Total posts: 2,049
Posted in:
Dominion Voting Systems, the election equipment manufacturer that became the target of wild conspiracy theories pushed by former President Donald Trump and his allies, sued Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani for defamation Monday.
Dominion said in a 107-page complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Washington that "as a result of the defamatory falsehoods peddled by Giuliani" in conjunction with other Trump allies and pro-Trump media outlets, "Dominion's founder and employees have been harassed and received death threats, and Dominion has suffered unprecedented and irreparable harm."
According to the complaint, that disinformation campaign forced the company to spend more than $565,000 on private security for the protection of its people, plus more than $1,170,000 to mitigate the harm to its reputation and business.
Dominion says the reputational damage inflicted by Giuliani's conspiracy mongering has cost the company about $200 million in lost profits and destroyed its resale value, which it says was between $450 million and $500 million before the viral disinformation campaign. The company is seeking $651,735,000 in compensatory damages and the same amount in punitive damages.
"Dominion brings this action to set the record straight, to vindicate the company's rights under civil law, to recover compensatory and punitive damages, and to stand up for itself, its employees, and the electoral process," the lawsuit says.
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@Dr.Franklin
Why didn't Trump push to end the tax loop holes that he said were criminal?
Why did Trump revoke his executive order and allow his administration to become lobbyists?
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@Athias
Some find it particularly difficult to argue against the consistency of my arguments because I truly understand my position.
I don't find it difficult to argue against your positions; I just don't find it as engaging as other conversations because typically an emphasis on semantics is not substantive, and because you've acknowledged your positions do not have any real world application. Do you personally want to live in a society or world without government? I just noticed you didn't really address that and I'm curious.
To answer your questions, I assume you're 20 to 30 years old and realize my remarks about the evolution of my thought processes may have sounded patronizing to you which wasn't my intent. I don't doubt that you have scrutinized your belief system and know what you are talking about. I just wanted to convey that I too am familiar with anarchist and libertarian philosophy, whereas most people you speak to probably are not.
From my last post: would it be immoral or against what one ought to do or has a right to do if they give an infant medicine or life saving treatment? What if one parent wanted to drown their baby but the other parent did not - what is the rightful way to settle that disagreement or determine if one has been wronged if the baby is killed? If we acknowledge any rights concerning infants regards the discretion of their parents or the state, we recognize how arbitrary our conditions for the existence of rights are, and that's why I was asking about other species and non humans (arbitrary is not the word I'm looking for, but the right verbiage escapes me at the moment).
The same evidence we have for thinking that human beings possess reason should also lead us to conclude that animals are rational, or that other entities can be rational. Is there some kind of test you defer to which establishes when a human (or other entity) might have sufficient rationale to qualify for autonomy/rights? How does inebriation or mental illness factor in?
As much as I'd prefer to discuss why I think anarchy in practice is a terrible idea (I don't think I've seen an explanation from you in this thread why anyone would "want to be an anarchist" per se or rather live absent of all government) I recognize the underlying philosophy is significant so I'm trying to figure out how to balance my response to you. I'll just end it here: you stated that rights are moral concepts which establish a condition in which we ought to live. But if rights are limited to describe only things we have exclusive claims to (like our bodies), how does that translate to a concept which describes how we ought to live?
Created:
Posted in:
After campaigning on a pledge to "drain the swamp," when Trump took office he signed an executive order that included a 5-year lobbying ban which prevents officials from lobbying the agency they worked for 5 years after leaving office. Of course there were provisions and loopholes, but for the most part, this was a good move.
Then hours before Trump left office, he revoked his own executive order thereby allowing government officials to become lobbyists.
Granted Trump's executive order was largely ineffective in the first place, with at least 33 former administration officials sidestepping the lobbying restrictions according to ProPublica. But by rescinding his ethics order and letting his staffers immediately become lobbyists, the man who pledged to drain the swamp took a giant step to fill it. We know that Trump believes having administration officials turned lobbyists = swampy because he said so when he signed the order.
