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Velr
Switzerland10884 Posts
On September 18 2025 00:29 MJG wrote: News outlets caring about Destiny is truly the worst timeline... Nah, the worst timeline is the one where Donald Trump becomes president of the USA... TWICE! Oh.... | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26785 Posts
On September 18 2025 06:00 Sermokala wrote: I mean on the level of leaps of logic in this country after a crisis going from "hes going to use his death as leverage to clamp down on the left" to "He had Kirk assassinated to use his death as leverage to clamp down on the left" wouldn't rate that highly. Its 2025 and Tucker is far into his russian plant era, that would be right up the russian propaganda alley to use a division material. ‘Could’ isn’t ’did’. I’m no Tucker Carlson fan, but I’m with castlee on this, it doesn’t appear he’s said such things on this occasion | ||
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Doublemint
Austria8744 Posts
after MAGA went extra crazy in their anger over Charlie Kirk getting shot dead? and from POTUS down to the the FCC Chair threatened anybody who disagrees that Charlie Kirk was a saint? corporations caving to the government's authoritarian demands because it could hurt their bottom line or is just "inconvenient" is what they call "Gleichschaltung des Systems". McCarthyism was a bastard cousin of this. one perceived "enemy" by one they use government power to chill speech and dissent, the lifeblood of democracy. that is taking it magnitudes further than any sizeable SJW congregation or social media company on their own ever could when they "cancelled" people. again - the Trump admin is using the government's weight and power as a cudgel to chill constitutionally protected speech in the USofA. Xi Jinping, Putin and that fat little NK rascal are proud. fuck that and anyone defending it. there was a hateful speaker who would be outraged. and that is giving him the benefit of the doubt as most of these MAGA gremlins only feign outrage when Democrats are in power FFS. https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1786189687260103119 Hate speech does not exist legally in America. There's ugly speech. There's gross speech. There's evil speech. And ALL of it is protected by the First Amendment. Keep America free.-Charlie Kirk | ||
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Sadist
United States7328 Posts
I dont want to hear a damn thing from any of these large companies about ethics or standing behind a set of beliefs. Its shameful. | ||
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Billyboy
1719 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45915 Posts
On September 18 2025 08:57 Doublemint wrote: so they pulled Kimmel now? after MAGA went extra crazy in their anger over Charlie Kirk getting shot dead? and from POTUS down to the the FCC Chair threatened anybody who disagrees that Charlie Kirk was a saint? Yeah I just read about Jimmy Kimmel getting cancelled due to his Monday monologue. I haven't watched his monologue, but this seems to be the main part that's being used as the justification for his cancellation afaik: "“The MAGA Gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said." https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/17/charlie-kirk-jimmy-kimmel-abc-disney.html It's absolutely insane for him to get cancelled over something so innocuous (and at least partially true - MAGA is obviously trying to score political points from Kirk's death), if this is really all he's been saying. Maybe he's also said more toxic and incendiary things about Kirk? Dunno. | ||
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Hat Trick of Today
201 Posts
Just like how Facebook and Twitter are conveniently missing from the just now announced probe into antisocial behaviour on social media, it’s all quid pro quo all the way down. | ||
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decafchicken
United States20160 Posts
Donald Trump admin approves merger Jimmy gets canceled over absolutely nothing (meanwhile fox news hosts freely talk about euthanizing the homeless) | ||
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decafchicken
United States20160 Posts
On September 18 2025 04:41 LightSpectra wrote: My mistake, Candace Owens didn't explicitly say Trump did it, but rather Trump donor Bill Ackman: https://thegrio.com/2025/09/16/why-candace-owens-is-trending-in-the-aftermath-of-best-friend-charlie-kirks-death/ Tucker Carlson: https://xcancel.com/allenanalysis/status/1968381745407082967 Steve Bannon: https://xcancel.com/SpencerHakimian/status/1968121472406413484#m Edit: Owens is also saying Robinson's text messages are doctored: https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/podcasts/news-candace-owens-says-tyler-robinson-s-texts-doctored-challenges-us-government-release-full-chat-charlie-kirk-murder-suspect I think these people are all clowns and don't really care what they think. I'm guessing they just do a weave of arbitrarily being skeptical of right-wing narratives every once in awhile to look more independent, is that right? That text conversation is the least believable thing I've ever read. It reads like it was written by my 70 year old conservative dad with chatgpt. | ||
