Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 2)

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/if-bothers-me-how-western-democracy-is-foundationally-flawed-hate-speech-is-not-free-speech-but-a-tool-for-oppression.1403521/

wlw?

[Uncle]

the concept of "hate speech" is so dumb

like, is me disagreeing with him on hate speech and calling it dumb a form of hating on him? maybe only if he's of a different protected class and to call it dumb is to call him dumb and by extension implying that I think his class is dumb, which is hateful?

there is so much hate pouring out of resetera daily but they would tell you that none of it would qualify as hate speech

there is incitement, true threats, fighting words, and then there is everything else, which might be rude, hurtful, shameful, or any number of bad things...but it's still only speech

[Boredfrom]

Democracy and capitalism are inherently flawed because they both assume people are rational and act in their own best interest.

But maybe should give him points for not outright saying “capitalism is evil!!!!1”.

[Boredfrom]

The dude that throws a hissy fit about baking cakes for himself for his birthday and that people don’t consider wasps cute may not be the one that should be bitching about free speech and democracy.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

4 posts in a row. Somethining must have happened. Did you get banned from some subreddit?

You should check out the random talk thread, there's some good material in there.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-guardian-more-gen-z-men-live-with-parents-in-this-city-than-anywhere-in-the-us-how-do-they-date.1402990/#post-149935840

That's the neat part. I don't

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-guardian-more-gen-z-men-live-with-parents-in-this-city-than-anywhere-in-the-us-how-do-they-date.1402990/page-2#post-149942149

I wouldn't deny I have failed quite a bit at life. I would not make the same assumption about others in my situation though, that seems a bit cruel, doesn't it?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-guardian-more-gen-z-men-live-with-parents-in-this-city-than-anywhere-in-the-us-how-do-they-date.1402990/page-2#post-149951248

I've been single my whole life but I can still understand the concern that women might have about dating someone who's not financially independent, along with fears that person might not be emotionally mature enough and rely on their parents to do things for them. But I guess the phenomenon of men treating female partners like mothers instead of equals is not exclusive to those who can't afford to move out.

It's hard. It would be nice to date someone for the first time but there's so many hurdles already aside from this like dating apps being predatory and full of bots that I don't see my chances as being very good anymore, and I'm 30. I can't imagine how it'll be when I get older. As lonely as I am, I'm just trying to survive right now, and I guess that's good enough

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/affordability-effective-january-20-2026-i-as-president-of-the-united-states-am-calling-for-a-one-year-cap-on-credit-card-interest-rates-of-10.1402291/page-2#post-149881888

They're idiots.

Comes from upbringing.

Parents were probably idiots too

[Besticus Maximus]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-guardian-more-gen-z-men-live-with-parents-in-this-city-than-anywhere-in-the-us-how-do-they-date.1402990/#post-149935840

That's the neat part. I don't

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-guardian-more-gen-z-men-live-with-parents-in-this-city-than-anywhere-in-the-us-how-do-they-date.1402990/page-2#post-149942149

I wouldn't deny I have failed quite a bit at life. I would not make the same assumption about others in my situation though, that seems a bit cruel, doesn't it?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-guardian-more-gen-z-men-live-with-parents-in-this-city-than-anywhere-in-the-us-how-do-they-date.1402990/page-2#post-149951248

I've been single my whole life but I can still understand the concern that women might have about dating someone who's not financially independent, along with fears that person might not be emotionally mature enough and rely on their parents to do things for them. But I guess the phenomenon of men treating female partners like mothers instead of equals is not exclusive to those who can't afford to move out.

It's hard. It would be nice to date someone for the first time but there's so many hurdles already aside from this like dating apps being predatory and full of bots that I don't see my chances as being very good anymore, and I'm 30. I can't imagine how it'll be when I get older. As lonely as I am, I'm just trying to survive right now, and I guess that's good enough

They're all scamming nintex out of free dinners 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-worst-thing-that-has-happened-to-politics-discourse-in-general-is-that-many-people-dont-care-about-evidence-before-believing-anything.1402960/#post-149930665

This paper always springs to mind when this sort of topic comes up:

Dark personalities in the digital arena: how psychopathy and narcissism shape online political participation

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-05195-y

...suggesting that those with both high psychopathy and low cognitive ability are the most actively involved in online political engagement.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/swen-vincke-on-use-of-generative-ai-at-larian.1401493/page-3#post-149855167

 User Banned (1 Week): Inflammatory Commentary: History of the Same

That's right kids, bullying works!

