Kulturkampf

[benji]

This week is going to cause total Kulturkampf burnout:

[D3RANG3D]

[benji]

[benji]

GAMERCIDE NOW

[Besticus Maximus]

It's so bad that sometimes there's just like almost no women and some of the men pretend to be women

[Potato]

Yeah, but I thought 50% of gamers were women?

[TylenolJones]

[HaughtyFrank]

Rainbow six siege adds wheelchairbound swat team member

[HaughtyFrank]

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

Rainbow six siege adds wheelchairbound swat team member

He better be called "Wheels".

[Uncle]

[benji]

[HaughtyFrank]

(Okay not wheelchairs but still pretty much how I imagine it would go down)

[HaughtyFrank]

I got exhausted just watching

[Uncle]

(Okay not wheelchairs but still pretty much how I imagine it would go down)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-02/dungeons-and-dragons-disability-in-tabletop-gaming/100068926

[Potato]

I got exhausted just watching

He did supply all the drugs they used though

[Cauliflower Of Love]

It's wild to me that people can go zero interaction like this.

[benji]

[HaughtyFrank]

Isn't the stranger part that she's married to RFK Jr. In the first place? How weird that him supporting Trump suddenly crosses a line. (Not that it's her decision anyway, so why go after her specifically)

[TylenolJones]

I’m pissed that they had Ted Danson as the stand in for Cheryl’s husband, fake RFK jr. would’ve been the best curb character since Leon.

[benji]

The Biden-Harris administration announced Sneha Nair had been appointed as special assistant at the National Nuclear Security Administration in February 2024. Nair believes in eradicating purported "White supremacy" in the nuclear field as well as "queering nuclear weapons" as part of a diversity, equity and inclusion push she believes is essential for deterring threats to nuclear energy facilities in the U.S.

"Finally, queer theory informs the struggle for nuclear justice and disarmament," she wrote last year. "Queer theory helps to shift the perception of nuclear weapons as instruments for security by telling the hidden stories of displacement, illness, and trauma caused by their production and testing."

Nair argues that DEI, more broadly, "is essential for creating effective nuclear policy."

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Nair believes that without a DEI agenda, the workforce of a nuclear security facility is at risk for becoming "insider threats," Nair said in an article from April 2023.

"By understanding DEI as a set of values critical to security, and therefore as an element of an effective nuclear security culture, stakeholders can explore how DEI can contribute to stronger security at nuclear facilities," she said.

"Collectively, these principles (of DEI) can work to mitigate counterproductive work behavior and prevent disgruntled employees from becoming insider threats," she claimed.

Nair explicitly says that bolstering DEI is a national security matter. "DEI principles and advancement must be considered crucial assets for strengthening nuclear security implementation," Nair added.

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Regarding race bias, Nair believes that White staff at nuclear facilities don't have the ability to properly evaluate threats from people of the same racial group, notably radical White supremacists.

"Diversifying the perspectives included in nuclear security decision-making can expand the definition of who or what constitutes a ‘threat’ for nuclear security," she said. "The notion of ‘threat’ and ‘security’ are defined by the dominant culture, which inherently sidelines how marginalized groups … perceive ‘threats.'"

Dominant culture is an academic concept about power which refers to how the U.S. has traditionally been shaped by White people.

"An example of this is the threat posed by some White supremacist groups to nuclear facilities may go undetected if a White-majority workforce does not perceive these ideological leanings as indicators of a relevant nuclear security threat," she claimed.

"[I]ntegrating DEI into nuclear security culture can help reimagine how each state’s nuclear security regime understands 'threat' to ensure a comprehensive assessment of the security risks facing a facility," she concluded.

"Equity and inclusion… is essential for creating effective nuclear policy," an article titled "Queering Nuclear Weapons" authored by Nair on "disarmament" from June 2023 said.

She then discussed how a radical academic concept, called critical queer theory, is crucial to addressing national security threats.