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Belisarius
Australia6233 Posts
The party-of-free-speech has absolutely ripped the mask off in the last few days, and there isn't really anyone left to stop the new party-of-censorship. You just know Trump's infantile ego has been itching the whole time to go after every random person who's ever criticised him. He's been waiting for this moment his whole life. An absolutely astronomical portion of public discourse is controlled by a handful of US companies, and they've all been busy sniffing the wind and then sniffing Trump's backside for a while now. They're not going to risk their shareholders by standing up to him in any meaningful way, not when the average citizen seems absolutely fine with it all anyway. And when they don't, and the average citizen shrugs and goes to work the next day, that's gg imo. | ||
KwarK
United States43987 Posts
On September 18 2025 12:09 Belisarius wrote: This feels like the end, honestly. I've been a doomer the whole time, but I think we might have arrived. "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning" | ||
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decafchicken
United States20160 Posts
"Henceforth Hitler’s[Trumps] Nazis will meet equally well armed, and perhaps better armed troops." Also there is a bit of a gap between our current leadership and Roosevelt & Churchill | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45915 Posts
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KwarK
United States43987 Posts
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Gescom
Canada3511 Posts
On September 18 2025 11:31 decafchicken wrote: Donald Trump said "Jimmy is going to be next" Donald Trump admin approves merger Jimmy gets canceled over absolutely nothing (meanwhile fox news hosts freely talk about euthanizing the homeless) Indeed this. Trump's quote from ~July 30, following end of Colbert :: “Everybody is saying that I was solely responsible for the firing of Stephen Colbert from CBS, ‘Late Night,'” Trump wrote. “That is not true! The reason he was fired was a pure lack of TALENT, and the fact that this deficiency was costing CBS $50 Million Dollars a year in losses — And it was only going to get WORSE!” Trump went on to claim that “an even less talented Jimmy Kimmel” will be “next up” to lose his job, followed by “a weak, and very insecure, Jimmy Fallon.” The playbook is in effect. :[ | ||
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Sermokala
United States14124 Posts
On September 18 2025 06:29 WombaT wrote: ‘Could’ isn’t ’did’. I’m no Tucker Carlson fan, but I’m with castlee on this, it doesn’t appear he’s said such things on this occasion I'm not saying that he said the thing, I'm saying it isn't completly unbelievable that he would say it given the context I provided. Castlee was asking how someone came to the conclusion. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States23949 Posts
On September 18 2025 12:09 Belisarius wrote: + Show Spoiler + This feels like the end, honestly. I've been a doomer the whole time, but I think we might have arrived. The party-of-free-speech has absolutely ripped the mask off in the last few days, and there isn't really anyone left to stop the new party-of-censorship. You just know Trump's infantile ego has been itching the whole time to go after every random person who's ever criticised him. He's been waiting for this moment his whole life. An absolutely astronomical portion of public discourse is controlled by a handful of US companies, and they've all been busy sniffing the wind and then sniffing Trump's backside for a while now. They're not going to risk their shareholders by standing up to him in any meaningful way, not when the average citizen seems absolutely fine with it all anyway. And when they don't, and the average citizen shrugs and goes to work the next day, that's gg imo. Who on the public stage is encouraging/telling them to do something different? | ||
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Sermokala
United States14124 Posts
On September 18 2025 14:13 GreenHorizons wrote: Who on the public stage is encouraging/telling them to do something different? Almost all of them. Remember when we had that thing a while back called an election? | ||
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Legan
Finland577 Posts
Ordering soldiers around is a practical step to make sure that they are under your control. Easier to remove anyone causing friction before the final push comes. Declaring Mandani or someone else to be a terrorist is an obvious way to check how people will react when they want to expand from random protesters. Some judges have already been arrested. ICE can easily expand to dealing with so-called leftwing terrorists, too. If someone hostile is taking over your government, you should not give them time, but challenge them before they have fully taken control over everything. Organising a general strike should be the goal already. | ||
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Sermokala
United States14124 Posts
If you can't get yourself to do a simple thing like vote why would you be expected to take part in a general strike? Participating in a general strike seems much harder and more costly than filling out a ballot. | ||
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