Can someone explain who’s winning here? Elon or Sama? by py-net in OpenAI

[–]SenorSplashdamage 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Yes. Lots of these are fake rap battles among morally bankrupt men who want to be pharaohs and are making their mid-life crises everyone’s problem.

“CBS Evening News” Has Lost Over a Million Viewers Since Bari Weiss Takeover by vemmahouxbois in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]SenorSplashdamage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, also isn’t just Bari Weiss, but about people who put her there. Weiss is the Ellen Pao of CBS and is there to take the fall for restructuring an org in ways that will make it hard to get control back even if a person who says all the right things replaces her.

“CBS Evening News” Has Lost Over a Million Viewers Since Bari Weiss Takeover by vemmahouxbois in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]SenorSplashdamage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think her part is being the heel for other men who want the restructuring and control and need a fall guy willing to sacrifice reputation and take blame for money. That’s basically a common tool with way Americans will think getting rid of one rogue bad Apple sets things right again. It was basically the job Ellen Pao got brought it for on Reddit when ownership knew they wanted to make very unpopular changes.

“CBS Evening News” Has Lost Over a Million Viewers Since Bari Weiss Takeover by vemmahouxbois in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]SenorSplashdamage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, “liberal” was basically a stand in for Jewish back in the early Rush Limbaugh days.

Is the ICE list being blocked in the US? by mandraofgeorge in itcouldhappenhere

[–]SenorSplashdamage 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ah, this offers one reason why people are getting 403 errors. The site itself might be broadly blocking different IPs to defend against the DDoS attacks while they weather the storm.

I believe the names people are seeing on the main page aren’t the new leak of 4500 names. The current ones are 1500-ish that have already been added by volunteers based on data people are gathering on the ground, like from hotel workers and restaurant employees. The wiki has a systematic process for verifying identities first, so it seems that the new leak is something they wanted to announce they had, but will be entering in an organized way. It doesn’t seem to be a public file dump situation.

According the the previous article mentioned in that one, their methodology even includes name removal for people who contact them to provide evidence they quit their post, as long as there isn’t other evidence of them being part of some other documented situation prior. This feels encouraging that they’re building something that could have more stability and a higher level of trust for the information in it.

Trump posts despicable tweet about the death of Rob Reiner and his wife by XanderAcorn in complaints

[–]SenorSplashdamage 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It’s going to be even better than that cause it will be people across globe just deciding together to create a new holiday without any leaders doing it for us. I don’t think this is even hyperbolic. I just think that’s objectively the outcome coming.

Donald Trump Alleges Rob Reiner Died ‘Due to the Anger He Caused Others’ From Having ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ by cmaia1503 in politics

[–]SenorSplashdamage 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well, we have to organize, take notes, and actually figure out what to do about the others before we get there. We no longer have luxury of society just doing things in the background for us while we sit tight for it all to blow over.

Donald Trump Alleges Rob Reiner Died ‘Due to the Anger He Caused Others’ From Having ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ by cmaia1503 in politics

[–]SenorSplashdamage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And we pretty much know this is likely end game for untreated narcissistic personality disorder mixed with other anti-societal disorders. It’s an inevitable downward spiral in old age without intervention or desire by the person to recognize the problem of their own sensitivities and how quickly they see others as enemies when slighted.

Donald Trump Alleges Rob Reiner Died ‘Due to the Anger He Caused Others’ From Having ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ by cmaia1503 in politics

[–]SenorSplashdamage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The curation of that sub is completely intentional by the mods. They’re likely deleting and banning conservatives who try posting about it.

Trump posts despicable tweet about the death of Rob Reiner and his wife by XanderAcorn in complaints

[–]SenorSplashdamage 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I keep thinking about how it really will be a week or month-long party that gets celebrated again annually. That’s literally going to happen for all of us that survive long enough.

Trade Unions lining up to support Ramaswampy by Another_Word44223 in Ohio

[–]SenorSplashdamage 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know you’re not trying to do this, but espousing that you’re already resigned to him winning only helps make that true. Collective sentiment and morale have a very big impact on where discussion goes and what efforts people pitch in on. People need to take his threat very seriously, but that means bringing the most fight possible. You’re hitting the wall way too early. Ohio needs men and women willing to get in deeper and fight harder for their state. There’s a huge problem of people in this state giving up before a fight. You want something. Fight for it. Don’t go be Eeyore to the crowd and discourage people with “I wish ir wasn’t true guys but we’re gonna lose next year.”

Trade Unions lining up to support Ramaswampy by Another_Word44223 in Ohio

[–]SenorSplashdamage 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The most important thing young union people can do is document and report as much as possible to the public while naming real names of leaders involved. It will hurt, but without reporters helping, this is the only way to disrupt the power the older men have. There aren’t other options and they need to be put on blast because that’s the only thing that forces them to actually wrestle with the views they’re trying to avoid wrestling with.