The White House has been outwardly cavalier about its ethical behavior (having been accused of illegally violating the Hatch Act dozens of times). In an interview with Politico, Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows argued that “nobody outside of the Beltway really cares” about ethics violations. It looks like he's right!
The fact that Trump can have the diehard allegiance of millions despite routinely mocking their intelligence is something I have come to admire, or rather, revere. These low-information sheep don't even realize they should be trying to reconcile this pro swamp move with Mr. Drain the Swamp. They're too deeply invested in this cult of personality to accept how comically absurd it is that they fell for some aristocrat whose lived in a New York City penthouse his whole life being the savior and mouthpiece for the everyday working class American who struggles to put food on the table. These folks actually believe Mr. Silver Spoon whose obsessed with celebrity and riches somehow wouldn't prioritize his crony friends over righteousness. They just can't grasp that Donald Trump is ever a politician (phony, self-aggrandizing and perpetually lying) as there ever was. I'm impressed. There won't be another master manipulator like Trump for a very long time.
Created:
Posted in:
What exactly has Trump done to drain the swamp?
From early in his presidential campaign, Donald Trump swore he’d do away with the so-called carried-interest loophole: the notorious tax break that allows highly compensated private-equity managers, real estate investors and venture capitalists to be taxed at a much lower rate than other professionals. “They’re paying nothing, and it’s ridiculous,” Trump said in August 2016. “These are guys that shift paper around and they get lucky.” He concluded, “they're getting away with murder.”
Yet the sweeping tax legislation enacted by Republicans during Trump's tenure left the treatment of carried interest untouched.
This begs the question: why has Trump been such a devastatingly profound failure at draining the swamp? Is it because he is utterly incompetent and routinely lies to his brainwashed supporters, OR is it because he is corrupt and personally benefits from the status quo? 🤔
Created:
-->
@fauxlaw
Not a single one of those links in the OP stated the survival of democracy depends on social censorship. Nobody in the media, government, or on this website has been shown to make that claim, yet for some reason fauxlaw thinks we should have to defend his dramatic strawman and misrepresentation of the arguments.
What people have actually said and would be willing to debate (i.e. twitter has a right and/or valid reason to ban Trump) has been proposed as an alternate resolution, but fauxlaw is too chicken shit to accept a debate that is not framed in such a way that he cannot automatically win through semantics alone.
One of the links posted in the OP has the headline US election: Obama says fraud claims undermining democracy. I would absolutely be willing to defend this in a debate; I agree that fraud claims undermine democracy. But fauxlaw will not debate us on things we actually believe. He has exhibited a petulant refusal to have any debate unless it is based on the manipulative resolution he crafted that none of us even agree with (lol) which is incredibly telling about how weak his overall position is and how insecure he feels being asked to defend it generally.
Created:
-->
@fauxlaw
So you provided a link to Joe Biden's "plan to beat Covid."
How does that prove your point that Joe Biden somehow says he can now NOT beat Covid?
Lol do think long and hard before answering. Try your best.
Created:
This is like the other thread where Dr.Franklin made a post about Biden ruining things ("it only took two days") by highlighting an event that's been happening for months. Then when I asked him to clarify how it's Biden's fault despite happening under Trump, he went silent lol.
You people are a trip and a half.
Created:
I am reposting this for emphasis.
Biden's quote: "I'm doing this to demonstrate that people should be prepared when it's available, to take the vaccine. There's nothing to worry about."
So fauxlaw falsely claimed Biden argued there is nothing to worry about regarding coronavirus in general, and then had the audacity to speak to HistoryBuff condescendingly even though fauxlaw totally made up Biden saying not to worry about Covid or that he would "solve" it.
Note after he got caught stating a blatant misrepresentation and then talking down to someone when trying to prove that falsehood (which is embarrassing enough), fauxlaw did not have the maturity to correct himself and admit to his mistake. Instead he responded with "would you have the same reaction if Trump had said that?"
Lol... what? I'm pretty sure HistoryBuff would have reacted that way and said vaccines were okay if Trump had said that. But this dialog wasn't about the efficacy of vaccines. It was about Biden allegedly saying he could solve Covid (THAT'S WHAT THE THREAD WAS CREATED TO BITCH ABOUT) when he never said that and the creator of the OP failed to prove he ever said that.
