Kulturkampf

[Potato]

I thought it was a parody site but it seems like Starmer really brought in Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown has been spotted leaving No10 as Keir Starmer invites in Labour big beasts following the 2026 Local Elections.
The former Prime Minister was appointed as a special envoy on global finance as part of Sir Keir's reset.
Downing Street confirmed Sir Keir is looking to boost the country's security and resilience, adding: "Gordon Brown will advise on how global finance can help to achieve this."
No10 insisted: "As part of the role he will engage with international leaders and finance institutions as well as private finance partners to establish multilateral finance mechanisms."

If he's looking for some competence, at least he went to the last competent person the Labour Party had.

[benji]

If you hold a lapel mic to your face you should be killed in a fire.

[HaughtyFrank]

Wow, you really can't say anything 

[benji]

Community note should be about the feasibility of this, which I assume is quite poor.

[Rendle]

[simiansmarts]

 
white people not taking responsibility for themselves, what else is new 

[benji]

I'm kind of upset I looked at this and related threads because of the FDR knew or FDR is innocent debate. Everyone knew war with Japan was coming, it was pretty much inevitable. The logic of Japanese expansion demanded it. They didn't know the specifics or anything though. They were also keeping Japan in the dark about American intelligence which is why the Japanese thought they could show up at the White House and inform them of the attack after it happened like there wouldn't have been thousands of messages that came in about it.  

For the record, Hasan does not seem to actually be taking this position that America "deserved" Pearl Harbor, but he's just so used to phrasing everything as if he's uncovering some big time secret conspiracy it's easy to view him saying this that way. I think he's really just saying that Japan thought it had a legitimate reason, it wasn't just being a jerk. From the perspective of Japan, the attack wasn't just logical it was pretty much a necessity.

[D3RANG3D]

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[simiansmarts]

No D3RANG3D, I will not give a view to the same rightoid slop channel that told me the Daily Wire would be the savior of blockbuster cinema and now all of a sudden wants to tell me about mossad propaganda in film 

[HaughtyFrank]

You know, I get the discourse about the Nukes, but I didn't quite consider that there's also people arguing that the whole war with Japan was unjustifed. The Japanese empire was so cruel it borderlines on comical and here we got people arguing no one should have stopped them

[D3RANG3D]

No D3RANG3D, I will not give a view to the same rightoid slop channel that told me the Daily Wire would be the savior of blockbuster cinema and now all of a sudden wants to tell me about mossad propaganda in film 

Sweet now I have some more content to laugh at!

[benji]

The Japanese empire was so cruel it borderlines on comical and here we got people arguing no one should have stopped them

If other people didn't want to experience that cruelty then maybe they shouldn't have been hoarding all the territory and resources.

[HaughtyFrank]

No D3RANG3D, I will not give a view to the same rightoid slop channel that told me the Daily Wire would be the savior of blockbuster cinema and now all of a sudden wants to tell me about mossad propaganda in film 

This reminds me, not many people seem to have watched the Daily Wire Pendragon show. Not even many mocking reviews out there



Most of all it just seems to be boring and isn't even bad in a fun way. The hot blonde chick apparently also gets sidelined early in 

[simiansmarts]

The Daily Wire's massive investment in entertainment to become the "anti-woke Disney" gotta be one of the stupidest financial decisions I've seen in the commentator space in a while.
 
And now Ben Shapiro's media empire is hemorrhaging money because the audience would rather get their political commentary slop content from from YouTube channels, podcasters and streamers who do the same thing at a fraction of the production cost.

[D3RANG3D]

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

[Rendle]

Yeah she hit the nail 0n head.

[HaughtyFrank]

[Potato]

The Daily Wire's massive investment in entertainment to become the "anti-woke Disney" gotta be one of the stupidest financial decisions I've seen in the commentator space in a while.
 
And now Ben Shapiro's media empire is hemorrhaging money because the audience would rather get their political commentary slop content from from YouTube channels, podcasters and streamers who do the same thing at a fraction of the production cost.

The next time you fuck up at work, just remember someone looked at this proposal and thought, "You know what? I'm going to risk as bunch of my investors' money on financing this shit."

[Potato]

The left always clamours for a "safe space" which they can use to avoid "the bad people". However, every single time they achieve this "safe space" (BlueSky, Resetera, The USSR), they wonder aloud why their newly acquired safe space sucks big time and has all the same problems as the place with the bad people and never once wonders...

