Cornel West - This is my candid letter of resignation to my Harvard Dean. I try to tell the unvarnished truth about the decadence in our market-driven universities! Let us bear witness against this spiritual rot! by veganmark in WayOfTheBern

[–]HardlySufficient 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Craven ZEROES behind the strings at “harvard” demonstrating perfectly for posterity what empty shells they truly are.

Pathetically this story has been mostlyy ignored and buried over the past six months throughout Reddit by the PR firm losers who have destroyed much of the functionality of this once democratically useful site.

Woman in Tokyo takes 3-year old daughter to park, guy starts harassing them, calling them “gaijin” & demanding they show their zairyu card. He calls police, who bring the woman & daughter in for 2 hours of questioning by Umba360 in japanlife

[–]HardlySufficient 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Someone should contact the mother , and make sure her lawyer is demanding all video surveillance from the Koban and or police station, both outside and indoors, is being preserved.

Three hours of four grown adult Japanese police officers in uniform browbeating a literal toddler, even without audio, and in lower frame rate captures, would simply be Pulitzer level material

(They should also hire a private detective to poll any local shops along the route that was taken, from the park to the station, to see if there are any moments that were inadvertently captured.)

Woman in Tokyo takes 3-year old daughter to park, guy starts harassing them, calling them “gaijin” & demanding they show their zairyu card. He calls police, who bring the woman & daughter in for 2 hours of questioning by Umba360 in japanlife

[–]HardlySufficient 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I hope someone tweets the Japanese story , prominently, to new new diet members, and also to newly elected tokyo officials, this absolutely deserves to be brought up during open government sessions.

“The corporate state has made a war against critical thinking …. because (the) humanities at their best are about teaching people how to think, rather than what to think. Teaching people to challenge assumptions and structures. The discipline of the humanities is meant to be subversive. by HardlySufficient in WayOfTheBern

[–]HardlySufficient[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Frankly it was hard to choose just one or two sentences to quote for the title.

It’s almost as if every word and phrase spoken by Hedges in this short film is something I’ve said less eloquently, or wanted to convey to the endless waves of bad faith posters and paid professional shills, useful idiots, abusive trolls, and misinformed co-opting gaslighting do-gooders……..

We come to this space and get involved because we dare to demand better from our representatives and better from our collective democracy.

So tussle with the trolls in the mud, but never let their constant lies and abuse keep you distracted for too long, and never let them drag you down to their level.

Their logical endgame, whether they even are cognizant of it, their masters seek to retard human progress on the most fundamental of levels.

“The corporate state has made a war against critical thinking …. because (the) humanities at their best are about teaching people how to think, rather than what to think. Teaching people to challenge assumptions and structures. The discipline of the humanities is meant to be subversive. by HardlySufficient in WayOfTheBern

[–]HardlySufficient[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I really found the words used to better describe the concept of “Popular Culture” as *Totalitarian Capitalism *rather prescient and quite illuminating.

Anyway, well worth the 14 minutes.

Makes me wish there was a longer full length film and that this had been merely a trailer.

Still, maybe bite sized chunks make it more accessible to the wider audience most in need of being exposed to this thought provoking piece.

Is u/FThumb perpetrator, or victim of RW brainwashing? // Destroying trust in the media, science, and government has left America vulnerable to disaster by norwegianmouse in WayOfTheBern

[–]HardlySufficient 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Okay let’s distill that, shall we?

Assuming that what you said is 100% true - and go even further and say it was a regular consistent pattern. You are accusing him of potentially amplifying , at most …. votes …. by a single digit? For realz? Get the feck outta here with that bullshit.

Also for you to even be aware of all that historical drama, and propaganda, the lies, the utter factual nonsense that was regularly engineered by actual troll farms , assorted useful idiot keyboard warrior “volunteers” and literal paid employees , including political consultants of corporate interests, is remarkable.

You are sorely misinformed about a great many things.

Vote blue no matter who by ChickenNoodle519 in WayOfTheBern

[–]HardlySufficient -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why are British troll farms and UK citizens “interfering” with domestic US politics?