God forbid anyone in the Trump cult is capable of acknowledging a mistake or being wrong.
Don't worry, we will just keep pointing out you are wrong even though you're incapable of admitting it.
Created:
Posted in:
Trump has a superiority complex. To think he would ever "level the playing field" and put himself or his friends in the same category as the average Joe is laughably stupid. He never had any intention of rewriting the rules or playing by the rules in such a way that would not benefit him or his cronies. That's why his cult espousing their AnTi CoRrUpTiOn, DrAiN tHe SwAmP nonsense is so sad. Some of them actually believed Trump was against "the elites" which he prides himself being.
Created:
Posted in:
In my observation, when someone wins a lot (and especially if they are undefeated) they become a target and people almost want to see them lose. I think a slight bias might even arise among voters who are looking to break a streak and "knock someone down a peg." So it's inevitable that the top dog loses eventually, unless of course they noob snipe or avoid tough debates / tough opponents.
I am in the mood to read (vote) or even participate in a thought provoking debate. Any takers or suggestions?
Created:
Posted in:
"Already in response to the attack on the Capitol, President Biden and some members of Congress are joining calls for new domestic terrorism legislation that would give even greater power to law enforcement. It's a predictably misguided part of a decades long pattern. When white supremacist violence escalates, politicians often look to give law enforcement agencies more authority — whether it was President Bill Clinton in response to the Oklahoma City bombing or Biden today.
But this is the wrong takeaway, as giving law enforcement agencies more power and resources is not the solution to white supremacy. What leaders virtually never acknowledge is that federal law enforcement already has the tools necessary to investigate and prosecute white supremacist violence. Law enforcement agencies choose not to use them — just as they chose to let white supremacists storm the Capitol as the nation watched in horror."
Source: NBC News
Tulsi Gabbard agrees and Yahoo News highlights her points about how a domestic terrorism bill is "a targeting of almost half the country." I find it amusing how #1 the people who insist the mainstream news will never contradict Joe Biden have been proven wrong right off the bat, but more importantly how libertarians and progressives have been coming together lately as far as advocating for civil liberties. Tulsi is not a politician I like but one I find interesting. Several other leftists are speaking out against this as well.
Created:
Posted in:
What exactly has Trump done to stick it to the elites?
From early in his presidential campaign, Donald Trump swore he’d do away with the so-called carried-interest loophole: the notorious tax break that allows highly compensated private-equity managers, real estate investors and venture capitalists to be taxed at a much lower rate than other professionals. “They’re paying nothing, and it’s ridiculous,” Trump said in August 2016. “These are guys that shift paper around and they get lucky.” He concluded, “they're getting away with murder.”
Yet the sweeping tax legislation enacted by Republicans during Trump's tenure left the treatment of carried interest untouched.
This begs the question: why has Trump been such a devastatingly profound failure at draining the swamp? Is it because he is utterly incompetent and routinely lies to his brainwashed supporters, OR is it because he is corrupt and personally benefits from the status quo? 🤔
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@Dr.Franklin
that goes against everything trump stood for though
Are you saying that Trump did not do what he said he would? Lol. Congratulations on recognizing that Trump is a fraud.
You didn't answer my question. We have been sending troops to Syria since September, and the photo of the article you shared is from December before Biden took office. So explain what your point is from the OP when you say "it only took two days." What exactly are you talking about?
Created:
Posted in:
After campaigning on a pledge to "drain the swamp," when Trump took office he signed an executive order that included a 5-year lobbying ban which prevents officials from lobbying the agency they worked for 5 years after leaving office. Of course there were provisions and loopholes, but for the most part, this was a good move.
Then hours before Trump left office, he revoked his own executive order thereby allowing government officials to become lobbyists.
Granted Trump's executive order was largely ineffective in the first place, with at least 33 former administration officials sidestepping the lobbying restrictions according to ProPublica. But by rescinding his ethics order and letting his staffers immediately become lobbyists, the man who pledged to drain the swamp took a giant step to fill it. We know that Trump believes having administration officials turned lobbyists = swampy because he said so when he signed the order.
