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[Cauliflower Of Love]

I don't appreciate nintex making light of my pronouns

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

If you don't fight back against the concept that respecting someones pronouns is a matter of courtesy and not a violation of human rights, you lose the bigger ideological war that they must be legistlatively enforced as a hate crime

I don't respect calling a single person they/them in the first place, cause it's stupid.

I've had people ask to be called all sorts of stupid shit in my life, and I'll happily oblige because I honestly don't care, but I still reserve the right to say to "they call me Mad Dog" "Fuck off Oliver" if provoked

[Potato]

If you don't fight back against the concept that respecting someones pronouns is a matter of courtesy and not a violation of human rights, you lose the bigger ideological war that they must be legistlatively enforced as a hate crime

I don't respect calling a single person they/them in the first place, cause it's stupid.

So you will use they/them pronouns to refer to a plural system?

Wouldn't a plural system use We/Us?

[Lonewulfeus]

If you don't fight back against the concept that respecting someones pronouns is a matter of courtesy and not a violation of human rights, you lose the bigger ideological war that they must be legistlatively enforced as a hate crime

I don't respect calling a single person they/them in the first place, cause it's stupid.

So you will use they/them pronouns to refer to a plural system?

Wouldn't a plural system use We/Us?

That’s first person system? perspective

God grammar is so transphobic

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/israel-kills-another-palestinian-journalist-raids-her-funeral-assaults-mourners.590508/#post-87606846

Ok now can we say they are getting close to some nazi shit or nah?

[Boredfrom]

.   As a survivor of abuse who only now feels capable of mentioning it under this blanket of anonymity, watching this trial has been very stressful and emotional for me. I think a lot of people would be surprised how common abuse is against men, in juxtaposition to how men are portrayed in the media, as unfeeling forces of impulse.

The response to this trial from the progressive media and influencer crowd has been not surprising, but still very upsetting. I've held a long running fear that I've been too terrified to express, that a lot of the crowd that claims to fight for equality, is actually trying to fight a power imbalance with a different power imbalance. It's undeniable that straight, white men hold the overwhelming majority of power in the world, and the popular solution seems to be to always side against privilege, regardless of context. If this is the case and not paranoid delusions, I don't even know if they're wrong, or if the destruction of innocents is just a necessary collateral damage to correct the world's imbalances. There have been countless discussions where I've felt like my voice is not one that needs to be considered, thinking about it makes me feel so guilty.

 

Not mocking. The guy sounds sincere and got a point.

[clothedmacuser]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/johnny-depp-jury-finds-that-amber-heard-defamed-him-in-op-ed.590196/page-14#post-87599004

Globally conservatives are playing both sides. Heard is intimately tied with the Murdoch media empire and Elon Musk.

Woah woah waoh, call her a skank-faced whore but I think globalist, east coast, banker, Rothchild is pushing it.

[HaughtyFrank]

The new guy in charge of Warner-Discovery is very cheap. He'd sooner just not release the movie at all before he reshot the whole thing with a new actor in the role.

Being cheap is not why this won't be reshot

I mean it's worth remembering that Ezra Miller is hardly Kevin Spacey here or something

This is well we probably should move on from them.

Not a well we need to take a massive moral stand against them and any movie they're in.

Weird how this is suddenly a situation that requires nuance. Wonder what the difference is compared to all the other cases 

[ldcommando (notthegafone)]

Bill Burr was right all along:

[BIONIC]

88%?

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/model-kicked-off-of-plane-because-her-breasts-are-to-big.590439/
 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/model-kicked-off-of-plane-because-her-breasts-are-to-big.590439/
 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CePS_7rLO9u/

 

[Pissy F Benny]

"You do such a disservice when you lie about things like this"
-Jussie Smollett

"I'm even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women"
-Amber Heard

"I will pursue as my primary goal in life the killer or killers who slaughtered Nicole and Mr. Goldman"
-Orenthal James Simpson

The Juice was innocent tho

[HardcoreRetro]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/model-kicked-off-of-plane-because-her-breasts-are-to-big.590439/
 

Did they lobotomize her to make place for those fake tits?

