That Anonymous Coward (profile), 13 Jan 2022 @ 1:37pm
Re:
Probably ATT, they've worked very hard to get people off of DSL & are just waiting for a few more people to leave POTS so they can exit that market as well.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 13 Jan 2022 @ 11:43am
"or intent to carry out the threat."
Question - did this same school board call the FBI on the band?
I mean if the words are only a threat, as one has to assume from their insane response, then anyone ever having spoken or typed those words is making threats and needs to be stopped.
Perhaps they were unable to locate another child around the same age who could explain to them they were song lyrics before they went full batshit crazy & terrorized parents & students by calling it a threat in a publication before having any actual evidence?
To continue to call it a threat is just letting them feel better about their inability to think. Reposting song lyrics isn't a crime (glares at the RIAA corner SHUT IT!) and just because you assume it is an orange when its actually red doesn't change an apple into an orange. Context matters, but the beauty of zero tolerance once again is that everything has to be seen as the worst thing you can imagine it might mean & ignore any context or critical thinking.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 12 Jan 2022 @ 1:58am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
The problem is all of these people who have no problem supporting the Proud Boys because they aren't the KKK.
If you call them racist, the dog whistle sounds and its just cancel culture against them & morons support them.
The Proud Boys were just trying to keep the election from being stolen!
The Proud Boys were just trying to stop them from injecting their 5G death virus into us!
Trump called for "REAL" Americans to stand up for us and the Proud Boys came!!!!!
Truth, facts, evidence no longer matter to a frightening segment of the population.
(See also the anti-abortion church going folks who cheered on clinic bombers & gave them aid and comfort to avoid the law. Killing "babies" was worse than killing people & we ignore that whole thou shalt no kill thing some more.)
I have no illusions that the Proud Boys are not the same racist pricks this country has always had since before reconstruction, the problem is the idiots supporting them and ignoring what they are because someone told them to. Then we have those who think some essential oils, sage, and chanting can change them.
They have every right to hold their stupid ideas & scream mean words at others (1st Amend goes both ways) but perhaps some of their members in cop uniforms should have been taken to task for not enforcing the law when they jumped other people or broke out the bear spray on people who'd 'crime' was to just call them out for being racist pricks.
We have out racists like the Proud Boys but there is underlying support of people who quietly cheer the Proud Boys on because they feel "others" are getting things instead of them.
It would be nice to see truth make a comeback in the nation.
Gay Marriage didn't do anything to straight people's marriages be it the 1st or 17th. The Truth is - they were scared of having to treat those they despise like actual people.
Abortion should be banned!! The Truth is - they demand to have control over other peoples lives to live up to a moral standard (they they often ignore for themselves) because without single moms to look down on in line at the grocery they might notice people looking down on them.
Safer Sex just encourages sex!! The Truth is - withholding aid money because someone might mention condoms to those in 3rd world nations where survival sex is happening is killing people.
The first truth they need to be taught is simple.
Rights are not pie.
If someone else gets some, it doesn't mean you get less.
Second truth is, if we did to you what you are doing to others you'd scream bloody murder, so why is it okay for you to do it?
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 10 Jan 2022 @ 10:15pm
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"Its a part of their culture, and until they remove it, we should treat them like they are, no matter the answer."
I very much agree, but with my long view of human history I always fear that humans will human, spending more time defining the contours of what the label should include rather than taking action.
The Government still hasn't managed to modify the definition of terrorist to allow for them to be white & there is a demographic who don't believe they are terrorists they are fighting for their rights against the forces of "evil" aka people who want all humans treated the same as all other humans.
Humans need/want/desire a scapegoat to blame & to be better than to find self worth.
The screaming about welfare queens (read black women) who are just making babies to get more money out of our pockets.
Then they arrest a whole buncha welfare cheats and gosh... they all were really really white.
But the narrative manages to keep hold that black women work the welfare system, 'stealing' money out of our pockets & people push to cut it back, make it harder to get, manage to hurt many more people then they realize... then pretend those people just don't want to try, we have these programs (that we've made inaccessible to so many people who have fallen through the cracks.)
Before you dismiss the idea remember the leadership of Texas was threatening to leave the union... then they got 4 inches of snow & immediately were demanding federal money to help them. You'd think with all of the lifted trucks in Texas people would have been used to something white & 4 inches.
Its bad when other people need help, but don't you DARE stand in the way of me getting my share. My need is real, your need can't be real... you're not like me.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 10 Jan 2022 @ 4:36am
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Well the label White Supremacist conjurers up images of David Duke (pre-face lift) wearing his grand wizard robes.
Proud Boys are like the New Coke of White Supremacist.
