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Don't be juvenile bas.
The West has lost its freedom of speech
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I can't disagree at all.... and that is concerning.
ACP has been noting such other things of late.
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Just another correction..
The UK Met does not have 900 people searching for mean tweets.
That is just another Wayne "wind it up special" . Where did it come from ? Who is trying to wind us up ? Tommy where are you..
The UK Met does have 900 officers who are..
900 specialist hate crime investigators working in our dedicated Community Safety and Safeguarding Units across London.
These officers investigate and manage specific crimes, such as domestic abuse, hate crime and honour based abuse, which often require specialist knowledge and understanding. In partnership with external agencies, we’re supporting the needs of victims, their families and their communities to make them safer and prevent re-victimisation.
It's not hard to get more accurate information.
https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/hco/hate-crime/how-to-report-hate-crime/
It looks as if the Met really does need more officers taking a look at "mean tweets".
Seems as if the people exercising their right to "free hate" on Twatter is going into overdrive.
Government must ramp up efforts to counter online hate, Labour says
Party cites antisemitic comments made by Wiley as home secretary tells Twitter and Instagram to act faster
The series of anti-Jewish comments made online by the musician was one of a number of incidents cited by Labour, as well as the torrent of abuse faced by the former shadow home secretary Diane Abbott and racist posts about the footballers Wilfried Zaha and David McGoldrick.
Priti Patel (current Home Secretary) said posts from Wiley were “abhorrent” and said she had asked Twitter and Instagram why they had been allowed to remain up for almost 12 hours. “Social media companies must act much faster to remove such appalling hatred from their platforms,” she said.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2...-antisemitic-comments-wiley-twitter-instagram
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They should be pulling up the likes of Owen and Ash "I'm literally a communist" Sarkar, and the rest of Momentum et al, too.
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The Chinese embassy has condemned Australia's decision to extend the visas of some Hong Kongers in response to China's crackdown on personal freedoms, saying it is a "gross interference" in the country's internal affairs.I can't disagree at all.... and that is concerning.
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So you think people from Hong Kong, shouldn't be allowed to stay in Australia, if they so wish?
They may well be upstanding people, who have decided they want to settle in Australia, as long as they pass the immigration requirements what is the problem with it?
China could quite easily respond, by saying any Australian who wants to settle in China, can do so. Would that be "gross interference" in Australia's internal affairs?
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New Google Technology Autocorrects Users' Thoughts
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—At a special press conference held at the technology giant’s sprawling campus Tuesday, Google engineers revealed exciting new technology that autocorrects any errant thoughts its users are having, replacing them with positions approved by the company.
Utilizing advanced retinal scan and proprietary telepathic scanning technology, the new automatic thought correction algorithm is now live for users of Google’s search engine, Android operating system, Chrome OS, and the hundreds of other apps and services the company provides.
“Let’s say you start thinking there may be some kind of inherent biological difference between men and women,” Google employee Ryan Vo said in a live demo of the new tech. “Immediately, the thought suggestion program in any nearby Google device, app, or service will scrub the idea of inherent gender differences and replace them with the sure knowledge that there are at least three hundred different genders in existence, and always has been.”
https://babylonbee.com/news
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—At a special press conference held at the technology giant’s sprawling campus Tuesday, Google engineers revealed exciting new technology that autocorrects any errant thoughts its users are having, replacing them with positions approved by the company.
Utilizing advanced retinal scan and proprietary telepathic scanning technology, the new automatic thought correction algorithm is now live for users of Google’s search engine, Android operating system, Chrome OS, and the hundreds of other apps and services the company provides.
“Let’s say you start thinking there may be some kind of inherent biological difference between men and women,” Google employee Ryan Vo said in a live demo of the new tech. “Immediately, the thought suggestion program in any nearby Google device, app, or service will scrub the idea of inherent gender differences and replace them with the sure knowledge that there are at least three hundred different genders in existence, and always has been.”
https://babylonbee.com/news
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NASA mocked for discarding ‘Eskimo Nebula,’ ‘Siamese Twins Galaxy’ as ‘actively harmful’ terms
The Countrywide Aeronautics and House Administration (NASA) has occur under fire for taking element in ongoing initiatives to rid the federal authorities and other entities of “systemic discrimination and inequality.”
The agency introduced on Wednesday that it would prevent using the conditions “Eskimo Nebula” and “Siamese Twins Galaxy”. Instead, the agency will refer to the celestial phenomena by their Worldwide Astronomical Union designations — NGC 2392, NGC 4567, and NGC 4568.
“‘Eskimo’ is extensively considered as a colonial expression with a racist history, imposed on the indigenous individuals of Arctic areas,” NASA said in a statement. “Most formal paperwork have moved absent from its use.”
The changes are part of a broader “determination to range, equity, and inclusion.
As the scientific community works to determine and handle systemic discrimination and inequality in all areas of the field, it has come to be apparent that particular cosmic nicknames are not only insensitive, but can be actively damaging,” the statement continued. “NASA is examining its use of unofficial terminology for cosmic objects as aspect of its commitment to variety, fairness, and inclusion.”
Lots of Twitter end users ridiculed the change. Writer Christina Hoff Sommers tweeted: “Pricey NASA: Will you also tackle the next hurtful and insensitive terms: Big Bang Theory, Uranus, black holes, dwarf stars, and dark make a difference.”