The White House has been outwardly cavalier about its ethical behavior (having been accused of illegally violating the Hatch Act dozens of times). In an interview with Politico, Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows argued that “nobody outside of the Beltway really cares” about ethics violations. It looks like he's right!
The fact that Trump can have the diehard allegiance of millions despite routinely mocking their intelligence is something I have come to admire, or rather, revere. These low-information sheep don't even realize they should be trying to reconcile this pro swamp move with Mr. Drain the Swamp. They're too deeply invested in this cult of personality to accept how comically absurd it is that they fell for some aristocrat whose lived in a New York City penthouse his whole life being the savior and mouthpiece for the everyday working class American who struggles to put food on the table. These folks actually believe Mr. Silver Spoon whose obsessed with celebrity and riches somehow wouldn't prioritize his crony friends over righteousness. They just can't grasp that Donald Trump is ever a politician (phony, self-aggrandizing and perpetually lying) as there ever was. I'm impressed. There won't be another master manipulator like Trump for a very long time.
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@Dr.Franklin
Interesting caption under the photo of the article in the OP: "Children gesture as US troops patrol in their military vehicles on the roads of the Syrian town of al-Jawadiyah and meet the inhabitants, in the northeastern Hasakeh providence, near the border with Turkey, on December 17, 2020."
We have actually been sending troops to Syria since September. So please explain how this is all thanks to Joe Biden lol 🤪🤪🤪🤪
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@Dr.Franklin
I said, "I don't believe in government being able to force private companies to serve them. I'm not a socialist."
Are you saying you do think that government should be able to force private businesses to serve everyone?
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@Jasmine
Do you just mean that Twitter isn't governmentally funded? If so, just say that! Terms exist for a reason.
Nope, that is not what I meant. Some private companies do get government funding. The government even funds groups that discriminate.
I said twitter is a private company meaning it is not run by government. You said twitter was public. I explained it's a private company that is publicly traded on the stock market (meaning purchasing shares of this company is open to the public). But despite being a publicly traded company, it is still a private business.
I'm not trying to be condescending btw just trying to explain the difference.
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@Dr.Franklin
they bring companies down to their knees all the time
What? Who?
Created:
-->
@Lunatic
I could post screen shots of the chat proving that I was very active every single day + contributed a ton of ideas, or I could tag Bullish to confirm. He already mocked you in the Mafia chat by writing "waaa" when you threw a tantrum and left simply because I said I was in bed and would sign on in the morning. I'm not the only one who recognizes you're behaving like a petulant child. I'm picturing you stomping your foot down yelling, "Mummy I want to win and I want it now!"(in a British accent). It's actually kinda cute when I think of it that way. But this vitriol coming from an adult who can't wait 8 hours to win a game is not... cute.
I'd prefer not to play with someone as scum that willfully ignores their win condition but is willing to type in the mafia chat when all they have to do is cast a quick vote.
Uhh.. how did I ignore my win con by casting my vote in the morning? I was not willing to type in the mafia chat! I was only typing to you to tell you to STOP MESSAGING ME BECAUSE I WAS IN BED lol that was literally the only thing I was willing to type to you. The fact that you're so mad at me when I played perfectly fine and helped you win is psychotic. I don't have to sign on in the middle of the night just because you want me to. That expectation of yours is completely insane. Thank god you weren't scum with Supa.
I would treat anyone who did what you did the same, I would not want to play with them.
"anyone who did what you did" ... BRO MY CRIME WAS WANTING TO WAIT UNTIL THE MORNING TO SIGN ON. The horror! You're saying its "not a big deal" but if that's the case then why did you throw a cry baby tantrum and leave the chat, call me out to insult me in the End Game even though I played perfectly and you fucking won lol, make some monumentally idiotic quip about me being vindictive and "not needing no man" all because I caused you such massive pain, such trauma, such turmoil, and such grief by WANTING TO WAIT UNTIL THE MORNING TO HAMMER SPEED because I was sick in bed? That was me "willfully ignoring my win condition" and being a bad teammate? Lol grow up. It doesn't surprise me that you won't apologize because that's what a considerate adult would do; I'm just saying you should. If you're having trouble figuring out what you should be sorry for, ask around. Everyone sees this backlash from you is completely and totally unjustified.