[HaughtyFrank]

"You do such a disservice when you lie about things like this"
-Jussie Smollett

"I'm even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women"
-Amber Heard

"I will pursue as my primary goal in life the killer or killers who slaughtered Nicole and Mr. Goldman"
-Orenthal James Simpson

The Juice was innocent tho

One day... One day he'll find that damn killer

https://www.resetera.com/threads/model-kicked-off-of-plane-because-her-breasts-are-to-big.590439/
 

No wireless headphones in 2022 is kinda cringe ngl.

 

[Pissy F Benny]

The new guy in charge of Warner-Discovery is very cheap. He'd sooner just not release the movie at all before he reshot the whole thing with a new actor in the role.

Being cheap is not why this won't be reshot

I mean it's worth remembering that Ezra Miller is hardly Kevin Spacey here or something

This is well we probably should move on from them.

Not a well we need to take a massive moral stand against them and any movie they're in.

Weird how this is suddenly a situation that requires nuance. Wonder what the difference is compared to all the other cases 

GENOCIDE: this is why I find they/them pronouns foolish, that incel post reads so bad and stupid using them

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/model-kicked-off-of-plane-because-her-breasts-are-to-big.590439/
 

C'mon, we don't need threads on NY Post tabloid stuff

They've seen their own forum right?

[benjipwns]

I don't even know if they're wrong, or if the destruction of innocents is just a necessary collateral damage to correct the world's imbalances. There have been countless discussions where I've felt like my voice is not one that needs to be considered, thinking about it makes me feel so guilty.

lol this dude thinks you can get an omelette a fried egg on a hood shack burger without breaking a few eggs

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They aren't innocent if they're contributing to the world's imbalances either deliberately or through their silence, they're complicit.

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[HaughtyFrank]

I'd assume so. There was also another costume that was shown briefly that's rather similar to the default (in that it's ultra tight).

Good because I like the default one.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/state-of-play-returns-next-week-tune-in-live-at-3pm-pt-on-june-2.588140/post-87570924

User Banned (1 Month) - Dismissing concerns of Sexualization & Objectification with a history of similar

How the fuck did this guy dismiss anything? All he said was that he likes the costume 

They love using that legal speak for their bans to hide how arbitrary their bans are.

Edit: oh there's the explanation

This feels like you're purposefully poking at people who take issue with the blatant and factual objectification in the game.

[benjipwns]

Didn't watch the trial but looked at this thread that's been tweeted around, if it's a reasonable summary of it then I see how D*pp got over the hurdles of defamation enough to get $8 million, basically Heard made far too much up and wasn't even smart enough to lie about that she did nor get others to lie for her:
https://twitter.com/natlawyerchic/status/1532301598185205760

A shame then that the law wasn't changed to support victims rather than be callously skeptical of them because now queer disabled BIPOC women have to suffer because Gamergate found a few (possibly planted by their agents) holes in Amber Heard's lived experience. And all of this is because the FBI didn't listen to Brianna Wu about Gamergate.

[benjipwns]

User Banned (1 month): Inappropriate Commentary

I was abused and manipulated for almost three years by a woman who destroyed my self esteem, isolated me from friends and family, micromanaged my life, and turned me into an emotional husk and I wouldn't wish 1% of what's been going on these last few months on her, because that would be unfathomably cruel. And its not because I've forgiven her, because I haven't. I still hate her, frankly. I carry a lot of that shit with me every day, its made intimacy with other people extremely challenging.

But if y'all don't realize how deranged this has looked from the outside in then I'm seriously worried, because it has been vicious. And before someone says "Heard brought this on herself by associating with MeToo first", I want to remind us all that what kicked this all off was a few statements, in one interview, that didn't even name Depp. This has been wildly disproportionate.