They rebranded, and they've changed their tag lines to be more 'acceptable' to skirt under the radar of many people.
Their speeches aren't fear mongering about skin color, more fear mongering about these "new" people coming in who don't care about real american values and are just here to take your job, home, families, etc.
I've give you that they are racists, but I'm not sure the traditional 'White Supremacist" label neatly fits. I think its part of their plan to keep some people on their side who feel that the left is just trying to cancel anyone who doesn't toe the socialist party line & they aren't REALLY White Supremacists like those KKK good ole boys, they are just called that by the evil left who wants to take away your light bulbs you like and make you buy those expensive bulbs that aren;t as good or put out negative ions that will kill you and your dog.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 9 Jan 2022 @ 9:41pm
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Well they do have that fig leaf that their "leader" isn't as white as the driven snow, then on the other hand they tend to start scuffles with POC.
I think they are slightly beyond the white supremacist label, they are willing to accept anyone who espouses the same "ideals" no matter their skin tone. Its almost like they figured out after decades of screaming that whites were becoming the minority they actually are, so they will accept anyone who is willing to toe their ideological line.
They are a bunch of bullies hopped up on cereal & punching each other, who are violently acting out to try and intimidate others into letting them have their way.
As the resident immortal sociopath they remind me of those who pushed very hard to make people accept the lost cause narrative. It was "those" people who forced what they wanted on those poor southerners who were just making a living on the backs of those ungrateful negros who would have been much worse off if they had never been snatched & put to work here making whites rich.
But humans can't admit they keep repeating history & instead focus on assigning blame completely before thinking about solutions.
I mean how many statues are still up praising/supporting men who lead a war against the nation?
How many people are terrified that CRT might make their kids feel bad, because they refuse to admit that we enslaved people & even after they were freed there were people who worked hard & murdered people to keep them in their place as lessor.
There is a meme out there showing a car in Yellowstone with Bears coming close to a car captioned, 'Everyone was nicer in the 50's even the bears" underneath is an image of a black man using a blacks only drinking fountain.
Google "Tumblr - Define "everyone"." land on know your meme.
The country has a past, its not the best past, but until we can all admit to the sins we can't make any progress. To many people convinced their version is the only true version, and they're all wrong.
And people wonder how humans made me a sociopath...
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 8 Jan 2022 @ 5:01pm
Re: Another week...
Well thats the thing...
You no longer can start an account without giving them a cell phone number & wackjobs, like me, believe that they've been doing "ooppsie" timeouts where its just faster to give them the cell phone number & serve a short timeout rather than to wait for support to actually review the questionable timeout to get the numbers from older users.
Then one would have to real a buncha TOS to see what info Apple or Google (or whatever other platforms you can use to create an account) gives to Twitter and what Twitter provides them with.
Of course none of the services is ever very straight forward with what information they share with their 'partners' and what information goes in each direction.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 7 Jan 2022 @ 9:06pm
giggles
Don't mind me, was reading the discord.
This site run by an "other authority"!!
Also entertained that I recognize Twitters lawyer, when last I saw her I was suggesting the firm take up a collection to buy her a very nice bottle of wine for having to deal with Tiff's lolsuit.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 7 Jan 2022 @ 8:49pm
tosses you a been to add to this
discussions have positive in nature
I wonder if someone running the graphics at Fox Sports can put that players silhouette over his face while hes reporting.
Rob knew he had the power to do this, but not the wisdom to not do it.
Whats next?
Is he going to troll Facebook comments & eject fans from games who say mean things about him?
Wait till someone holds up a sign, will he dispatch the MLB enforcers to tackle and remove the fan from the stands?
If reporting that was really fscking mild (Hi I'm from the internet, it wasn't even a blip on the radar) pisses him off to hold a grudge this long & then strike... I can't wait until he loses his shit in a major way in the head of the moment.
Picture it... World Series 2022... hes about to hand out the trophy & someone in the stands calls him a mean name. He snaps, smashes the trophy to the ground, disqualifying the team that one because the asshat in the stands was wearing the winning teams jersey when he insulted his better.
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Re:
Probably ATT, they've worked very hard to get people off of DSL & are just waiting for a few more people to leave POTS so they can exit that market as well.
On the post: Pennsylvania Court Reverses Student's Expulsion Over A Snapchat Post, Reminds School Students Still Have Rights
"or intent to carry out the threat."
Question - did this same school board call the FBI on the band?
I mean if the words are only a threat, as one has to assume from their insane response, then anyone ever having spoken or typed those words is making threats and needs to be stopped.