Created:
And I don't understand why you guys are furiously masturbating. I happily masturbate. It's good for stress!
Created:
-->
@Speedrace
Lol I actually do this tho xD
I also do this which is why I post so damn much between 8 and 5 M-F 🥴
Created:
-->
@Lunatic
I said I work during the day and have things to do on nights and weekends so I can only post intermittently. I didn't comment about anyone else's schedule, ever. You're trying to frame it as if I'm positioning myself as superior to everyone on this site when the reality is I'm only mocking you :)
You are the only person who has thrown a cry baby hissy fit tantrum that I can only commit 40 hours per week to this game. You are the only one who has messaged me incessantly and relentlessly to sign on in the middle of the night because you couldn't wait 8 hours to win the game like a fucking nut job. You obsess over this game. You made a thread about how it's obnoxious that people have the audacity to wait a few days to start Mafia games when they're modding. You think I'm a bad person because I couldn't respond to you the second you messaged me. The fact that you think I've somehow wronged you for not wanting to sign on in the middle of the night is beyond childish. You owe me an apology. If you told anyone over the age of 10 about this they would think you're fucking insane. "I'm really mad at Danielle because she (is sick and) wanted to wait until 9AM to sign on and hammer Speed OMG WHAT A BITCH." Nobody would think that was remotely acceptable.
I'm shocked a grown ass man is sitting here and trying to defend this psychotic behavior.
You're literally mad at me because I said I was in bed and would hammer Speed in the morning.
I can assure you that if you aren't completely humiliated by how you're acting... you should be. It is mortifying.
Created:
-->
@Speedrace
Unfortunately not. It seems 40 hours per week is not sufficient time to play this game and that's all I can commit to atm.
Created:
-->
@MisterChris
Don't worry, I was kidding. I don't actually believe that everyone's schedule revolves around mine lol.
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@fauxlaw
Social media generally does not censor conservatives. If the data proving this is not sufficient evidence (a fair suspicion since the Trump cult is not persuaded by facts) we also know they aren't being silenced cuz we can still see them ranting and raving all over the internet. "WE ARE BEING SILENCED" they scream to a chorus of likeminded dullards with thousands of likes and shares lol.
Words can and do incite violence which is why the Supreme Court has upheld many limitations on free speech. I assume you didn't have the wherewithal to read the OP of the thread you commented on (it addresses all your monotonous talking points) so you probably won't bother to read any of the examples I could give you proving this.
Again conservatives are the ones who insist a private business has every right to discriminate based on their ideological beliefs, but watch them have an epic meltdown when they're the ones being discriminated against. Just imagine how they'd feel if government barred them from GETTING MARRIED which half of them don't even believe gays should have the right to do. But they have no problem screeching about their right to peddle false conspiracy theories on twitter. Fuckin clowns.
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@Dr.Franklin
the government can easily bring big tech to its knees, its done it to tiktok and microsoft in the 90's
I don't believe in government being able to force private companies to serve them. I'm not a socialist.
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@Jasmine
Again, Twitter is a private company that is publicly traded on the stock market. You really ought to Google the difference if my explanation wasn't sufficient.
Created:
-->
@ILikePie5
If you can't post the game now when I'm ready then fuck it, I'm out. You're being so vindictive. I'm never playing in one of your games again.
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@Lunatic
I didn't lynch Speed right away because I wasn't certain the game would be over and still wanted to appear town. SO WHAT?
This is the only thing I said to you:
"Bullshit I’ve talked a lot I just have posted strategically. And now it is 11:30 on a work night and it is called setting a boundary :) I will be on very early"
I have been saying for weeks that I am in massive pain + sick + going to physical therapy + exhausted + can't move, so when I say I need to set a boundary and wait until morning to get on the computer because I'm laying in bed on a work night -- why on EARTH would you assume I am trying to be vindictive? Despite the fact that I did nothing wrong you came into the End Game yelling at me and saying you "never want to be scum with me again" even though I played that game perfectly, fabricating a false narrative about how I didn't sign online because I was trying to hurt you and prove "I don't need no man" when I have never said anything like that.