I'm out y'all. Enjoy the orgy.

Better an orgy than some masturbatory gymnastics.

User Banned (1 Month): Dismissive post in a sensitive thread

Can the media please now cover things that matter

User threadbanned: trolling

One narrative I see appearing more and more is "they were both toxic, who knows what happened anyway"... So transparent...

User threadbanned: ignoring staff warning

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/01/amber-heard-johnny-depp-trial-metoo-backlash

It’s honestly hard to fathom that an article like this can be written after everything. Yes, Me Too is going to be damaged from this, but that is not Depp’s fault nor will it ever be; it’s Heard’s for co-opting the movement for her own personal gain.

With all the TERF stuff and now this; it’s becoming blatantly clear what type of left-wing publication the Guardian is, and it’s not one I feel welcome with anymore.

From the author of this article:

https://twitter.com/MoiraDonegan/status/1532122451714482176

Cool, so fuck men's safety then? Just let your spouse hit you and verbally abuse you if you're a man? Unbelievable.

User threadbanned

This person is just a sociopath

User threadbanned

I'll just say that the public vitriol Heard received was so, so much worse than Depp would have
received if he hadn't been the decided favorite.

User threadbanned: ignoring staff post

I know people will project a lot of their personal experiences into a trial like this, but I think we need to be careful. I found this podcast to be a good dive into the fact that the facts in this case is more complicated than what is being circulated currently.

The hosts of the podcast have Michael Hobbes on from Maintenance Phase. He is really good, so when he voices his issues with the public perception of this case- I take notice.

Last one is great, known liar Michael Hobbes on a podcast where one of the hosts is a known liar, plagiarist and has a history of defaming other journalists.

[benjipwns]

User banned (1 month): sexist trolling

Someone better tell Bayonetta it’s bad.

User banned (1 month): sexist trolling

Genuinely interested, what happens if a female actually likes those designs? Is that ok? Because I just showed these designs to my sister who really likes the look of them. I'm not saying its not an issue at all, but both sides exist for all opinions.

1. female... woof.
2. Women are not a monolith, and they're more than welcome to like whatever they want. On the same side, they're welcome to dislike whatever they want and in this case, it's a decades-long recurring trend in sexist character design that's objectifying. There's generally no problem with liking problematic designs, everyone does it in some way, it's the kneejerk reaction to dismiss critical opinions of it that's the problem. There are multiple posts in this thread that can help shape where we are coming from in regards to why this is a problem.

Another question, what is wrong with me calling my sister a female?

[benjipwns]

User Banned (2 Weeks): Dismissive Commentary; Misogynistic Dogwhistle

Even as someone that hated Last Jedi I just don't get the hate for Rose(beyond the obvious pure racism),
Honestly part of my dislike was the use of her and Finn.

Though I do wonder if she was "hotter" and in some slave leia shit if that would have suddenly made her acceptable to those people.

She is terribly written and makes terrible decisions and has cringy dialogue. Of course, racists latched onto this and abused the actor, which is ridiculous. But let’s not pretend Rose wasn’t poorly written. I like TLJ but it has a lot of problems.

[HaughtyFrank]

Are they implying that anyone who says a female character is badly written is a sexist? 

[benjipwns]

No one would actually criticize Star Wars characters in the new trilogy for being awfully written unless they're women, everyone knows that.

[Nintex]

Are they implying that anyone who says a female character is badly written is a sexist? 

Because they can't seem to actually produce good content that's really the sort of direction Disney's Star Wars division is aiming at these days.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/16-year-old-arrested-trying-to-recruit-for-a-mass-school-shooting-in-california.590502/#post-87606288

My mom is a teacher at my old high school and just this past Tuesday she had to report a kid for threatening her with shooting the place up. He got put on a 5 day suspension.

as far as I know yes. The teacher she works with in the same class is a right wing gun nut and apparently keeps a go bag and guns in her car off campus. Because she parks it off campus the school cant really say anything about it either. My mom is perpetually upset that she had to always think about this, but refuses to retire because she knows the non-english speaking kids she teaches wouldnt have the same opportunities if she werent there and would have to contend with a right wing teacher who has many times questioned to my mom "why are we teaching this shit? its wrong anyways".