People who use AI should be bullied.

They're using a product that is literally killing our water and energy supply. Then that cost gets passed on to us - first in the form of dollars, then in the form of lives. The energy grids will go down this summer in some parts of the country from high usage, driven in part by ai. Will they ask the data centers to shutdown so people won't die? No. They will just ask us to ration our ac usage. The grid will go down anyway, and people will die.

When the water shortages kick in and the rivers dry up - they will ask us to ration. All so these wastes of space can keep their models going.

And now we have people, who have decided they are devoid of any brain to speak of using things like Claude, GPT, Copilot, Suno, etc. All products built on stealing from the work of real people.

People like Swen Vincke are feeding ai. Feeding ai only accelerates and contributes to more destruction of creativity and it feeds destruction of the planet. Feeding ai contributes to people getting laid off to be "replaced with ai".

So yes, continue to bully these parasites, like Swen, who use ai. Because that's all they and ai are, is fucking parasites.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

Imagine posting this in any other thread

The day is young, I wouldn't be surprised if he still gets banned for this take

User banned (1 month): islamophobic rhetoric

Got em

https://www.resetera.com/threads/hundreds-of-protestors-killed-in-iran-across-nationwide-protests-gov-cuts-internet-phone-access-update-490-protestors-killed.1395736/page-4#post-149920522
Deleted member 11584

https://www.resetera.com/threads/hundreds-of-protestors-killed-in-iran-across-nationwide-protests-gov-cuts-internet-phone-access-update-490-protestors-killed.1395736/page-4#post-149885350

I just got info that the phone lines and cellular are cut off not only to the outside world but inside the country too. People can't even call each other inside the country. Fuck this regime, I hope every last one of these fuckers die a painful death. I'm beyond worried about my family. Can't imagine how are they feeling there now, hope they stay safe.

[Kazuma_Kiryu]

Whats your obsession with benji about?

Benji won't invite them to the BBQ.

[Kazuma_Kiryu]

Lol they won't be able to change the perception of Israel no matter how much shit they buy.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jan-12-paramount-escalates-wbd-fight-sues-over-netflix-deal-and-aims-to-install-friendly-directors-at-warner-shareholder-meeting.1403356/

I just… what?

I really hope Paramount gets WBD in the end. I really want to see ERA lose their shit over this. They don't want Paramount to win this because "OMG, CNN, every TV show and movie now will be right-wing!!!", but they conveniently forget that Rupert Murdoch owned Fox and Fox News and he wasn't pumping out right-wing media through Fox. Also, most of those idiots get their news through Twitter instead of CNN, so it's not like that would change if Paramount buys CNN.

[HaughtyFrank]

Lol they won't be able to change the perception of Israel no matter how much shit they buy.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jan-12-paramount-escalates-wbd-fight-sues-over-netflix-deal-and-aims-to-install-friendly-directors-at-warner-shareholder-meeting.1403356/

I just… what?

They're not really beating those allegations by making literally everything about Israel

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/if-bothers-me-how-western-democracy-is-foundationally-flawed-hate-speech-is-not-free-speech-but-a-tool-for-oppression.1403521/

https://www.resetera.com/threads/israeli-cybersecurity-billionaire-on-cnbc-its-time-to-limit-the-1st-amendment-in-order-to-protect-it.1402321/

[simiansmarts]

Lol they won't be able to change the perception of Israel no matter how much shit they buy.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jan-12-paramount-escalates-wbd-fight-sues-over-netflix-deal-and-aims-to-install-friendly-directors-at-warner-shareholder-meeting.1403356/

I just… what?

I really hope Paramount gets WBD in the end. I really want to see ERA lose their shit over this. They don't want Paramount to win this because "OMG, CNN, every TV show and movie now will be right-wing!!!", but they conveniently forget that Rupert Murdoch owned Fox and Fox News and he wasn't pumping out right-wing media through Fox. Also, most of those idiots get their news through Twitter instead of CNN, so it's not like that would change if Paramount buys CNN.