That response was actually me being nice to you because what I really wanted to say was the fact that you think I'm supposed to sign on to the computer whenever you want me to is fucking insane. I felt like I had to soothe a child that was throwing a tantrum because they had to wait until morning to open their Christmas presents.
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@Lunatic
I was typing in the Mafia chat because it required little to no effort for me to open, whereas going to the internet + signing on and post on a website required me to think harder than I was capable of at the moment. And I wound up not typing to you at all last night cuz I didn't have the energy. I have been saying that I am genuinely sick from an injury inducing insomnia to the point of vomiting on a regular basis from how sick it's made me. I told you for many days "I am struggling immensely from this injury" and have to go to physical therapy after work 3x a week on top of other responsibilities... yet I still typed to your whining, cry baby, no-life-having ass every. single. fucking. day. of this game. There was not a single day since January 4th that I did not sign on. Bullish can confirm (or I can post the mafia chat) as well as confirm that I came up with 100 different potential fake claims and have been contributing actively every single day.
It's true I can't post much on nights and weekends, and I did not post in the day phase on nights and weekends which is my norm, but aside from that I have posted a ton and contributed a lot. I did not "counter you at every turn" in the mafia chat either. I was bouncing ideas off you. I thought we made a really good scum team and you were my favorite scum partner that I've ever had because I didn't have to do it all alone. But I did a lot. And I did it all despite the massive amount of pain I have been in and telling you that I've been in.
But you being so fucking selfish and inconsiderate couldn't wait EIGHT FUCKING HOURS FOR ME TO SIGN ON? I told you I was in bed after reiterating I haven't slept for weeks but you wouldn't stop messaging me relentlessly. That is so fucking rude. You think I chose not to sign on and win the game in the middle of the night because "I don't need to take orders from a man?" Get over yourself. Even though after this End Game I am actually convinced ya'll are unconsciously sexist af, we both know you're just saying that because I'm pointing out how insanely immature that was. I haven't been menaced like that since my 3 year old cousin harassed me to play peek-a-boo with him on command. You are going to make some dumb ass comment about me trying to be vindictive when you literally threatened to end the game and forfeit because I told you to please wait until 9:00 in the morning when I could sign on and make a post. That's insane and it's pathetic and ridiculous. You literally had a meltdown because you had to wait until 9am to win. What a fucking nut job lol dear god.
For all we knew Speed was unlynchable (or had some other wrench thrown in the game) and I was being safe. But yeah fuck off, you are being a douche. And what's weird is that your monumental douchebaggery is unnecessary cuz you fucking won the game after your partner was read hard town by every single other player to the point I was never asked to claim until the end when I didn't even have to. You're welcome. Sorry your life as my partner was so hard.
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@Lunatic
I have been saying that I have been sick for weeks and literally vomiting from exhaustion headaches to the point that I had to call in sick from work, and you had the audacity to message me incessantly like a psychopath in the middle of the night to hammer Speed. I asked you to please stop messaging me because I was laying in bed after I have been unable to sleep for weeks. I was next to my wife who was flipping out that my phone was going off at midnight. You expected me to hop my ass out of bed in the middle of the night at your command even though I CAN'T MOVE WITH MY SHOULDER INJURY (that you knew I was at physical therapy for last night) and when I said no, it wouldn't kill you to wait 8 HOURS for us to win the game, you threw a tantrum and left the mafia chat like a petulant child.
You people are insane with this game. I was in tears last night because I couldn't fall back asleep after you kept waking me up with your notifications. Do you understand that I am a grown ass woman and can't play a game at your beckon call? I have been very active. Despite me being dizzy, despite me being literally ill and unable to work I still made my ass available to play which is more than I can say for a lot of people... and oh yeah not a single person suspected me the entire game so I did perfectly fine... but you're whining that I'm "the worst partner ever" because while I am sick and in massive pain (which I have been saying over and over) I couldn't help you win the game until 8 hours later. Grow the fuck up. Any mature person would be apologizing to me right now for that insanely childish behavior.