[benji]

Some amusing trans related lawsuits:

From Justice Gerald Lebovits (Manhattan trial court) in Tuesday's Garlington v. Austin; defendant Burstiner goes by "they/them," but plaintiff had apparently referred to Burstiner as "him":
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Burstiner had sought an order "requiring Plaintiff to use correct names and pronouns for all parties, as well as damages for each instance of deliberate misgendering that has occurred and continues to occur," and argued,

New York Penal Law §240.31 criminalizes aggravated harassment in the first degree when conduct is motivated by bias regarding "gender, gender identity or expression" or other protected characteristics. Each instance of deliberate misgendering constitutes a separate violation under this Class E felony provision.

New York Civil Rights Law §79-n provides civil remedies for "bias-related violence or intimidation" based on gender identity. The statute covers "intimidation" as well as violence, and New York courts have recognized that persistent misgendering can constitute bias-related harassment under this provision.

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Time and again, Counsel demonstrates the uncouth, disrespectful, dehumanizing, sanctionable conduct that characterizes this outrageous action, spitting on any deference he purports to show this Honorable Court. He gives up the ghost as a transphobe twisting the First Amendment to mean, in effect, "Intentionally misgendering you is free, not hate, speech," a hollow, disingenuous notion echoing willfully ignorant, intellectually dishonest predators who weaponize incompetence as our social fabric tears at the seams in this 'Age of Information'. Truth exists and, in this case, it is known.

Unlike isolated incidents that might constitute "petty slights," wanton unwillingness to accept the truth of an individual's gender expression or pronouns demonstrates a total disregard for facts of reality. The distortion of 'First Amendment Rights' by obviously bad faith actors who serve against the interests of justice impugns the Opposition's credibility beyond repair. Defendants respectfully request this Court direct all parties to use appropriate designations consistent with each party's gender identification, as failure to do so appears calculated to harass and intimidate.

Plaintiff's interaction with Defendant Vern Harner on April 20, 2023 was "momentary." Plaintiff mentioned she was thinking about focusing her zine project on women's rights and showed Harner her computer screen with a Google search for an article available; she "did not have any article open." Harner did not say much but told Plaintiff to make sure the source Plaintiff planned to use was reputable. Harner did not tell Plaintiff that her project idea violated social work values and ethics.

Either later that day or the next day, Harner identified and reviewed an article that Harner believed Plaintiff had open on her computer. Harner believed Plaintiff's planned zine project was on "the issue of 'trans' people sexually assaulting others in prison," a topic Harner found "so many issues with." One issue was Plaintiff's alleged reliance on the article as a source, which among other things, Harner identified as being "full of TERF and far right dog whistles and talking points." {TERF appears to refer to trans-exclusionary radical feminism.} Harner sought advice from Defendant Claudia Sellmaier, explaining Harner's impressions of Plaintiff to Sellmaier.

On April 27, 2023, Plaintiff presented Harner with her draft zine project sometime after 11:30 a.m. Harner planned three-to-five minutes with each student that morning. Harner did not identify why Plaintiff's project targeted transgender people or what specific social work standards Harner believed Plaintiff violated. Plaintiff expressed she did not understand why her project was not considered a social justice issue.

Harner became visibly upset reviewing and discussing the draft zine, eventually throwing their hands in the air and telling Plaintiff, "[t]his is targeting transgender." Their interaction ended and at some point Plaintiff asked to meet later that day with Harner, but Harner stated they were unavailable that day.

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At 2:12 p.m., Harner sent Plaintiff an email informing her they could not meet that afternoon. Harner directed Plaintiff to contact Sellmaier and Chris Barrans for any further questions or concerns. Harner told Plaintiff her draft project was "harmful and not aligned with social work values & ethics" and attached to the email three links for Plaintiff to review, but did not explain to Plaintiff why the draft project was harmful or not aligned with social work values and ethics. Harner also told Plaintiff further discussion could be had "about the intersection of trans rights and women's rights when that conversation is approached appropriately and in good faith."

By 2:50 p.m., 38 minutes after sending the email to Plaintiff, Harner had completed and emailed a Professional Standards Committee ("PSC") referral form. In their referral, Harner asserted Plaintiff's proposed zine project topic was "extremely anti-trans," that Harner suspected Plaintiff had sent Harner an anonymous email a few weeks prior, that Plaintiff did not believe her proposed topic was misaligned with social work values, and that Plaintiff "sees women's & trans rights as competing issues." As to why Harner decided not to inform Plaintiff of the PSC review request, Harner identified they had "connected" Plaintiff with the BASW chair and the faculty advisor and identified that "further escalation may include safety concerns."

Harner:


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[HaughtyFrank]

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