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cerebus said:
Do you have any other tone besides faux indignation? And just for the record, where do you align yourself politically? Seeing that your sources and all your commentary are strongly right-aligned, you'll forgive us for some skepticism when you claim that you aren't a conservative. Do you boo, just own it.
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Reminds me of Xarog - steadfastly claiming to not be a conservative yet simultaneously espousing every right leaning position under the sun.
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
erm ... multiple lefties in this thread have posted Alex Jones on occasion, what does that make them then?

Hell I've posted Buzzfeed even, am I now a certified SJW? Can I collect any membership benefits? Perhaps cash in some victimhood?
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You did realise that posting to point and laugh isn't the same as posting to provide news
 
Cray said:
Reminds me of Xarog - steadfastly claiming to not be a conservative yet simultaneously espousing every right leaning position under the sun.
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And rietrot, and konfab, and NBFTW. Classic liberals all, albeit a form of liberalism that suspiciously resembles proto-fascism.
 
Tman* said:
Old news. Twitter also shadow bans accounts their staff does not agree with, including some republicans.

And democrats are still going on about the Russian collusion? Maybe start in your own back yard.
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Twitter shadow bans women for the hate crime of knowing that sex is material reality.
 
cerebus said:
Do you have any other tone besides faux indignation? And just for the record, where do you align yourself politically? Seeing that your sources and all your commentary are strongly right-aligned, you'll forgive us for some skepticism when you claim that you aren't a conservative. Do you boo, just own it.
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Tone in text is often misread.

I am dead center, which does not mean much, does it? Leanings mean nothing either if you really break it down, as it becomes more a policy stance based on core beliefs? But, my core beliefs are a free market, but one that has regulations to protect human rights, environment. I am very anti big government, and government controlling means of production. I am not religious, but believe in freedom of religion, but strongly believe religion or beliefs shouldn't have any role in the law (eg: issues around validating Muslim marriages). Personally pro life, but believe pro choice is the right solution for society, believe in charity more than socialism, the state should help with poverty alleviation where charity does not work and don't believe in identity politics. I don't believe in equal outcomes, but I do believe in equal opportunity. And I am pro-immigration for scarce skills and only that. I don't believe in aid either. Resources are finite, and should be used to help those in our own borders.

Besides that, my political views have zero to do with this. You still have not answered my previous question. You deflected it. You would be ok if the reverse of the Google video had to occur? Wouldn't that make you pause for a second? A company like Google should respect their employee's rights to their political opinions, and try create a work environment that reflects that. That "meeting" would have been downright hostile for someone who voted for Trump.

The Google video and the email regarding Google's activities in 2016 around the elections are Breitbart and Fox exclusives. What other sources should I link? Your mistake is that you are assuming my political leanings based on the sources I use.

Randhir said:
Lol. Oh no. Whatever shall I do. Wait I know, let me do an Emjay.

Oh so you actually believe that Tucker Carlson and Breitbart and impartial, logical, authentic news sources?

ROFL OMG I can't believe how gullible Emjay is! He believes Tucker Carlson and Breitbart and impartial, logical, authentic news sources!

Or... Let me guess.. It's only OK for you to do it, right?
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Ok, I will break it down for you. Breitbart is very right and pushes a lot of the alt right stuff too, I get that. I am very sure most people do. And I believe they have reported on downright lies too. However, I read all news from many sources. From NTY, Vox, Buzzfeed, CNN, Fox, etc. I am sure I have posted links to such sources all over MyBB. Many sites have linked to the Breitbart site for this article. Fox have had some questionable reports, so has CNN and other sites I have mentioned. I didn't read the article. I watched the video and made my decisions from that footage. Now, Breitbart may try to frame the discussion around this video, but the video speaks for itself wouldn't you say? Unless you are accusing Breitbart of editing the footage?
 
Randhir said:
Or... Let me guess.. It's only OK for you to do it, right?
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Emjay said:
Ok, I will break it down for you. Breitbart is very right and pushes a lot of the alt right stuff too, I get that. I am very sure most people do. And I believe they have reported on downright lies too. However, I read all news sources. From NTY, Vox, Buzzfeed, CNN, Fox, etc. I am sure I have posted links to such sources all over MyBB. Many sites have linked to the Breitbart site for this article. Fox have had some questionable reports, so has CNN and other sites I have mentioned. I didn't read the article. I watched the video and made my decisions from that footage. Now, Breitbart may try to frame the discussion around this video, but the video speaks for itself wouldn't you say? Unless you are accusing Breitbart of editing the footage?
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Oh look, I was right ;)
 
Emjay said:
You still have not answered my previous question. You deflected it. You would be ok if the reverse of the Google video had to occur?
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I didn't deflect the question at all.

cerebus said:
If they talked about it internally but didn't turn it into company policy, sure. Individuals are allowed to have opinions, even at the highest levels of an organization. I'd imagine if you could record the boardrooms of Fox News it wouldn't sound great to liberals.

In fact even if they did turn it into company policy, so what? See the example of Fox News, above.
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Naughton does acknowledge “diversity of opinion and political persuasion” and notes that she has heard from conservative Google employees who say they “haven’t felt entirely comfortable revealing who [they] are.” and urged “tolerance.”
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Emjay said:
You are not very bright, are you?

Where have I ever tried to discredit an argument of yours (not that you ever actually make one) based on a source?
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A Trumpite calling me 'not very bright'. Let me go lie down and see if I can bear it..

As for the other part, I'd say a person that goes from this:

Randhir said:
Shame. Republicans implemented the deregulation on non-partisan, balanced news and now they bitch when things like this happen.
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to this:

Emjay said:
So, you believe Google should filter information based on their own internal value system?
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shouldn't be calling other peoples' intelligence into question ;)
 
cerebus said:
And rietrot, and konfab, and NBFTW. Classic liberals all, albeit a form of liberalism that suspiciously resembles proto-fascism.
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When you're so far to the left of the spectrum anything to your right appears to be ... well ... to the right.

You ought to realize that the center is also quite far to your right though to put things in perspective.
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
When you're so far to the left of the spectrum anything to your right appears to be ... well ... to the right.

You ought to realize that the center is also quite far to your right though to put things in perspective.
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I realise cognitive dissonance is your standard but this is surely a little over what even you are willing to swallow?

Hint: your Overton window opens on the far right.
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
When you're so far to the left of the spectrum anything to your right appears to be ... well ... to the right.

You ought to realize that the center is also quite far to your right though to put things in perspective.
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Compared to what, the commonly accepted definition of right/left wing?

konfab said:
So a StrawPeterson is your answer?
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Well, what's your answer?
 
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