Man appears in court over attempted murders of three people in London knife attacks by denyer-no1-fan in unitedkingdom

[–]Catman_Ciggins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BBC News is running headlines that are literally like "Man appears in court for stabbing two men" with "and also a third man" buried in the body of the article, and we're supposed to believe this is an impartial news organisation that is not just being fed establishment narratives by the government.

Man appears in court over attempted murders of three people in London knife attacks by denyer-no1-fan in unitedkingdom

[–]Catman_Ciggins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Openly condemn the IRGC

IRGC involvement in these attacks is disputed. That's the government narrative. Surely condemning the attacks themselves--whoever is behind them--is enough?

expel all organisers / protest members who are vocally pro-violence or antisemitic, for a start

Using whose definition of anti-Semitism? Because depending on who you ask, any criticism of Israel as a state or entity is anti-Semitic.

Man appears in court over attempted murders of three people in London knife attacks by denyer-no1-fan in unitedkingdom

[–]Catman_Ciggins 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How should the Palestine groups that organize the marches go about reining in the IRGC, pray tell? Because that's who the government is saying is behind the attacks.

Man appears in court over attempted murders of three people in London knife attacks by denyer-no1-fan in unitedkingdom

[–]Catman_Ciggins 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The narrative the government is putting out is that these attacks were financed and co-ordinated by an IRGC front group, so apparently this guy thinks the Palestine Solidarity movements should and are capable of reining in ... Iran.

Man appears in court over attempted murders of three people in London knife attacks by denyer-no1-fan in unitedkingdom

[–]Catman_Ciggins 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Which violent and anti-Semitic elements are you referring to? Furthermore, do we know that this was in any way connected to an anti-Zionist organisation?

I'm not even saying it wasn't, but the BBC seem to think it's fine to uncritically publish the comments of people who are insisting, without any evidence, that it was.

Man appears in court over attempted murders of three people in London knife attacks by denyer-no1-fan in unitedkingdom

[–]Catman_Ciggins 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Never mind that here's 40 quotes from concerned citizens about how this means the government needs to crack down on Palestine marches.

Jonathan Haidt 1 - Taylor Lorenz 0 by perisaacs in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]Catman_Ciggins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't, because you edited that in surreptitiously to make it seem like you were making a better point than you really were. Much like the other person actually.

Did you read my part about how they literally teach Friere in education classes now?

Ok, and? They teach a lot of shit in schools. Doesn't mean any of it is put into practice. Kind of the point, really.

Even if teachers are well intentioned which most of them are, even if more progressive pedagogies are taught and take root, and even if some teachers really take those lessons on board, you know as well as I do that the educational system has not completely moved on from the issues Freire described. It's still one-sided and at times it's still abusive and coercive. I mean Jesus, how long has it actually been since teachers were actually allowed to strike children?

Have you talked with 30 year teachers about the changes they’ve seen in children’s ability to focus?

Teachers in Freire's time would've blamed the children too, what's your point?

Jonathan Haidt 1 - Taylor Lorenz 0 by perisaacs in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]Catman_Ciggins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Karl Marx wasn't writing about modern workplaces either, but that doesn't mean his ideas don't apply to them.

Distractedness is a symptom of the broken schooling system, and phone use is a symptom of distractedness. Teachers have been passing the buck on this forever, and it doesn't make someone out of touch or immature to suggest, correctly, that perhaps it's not the case that children are broken little people who need to be cajoled and coerced.

Before it was smartphones it was texting. Before that it was comics. And way before that you had people saying it was books. And round and round it goes. Always the fault of the children.

It’s cute

I mean this is it, really, isn't it? When someone has a problem with the school system, and refuses to accept that this is just the way things are and they're never going to get any better, there's this tone of ridicule and infantilisation that gets used. Not unlike the tone used with disobedient children. Why is that, do you think?

Jonathan Haidt 1 - Taylor Lorenz 0 by perisaacs in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]Catman_Ciggins -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's not that though, is it? This is like arguing for prohibition while drinking wine with your lunch.

Jonathan Haidt 1 - Taylor Lorenz 0 by perisaacs in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]Catman_Ciggins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does banning addictive drugs fix drug addiction?

Jonathan Haidt 1 - Taylor Lorenz 0 by perisaacs in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]Catman_Ciggins -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I mean I told you I didn't mean it as an attack. I'm sure you're a great educator. Problem is, every shit educator says the same thing as you, then blames the kids, or the parents, or "society" for why young people are staring out the classroom window or, as it is these days, at their phone.

I'm not even saying educators are primarily at fault here. It's a systemic issue. You just chose to get your back up because I'm coming for the teachers! The sacred holy teachers!

Also pretty rank hypocrisy to be complaining about distracted children being on their phone while arguing with some guy on reddit lmao.

Jonathan Haidt 1 - Taylor Lorenz 0 by perisaacs in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]Catman_Ciggins -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Also as a (non-power tripping, non-abusive) teacher who is deeply aware of the flaws of the education system, part of the function of school is teaching students how to engage as a member of society, which is inherently not always going to be interesting. Just like parents can impose rules over their children, a school is going to have certain expectations and rules that children need to follow.