[benjipwns]

Can't believe ResetERA.com is banning people who try to post progressive investigative journalists who see the Gamergate connection:
https://twitter.com/RottenInDenmark/status/1532315220550598656
https://twitter.com/RottenInDenmark/status/1532318245025464320
https://twitter.com/RottenInDenmark/status/1532322344915582976
https://twitter.com/figgityfigs/status/1532339342131306496

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https://twitter.com/strawraccoons/status/1532495004006076421

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[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/president-biden-to-address-the-nation-at-7-30-p-m-est-tonight-on-mass-shootings-guns-and-the-need-for-congress-to-act.590388/page-5#post-87637608

"They'll never cooperate"
"Nothing will change"

These sentiments are just as limp and useless as any Republican's "Thoughts and prayers" in my opinion.

I think bringing hope to these conversations, here, and with family, and online, can create a wider and more palatable cultural middle ground that Republicans on the fence may scoot to when the time comes. If we keep things so tribal and so charged, then yeah, we can expect everyone to just keep playing to their team's lines.

But I'm willing to fight for a different reality, realizing that it will take a long time, and many votes, and hard conversations with open hearts. If you're not, and you want to insist that nothing will ever change, then I honestly would prefer if you'd just shut the fuck up. But I'm just a dude on the internet.

[ShutUp]

It is June 2022 and gamergate is still brought up. I am begging these people, depending on what part of the world they are in, to go outside and enjoy the nice weather this summer.

[benjipwns]

It is June 2022 and gamergate is still brought up. I am begging these people, depending on what part of the world they are in, to go outside and enjoy the nice weather this summer.

Outside? Where Gamergate can get them with Long COVID?

[Polident Hive]

Can’t help but notice the Ricky Gervais controversy came and went in a weekend. Yet Chappelle and Joanne get brought up daily. It’s a mystery.

[Averon]

Can someone please ask these people what steps society needs to take for Gamergate to finally be "over?" They attribute Trump winning in 2016 to GG--GG's greatest achievement in their eyes--so you'd think Trump losing in 2020 would mark the end of GG. Apparently not. These people hold on to Gamergate like they are Gollum with the One Ring from LOTR.

[Potato]

Why is it so hard for these idiots to admit that in this instance the victim is a man?

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/faze-clan-esports-org-posts-tweet-in-support-of-pride-month-roster-member-virus-responds-by-announcing-he-is-anti-lgbtq.590682/

  Queerphobic Muslims can just go in the trash. "Don't support any kind of LGBTQ" like it's a product 🤦🏾

They are the only reason why you got a wife, Messy.

[benjipwns]

Can someone please ask these people what steps society needs to take for Gamergate to finally be "over?" They attribute Trump winning in 2016 to GG--GG's greatest achievement in their eyes--so you'd think Trump losing in 2020 would mark the end of GG. Apparently not. These people hold on to Gamergate like they are Gollum with the One Ring from LOTR.

YOU'LL TAKE GAMERGATE FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/rumor-marvel-midnight-suns-reportedly-being-released-on-october-6-2022-some-details-reportedly-leaked.590676/#post-87642303

Dang, no Switch version in sight. Please. we're already getting less games, I can't take more cancellations or delays.

Nothing gives me more depression and anxiety than being a handheld only gamer...

Probably some C-PTSD too for good measure.