Perhaps they were unable to locate another child around the same age who could explain to them they were song lyrics before they went full batshit crazy & terrorized parents & students by calling it a threat in a publication before having any actual evidence?
To continue to call it a threat is just letting them feel better about their inability to think. Reposting song lyrics isn't a crime (glares at the RIAA corner SHUT IT!) and just because you assume it is an orange when its actually red doesn't change an apple into an orange. Context matters, but the beauty of zero tolerance once again is that everything has to be seen as the worst thing you can imagine it might mean & ignore any context or critical thinking.
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If only there were adults that were responsible for this poor stupid child rather than expecting a corporation to raise him.
Child neglect... it is a thing.
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Re:
nudges Mike to check his email
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"Some executives likewise argue that a merger could give a surprise boost to the US’s troubled rollout of 5G wireless services."
Some executives likewise can tell you that cocaine is a hell of a drug.
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"Which leads to the obvious question: why can't this be the norm?"
Because lawyers have student loans.
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Now do ISPs & Cell providers...
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"the secret services in many countries are using the Pegasus software to combat crime and corruption."
And yet somehow we keep finding out they used it in criminal and corrupt ways to protect the Corrupt Criminals in power.
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Re:
Did you miss that little insane ruling that remastering a track gets it a new copyright?
On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
The problem is all of these people who have no problem supporting the Proud Boys because they aren't the KKK.
If you call them racist, the dog whistle sounds and its just cancel culture against them & morons support them.
The Proud Boys were just trying to keep the election from being stolen!
The Proud Boys were just trying to stop them from injecting their 5G death virus into us!
Trump called for "REAL" Americans to stand up for us and the Proud Boys came!!!!!
Truth, facts, evidence no longer matter to a frightening segment of the population.
(See also the anti-abortion church going folks who cheered on clinic bombers & gave them aid and comfort to avoid the law. Killing "babies" was worse than killing people & we ignore that whole thou shalt no kill thing some more.)
I have no illusions that the Proud Boys are not the same racist pricks this country has always had since before reconstruction, the problem is the idiots supporting them and ignoring what they are because someone told them to. Then we have those who think some essential oils, sage, and chanting can change them.
They have every right to hold their stupid ideas & scream mean words at others (1st Amend goes both ways) but perhaps some of their members in cop uniforms should have been taken to task for not enforcing the law when they jumped other people or broke out the bear spray on people who'd 'crime' was to just call them out for being racist pricks.
We have out racists like the Proud Boys but there is underlying support of people who quietly cheer the Proud Boys on because they feel "others" are getting things instead of them.
It would be nice to see truth make a comeback in the nation.
Gay Marriage didn't do anything to straight people's marriages be it the 1st or 17th. The Truth is - they were scared of having to treat those they despise like actual people.
Abortion should be banned!! The Truth is - they demand to have control over other peoples lives to live up to a moral standard (they they often ignore for themselves) because without single moms to look down on in line at the grocery they might notice people looking down on them.
Safer Sex just encourages sex!! The Truth is - withholding aid money because someone might mention condoms to those in 3rd world nations where survival sex is happening is killing people.
The first truth they need to be taught is simple.
Rights are not pie.
If someone else gets some, it doesn't mean you get less.
Second truth is, if we did to you what you are doing to others you'd scream bloody murder, so why is it okay for you to do it?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Isn't that a Dave Chapelle skit?
On the post: Twitter Asks Court To Reconsider Order To Unmask Anonymous Critic Of A Billionaire Over Questionable Copyright Claims
blinks
I thought she was a "professional" portrait photographer...
I'd found her work once.
Blah somedays its harder to keep the threads sorted in my head.
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Microwave - The Head Chef at Olive Garden.
On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
"Its a part of their culture, and until they remove it, we should treat them like they are, no matter the answer."
I very much agree, but with my long view of human history I always fear that humans will human, spending more time defining the contours of what the label should include rather than taking action.
The Government still hasn't managed to modify the definition of terrorist to allow for them to be white & there is a demographic who don't believe they are terrorists they are fighting for their rights against the forces of "evil" aka people who want all humans treated the same as all other humans.
Humans need/want/desire a scapegoat to blame & to be better than to find self worth.
The screaming about welfare queens (read black women) who are just making babies to get more money out of our pockets.
Then they arrest a whole buncha welfare cheats and gosh... they all were really really white.
But the narrative manages to keep hold that black women work the welfare system, 'stealing' money out of our pockets & people push to cut it back, make it harder to get, manage to hurt many more people then they realize... then pretend those people just don't want to try, we have these programs (that we've made inaccessible to so many people who have fallen through the cracks.)