“Who runs @NASA that they would let this governing administration company interact if [sic] leftist race baiting?” Judicial Check out President Tom Fitton stated.
The agency introduced on Wednesday that it would prevent using the conditions “Eskimo Nebula” and “Siamese Twins Galaxy”. Instead, the agency will refer to the celestial phenomena by their Worldwide Astronomical Union designations — NGC 2392, NGC 4567, and NGC 4568.
“‘Eskimo’ is extensively considered as a colonial expression with a racist history, imposed on the indigenous individuals of Arctic areas,” NASA said in a statement. “Most formal paperwork have moved absent from its use.”
The changes are part of a broader “determination to range, equity, and inclusion.
As the scientific community works to determine and handle systemic discrimination and inequality in all areas of the field, it has come to be apparent that particular cosmic nicknames are not only insensitive, but can be actively damaging,” the statement continued. “NASA is examining its use of unofficial terminology for cosmic objects as aspect of its commitment to variety, fairness, and inclusion.”
Lots of Twitter end users ridiculed the change. Writer Christina Hoff Sommers tweeted: “Pricey NASA: Will you also tackle the next hurtful and insensitive terms: Big Bang Theory, Uranus, black holes, dwarf stars, and dark make a difference.”
“Who runs @NASA that they would let this governing administration company interact if [sic] leftist race baiting?” Judicial Check out President Tom Fitton stated.
Peter Ridd (the guy that got fired for saying scientists were using emotion not logic/ barrier reef) has a fund raiser going.
He has also trashed the peer review system which I also think is a joke and was calling for a governing body to qualify the work properly.
https://au.gofundme.com/f/peter-ridd-legal-action-fund-2019
He has also trashed the peer review system which I also think is a joke and was calling for a governing body to qualify the work properly.
https://au.gofundme.com/f/peter-ridd-legal-action-fund-2019
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I've listened to a few interviews of him. Really interesting and also alarming about the state of science in a few fields I can think of.
IFocus
You are arguing with a Galah
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Further resistance to the bullsh#t woke.
It's an open letter to University staff etc.
How many will bother to read it (it is quite lengthy)
How many will sign it?
G[URL='https://twitter.com/primalpoly']eoffrey Miller @primalpoly [/URL]
Important: Are you an American academic opposed to political intolerance, ideological conformity, cancel culture, speech codes, & mandatory 'diversity statements'? We have an open letter we hope you'll read & sign: http://rb.gy/dcql54 Please retweet widely!
It's an open letter to University staff etc.
How many will bother to read it (it is quite lengthy)
How many will sign it?
G[URL='https://twitter.com/primalpoly']eoffrey Miller @primalpoly [/URL]
Important: Are you an American academic opposed to political intolerance, ideological conformity, cancel culture, speech codes, & mandatory 'diversity statements'? We have an open letter we hope you'll read & sign: http://rb.gy/dcql54 Please retweet widely!
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Freedom Speech .. For who ? For what ?
This is comedy right. Possibly the most delusional video yet. Here's some counter. Real world counter.
Raise that hand.
Smash opposing opinions at their political meetings.
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp...ijab-supporters-arent-just-racist-caricatures
And didn't get beat up.
Oh unless it was by the anti trumpers outside.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...e-the-most-hateful-evil-people-ive-ever-seen/
And its a black guy.
And I could go on, but can't be bothered. I'm going to go eat a sandwich or something.
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It's a mistake to assume that a group representing a cause actually does represent that cause. All too often, the cause is merely a convenient means by which the group is legitimised.
That goes for everything. Sometimes things are legit, sometimes they're not.
What I will say though is that those who are effective at getting things done generally don't draw attention to themselves. Governments are on the receiving end of plenty of lobbying from people whose names you wouldn't recognise and who you'd have no idea who they are even if they were standing right next to you.
Those people are, in general, far more effective than those making a noise. Making a fuss is a tool used only as a last ditch effort when all else has failed, by amateurs who've no idea how to win, or if actually succeeding isn't the real objective.
That goes for everything. Sometimes things are legit, sometimes they're not.
What I will say though is that those who are effective at getting things done generally don't draw attention to themselves. Governments are on the receiving end of plenty of lobbying from people whose names you wouldn't recognise and who you'd have no idea who they are even if they were standing right next to you.
Those people are, in general, far more effective than those making a noise. Making a fuss is a tool used only as a last ditch effort when all else has failed, by amateurs who've no idea how to win, or if actually succeeding isn't the real objective.
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After the massacre this week in nz,
We have the usul do not blame a country (Sri Lanka)
.i agree..or a religion..well you know my position
i invite you to read the excuse from the family of the murderer
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-...-deport-extremist-samsudeen-years-2021-09-04/
So basically he was looking for justice and NZ is to be blamed.....
We have the usul do not blame a country (Sri Lanka)
.i agree..or a religion..well you know my position
i invite you to read the excuse from the family of the murderer
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-...-deport-extremist-samsudeen-years-2021-09-04/
So basically he was looking for justice and NZ is to be blamed.....
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Wiuld be i teresting to know if that family is still in Sri Lanka as well and who is next on their slashing throat list
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Would be interesting if NZ knew of his philosophy before he went there, if so why did they let him in ?
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