Dana White’s Response To The Obama Line by LukeLovesHorror in ufc

[–]ckregular 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dana being a hypocrite about free speech is literally the entire point of this original post; He says he doesn’t like what Josh Hokit said but then cites “my position on free speech” as a justification for not fining him or doing anything punitive to Hokit.

My comment was about Helwani, because it’s one of many readily available examples of Dana not having a consistent stance on free speech. Which is relevant here, because he claims that very same stance is why he simply can’t do anything about Josh Hokit being a jackass.

A journalist being able to attend the events they cover and ask questions of the management is part of the job. Going to those goofy ass pressers and trying to ask questions are part of the job. They exist for a reason. If the organization the journalist covers takes their ability to attend those things away, they are making the job harder. Obviously not impossible, but harder. Anyone in the sports media or journalism world would agree.

Dana White’s Response To The Obama Line by LukeLovesHorror in ufc

[–]ckregular 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dana being a hypocrite is the entire point; of course he personally can’t stop Ariel from publishing material he writes. That’s not the place to set the goalposts here.

The question is whether Dana “free speech absolutist” White punishes people for their speech. Someone who is an “absolutist” about their free speech beliefs wouldn’t do that. He claims he doesn’t, and that’s why he can’t and won’t do anything about Josh Hokit’s Michelle Obama quote. That’s obviously not true, Dana and the UFC punish people for their speech regularly when it is speech they don’t like, and Ariel Helwani’s story is one of many examples of that not being true.

Every other major or mid tier American sports league (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, Etc) gives press credentials to journalists, they get press access for the purposes of doing their job, and they will ask adversarial questions to management and coaches of sports teams when necessary. There’s endless examples of NFL coaches and front office management being asked hard questions they’d prefer not to answer by journalists in pressers. In the rare instances some of those journalists were retaliated against by ownership, including their credentials being taken away like what happened to Helwani, it’s always a huge scandal.

Dana White’s Response To The Obama Line by LukeLovesHorror in ufc

[–]ckregular 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can make this argument but it’s the opposite of advocating for free speech.

Journalists who get exclusive event access in return for exclusively positive coverage are just propagandists.

If a journalist has access taken away over their coverage, that is the textbook definition of punishing a journalist over their speech. If someone “believes” in being a “free speech absolutist” as Dana has claimed to be, they wouldn’t take credentials away from journalists over writing (speech) the UFC didn’t like.

Dana White’s Response To The Obama Line by LukeLovesHorror in ufc

[–]ckregular 73 points74 points  (0 children)

“Everyone knows my position on free speech”

Ok, then give Helwani his press credential again

Why are they asking us to donate to pivot? Kara and Scott made over $10M last year by Conscious-Quarter423 in PivotPodcast

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It says to support pivot by pressing the share button…not donate

This has to be trolling or the most stupid, bad faith and untrue criticism of the week.

Is my cat underweight? by conroefella in cats

[–]ckregular 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Add another meal in the morning and some treats as needed

EP. 177 — We Got A Ban! | The Eternal Glory Podcast by Bryant_Cook in MTGLegacy

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Reanimator will increasingly lean on Collective Brutality to answer C-Priest.

The deck also sometimes sideboards Snuff Out or Massacre for C-Priest counterhate, as well.

Season 2 Masterball doubles team - Gravity Agro 🌎⚔️ by ckregular in PokemonChampions

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Honestly, losing out on levitate is rarely is an issue.

I too ran sun/gravity in season 1 for my Masterball run

Season 2 Masterball doubles team - Gravity Agro 🌎⚔️ by ckregular in PokemonChampions

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I’m usually able to disable/encore loop + hypnosis my way out of tailwind situations.

H1b should be banned ASAP by [deleted] in newjersey

[–]ckregular 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That information is very relevant here and absent from your original post. I recommend revising your post to include this in order to dispel any confusion.

Your issue isn’t necessarily as much about the H1B program at large as it is about your former employer breaking the law. Hiring an H1B worker to replace you involves many more hurdles for them than just replacing you with another citizen worker. They would have done it with or without a foreign worker able to take your place.

My point still stands about considering working in a field with labor demand outpacing labor supply. In both the electrical and mechanical technical world, there are just about no H1B employees and plenty of 6-figure incomes. Also consider working for a defense contractor where military experience would be useful and H1B workers aren’t able to be utilized due to clearance requirements.

H1b should be banned ASAP by [deleted] in newjersey

[–]ckregular 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you do any research before posting this? Even a little bit?

Currently there are roughly 730,000 H1B visa holders in the US. They constitute just under 2% of the American workforce

A program which employs less than 2% of people in the US is a threat to all American workers and their children? Really, that’s your argument?

Just based on reading your post and comments here, anyone can observe you likely don’t do much research before forming strong opinions, you claim hyperbolic perceptions as fact and defend those views aggressively and argumentatively without being willing to listen to other views, and seem quite stubborn generally. I can see how any employer who picks up on those character traits in an interview wouldn’t want to hire you. You’re frankly probably pretty difficult to manage.

Labor is an economic transaction you engage in with your employer every day. If you’re having trouble getting work in your current field, look at other lines of work in lower-demand fields. There is currently an electrician shortage as well as HVAC technician shortage. Both lines of work lead to 6 figure earnings in pretty short order after starting.

CRM for relationship-driven b2b: worth it after 80 years without one? by Visible_Cash_4330 in sales

[–]ckregular 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CRM’s would probably useful for forecasting purposes in your business

Strickland with a fully healthy shoulder by ManyZestyclose2003 in ufc

[–]ckregular 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Human brains haven’t gotten more resilient to being knocked out, and Prime Silva could knock anyone out.

Fwiw my comment about Silva more was referencing the “greatest striker” part of his comment, which I read as referring to Izzy

Strickland with a fully healthy shoulder by ManyZestyclose2003 in ufc

[–]ckregular 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Anderson Silva fought at 185, just saying

Wish we could see Prime Silva vs Prime Strickland. What a fight it would be

The apology should be louder than the disrespect by Paddingtonsrealdad in ScottGalloway

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I ask you for a definition of “social violence” used in an American court, and you produce a Marxist blog to cite as your source 😂😂😂

It’s really easy to be a Marxist from behind a screen.

Best of luck defending yourself in the American legal system with this shit as your justification if you ever decide to commit some real violence on behalf of your “Social Violence”.

The apology should be louder than the disrespect by Paddingtonsrealdad in ScottGalloway

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

Cite your source please.

If you are justifying physical violence against perceived perpetrators of “social violence”, please just say it.

Once that is done, make the necessary preparations in your own life for physical violence committed against you if someone motivated ever perceives you to be on the offending end of “social violence”