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@Jasmine
It is common knowledge what public vs. private company means. You are free to Google and see that my description was correct. If you choose to remain ignorant on what those terms mean, that is your prerogative.
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@Dr.Franklin
so the left is ok with a few megacorporation's determining what we are allowed to say and think on the internet?i would say thats a new low, a very steep low to think that
#1 You have no right to be on the internet. #2 Businesses have a right to discriminate. #3 Conservatives and libertarians are the ones who consistently advocate for a business' right to discriminate, and for the government to not be able to force a business to provide service if they ideologically disagree (now ya'll are just whining because YOU'RE the ones being discriminated against, but you have no problem when it's gay people that are discriminated against haha EAT SHIT).
#4 There are plenty of spaces for conservatives to continue peddling their false conspiracy theories and regurgitating lies. For instance I see ya'll do it on this website every single day. #5 Conservatives are still all over twitter and not being silenced; they are being tweeted and retweeted and cited by the media and consistently referenced and shared, so they're all still there unless they're calling for a blood thirsty mob (though I still see lots of people stupidly post that, and I tag the FBI under those posts... god the Trump cult is stupid).
#6 You aren't allowed to violate the terms of service of an agreement. If you do, you lose your alleged right to continue use. #7 Trump was silenced, and Parler is being silenced, because they are tools for instigating violence. Trump literally committed the crime of inciting violence if you read the words of the statute cited in the House impeachment. That is absolutely, positively, 100% not protected speech and no platform should have to host Trump spreading misinformation to help him start a civil war and upend a lawful election.
It's hilarious that Trump complains about twitter on twitter and thinks they should have to host him. That's like me saying you have to let me in your restaurant and allow me to stand on the tables and scream about how shitty the food is. Don't like it? Leave. That's freedom baby. The hypocrisy and cry baby whines of legally ignorant and morally repugnant, bootlocking conservative cucks for Trump is so shameful. Usually amusing, sometimes scary, and always pathetic.
Stop watching Hannity and Tucker lol. Fox News is good until like 7 or 8pm.
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@whiteflame
I'm surprised the LSD = watcher. I assumed cocaine = watcher. I thought pot was gonna be doc. It IS medicinal.
Created:
Posted in:
It could be drafterman and Lunatic 🤔 They are both on Speed atm.
Created:
-->
@ILikePie5
Only if I am Justin Amash <3
Created:
Posted in:
Edit: I could see Luna having that role as scum* to balance your previous town day time role.
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@whiteflame
On day phase 1 Lunatic was among the people who was okay with mislynching that1user; I wasn't. On day phase 2 I was again hesitant to cast a vote and rush a lynch (a weird thing for me to do as scum). On day phase 3 I didn't post because it was a few hour day phase over the weekend. Lunatic helped mislynch Pie, I didn't.
Then only one point you could give Luna is that he claimed before me. Nobody asked for my claim until just now indicating that up until this point you behaviorally read me town over Luna. Also note that in the likelihood of roles in this game, you have mine which makes sense as it is a town counter to balance a third party cop + lack of investigative roles (we only have one: tracker, assuming warren is town). And you have Luna's which is a day time role that actually balances YOUR previous day time role. So as a balance, knowing you were town then I could see Luna having that role as town.
So I just can't see Luna and I being "equally sus" based on our role claims + behavior + contribution to the game thus far.
I have a feeling scum might be Speedrace and Lunatic. I refuse to let Speed win as scum after the evidence (of the role block from last night) though.
It may be too late anyway. YOLO (or twice if you replace in lol). VTL Speed.
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@whiteflame
Explain how Lunatic and I are equal in your sus reads.
Created:
Posted in:
On Day Phase 1 Lunatic said, "[my] role link makes sense logically, though the phrasing doesn't say you are this because of this, it's more inferred." Speed replied: "That's basically mine, it's just an explanation of my crime and then states my role, but no direct link." AHH it's consistent but the Vanilla claim feels fake/throwing me off.
