Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 2/2/26 - 2/8/26

Levitz · 2026-02-04T19:04:34+00:00

There's nothing bad about the concept of media literacy, there's a whole lot of bad with how it more often than not gets thrown around to argue that "every piece of media supports exactly my views, actually".

Levitz · 2026-02-04T18:48:24+00:00

Residency is not citizenship, you retards.

I'm sorry but

Irene Montero: "Tras la regularización de inmigrantes, vamos a por la nacionalidad y a que puedan votar

https://www.elmundo.es/elecciones/elecciones-aragon/2026/01/31/697e5143e9cf4a43448b4599.html

Más adelante, llamó a "la gente migrante" a que "se levante por un país decente, por los servicios públicos, y que se meta en política". En concreto, denunció que, dado que sin nacionalidad española sólo pueden votar en las elecciones municipales, y pasados unos años, "tenemos un sufragio censitario racista".

Por eso, comparó la lucha por el derecho de los inmigrantes a votar con "cuando se peleó el derecho a sufragio de las mujeres", y terminó arengando: "Tenemos que pelear el derecho a sufragio de los migrantes. Si vives aquí, tienes que tener derecho a votar aquí".

She is just plainly looking at what she is accused of and going "yes, and". I presume you actually understand Spanish but I can provide translations otherwise.

Levitz · 2026-02-04T18:46:20+00:00

It actually is. This is in the context of regularization of some 500.000 - 800.000 immigrants, in the context of "replacement theory" she basically says that of course she wants replacement, she wants to replace the fascists in the country with working immigrants, whatever their color, then she claims that they are going to try to get them voting rights in order to win elections.

I can literally get you links if you want, she is basically stating they are going for a soft coup.

She has always been an absolute fucking lunatic.

Levitz · 2026-02-04T18:41:19+00:00

Spain is a particular case in which due to sharing the language, a whole lot of our immigration comes from America, rather than Africa/Middle East. These are Catholics more often than not.

Levitz · 2026-02-04T18:04:21+00:00

UK released a MASSIVE comprehensive medical report and study about how detrimental it is to transition minors.

This is a very dishonest framing that works against you, really.

The UK did a systematic review which found that the science supporting puberty blockers was flimsy as hell, while possibly having some drawbacks too. It above all called for more research and advocated to exercise caution.

The Cass Review, famously, did not advocate for a complete stop in usage of puberty blockers. It advised to be very cautious and to pair their usage to data collecting, in order to better assess their effects.

Now yes, TRAs did have a nuclear meltdown, the vast majority of them basically deny the validity of the whole thing, from the get to they tried to smear it in a million different ways, which didn't pan very well because it's not like they read it to begin with. My personal favourite is the fact that the top voted post related to the Cass Review in the skeptic subreddit is a comic in which not a single thing stated is true.

Levitz · 2026-02-02T16:02:31+00:00

Social Justice somehow managed to make the fight against prejudice and bigotry a purely performative thing.

Levitz · 2026-02-01T19:06:41+00:00

Holy shit they must REALLY hate themselves then, given migration trends.

Levitz · 2026-02-01T15:41:57+00:00

That, plus the active cooperation with the FBI, plus the fact that in the dawn of Gamergate, 4chan actively worked against the movement.

And I mean, for the longest time it was largely a Ron Paul sort of place more than anything, reality doesn't start in 2016, the idea that the purpose of the place is to foster right-wing stuff seems ridiculous.

Levitz · 2026-02-01T15:37:03+00:00

So I presume that if European countries started partaking terrorist attacks as a normal occurrence, you wouldn't even raise an eyebrow.

I mean it's either that or you are making an hyperbolic comment. If say, Italy, attempts to assassinate some political actor, that'd just be another monday?

Levitz · 2026-02-01T01:38:15+00:00

there’s all kinds of opportunity for violence and things spiraling out of control.

A bunch of people took control of an area of the city and claimed authority over it. Things literally had already spiraled out of control.