I prefer Paramount getting WBD because it's the least disruptive to movie theaters. I REALLY don't want everything to be straight-to-streaming. 
 
Era acts like Paramount is this unique evil in trying to gain favors of this admin when literally EVERY MAJOR CORPORATION is trying to do the same. They turn a blind eye whenever Disney does it because "I gotta have my marvel and star wars man!" 
 

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/if-bothers-me-how-western-democracy-is-foundationally-flawed-hate-speech-is-not-free-speech-but-a-tool-for-oppression.1403521/

It's amazing how stupid these people are when considering incredibly simple things. This dude has how many posts about how terrible all the trans oppression is and how he'll never vote for Newsom and how he doesn't even want to fight for the UK military anymore if they ask and yet here he's demanding that Trump and Joanne be able to put him in prison and/or kill him for all the shit he posts. He's demanding that everyone on his favorite forum and anyone who advocates anything similar be imprisoned and/or killed for it. He thinks this will improve democracy because it will narrow the options available to the public to only those approved by those in power. The people he and everyone else on that forum spends all their time whining about and demanding other people do violence to.

Anyone who wants legal restrictions on hate speech is against democracy itself. I'm sorry there's no way around this. You've had almost two hundred years to refute Mill and all you've done is refuse to engage his argument except to say that half of it would be good actually because some views like being an atheist or thinking slaves should be freed because they're human or that women can have legitimate views of their own are just too far to allow without violence being used against them to silence it.

there is so much hate pouring out of resetera daily but they would tell you that none of it would qualify as hate speech

Because you have to remember that everything they advocate comes with an unspoken caveat that says that they personally will always be in power over everyone.

4 posts in a row. Somethining must have happened. Did you get banned from some subreddit?

remember the Sacred Blueball Rule:

always accuses someone of posting at some website

I don't even get it because I've never had an account on Reddit.

[Propagandhim]

What a coincidence.  Democracy is the ideal system, of course everyone knows that....well, except for this one particular instance in this system where everyone gets a vote and has a part in policy-forming for the kind of way they want to be governed, and I have to draw the line explicitly and exactly at the millimeter threshhold point of when I don't get what I want but other people get what they want.  That's when it's "foundationally" flawed.  Fuck yall democratic asses.

Note: I am not saying Democracy as a concept is flawed, I fully support democracy and want a truly fair democratic system, but that isn't what we have.

 
No, you actually are.  The protection of "hate speech" isn't a conspiracy of the privileged.  Free speech is protected precisely to prevent the government from having the power to decide which views are "correct". Protecting the right to speak is not the same as endorsing what is said, it's a check against authoritarianism, which is a core tenet of democracy, not a refutation of it.  "Anti-Fascist" Sucking Cop Dick Challenge: Undefeated.



edit: oh it's that cyborg lunatic.  why did i even bother posting

[Kazuma_Kiryu]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jan-12-paramount-escalates-wbd-fight-sues-over-netflix-deal-and-aims-to-install-friendly-directors-at-warner-shareholder-meeting.1403356/

I just… what?

I really hope Paramount gets WBD in the end. I really want to see ERA lose their shit over this. They don't want Paramount to win this because "OMG, CNN, every TV show and movie now will be right-wing!!!", but they conveniently forget that Rupert Murdoch owned Fox and Fox News and he wasn't pumping out right-wing media through Fox. Also, most of those idiots get their news through Twitter instead of CNN, so it's not like that would change if Paramount buys CNN.

I prefer Paramount getting WBD because it's the least disruptive to movie theaters. I REALLY don't want everything to be straight-to-streaming. 
 
Era acts like Paramount is this unique evil in trying to gain favors of this admin when literally EVERY MAJOR CORPORATION is trying to do the same. They turn a blind eye whenever Disney does it because "I gotta have my marvel and star wars man!" 
 

My support for Paramount isn't complete spite, like you I don't want everything to be straight-to-streaming or physical releases to be completely gone. It's still nice to get out of the house and go to a theater every once in awhile, or buy that one movie or TV show and not pay a subscription for it forever. Also I hope with Paramount's goal of more movies per year that'll lead to better investments in theaters, like better quality screens. The one AMC near me has very dim projectors.

