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In a rather well-timed yet coincidental counterpoint to Why we're Losing the Internet to the Culture of Hate, Milo Yiannopoulos over at Breitbart brings us this:
A warped currency today governs popular culture. Instead of creativity, talent and boldness, those who succeed are often those who can best demonstrate outrage, grievance and victimhood.
Even conservatives are buying into it. Witness, in the days since Breitbart executive chairman Stephen K. Bannon was announced as Donald Trump's campaign manager, how establishment stooges have bought into the worst smear-tactics of the left. As with the left, nothing is evaluated on its quality, or whether it's factually accurate, thought-provoking or even amusing: only whether it can be deemed sexist, racist or homophobic.
Campuses are where the illness takes its most severe form. Students running for safe spaces at the slightest hint of a challenge to their coddled worldview. Faculties and administrations desperately trying to sabotage visits from conservative speakers (often me!) to avoid the inevitable complaints from tearful lefty students.
In this maelstrom of grievance, there is one group boldly swimming against the tide: trolls.
Trolling has become a byword for everything the left disagrees with, particularly if it's boisterous, mischievous and provocative. Even straightforward political disagreement, not intended to provoke, is sometimes described as "trolling" by leftists who can't tell the difference between someone who doesn't believe as they do and an "abuser" or "harasser."
Yeah, you knew I wouldn't let that kinda SJW nonsense slide without comment.
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Monday August 22 2016, @04:08AM
Except that mass exodus of conservatives from Twitter is already happening. Good or bad, Milo's article has 977 comments and he is not on twitter. You may not like it but he is not a small fish anymore, at least. He was banned for exactly this reason, btw, because he is not a small fish anymore.
(Score: 2) by mojo chan on Monday August 22 2016, @08:03AM
Try setting up your own Free Speech social media platform for conservatives. The Amazing Atheist tried and failed, because he found that no hosting provider was willing to ignore the law and that advertisers wouldn't touch a site like that, but maybe you could Kickstarter it or something?!
Seriously, good luck with that. It would be a comedy gold mine, better than the MGTOW and Red Pill on Reddit.
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(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Monday August 22 2016, @03:11PM
It is the work of liberals and it is what's going to become their undoing. Men's rights is a valid problem but liberals have sold it to women vote-bank. There are plenty of poor white people who have valid concerns but liberals would rather pander to black racists than non-racists white. Owing to your two-party system, multiple people have now been cornered to stand with conservatives. And that involves standing-up with white supremacists and fascists so be it.
And what has that bought you? Silicon valley is a business world and it will pander to whoever is in power. Currently liberals are in power. Let's see... Trump is bigger than tea-party... hmm... Hillary is already saying that men's rights are a valid concern... feminists are already saying "we need to listen to men's concern"... NOW is saying father's are getting a short-end of the justice system... Conservatives in London are supporting Men's Rights Movement.
All that in lieu of twitter. I say it is a win-win situation. So much win, actually. And all because of liberals couldn't care less about men committing suicide in unprecedented numbers and used them for laughter.
(Score: 2) by mojo chan on Monday August 22 2016, @03:30PM
Well, I keep being accused of being a liberal, and I support men's rights. I just don't support MRAs, because they are idiots who are trying to make the situation worse and blaming the only thing that can help them.
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(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Monday August 22 2016, @04:12PM
What have you done to stop its state sponsored violation?
By doing what?
What that is, exactly?
(Score: 2) by mojo chan on Monday August 22 2016, @04:58PM
Campaigned against MGM, feminism and feminism.
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(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Monday August 22 2016, @05:25PM
Thanks. I am not an anti-feminist personally.