These words have lost all meaning   

[benjipwns]

Kinthey nearly got permed for talking back to incelsiorlef:

User banned (3 months): dismissive commentary around the MeToo movement

Regarding metoo, I think one poignant argument Depp's lawyer made in the closing remarks was that actually no one said "me too" in regard to Depp. Heard stood alone with her accusations. Meanwhile all the metoo cases that were essentially the foundation of it were cases of multiple women stepping forward, saying that this person did this to them as well.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/faze-clan-esports-org-posts-tweet-in-support-of-pride-month-roster-member-virus-responds-by-announcing-he-is-anti-lgbtq.590682/

  Queerphobic Muslims can just go in the trash. "Don't support any kind of LGBTQ" like it's a product 🤦🏾

They are the only reason why you got a wife, Messy.

ZeoVagina

So, will FaZe Clan do the right thing and part ways with him? Anything less would make this just another empty corporate Pride tweet.

Part ways because they don't support LGBTQ?   

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/president-biden-to-address-the-nation-at-7-30-p-m-est-tonight-on-mass-shootings-guns-and-the-need-for-congress-to-act.590388/page-6#post-87640071

I had to turn Biden off at the bar or people threatened to leave without paying their tab

[benjipwns]

It is June 2022 and gamergate is still brought up. I am begging these people, depending on what part of the world they are in, to go outside and enjoy the nice weather this summer.

Can someone please ask these people what steps society needs to take for Gamergate to finally be "over?" They attribute Trump winning in 2016 to GG--GG's greatest achievement in their eyes--so you'd think Trump losing in 2020 would mark the end of GG. Apparently not. These people hold on to Gamergate like they are Gollum with the One Ring from LOTR.

https://twitter.com/AggroWill/status/1532336784641863685

[benita]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/rumor-marvel-midnight-suns-reportedly-being-released-on-october-6-2022-some-details-reportedly-leaked.590676/#post-87642303

Dang, no Switch version in sight. Please. we're already getting less games, I can't take more cancellations or delays.

Nothing gives me more depression and anxiety than being a handheld only gamer...

Probably some C-PTSD too for good measure.

These words have lost all meaning   

[Snoopycat_]

I see you’re at this point of the circular argument we’ll be having. So we can just agree to disagree. And I can call you a fucking moron in the meantime.

 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/president-biden-to-address-the-nation-at-7-30-p-m-est-tonight-on-mass-shootings-guns-and-the-need-for-congress-to-act.590388/page-7

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/johnny-depp-jury-finds-that-amber-heard-defamed-him-in-op-ed.590196/page-18#post-87641490

The fact the media gets this so wrong ^^^ honestly makes me double take and wonder what I've believed in the past from these liberal/progressive sources that might also be such complete bollocks.

If a few forum users can grok the law just from watching the trial and these writers either are too stupid to understand it, are willfully ignorant, or just didn't watch any of it.... Why should we EVER take them seriously again?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/johnny-depp-jury-finds-that-amber-heard-defamed-him-in-op-ed.590196/page-18#post-87655179

Reading through this thread I think the most disappointing thing I’ve read is that people are confused on what to think because people they “follow” on social media are saying things that goes against the evidence they saw for themselves in the trial.

Is this the world now? Do people actually create bubbles for themselves on social media to come to a consensus on what to think instead of deciding for themselves?

I have no idea how media was reporting on the case because apparently I don’t watch any media that cared about the trial. I would see Reddit posts or someone would link to something on Twitter, but I didn’t need to engage with it because I have eyes to see specific testimony or cross examinations for myself.

Are people here truly and honestly disturbed by reactions to social media personalities that they actually looked to for forming real world opinions?

I mentioned it before in the other thread, but I thought that mindset was really only prevalent in conservative and Republican circles. I thought progressives were always cautious of information coming from democratic politicians or media organizations that ultimately wanted to keep the money people happy.

If I am hearing everyone correctly it sounds like all that skepticism was thrown out the window for various groups of “progressive influencers” on Twitter? Did that actually happen?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/johnny-depp-jury-finds-that-amber-heard-defamed-him-in-op-ed.590196/page-18#post-87658149

Echo chambers for right and left are prevalent all over the internet. You put an opinion that’s dissenting or questioning in one particular chamber you get shouted down.