"Queer theory: changing the narrative…. Queer theory is a field of study, closely related to feminist theory, that examines sex- and gender-based norms. It shines a light on the harm done by nuclear weapons through uranium mining, nuclear tests, and the tax money spent on nuclear weapons… "

"The queer lens prioritizes the rights and well-being of people over the abstract idea of national security, and it challenges the mainstream understanding of nuclear weapons—questioning whether they truly deter nuclear war, stabilize geopolitics, and reduce the likelihood of conventional war. Queer theory asks: Who created these ideas? How are they being upheld? Whose interests do they serve? And whose experiences are being excluded?"

She said, "Queer theory also identifies how the nuclear weapons discourse is gendered: Nuclear deterrence is associated with ‘rationality' and ‘security,’ while disarmament and justice for nuclear weapon victims are coded as ‘emotion’ and a lack of understanding of the 'real' mechanics of security."

Nair also said that nuclear policy through the lens of queer theory is about rejecting "the tenet that nuclear deterrence creates security and disarmament creates vulnerability."

[Nintex]

[killamajig]

[Potato]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-20/eric-andre-alleged-racial-profiling-melbourne-airport/104246072

So, Eric Andre is a complete wanker, right?

Melbourne Airport says an alleged racial profiling incident involving a US comedian is being investigated by government agencies.

Comedian Eric André posted to social media on Monday, claiming he was singled out and made to stand in a separate line for a security inspection after arriving at Melbourne Airport's Terminal 2.

"I do not want to be humiliated or racially discriminated against anymore at these airports," André said.

"Shame on the people at the Melbourne Airport that have this cockamamie procedure. I doubt it yields any safer world for anybody in Melbourne or Australia."

In the social media post, André called on future employers to arrange for a police or security escort for him at the airport, as he no longer felt safe in the terminal.

In a statement, Melbourne Airport said the allegations were contrary to the airport's ethos and that an investigation had been launched by the appropriate agencies.

"Melbourne Airport does not tolerate racism in any form. We welcome all passengers to Melbourne, and we expect everyone to be treated equally," a Melbourne Airport spokesperson said.

"Upon being made aware of Mr Andre's complaint, we immediately asked the Australian Border Force (ABF) and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), the government agencies in charge of processing all international arrivals into Australia, including at Melbourne Airport, to investigate.

"Those agencies have now provided a response to Mr Andre."

Melbourne Airport said it had been advised by government agencies that André was not detained or interrogated at any point.

In response to the allegations, the ABF said it was not involved in the incident.

"We have confirmed that this was not a [Australian Border Force] detector dog or interaction," the ABF said.

"Here at the ABF we are really proud of our diverse workforce, especially at [Melbourne Airport], and the work they undertake — both human and canine — to keep the country safe."

In its own response, DAFF said all travellers were subject to biosecurity screening processes when entering Australia.

"As part of these processes, every traveller will complete incoming passenger cards and may have their baggage scanned through x-rays, be subject to individual inspections and unpacking of baggage, or by general screening with the assistance of our highly trained dog," a department spokesperson said.

"Any traveller coming into Australia will experience some or all of these screening measures."

Of the 21 million passengers who arrived in Australia by air in 2023-24, more than 7.9 million underwent "biosecurity intervention", the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson also confirmed the department has received and responded to complaints from travellers following this type of screening.

Pretty standard quarantine/biosecurity screening that happens in Australia.

We have so many issues with introduced pests (not including second rate US comedians) that everyone will be checked over at least once by sniffer dogs while travelling.

He isn't special and no one gives a shit about him enough to racially profile him.

Hilarously, most of the security staff at airports are Indian, Middle Eastern or Pacific Islander anyway.

Get a life moran!

[benji]

[Potato]

Australia has fallen (again).

[Uncle]

[Potato]

Story is insane

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-23/nsw-sydney-giggle-transgender-discrimination-court-judgment/104260546

[benji]

[Potato]

Hahaha, the MAGA clowns revealing themselves as the incels they are whose only interaction with women is the porn they consume.