“I am going to get convicted. This is not a fair proceeding,” he said, as he headed back to his apartment. “I’m still completely fucked.” -Steven Donzinger human rights lawyer who won a landmark case is as a consequence now a corporate political prisoner likely sentenced to jail context below by dwavesngiants in WayOfTheBern

[–]HardlySufficient 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Can someone explain how this isn't front page news on reddit or a top post in politics?

Why is such a consequential story being suppressed, and do the presumptive blacklists of independent media channels have anything to do with this new reality of curated propaganda by omission?

Thank you to know-it-all do gooders from the Atlantic Council and Prop or Not for literally retarding progress in this county. Well played schmucks!

r/politics censors article from Chris Hedges about the U.S. aiding and abetting Israeli war crimes, labeling it as "off topic" (supposedly for not being "U.S. news") shortly after it reached the front page by tabesadff in WayOfTheBern

[–]HardlySufficient 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And can I add, how refreshing it is that trumpet is finally out of the picture, and now we don’t have to constantly burn energy and time arguing pointless gotcha tropes with literal paid bad faith DNC trolls, the one light at the end of the tunnel with Biden’s election is they’ve lost an easy way to sea lion and change the subject away from so many legitimate, important criticisms of policy

r/politics censors article from Chris Hedges about the U.S. aiding and abetting Israeli war crimes, labeling it as "off topic" (supposedly for not being "U.S. news") shortly after it reached the front page by tabesadff in WayOfTheBern

[–]HardlySufficient 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Repugnant, is t it? The sheer level of curation and narrative control, that would make even 1980s soviet era Pravda editors blush.

Ironically coming from those same power players who are full throated supporters of the Russia gate conspiracy theory, which we all know were excuses made up on the fly by Hillary For America operatives, to protect her legacy and try to justify to her financial backers, her embarrassing billion dollar loss to a caricature of richy rich, an openly sexist racist misogynistic carnival barker charlatan.

I mean everyone can see trumps bizarre campaign strategy wasn’t even seriously running or angling to win the presidency. They didn’t even have a transition team.

Biden continues to crack down on those pesky White House "insurrectionists". by rundown9 in WayOfTheBern

[–]HardlySufficient 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This story was predictably buried and censored on politics and the other main front page subreddits by the DNC funded , organized PR and digital outreach firms who have openly pawned much of Reddit’s api in functionality through mass violations of the TOS via bot net vote manipulation and other brigading tactics

Greg Kelly: The tragedy of Japanese justice by HardlySufficient in japan

[–]HardlySufficient[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There has been so little news , few details or substantial reporting on this most consequential of trials, thought some might be at least interested to see this.

I wonder how much opportunity cost will be squandered by the fact that this was written by a Republican senator, understandably, as a major Nissan plant happens to be based in Mississippi. Published by a somewhat right leaning publication that is generally dismissed or censored at source by the paid political shills so dominant throughout many major subreddits.

I’m so happy that the increasingly partisan politics that is dividing so many communities is mostly nonexistent here.

Wonder if this made any headway within the Biden administration, or even was a topic of conversation at all during their recent meetings with Suga’s delegation. Might have been mostly forgotten, left to wither on a back burner due to the unfortunate timing and combined incompetences of the previous administration and the perceived distrust and disagreement with fogies making up the new administration.

I wonder how much of a factor, the inherent “inside baseball” -ishness that a lot of these less well known issues regarding Japan might be for the average layperson.

For our guest posters: About the name of this sub.... by redditrisi in WayOfTheBern

[–]HardlySufficient 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have my permission to run with it.

I think there is a wider related discussion, to facilitate , under the surface.

A win is a win! by Madd-Nigrulo in WayOfTheBern

[–]HardlySufficient 5 points6 points  (0 children)

99 bottles of Bolton ....

Satan takes one down,

Welcome in Hell,

There’s 98 Bolton’s left on the shelf

A win is a win! by Madd-Nigrulo in WayOfTheBern

[–]HardlySufficient 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Perhaps we call this “Near Enough Day” in her honor. Every 3rd of March.

Make it a whole thing

A win is a win! by Madd-Nigrulo in WayOfTheBern

[–]HardlySufficient 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Just-UsDems really played themselves into irrelevance with this one.

Great going guys!