Before you dismiss the idea remember the leadership of Texas was threatening to leave the union... then they got 4 inches of snow & immediately were demanding federal money to help them. You'd think with all of the lifted trucks in Texas people would have been used to something white & 4 inches.
Its bad when other people need help, but don't you DARE stand in the way of me getting my share. My need is real, your need can't be real... you're not like me.
On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
Re: Re: Re:
Well the label White Supremacist conjurers up images of David Duke (pre-face lift) wearing his grand wizard robes.
Proud Boys are like the New Coke of White Supremacist.
They rebranded, and they've changed their tag lines to be more 'acceptable' to skirt under the radar of many people.
Their speeches aren't fear mongering about skin color, more fear mongering about these "new" people coming in who don't care about real american values and are just here to take your job, home, families, etc.
I've give you that they are racists, but I'm not sure the traditional 'White Supremacist" label neatly fits. I think its part of their plan to keep some people on their side who feel that the left is just trying to cancel anyone who doesn't toe the socialist party line & they aren't REALLY White Supremacists like those KKK good ole boys, they are just called that by the evil left who wants to take away your light bulbs you like and make you buy those expensive bulbs that aren;t as good or put out negative ions that will kill you and your dog.
On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
Re:
Well they do have that fig leaf that their "leader" isn't as white as the driven snow, then on the other hand they tend to start scuffles with POC.
I think they are slightly beyond the white supremacist label, they are willing to accept anyone who espouses the same "ideals" no matter their skin tone. Its almost like they figured out after decades of screaming that whites were becoming the minority they actually are, so they will accept anyone who is willing to toe their ideological line.
They are a bunch of bullies hopped up on cereal & punching each other, who are violently acting out to try and intimidate others into letting them have their way.
As the resident immortal sociopath they remind me of those who pushed very hard to make people accept the lost cause narrative. It was "those" people who forced what they wanted on those poor southerners who were just making a living on the backs of those ungrateful negros who would have been much worse off if they had never been snatched & put to work here making whites rich.
But humans can't admit they keep repeating history & instead focus on assigning blame completely before thinking about solutions.
I mean how many statues are still up praising/supporting men who lead a war against the nation?
How many people are terrified that CRT might make their kids feel bad, because they refuse to admit that we enslaved people & even after they were freed there were people who worked hard & murdered people to keep them in their place as lessor.
There is a meme out there showing a car in Yellowstone with Bears coming close to a car captioned, 'Everyone was nicer in the 50's even the bears" underneath is an image of a black man using a blacks only drinking fountain.
Google "Tumblr - Define "everyone"." land on know your meme.
The country has a past, its not the best past, but until we can all admit to the sins we can't make any progress. To many people convinced their version is the only true version, and they're all wrong.
And people wonder how humans made me a sociopath...
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Re:
I miss taunting Proud Boys in real time.
On the post: Court Orders Twitter Reveal Anonymous Tweeter Over Sketchy Copyright Claim, Because That Tweeter Won't Show Up In Court
Re: Another week...
Well thats the thing...
You no longer can start an account without giving them a cell phone number & wackjobs, like me, believe that they've been doing "ooppsie" timeouts where its just faster to give them the cell phone number & serve a short timeout rather than to wait for support to actually review the questionable timeout to get the numbers from older users.
Then one would have to real a buncha TOS to see what info Apple or Google (or whatever other platforms you can use to create an account) gives to Twitter and what Twitter provides them with.
Of course none of the services is ever very straight forward with what information they share with their 'partners' and what information goes in each direction.
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giggles
Don't mind me, was reading the discord.
This site run by an "other authority"!!
Also entertained that I recognize Twitters lawyer, when last I saw her I was suggesting the firm take up a collection to buy her a very nice bottle of wine for having to deal with Tiff's lolsuit.
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tosses you a been to add to this
discussions have positive in nature
I wonder if someone running the graphics at Fox Sports can put that players silhouette over his face while hes reporting.
Rob knew he had the power to do this, but not the wisdom to not do it.
Whats next?
Is he going to troll Facebook comments & eject fans from games who say mean things about him?
Wait till someone holds up a sign, will he dispatch the MLB enforcers to tackle and remove the fan from the stands?
If reporting that was really fscking mild (Hi I'm from the internet, it wasn't even a blip on the radar) pisses him off to hold a grudge this long & then strike... I can't wait until he loses his shit in a major way in the head of the moment.
Picture it... World Series 2022... hes about to hand out the trophy & someone in the stands calls him a mean name. He snaps, smashes the trophy to the ground, disqualifying the team that one because the asshat in the stands was wearing the winning teams jersey when he insulted his better.
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