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@whiteflame
@warren42
Sure. I am Identity Theft, the Oracle. Essentially I am good at digging for every bit of personal information about someone's true identity, so each night I target someone and if I die my target's real identity, role and affiliation will be revealed in the day phase. This indicated to me that roles will not have anything to do with affiliation which I kept saying (and Oro being a TP cop verified this for me). I probs would have been the only one to find him scum had the mafia not randomly NK'd him.
On NP1 I targeted drafter cuz I thought it was incredibly obvious he was claiming role blocker and didn't know how to read that. On NP2 I was role blocked. On NP3 I targeted Speed.
At this point I'm leaning Speed. This is supposed to be a role madness game and he's the only person to have claimed Vanilla. He was eager to lynch Pie last day phase saying now that a 3x role stealer wouldn't have been sus to him, but for some reason a 2-shot was? Aside from that he has only really focused on drafter this game (meaning if Speed is scum, drafter isn't). Coupled with the obvious of him being role blocked last night and there being no NK, I feel like in a points system he has the most against him.
After analyzing POE, the second scum could literally be among any of the other players (except I heavy read whiteflame town) including Luna, so I'm not sure why people are giving him a pass for whatever reason. But one of the scum seemingly has to be drafterman or Speed just based on how the dynamics of this game has played out. Considering my role suggests role =/= affiliation and I think that's the point of making "scummy sounding things town" and vice versa, I'm leaning drafter being town meaning I'm probs about to cast a vote on Speed.
Any objections?
Created:
Posted in:
Warren is either town or not scum buddies with Speed or else he would have hammered by now. Whiteflame and warren are in my town pile. BRB doing POE.
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@Lunatic
(sigh) danielle is no where to be seen,
I don't know how I can be anymore clear about this. I can post -- and I do -- between 9 am and 5 pm during the week. I post intermittently but rarely on nights and weekends which is perfectly fine given the length of 3 day long day phases. The last day phase ended before I could post because it was a few hours long on a Saturday. And last night I was "nowhere to be seen" because the day phase started at 8:07 pm and I can't be on my computer all night long when I am on my computer all day long for work. I have a wife to talk to. A meal to enjoy. Physical therapy to attend for an excruciating injury. So yes LESS THAN 4 HOURS LATER BETWEEN 8 TO MIDNIGHT ON A WORK NIGHT I am "unable to be found." 🙄
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@Jasmine
Twitter is a private corporation that is publicly traded on the stock market. This simply means that anyone in the public can buy a share of twitter. Having their stock publicly traded makes them a “public corporation,” but they are a private company because they exist in the private (non-government) sector of the market.
Created:
Posted in:
-->
@Greyparrot
Authoritative sources are the most reliable (and safe) sources.
Tucker Carlson's briefcase is the most safe and reliable source of all.
Created:
-->
@Greyparrot
I am very brave, thank you for noticing. I gathered up my courage and tried watching CNN where they said "Trump supporters" stormed the capitol but I knew it was a lie cuz it was clearly ANTIFA. They are just trying to make Republicans look bad! Those were clearly ANTIFA tactics as you never see Trump supporters do that stuff. Most of them were crisis actors. And those crisis actors are proof we won't take it anymore and will lash out! See it was them but it was really us.
ANTIFA are the ones who caused a scene except that brave woman Ashli Babbitt who got shot dead. She wasn't ANTIFA but everyone else was. And all the other patriots that are promising to riot again in defense of Trump all over social media are also ANTIFA. See the media won't tell you that.
They lied and said it was Trump supporters just because Trump supporters are the ones promising to riot and everyone there claimed to support Trump. How does that make any sense? This is why you can't trust the media. Unless it's the #1 most popular and most viewed news work Fox News, it's too mainstream. You can't trust the mainstream news you can only trust Fox News which is the most popular and therefore not mainstream. Also the patriots stormed the captiol but actually it was ANTIFA. Just to be clear. I'm glad you get it. #DontBeASheep
Created:
-->
@Greyparrot
No need - I rely on unvetted citizen journalists with no experience, credentials, evidence or context. YouTube or bust is what I say. #StayWoke
Created: