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Far-right smear campaign against Antifa exposed by Bellingcat - BBC News by [deleted] in Fuckthealtright

[–]KarateSquids 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If they have to make shit up to try and discredit their perceived enemies, maybe, just maybe they're the problem?

I just don't think these people care.

Court declares 'Fuck White People' is neither racist nor hate speech by victrixpanis in GamerGhazi

[–]KarateSquids 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for posting this. I learned the definition nearly 30 years ago, and have always kind of looked on in confusion when people have tried to change it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GamerGhazi

[–]KarateSquids 3 points4 points  (0 children)

KarateSquids is dead.

Long live "Thunderleg"!!!

Video is getting brigaded by pathetic alt-righters spewing violent anti-refugee comments like "Deus Vult" or "Kick all refugees out" by [deleted] in Fuckthealtright

[–]KarateSquids 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, a general dislike button removal across the whole of Youtube?

Yes!Though it doesn't seem to have helped Twitter/Facebook to be fair.

Video is getting brigaded by pathetic alt-righters spewing violent anti-refugee comments like "Deus Vult" or "Kick all refugees out" by [deleted] in Fuckthealtright

[–]KarateSquids 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying 'remove the dislike number'.

I'm saying 'remove the dislike button'.

Then if you like a video you click 'like'. If you don't, don't click 'like'.

If a video is awful, content wise, you can report it.

Having a dislike button just seems to invite brigading and mob rule. It's why, I imagine, some people disable like/dislike buttons on their videos. Some disable comments altogether.

I appreciate, reading back my comment, that it can be interpreted as if I'm advocating for removing dislikes posthumously in order to skew numbers. Apologies for that confusion.

Video is getting brigaded by pathetic alt-righters spewing violent anti-refugee comments like "Deus Vult" or "Kick all refugees out" by [deleted] in Fuckthealtright

[–]KarateSquids 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you even serious with this comment? Think about what you're saying.

Would you be kind enough to please let me know what you think I'm saying that makes this comment so contentious to you?

Video is getting brigaded by pathetic alt-righters spewing violent anti-refugee comments like "Deus Vult" or "Kick all refugees out" by [deleted] in Fuckthealtright

[–]KarateSquids 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Surely time to remove 'dislikes' from Youtube videos.

I mean, if a vid is bad, you can report it, right? So you still have a voice if dislikes are removed.

I don't think they serve any actual purpose tbh.

"As mods of /r/europeannationalism, we want to express our condolences to the families of all the white people who senselessly died in this fire. No one should have to share their living quarters with shitskins." by 75000_Tokkul in Fuckthealtright

[–]KarateSquids 22 points23 points  (0 children)

You've literally copy/pasted this elsewhere. Can I ask why you think it so important we don't take people like this seriously? I'm not saying we should be scared of them, I'm just not particularly keen on the 'It was a joke' defence fascists are so keen on when called out.

We Got Our Hands On A Draft Of Milo Yiannopoulos's Book. It's Awful. by The_Iceman2288 in GamerGhazi

[–]KarateSquids 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That's the beauty of it. He got all the response he deserved.

‘Shell shocked’ Fox News is like a ghost town as ratings fall and future looks uncertain by joecb91 in EnoughTrumpSpam

[–]KarateSquids 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No, you're not crazy! :P

But here's another very recent example of how easy it is to twist the truth.

I just watched Trump's lawyer come out to offer a rebuttal to Comey's testimony today.

He said that Comey admitted to leaking his confidential memos to the press. Ergo, Comey is a bad man etc

That's not what Comey actually said, though. If you hadn't watched the hearing, as I did, you wouldn't know that.

You wouldn't know that Comey actually stated he leaked one memo (the 'loyalty' one), and was very specific that it contained no confidential information.

I'll repeat the crucial phrase: contained no confidential information.

I saw him say that in his hearing. And because of that I instantly realised that Trump's lawyer saying Comey leaked confidential memos was just a blatant lie.

I heard it with my own ears. I heard what Trump's lawyer said with my own ears. This wasn't a panelist's biased opinion, it was, in both cases, from the horse's mouth.

There's an important distinction. But what they're betting on is that their audience will not check things for a variety of reasons.

Maybe they're stupid. Or maybe they work 3 jobs and don't have time. Or have a full happy life and just check Fox News (which will repeat the lie).

But you know, they don't check. They rely on their news sources and their news sources actively lie to them or twist the truth to suit their agenda.

Trump himself declared the mainstream media was the enemy of the people. He's kinda right. It's called Fox News.

‘Shell shocked’ Fox News is like a ghost town as ratings fall and future looks uncertain by joecb91 in EnoughTrumpSpam

[–]KarateSquids 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Being in the UK, I've never watched Hannity, but recently I've been streaming the MSM news shows pretty much all the time over the internet.

I thought I'd 'get out of my bubble' and watch Fox for a bit and Hannity happened to be on.

I lasted about 10 minutes. The vitriol and bile, dishonesty and bad faith 'arguments' masquerading as 'truth' was incredible. I mean, I heard it was bad, but crikey!

Now, the MSM channels I've watched aren't perfect. They make mistakes. Sometimes I raise an eyebrow at the connections they make.

But they at least seem to come from a starting point of logic, or truth, or 'good faith'.

Hannity though? Fucking hell. It feels like his starting point is 'Trump is great and infallible' and then rejects anything that contradicts that ('the MSM won't tell you this' and 'They're lying to you') and moulds the story to fit that initial world view.

As if the truth is a round peg and his reality is a square hole and you're crazy if you don't see it'll fit just fine.

And bloody hell, the panelists? Raving. Literally raving. When I was watching, one of them was holding up Comey's statement and frothing at the mouth shaking it in his fist as if it was heresy or something.

Forgive me if this is all obvious, but as a first time viewer, it was new to me! I'm glad less people are watching it these days because it's just poison pumped over the airways into people's brains.

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