It’s why I generally don’t use social media these days as to me it seemingly opposes critical thinking.

I feel at times as a society we’ve almost lost the ability to debate.

Saw one comment earlier that I feel is particularly accurate in regards to the left and right in Politics and that’s the horse shoe theory.

Gave it a read and I tend to agree it’s real

[MMaRsu]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/faze-clan-esports-org-posts-tweet-in-support-of-pride-month-roster-member-virus-responds-by-announcing-he-is-anti-lgbtq.590682/

Condemning Muslims for being anti lgtbq?

Will they not learn at reeeee that Islam is a religion thats 100% against gays or any queers?

I thought they loved islam at reeeee

LMAO, I know so many Muslims even many on this very forum who are staunch allies of the LGBTQIA+ community. being a Muslim doesn't stop you from being a piece of shit.

If anything, Islam talks about how treating the other with kindness, dignity and respect and how in Allah's eyes that is what helps a person be at ease and have a sound heart.

Lmaooooollo

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/growing-up-in-the-truth.590136/

When I was a teenager, I had a friend that was from a Jehovah's Witness family. To quote from Era, "fuck the Jehovah's Witnesses".

[Snoopycat_]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/johnny-depp-jury-finds-that-amber-heard-defamed-him-in-op-ed.590196/page-18#post-87658149
Echo chambers for right and left are prevalent all over the internet. You put an opinion that’s dissenting or questioning in one particular chamber you get shouted down.

It’s why I generally don’t use social media these days as to me it seemingly opposes critical thinking.

I feel at times as a society we’ve almost lost the ability to debate.

Saw one comment earlier that I feel is particularly accurate in regards to the left and right in Politics and that’s the horse shoe theory.

Gave it a read and I tend to agree it’s real

I'm really starting to believe that the majority of ree are bots. No actual, sentient human being could be as oblivious as this. It's not possible.

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/johnny-depp-jury-finds-that-amber-heard-defamed-him-in-op-ed.590196/page-18#post-87641490

The fact the media gets this so wrong ^^^ honestly makes me double take and wonder what I've believed in the past from these liberal/progressive sources that might also be such complete bollocks.

If a few forum users can grok the law just from watching the trial and these writers either are too stupid to understand it, are willfully ignorant, or just didn't watch any of it.... Why should we EVER take them seriously again?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/johnny-depp-jury-finds-that-amber-heard-defamed-him-in-op-ed.590196/page-18#post-87655179

Reading through this thread I think the most disappointing thing I’ve read is that people are confused on what to think because people they “follow” on social media are saying things that goes against the evidence they saw for themselves in the trial.

Is this the world now? Do people actually create bubbles for themselves on social media to come to a consensus on what to think instead of deciding for themselves?

I have no idea how media was reporting on the case because apparently I don’t watch any media that cared about the trial. I would see Reddit posts or someone would link to something on Twitter, but I didn’t need to engage with it because I have eyes to see specific testimony or cross examinations for myself.

Are people here truly and honestly disturbed by reactions to social media personalities that they actually looked to for forming real world opinions?

I mentioned it before in the other thread, but I thought that mindset was really only prevalent in conservative and Republican circles. I thought progressives were always cautious of information coming from democratic politicians or media organizations that ultimately wanted to keep the money people happy.

If I am hearing everyone correctly it sounds like all that skepticism was thrown out the window for various groups of “progressive influencers” on Twitter? Did that actually happen?

Two very obvious trolls here. Mods and dumb shit users are too fucking stupid to realise they're being taken for a ride though...

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/johnny-depp-jury-finds-that-amber-heard-defamed-him-in-op-ed.590196/page-19#post-87666699

The problem is that 1) the internet makes crazy echo chambers and 2) social media folk whose (online) identity is purely wrapped into politics and opinions are probably the least trustworthy folk out there. They are in the same popularity rat race that any other content creator is. Which ultimately forces many of them to some sort of performative statements or just putting on a performance in general.