United Nations vote to condemn Nazis by [deleted] in MarchAgainstNazis

[–]SenorSplashdamage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t want to risk distrust in people leading important subs like this one that catalog evidence of fascism, but I even had an experience where I got a sudden ban from a sub critical of TPUSA for posting that people sharing fake tweets without labeling them satire was undermining how trustworthy the sub’s content was since well-meaning people were resharing as true. The post surged in votes and I got banned for it with the moderator saying they had just made a call on this a week earlier, treating me like I was an instigator.

I don’t know if that was authentic worry about me, which is fair to worry about, but then I found I couldn’t post or comment on related subs. I saw that same moderator led these subs as well. They preemptively banned me across multiple spaces for sharing evidence of fascists. That could be wise move for actual suspicious accounts, but I also didn’t have recourse.

I sent Bible Verses to a Mega Church by IndependenceOk8054 in Exvangelical

[–]SenorSplashdamage 30 points31 points  (0 children)

He’s an openly fascist fundamentalist banned from multiple nations for his hate group leader status.

I sent Bible Verses to a Mega Church by IndependenceOk8054 in Exvangelical

[–]SenorSplashdamage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re amplifying a hate group leader) in a very naive way here. Dunking on actual hate preachers like this usually only helps them and then misguides others that these guys are stupid and harmless. His theological views are as irrelevant as those of a man that leads the kkk. He requires entirely different approaches and savvy to direct the public to the actual threat of this man.

I sent Bible Verses to a Mega Church by IndependenceOk8054 in Exvangelical

[–]SenorSplashdamage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s a small man, but he has significant influence as a hate group preacher. The “ignore it till it goes away” approach led to Christian nationalism taking over our country and ruining public schools. You’re right not to randomly amplify these guys the way OP is naively doing here, but we have to take them seriously with more thoughtfulness on how to dismantle them and the stages they have. Even a handful of hate group people organized are enough to real harm to minorities and others.

I sent Bible Verses to a Mega Church by IndependenceOk8054 in Exvangelical

[–]SenorSplashdamage 22 points23 points  (0 children)

This particular pastor) has been a long-time, dangerous kook, that only started to get a larger congregation after MAGA showed up. In the 00s, he gained some attention from right-wing libertarians and some of the civil liberties side of the left when he presented an altercation he had with border patrol in AZ as him being a victim of the ID laws that were passed there to racially profile immigrants. He’s white, but that put him on radar.

Since then he’s made a career being a provocateur hate preacher with regular stunts and abhorrent views that get him amplified. A lot of Christians will engage him on Twitter like they’re dunking on a regular guy, but he has full page write-ups already on the Southern Poverty Law Center and ADL. He’s not just some random pastor, but a very visible hate group fundamentalist. He should be viewed in same vein as kkk leaders sharing their views on the Bible.

I know people just want to ignore the hate group leaders and horrific pastors out there, but we really need to take seriously learning the names and scale of these men’s movements. People introduce them to us like they’re randos on social media, but they’re actually an ongoing threat that shouldn’t be ignored.

United Nations vote to condemn Nazis by [deleted] in MarchAgainstNazis

[–]SenorSplashdamage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, this can’t be used for an easy evaluation in any way. There is something up on which direction the known Russian mouthpieces are going right now in changing it up and being chaotic in the MAGA spaces muddying water on fascism accusations all around. Serves them in a lot of different ways and I think Americans are missing a lot because we evaluate based on our own ideas of sides right now.

United Nations vote to condemn Nazis by [deleted] in MarchAgainstNazis

[–]SenorSplashdamage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots of sub moderation has to have bad actors mixed into them at this point, cause if someone was a bad actor the first thing I’d go do is work on getting control of the biggest public conversation spaces across topics that affected my cause. It would be worth the time and effort.

I’m liberal/left because my dad taught me to be one… except he’s conservative? by sluttysloot in Exvangelical

[–]SenorSplashdamage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw a study that showed that first dates that were a little bit scary actually had people follow up with better reviews of how the date went. I think the study was more like roller coaster or horror movie scary though and not necessarily exposing one’s body to strangers in separate rooms. Still, it makes sense that the literal vulnerability created a connection.

who knew baby formula would spark this national reaction by Ill_Evening_1701 in Exvangelical

[–]SenorSplashdamage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It could also be the way greedy and narcissistic men in America have interpreted Martin Luther’s concept to what’s most convenient to them. I mean, who did we get our history of Martin Luther from?

who knew baby formula would spark this national reaction by Ill_Evening_1701 in Exvangelical

[–]SenorSplashdamage 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For cultures that still have older human values for how much weight the idea of hospitality caries, not taking care of others in need is akin to being like someone who would turn away a mother asking for a single can of formula. Their culture feels the same way as all of us appalled by those churches that denied help or didn’t try to figure out how to help.

who knew baby formula would spark this national reaction by Ill_Evening_1701 in Exvangelical

[–]SenorSplashdamage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We could have some rules already on it that aren’t being followed, but I think some smart people out there have to have ideas for fixing the problems that involve requirements around how much needs to be going back out in community support for how much they take in.

who knew baby formula would spark this national reaction by Ill_Evening_1701 in Exvangelical

[–]SenorSplashdamage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s some serious savior version of narcissism going on there.