[-] AceTKen@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Absolutely spot on, though I didn't find it edgy. The third season was mediocre and the fourth was kinda bad.

[-] AceTKen@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sure. They lied. I'm not going to watch it to verify, but I'll take your word on it. But again, that's not what they're there to stop. It's akin to getting mad at Sesame Street for not showing you how to make a good stew.

And also, they wanted usage rights. Now that they had footage that they owned, CNN the same night and next day aired basically pick-aparts using their own footage demolishing a lot of those points. Is your issue that it wasn't done live even though it never has been?

These debates rarely have given equal time to all candidates involved. Historically, they give the most time to the most popular candidates no matter where the debates are aired.

Here is some current polling.

So this is to show that the results are not set in stone. I understand that polling this early on isn’t meaningful, but I think what it does illustrate is that Biden isn’t obviously dominating in a Biden-Haley match up. If anything it looks Haley beats Biden by a larger margin than Trump does.

Rather than trying to support Haley because she is perceived to be less of a (insert whatever pejorative you'd use here) or because Biden will do better against her in a general election (and as far as we know, he won’t), we should focus on pressuring Biden to enact policy changes that his voting base are demanding.

And again, if using a US barometer for politics, none of this really shows that CNN is centrist or right-wing now out of nowhere (while still arguing against and frequently mocking right-wing policies).

[-] AceTKen@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

This is a really well-put description. Having pride in the color of your skin is fucking stupid and applies to everyone.

Pride is for achievements.

Skin color is not something anyone achieved (and no, paying for aesthetics is not an achievement either).

[-] AceTKen@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'll bite. Most of what I see here in this thread against Centrism or Independents is bad strawman arguments consisting of: “There are three types of people: reasonable people who agree with me, crazy fascists, and lily-livered wimps who can’t pick a side (and are also fascists)!”

If someone says that they are “centrist” they are not telling you that they base all of their opinions on being dead center in the middle of any two positions. That would be stupid.

They are telling you that they agree with neither major party on everything, and find that both parties have views that they don’t agree with. It’s pretty easy to come to that conclusion because the US two-party system packs in an almost incoherent mishmash of beliefs into exactly two sides.

There is absolutely no contradiction in being for police reform, and against riots lasting for days. There is no contradiction in being for gun rights, while also wanting massive limits on them. There is no contradiction in wanting functional government services and universal healthcare, and thinking that free markets are effective to an extent. There is no contradiction in wanting a more balanced budget, and government services to be funded properly.

The idea that there are only two (or maybe 2.5 depending on where you live) sides in politics is a strange delusion created by your two party system.

The reason the meme creator is running into situations like this is because they don’t witness the Centrist also vehemently argue with right-wing policies frequently.

They only see them argue with them and therefore have a skewed view of Centrists / Independents and their politics. If you are left wing, and argue for left-wing policies in every case, that means you will also be argued with by somebody who believes political nuance and not just waving a party flag.

Remember, the right wing also shits on centrists because they think they are secretly left-wing since they argue with their stupider points as well.

So no, these people are not secretly right-wing and just don’t have the balls to say it. That is a horrendous take no matter where you fall on the political spectrum and only serves to limit conversation.

Now you go.

[-] AceTKen@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

It takes me no longer to gain immediate access then it does for a stream user to search and play the stream, even with rare or weird songs.

[-] AceTKen@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

This must be a reference of some kind.

[-] AceTKen@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

I don't know. It's probably apocryphal, but I just stole what he had said in the title.

[-] AceTKen@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Do you happen to know where the one for Canada is?

[-] AceTKen@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

All I could find were places talking about them, not the actual messages themselves. Was it clear that he knew they were underage before he started hitting on them?

[-] AceTKen@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Because the thing referred to as AI (which is definitely not AI) is simply strip mining the book to shit out "content."

It is not reading, understanding, or learning from the book. It is using it to sell services for its masters.

An author should control their work. They should be able to decide for themselves whether or not they want to help big tech sell garbage to idiots.

[-] AceTKen@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

They are not attracted to it because it's racial, they are attracted to it because it is taboo.

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