Belarus being Belarus

[WacoFan]

I got banned from twitter when I egged on my governor to run for President so I can see him beaten like a drum in the primaries.

Banned for 14 days!

Damn...I only got half the time! Racial disparities in sentencing? We should bitch to Twitter about that.

 

[WacoFan]

Clearly Belarus is run by a snowflake authoritarian. Much like we were for four years.

Nothing, absolutely NOTHING is worse for an authoritarian than someone who broadcasts a counter-narrative.

Also, former President Trump used to call the press "Enemy of the people" and such things. Weird, right?

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Nothing, absolutely NOTHING is worse for an authoritarian than someone who broadcasts a counter-narrative.

Also, former President Trump used to call the press "Enemy of the people" and such things. Weird, right?

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

A local business proprietor wound up that way. By his wife. Six in the back. In self defense. He then fell down an elevator shaft.

You killed him!

No. I shot him. The bullets and the fall killed him.

 

[derg]

Damn...I only got half the time! Racial disparities in sentencing? We should bitch to Twitter about that.

Nah, it’s alright. I can see how the AlGoreRhythm thought I was talking about physically beating him up and it was easier to play nice than go “full Karen” and plead my case.

 

[derg]

Nothing, absolutely NOTHING is worse for an authoritarian than someone who broadcasts a counter-narrative.

Also, former President Trump used to call the press "Enemy of the people" and such things. Weird, right?

All the time.

So bad that even when FNC couldn’t polish the turd, then came OANN that played the role of drunken bar fly “I’ll do anything you want for a pack of smokes. Anything”

 

[mwflyer]

I got banned from twitter when I egged on my governor to run for President so I can see him beaten like a drum in the primaries.

Banned for 14 days!

I don’t believe either of you were banned. According to the right, big tech only discriminates against conservatives. And both of you were attacking conservative politicians. Next you’ll try to tell me that Jan 6th was a riot, and not a bunch of patriots on a tour of the capital.

 

[BigZ]

Were any of his actions actually illegal?

I'm neither a lawyer nor prosecutor to determine whether allegedly organizing citizens to overthrow a government is illegal, but I do see why there might be some legal back and forth on that.

 

[BigZ]

Still no crime there, at least not according to Western understandings of concepts like freedom of speech, assembly, press, and the right to petition. Key word is “protestors,” not “insurrectionists.”

I seem to remember poop being slung when Trump said something about protestors in DC.

 

[bike21]

I'm neither a lawyer nor prosecutor to determine whether allegedly organizing citizens to overthrow a government is illegal, but I do see why there might be some legal back and forth on that.

You might try to read something other than state sponsored news on this one.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

I seem to remember poop being slung when Trump said something about protestors in DC.

We are not discussing him right now.

 

[BigZ]

You might try to read something other than state sponsored news on this one.

I frankly have no vested interest in arguing about any of it.

Just a word of advise - once a while do a reality check, or you risk being dragged ears deep into someone else's BS agenda.

Trust nothing you hear and only a half of what you see.

- your friendly neighborhood KGB

 

[bike21]

I frankly have no vested interest in arguing about any of it.

Just a word of advise - once a while do a reality check, or you risk being dragged ears deep into someone else's BS agenda.

Trust nothing you hear and only a half of what you see.

- your friendly neighborhood KGB

So you're defending the actions of a dictator?

 

[Roger Roger]

So you're defending the actions of a dictator?

It’s what he does.

 

[WacoFan]

All the time.

So bad that even when FNC couldn’t polish the turd, then came OANN that played the role of drunken bar fly “I’ll do anything you want for a pack of smokes. Anything”

Newsmax, OANN, and the right-wing ecosphere is just...something. I listened to right-wing rage radio today and just unbelievable stupidity everywhere. Rupert will go down as one of the great villains of all time. Citizen Kane looks benign next to Rupert. As for Newsmax and OANN - we'll see what kind of staying power they have as the boomers die off. I'm not convinced any of them have the management know-how of NewsCorp.

Also, did you see - Amazon bought MGM. Which means Bezos owns all the Apprentice outtakes which apparently feature Trump being Trump - racist, misogynistic, etc. So, the guy that Trumps best friend David Pecker of the National Enquirer tried to blackmail with stolen texts now owns reams of video of Trump being appalling apparently. Good times!

 

[Roger Roger]

Newsmax, OANN, and the right-wing ecosphere is just...something. I listened to right-wing rage radio today and just unbelievable stupidity everywhere. Rupert will go down as one of the great villains of all time. Citizen Kane looks benign next to Rupert. As for Newsmax and OANN - we'll see what kind of staying power they have as the boomers die off. I'm not convinced any of them have the management know-how of NewsCorp.

Also, did you see - Amazon bought MGM. Which means Bezos owns all the Apprentice outtakes which apparently feature Trump being Trump - racist, misogynistic, etc. So, the guy that Trumps best friend David Pecker of the National Enquirer tried to blackmail with stolen texts now owns reams of video of Trump being appalling apparently. Good times!

Doesn’t it exempt MGM from DeSantis’ anti-first amendment law because Amazon now owns a theme park?

 

[WacoFan]

I think so.

 

[BigZ]

So you're defending the actions of a dictator?

Diverting an airliner like that? No, I am not. His actions I general? No blanket statements of approval/disapproval, sorry. At the same time, I am condemning the way media covers (or not covers) the stories based on who's "our SOB" or not. Same goes for US/EU sanctions and such.
All of that is secondary to me hoping that people around me are one day smart enough to start forming opinions of their own.
Fair enough?

 

[derg]

Newsmax, OANN, and the right-wing ecosphere is just...something. I listened to right-wing rage radio today and just unbelievable stupidity everywhere. Rupert will go down as one of the great villains of all time. Citizen Kane looks benign next to Rupert. As for Newsmax and OANN - we'll see what kind of staying power they have as the boomers die off. I'm not convinced any of them have the management know-how of NewsCorp.

Also, did you see - Amazon bought MGM. Which means Bezos owns all the Apprentice outtakes which apparently feature Trump being Trump - racist, misogynistic, etc. So, the guy that Trumps best friend David Pecker of the National Enquirer tried to blackmail with stolen texts now owns reams of video of Trump being appalling apparently. Good times!

Don’t worry, Josh Hawley is err… hawking himself as the big tech watch dog, selling his book on Amazon about the evils of Amazon. He’ll seditious, I mean single-handedly keep Amazon at bay! LOL

 

[Skåning]

Newsmax, OANN, and the right-wing ecosphere is just...something. I listened to right-wing rage radio today and just unbelievable stupidity everywhere. Rupert will go down as one of the great villains of all time. Citizen Kane looks benign next to Rupert. As for Newsmax and OANN - we'll see what kind of staying power they have as the boomers die off. I'm not convinced any of them have the management know-how of NewsCorp.

Also, did you see - Amazon bought MGM. Which means Bezos owns all the Apprentice outtakes which apparently feature Trump being Trump - racist, misogynistic, etc. So, the guy that Trumps best friend David Pecker of the National Enquirer tried to blackmail with stolen texts now owns reams of video of Trump being appalling apparently. Good times!

What about Rush...oh wait