss in the broth before customers notice.

Reminder: this is the same Teamster that spoke at the Republican convention, making these comments to Tucker Carlson.

You probably shouldn’t take this at face value and assume this was her attitude toward labor in general.

during the Bush era and it was from US media sources

Your being defensive. Yes, the misinfo campaign is that old, and yes plenty of Western journalists have repeated the talking points.

I mean, Musk isn’t totally wrong, the F-35 isn’t all we’d hoped for. It had a well documented history of cost over-runs, problems in development, and failing the way all multi-tools do, they generally don’t do as good of a job as specific tool

Your views hew ridiculously close to talking point that heavily associated with Russian state media. Please don’t be offended, this isn’t an insult It’s an FYI.

Ask yourself: how does the F-35 (in cost overruns, accidents, re-designs, ect…) compare to other fighter jets developed by the US and her allies? If you don’t know, wonder how you only bumped into info that paints the project in a bad light. Who benefits from the F35 being perceived as a boondoggle?

Youtuber Lazerpig addresses all of this directly and with sources if your interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxVsS9ZNUOU

I thought the worst part of dating was getting my heart broken, but what I remember best are the girls I let down.