I'm personally waiting to see what nu-Mount is going to do with Star Trek. Apparently David Ellison is a big Star Trek fan. While I don't hate modern Star Trek like most, there's definitely room for improvement and more episodes per season.

[Boredfrom]

I don’t like Paramount take over because they suck Trump cock so openly and with a stupid degree that affects their employees and  creatives . And I don’t give that much fuck about theaters anymore to be emotionally manipulated by it. 

In the end of the day, is not like I have a say to whenever giant corp buys another and I just prefer the billionaires that own the IP I like are the less stupid people of the bunch of stupid corpo executives.

[benji]

Note: I am not saying Democracy as a concept is flawed, I fully support democracy and want a truly fair democratic system, but that isn't what we have.

This doesn't actually mean anything. What would a "truly fair democratic system" look like? He has no clue. It obviously doesn't mean it would be fair for bigots to have their views represented or to decide policy in accordance with their size of the population. He explicitly says the goal is to prevent these views from having any purchase in society. That's "truly fair" apparently, a democracy where you're punished for not having views in line with the state no matter how few people agree with it. This is the Islamic Republic's "democracy" to pick a topical example.

[Kazuma_Kiryu]

I don’t like Paramount take over because they suck Trump cock so openly and with a stupid degree that affects their employees and  creatives . And I don’t give that much fuck about theaters anymore to be emotionally manipulated by it. 

In the end of the day, is not like I have a say to whenever giant corp buys another and I just prefer the billionaires that own the IP I like are the less stupid people of the bunch of stupid corpo executives.

I've been reading this a lot on ERA and Reddit, beyond caving on the 60 Minutes lawsuit and hiring Bari Weiss (which probably only happened since Paramount had to hire an ombudsman due to the settlement), what else have they sucked Trump's cock on? Like seriously, am I missing something else? Also please don't bring up Stephen Colbert, maybe Trump had an effect, maybe he didn't. I still think it was primarily a monetary decision. Typically the news side of a business doesn't interfere/interact with the entertainment side of things.

[Boredfrom]

I don’t like Paramount take over because they suck Trump cock so openly and with a stupid degree that affects their employees and  creatives . And I don’t give that much fuck about theaters anymore to be emotionally manipulated by it. 

In the end of the day, is not like I have a say to whenever giant corp buys another and I just prefer the billionaires that own the IP I like are the less stupid people of the bunch of stupid corpo executives.

I've been reading this a lot on ERA and Reddit, beyond caving on the 60 Minutes lawsuit and hiring Bari Weiss (which probably only happened since Paramount had to hire an ombudsman due to the settlement), what else have they sucked Trump's cock on? Like seriously, am I missing something else? Also please don't bring up Stephen Colbert, maybe Trump had an effect, maybe he didn't. I still think it was primarily a monetary decision. Typically the news side of a business doesn't interfere/interact with the entertainment side of things.

Dude, the 60 minutes thing is still horrible alone.   But:

“I need to go to my theater.”  



(Don’t bring Colbert, pls  , give a break)

[Boredfrom]

Typically the news side of a business doesn't interfere/interact with the entertainment side of things.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/controversial-60-minutes-segment-on-trump-immigration-policy-leaks-online

[benji]

Paramount will do the same thing Netflix intends and dump all those cable channels anyway. When fucking Comcast is spinning off their cable networks because it's shitty economics you should probably realize this is going to be the norm with any conglomerate. Plus WBD already was doing this. Paramount would probably reverse this just to do it in a couple years.

Also, the Paramount bitching from Era doesn't make any sense. Oh no, the Ellisons are going to take control from ZASLAV. The guy who eliminated all women and people of color from movies. The guy who taught Disney to can projects for the tax money. The guy who loves Trump and Joanne. So nothing will fucking change from the fascist hellscape we already have. This is why y'all need to divest from capitalism, colonialism and white supremacy.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/john-carmack-misses-old-twitter.1403824/#post-149974921

What's with these rich white dudes feeling sorry for themselves? Go buy an island or something..

[benji]

Jeff replying to an engagement slop account:

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

Whats your obsession with benji about?

Erection maintenance.

[benji]

This was about Hasan:

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

he doesn't even want to fight for the UK military anymore if they ask

Definitely a thing that would happen.