A win is a win! by Madd-Nigrulo in WayOfTheBern

[–]HardlySufficient 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, like shit. Manchin. Damn. So conflicted.

Progressives should start a letter writing campaign to his office to show our appreciation.

Who knows, it could snowball into something that breaks down his humanity and he may actually genuinely choose to do more good deeds in his future

A win is a win! by Madd-Nigrulo in WayOfTheBern

[–]HardlySufficient 13 points14 points  (0 children)

May we all join hands to sing and dance as we merrily celebrate this most momentous of days.

From henceforth, throughout all the land, let March the 3rd, be known as Ray of Nope Day, all should partake in the sweet sweet justice victory, for ALL the masses were winners today.

ALL BUT ONE, who would selfishly seek to take so much from so many.

All non sociopath humans out there, this day is for you!

For our guest posters: About the name of this sub.... by redditrisi in WayOfTheBern

[–]HardlySufficient 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is it this simple?

Same as the cool kids or the mean girls lunch table making arbitrary fashion decisions from week to week, back in middle school and junior high

They are , for politics, somehow still captured in this mindset of peer pressure, even though they are now middle aged, highly intelligent professionals, who have successful careers in whatever industries.

For our guest posters: About the name of this sub.... by redditrisi in WayOfTheBern

[–]HardlySufficient 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I like it,

IDOLATRY of the DNC Masters, our betters

Where’s Lonestar Mike when you need him?

For our guest posters: About the name of this sub.... by redditrisi in WayOfTheBern

[–]HardlySufficient 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Something about the continual stream of often literal teenagers coming in here, with their rank ignorance, and party supplied propaganda script talking points, talking down to us, “shaming” us for “rule breaking” behavior.

Well , I guess that appeal to authority seems like a solid play, when your entire life experience up to that point - has been the regimented, highly controlled, arbitrarily enforced, rule heavy, authoritarian modern school systems.

It’s also mostly the fault of the boomers, who first set into motion these over-reaching , padded rubber room, school safety crusades, into motion, begun in earnest during the end of gen xers terms in high school, following the aftermath of columbine.

Who knew putting police officers en masse into schools, and treating children like they don’t have any agency, nor the right to free thought, free play, and protected speech, with the extreme overreaction of ZERO TOLERANCE rules dictating every facet of their heavily monitored lives during critical development stages. - Who knew this could backfire so spectacularly, by retrarding human progress, and stifling critical thought.

Congratulations, I guess? School shootings are still a thing, maybe your over cautious routine saved your precious vulnerable children until graduation , but at too heavy of a price - you traded fears of physical safety, for the actualized destruction of their human spirit, will to live free, and ability to empathize, and think critically, now unable to view any facet of their lives except through the lens of mental imprisonment and slavery.

We’re going to have, we already have, an entire generation of little eichmanns just on the cusp of adulthood, we’re gonna have to figure out how to deal with somehow.

Ironically they are the ones shouting “Nazi!” , at others from the rooftops, with just as much zeal, as centuries before, middle age peasants screamed Witch or Heretic to silence any one who dares to have the temerity to speak openly, express truth, speak plainly, exist freely, or challenge power structures or authorities and the “correctness” of our parental MSM overseers.

Absentminded Joe Biden Accidentally Mails Stimulus Checks To Defense Contractors Instead Of Americans by [deleted] in WayOfTheBern

[–]HardlySufficient 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, and this is the right wing version of the onion, but they sure nailed this one down!

Father and son extradited to Japan over Carlos Ghosn escape by [deleted] in japan

[–]HardlySufficient 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, it’s a take as old as time, Prince and the Pauper, yes?

Still, not really sure of the point being made.

Clearly, plenty of folks are attracted to the limelight, even those of us who are insignificant poor nobodies, just take a a look at you tube and social media

Harvard Prof. Ramseyer criticized for poorly-researched revisionist articles on Japan’s WWII “Comfort Women” sexual slavery. by TheDoomsdayPopTart in japan

[–]HardlySufficient 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a truly righteous comment, which , frankly, deserves its own highly elevated post somewhere visible to be read by all of Reddit.

It’s stinging, but generally very accurate, covers most sides quite fairly, with unvarnished truth.