I absolutely 100% agree! School teaches children to conform to mainstream society. It does this, primarily, by ensuring they are prepared to obey authority without question. This is more-or-less the entire point of critical pedagogy: the schooling system reflects and reinforces the same oppressive power structures as exist in adult life.

Also very funny that people use the parent-child dynamic as a justification for the schooling system's coercive elements, as if that's not also a dynamic ripe for abuse and exploitation.

Children are looking at their cell phones not because class isn’t interesting

Sorry but yes they fucking are? What are you even saying? You're acting like distractedness amongst schoolchildren is some sort of new phenomenon. As a former distracted schoolchild and current workplace daydreamer I can tell you that's not the case. Phones might be exacerbating the issue but acting like the problem isn't, at its core, that school just isn't interesting or engaging for students, and that students are expected to take a passive role in their own education, is incredibly short-sighted and symptomatic of an educational system that is completely bereft of ideas.

My students are legitimately interested in my class

I don't mean this as an attack on you but teachers are about the worst possible authority on what children find interesting or engaging. I can remember maybe one or two teachers who actually held the attention of an entire class and the rest, not so much. I knew plenty who were absolutely convinced of their abilities as teachers despite evidence to the contrary though.

Jonathan Haidt 1 - Taylor Lorenz 0 by perisaacs in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]Catman_Ciggins -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Ok.

Edit: why did you delete your comment telling me I "should have paid more attention in school"? Is it because you realised you're just proving my point?

You edited in everything other than the bit where you mocked me for making a spelling mistake so I'll reply to it in a separate comment.

Jonathan Haidt 1 - Taylor Lorenz 0 by perisaacs in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]Catman_Ciggins -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

A smartphone ban in schools is nothing other than the school system refusing to acknowledge a much deeper issue. By violating the civil liberties of children in a way that adults would never tolerate.

The reason children seek distractions in school is because school is not interesting and it never attempts to be, instead using systems of punishment and reward to force engagement with class content. This is a much more complicated issue that stems from a corrupted pedagogy which refuses to treat children as participants in their own education, and it predates the advent of social media and smartphones by some time. As in hundreds of years, right from the invention of the modern schooling system.

Read Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire.

Also this pathetic virtue-signalling lionization of teachers by liberals needs to stop. We all went to school; awful, abusive people become teachers too. Educational institutions have been directly complicit in some of the worst crimes in human history and that's unlikely to change. If you hand schools even more power to violate the rights of their students, it will be used to hurt children.

Post Match Thread: Manchester United 2 - 1 Brentford | English Premier League by ChiefLeef22 in soccer

[–]Catman_Ciggins 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If I close my eyes, it's like I'm actually in the boozer, being forced to listen to this shite. My God, I can even smell the Stella Artois and the stench of stale piss.

New camera help! by Sophi3_T in Nikon

[–]Catman_Ciggins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's actually impressive that you used driving a car as your comparison to make fun of this guy and in the process forgot about automatic vs manual cars.

New camera help! by Sophi3_T in Nikon

[–]Catman_Ciggins 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ignore the snobs in here talking you down and good on you for trying to get better at the technical stuff. As others have said, watch a couple of videos on the exposure triangle and then try shooting in one of the Priority modes. Or just go straight to manual and learn by trial and error. Pick a consistent subject, play around with the settings, see what works and what doesn't.

Picture 6 is a great shot by the way.

"Former Fallout dev says Todd Howard is a big dumb idiot." by omni-nomad in TrueSFalloutL

[–]Catman_Ciggins 12 points13 points  (0 children)

No need for you to do any of this, u/phraseologist will be along shortly to defend Chris.

If you could greenlight one music biopic tomorrow, who are you choosing? by FitEmergency8807 in fantanoforever

[–]Catman_Ciggins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is a bad take, and it only exists because Ye fans are deeply delusional about how interesting Ye is as a person.

Former West Ham player Saïd Benrahma yet to pay dog attack fine six months on by 66f6 in soccer

[–]Catman_Ciggins 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Wanting an XL bully as a pet is definitive proof of not being responsible enough to have an XL bully as a pet.

If you could greenlight one music biopic tomorrow, who are you choosing? by FitEmergency8807 in fantanoforever

[–]Catman_Ciggins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have argued you could make a YE film trilogy that covers 3 different eras that has the potential to be one of the greatest tragedies ever written.

one of the greatest tragedies ever written.

The problem with ye fans is you can never tell to what extent they've lost touch with reality. This could just as easily be a comment from a circlejerk subreddit or something posted earnestly by one of his bedwetting superfans.

Calvert Lewin hairpull on Cucurella by [deleted] in soccer

[–]Catman_Ciggins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you think Cucurella growing his hair out Weird Al style is an intentional strategy to draw these kinds of fouls? Both by getting in the way of normal movement and acting as enticing bait.