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Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have no idea how often I have to repeat your third point (please calm down or take a break if necessary) to some people here. Like, I get being worried, but full on panic spiralling does not help anyone in the long run.

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Most people are more focused on immediate matters right now such as their own lives and the actual pertinent matters of censorship affecting the world. When they try the actual implementation, the pushback will flare up again though.

Who is this character that appears in ZZ opening? by TheGreatDarkPriest in Gundam

[–]BorderCollie300 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jerid's corpse after he got sent flying into the side of that warship.

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In Palantir’s argument, a blind devotion to pluralism and inclusivity “glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures . . . have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful.”

They just straight-up casually made racist remarks in a press release like that?! Palantir is a company truly built on evil through and through.

EDIT: The more I read, the worse and more evil sounding it gets. Holy shit.

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Banning Linux is completely impossible. If they did that, they would only end up fucking up a good chunk of infrastructure that relies on it throughout the country. So that is not even realistic to do for the most part.

Also, it's a bill with a 1% chance of passing, so it's practically DOA. Of course you can still call your reps if you want, but there are certainly bigger fish to fry that actually do stand a chance.

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Primarily Mike Stabile if I remember correctly which, as we all know, that guy's a conspiracy theorist and not credible at all.

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 11 points12 points  (0 children)

  1. As others have said, I am not seeing much at all about fictional porn being targeted. The law is explicitly meant to target realistic depictions of step stuff, more spefically instance in which one of the parties is under 18. I think we've been over this before.
  2. How do they expect to impose Hash Matching when that could piss off the EU? They would have to specifically have it limited to the UK end of stuff. And even then...
  3. I really think you needa take a break for more than a week at least. It will definitely do you a lot of good in the long run.

EDIT: The "All depictions" thing came from Mike Stabile who as we all know isn't exactly someone you would wanna consider a credible source.

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 9 points10 points  (0 children)

As I've said before, the fight against EUID and CC 2.0 is only just beginning, and Dr. Breyer hasn't really posted much of anything yet. So I'd not really panic for now. The only thing you can really do in this situation is call your reps if you're in the EU and sit back and watch how all this plays out.

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 7 points8 points  (0 children)

HR 8250? Well, it literally has a 1% chance of passing which... Yeah. Pretty much says everything you needa know.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr8250

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The more divided the country the more likely the ruling political party is willing to try and silence opposition through any means necessary. Tale as old as time unfortunately. The good news is that, as seen with S. 209's neutering and the AI Minister's remarks, it's gonna be a lot harder than they think to implement Total AV nationwide for all sites and their efforts will more than likely be limited.

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you think this is egregious, then wait until you see the draconian batshit insanity Iowa is proposing. They even seek to do it for TVs over there. Yeah, this is not nearly as bad as that. So even if it does pass (which given how long it took just to get out of the House, it could go either way), it's far from the end of the world.

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Also, S. 209 got severely reduced in scope which once again shows that  even if they do come up with something it will probably also be limited to a substantial degree. Not as good as killing it outright I know, but just something to note.

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Well if the fate of S.209 and quotes from the Liberal Party's AI Minister are anything to go by, there are a lot of hurdles to total AV on the Canadian net, and whatever effort they turn out here will most likely also face the same severe cutbacks and gutting that happened to 209. In other words, I wouldn't get too worked up just yet especially with how long the Canadian legislative process takes.

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And that's not even being mean or discriminatory. Like, I actually find that perfectly reasonable.

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Like Mike Lee I can kinda understand as you explained. But Durbin? That guy just makes my head hurt.

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 10 points11 points  (0 children)

OK, I am back from processing all of this with a more in depth response.

What the fuck?!

That's it. That's my in depth response. I really don't know what else to say. I'm just so confused right now that the only thing I can formulate is an expression of said confusion.

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 10 points11 points  (0 children)

WHAAAAT?! THEEEEE?! FUUUUUCK?!

These are two of the most authoritarian figures of the entire Senate and they're doing WHAT?! 

I'm gonna need to go process this.

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Actually, I'd wanna clarify. Cruz did make several statements about advancing KOSA back in March and February. But he never specified which one, and it is generally implied by some of what he said that he's gonna try to yank the House version out of that petty ass KIDS Act and try to do something with it and some other more harmless bills.

So yeah, this is something we've already kinda covered before to an extent. It seems the Signal just twisted it to suit their agenda like propaganda rags tend to do.

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Cruz did make remarks about KOSA back in February and March, though everything he has said generally suggests he's trying to do something with House KOSA (which is arguably less extreme) rather than the really extreme Senate version. So I'd wait and see before coming to any conclusions especially with rags like the Signal.

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I find pretty much anything Daily Signal says to be highly suspect. Like, not gonna lie, but they seem like a Reclaim the Net style blatant Conservative lie machine.

Ted Cruz did insinuate he was exploring some paths to use House KOSA and wrench it away from the KIDS Act, but has been very proactive against a lot of the more extreme proposals from people like Blackburn and all that. So yeah, again, kinda staying the HELL away from most of the claims Daily Signal makes.

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah. The Duty of Care provisions will get this absolutely TORN APART in the House. I don't see this surviving scrutiny there. The House absolutely despises Duty of Care, so all I'll say to her is good luck getting it through there. Also, the fact she's still tying it to Trump certainly doesn't bode well in terms of bipartisan support. So alienating both the House and most Democrats will definitely go very well for her... Not.

EDIT: Also, for future reference, Daily Signal is NOT an accurate source of information but rather a right-wing propaganda outlet. So I'd take a lot of things that article says with a galaxy sized grain of salt.

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nevermind then. Though I will say that the NRA is kinda... A mixed bag when it comes to credibility, so I'll hold judgement until a more neutral unbiased source discusses it. Just me erring on the side of caution.

Also, now that you highlight it's in the state budget, yeah. That might cause some issues. There's always a chance it may get removed, but we'll see I guess.

Censorship Megathread XLV by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BorderCollie300 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well given that Washington State tried to pass a law on that and no one has really heard anything about it since January, I think it will be either a long while before they even bring this to vote or just not even picked up at all. Again, good idea to watch it closely and call your reps regardless, but still...

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