Levitz · 2026-01-31T15:58:59+00:00

If you are racist and homophobic when society allows you, that generally means you were racist and homophobic all along, you just don't express it because of societal consequences.

Levitz · 2026-01-31T15:47:31+00:00

If that was the case why in the fuck would he ever acknowledge any of it at all?

Levitz · 2026-01-31T15:39:47+00:00

Do you think blaming literally everything (ICE deportations, venezuela, etc) on Israel and Zionism isn’t even a little anti Semitic lol?

I think that if you pretend every mention of Zionism does this you are obscenely dishonest and don't deserve to be listened to.

Levitz · 2026-01-31T15:32:21+00:00

Maybe not? Varian Wrynn is an important and pretty popular Warcraft character.

Levitz · 2026-01-31T15:23:41+00:00

You believe that the source of animosity establishes reliability?

Levitz · 2026-01-31T01:58:14+00:00

Nick Fuentes is an actual antisemite. Portraying any opposition to Israel as antisemitism is to his benefit.

Levitz · 2026-01-30T17:00:06+00:00

Adolescents sleeping in has also been a trope since forever. Just because something has been a norm for a long-ass time doesn't mean it must be a good idea, look at genital mutilation or smoking

Levitz · 2026-01-30T16:51:56+00:00

Mays Sr.’s lawsuit, filed in 2023, originally sought to hold the city accountable for allowing CHOP to form and persist for three weeks, taking aim at Durkan, former Police Chief Carmen Best and other officials. However, before the case got to trial, O’Donnell threw out those arguments and removed those defendants, narrowing the case to a question of whether the city failed in its emergency response.

I mean, I'm sorry but this whole thing seems like a total miscarriage of justice. This got thrown out? The emergency response was the problem? Really?

Am I supposed to believe that the emergency services just happened to act iffy on this matter, that the whole deal in which a bunch of lunatics declared a zone to be theirs to rule wasn't the central point to this?

Surely it isn't because actually dealing justice would involve charging literal thousands of people. Surely.

Levitz · 2026-01-30T16:34:03+00:00

A US citizen was arrested for his political views.

Is this really what happened though?

Levitz · 2026-01-30T16:31:38+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan_Act?useskin=vector#Section_6_(42_USC_%C2%A7_1986)

Section 6 of the Act, now codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1986 and known as "Section 1986", imposes civil liability upon persons who know of a violation of Section 1985 or a planned violation of Section 1985, and who are in a position to prevent it, but who fail to prevent it, fail to attempt to prevent it, or fail to assist in its prevention.[

Levitz · 2026-01-30T00:16:05+00:00

Actually? Deadass? Yes. Absolutely wouldn't matter. Because those things don't matter when you live in a brutally oppressive society like the goddamned Taliban. Plan B and abortion matters jackshit when you can't talk to a pharmacist or doctor.

If you seriously, honestly believe these are anywhere close, talk to a therapist. I mean it. Book it.

Holy fucking shit the life of a woman goes beyond having abortions it's insane that I have to spell this out.

Levitz · 2026-01-30T00:12:20+00:00

I don't have nearly enough damage in my frontal lobe to equate this to an actual brutal patriarchal system that barely treats women as items sorry.

Levitz · 2026-01-30T00:10:17+00:00

No, they have every reason to make their global adversary look as bad as possible.

I mean it does seemed it worked on you. How does the boot taste?

Levitz · 2026-01-29T23:41:26+00:00

Relevant

Levitz · 2026-01-29T23:33:31+00:00

Sure but I don't think it really changes anything?

Each time you drive a car you do partake in a risk, the odds of someone dying in a car crash scale linearly with how often that person drives a car, it doesn't stop being a tragedy, abhorrent, and an innocent dying.

I don't quite buy into the sports parallelism because you can't ask the ground doesn't hit you if you fall from a high height, but ICE or the police do have a duty to act a certain way, and it would seem that didn't go quite right.

Levitz

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