I'm sure it happens all over the world, but it seems extremely amplified in the US. It happens all the time on this forum where some random Twitter folk get mentioned and I go and check them out and their entire credential list is 'twitter'.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

I must admit that I am a little disappointed that Nepenthe hasn't told us yet how the whole thing is actually about her.

[Snoopycat_]

Every YT on the planet obsessing over these 2 rich crackers. Meanwhile us janitors out there watching our YT adjacent bosses sneakin off with millions. SMDH.

[HaughtyFrank]

I wonder if the mods are secretly biting themselves that they didn't nip the anti Amber Heard talk in the bud. This is the only time I can think of they didn't follow the popular"progressive" narrative

[Hap Shaughnessy]

I wonder if the mods are secretly biting themselves that they didn't nip the anti Amber Heard talk in the bud. This is the only time I can think of they didn't follow the popular"progressive" narrative

They did ban twitter links though so that they wouldn't have people on Era criticizing them and being part of the new gamergate.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

 

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

"I can't believe I'm people are bringing up OUR VIETNAM GamerGate again, and forcing me to relive those glory days when hundreds of people uncritically agreed with my every hot take if I added enough clap emojis, I could regularly demonstrate my allyship by curating blocklists of people and passing them around so people got shadowbanned and blocked because they said something like 'what's GG' and my galaxy brain saw through their deception, and I could add shitty new definitions to words with my mental gymnastics debate techniques to never be wrong, like suggesting that making broad sweeping generalisations is good actually, and multiple people politely asking me not to do that is actually a kind of harrassment, those fucking sealions.

Oh, how terrible those years as a self-hating arts graduate doing a job I felt is below me to an audience I openly held in contempt were, let me relive them a-fucking-gain and tell you what a goddamn hero I was"

The same players, the same rhetoric, the same bad faith pseudo-intellectualism

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ohio-house-republicans-slip-anti-trans-athlete-amendment-into-unrelated-bill-to-pass-it-in-the-middle-of-the-night.590736/#post-87656940

What's with all the she and her speak? Do transmen not exist to these geniuses?

It's trans men, and trans women. We are women and men, not something other than women or men. You wouldn't say "gayman" (no, Neil doesn't count), would you?

 

[HaughtyFrank]

There's truly an amazing urge to correct people who are already on your side

[HaughtyFrank]

Oh cool, here's a moderator suggesting to deliberately target the kids of those politicians.

What's to stop us finding out which of the people that voted for this have kids competing in sports and accusing them of being trans? Like, I don't want to be in a situation where this happens to any kid... but if all it takes is suspicion, then their children aren't protected from this either.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ohio-house-republicans-slip-anti-trans-athlete-amendment-into-unrelated-bill-to-pass-it-in-the-middle-of-the-night.590736/post-87673017

Two wrongs apparently make a right.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

There's truly an amazing urge to correct people who are already on your side

You forgot to end your sentence with correct punctuation.

How do we know you were finished or not?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/johnny-depp-jury-finds-that-amber-heard-defamed-him-in-op-ed.590196/page-19#post-87673899

This trial just further proves how the news and media has been reduced to headlines and hot takes designed to match opinions based on ideology. Then social media algorithms will always show you something that agrees with your worldview, so you'll rarely if ever get something to challenge your beliefs.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/johnny-depp-jury-finds-that-amber-heard-defamed-him-in-op-ed.590196/page-19#post-87675426

Remember when people do the stupidest shit to own the libs? This feels like just the other way around, where liberals support a narcissistic abuser in order to own the MRA and incels. Yeah, some of the worst people out there are supporting Depp, doesn't mean one shouldn't look at the truth objectively and come to a conclusion. By sticking rigidly to ideology and ignoring the evidence solely on the basis of who is supporting whom, they are no different to the right on this.