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Comment · 5 years ago
Does it matter? Isn't a mob a mob?
Comment · 5 years ago
Yes, incredibly frustrating. Lots of the media played along with it as well.
Comment · 5 years ago
> Antifa's not an organized thing

While there may be no central leadership, there are definitely organized chapters. That's exactly what they would like people to believe. And yet, they seem to act in an incredibly organized fashion...

Comment · 5 years ago
Shouldn't people be held accountable for their own actions at some point? Everyone should know that murder is illegal, even if <insert popular figure> says to kills someone, you should know not to.
Comment · 5 years ago
So the ends justify the means? Only certain ideas are allowed for mobs to be okay?
Comment · 5 years ago
> That’s a very subjective chart

Can you explain? On the site:

> The AllSides Media Bias Chart is more comprehensive in its methodology than any other media bias chart on the Web. While other media bias charts show you the subjective opinion of the one person who made it, our ratings are based based on multipartisan, scientific analysis.

> and by their own admission doesn’t even try to compare for honesty or credibility

I don't think this matters in the context of the point I was making.

> Most of the two R columns routinely run fake or highly selective coverage

Hmm, so this further reduces the number of quality right-leaning sources. Seems to further prove my point. Remember, the chart shows sites with the most traffic.

> There is an enormous difference between an outlet like the New Yorker, which is definitely liberal but also fiercely committed to fact checking, and outlets like Newsmax or The American Conservative which are proudly movement conservatives first and journalists second, if at all.

Maybe, but it doesn't matter in the context of my point. Also, if they are clear about their biases it shouldn't matter, unless presenting outright lies. Many left-leaning sources try to come off like they are objective. Also:

> A leading New Yorker writer omits crucial facts to run interference for Joe Biden against serious allegations of corruption in Ukraine, writes Joe Lauria. [0]

Many left-leaning sources were also guilty of this (twitter going so far as take down the tweet from the NY Post as "hacked information" even though there was zero evidence this was the case, and Facebook de-prioritizing shared link of the same).

This is my opinion and based around some examples I've seen, but I believe that conservative sources have a tougher time making money, because people will attack their ad-partners for supporting those companies. I'd like to see where this happens to left-leaning sources.

[0] https://consortiumnews.com/2019/10/08/the-new-yorkers-partis...

Comment · 5 years ago
There are people out there that are crazy, and will use anything to justify their actions. Unless he called for a specific action, I don't see how he is to blame. It would be setting a bad precedent to blame or punish anyone that said something provacative that is not explicitly a call for inciting harm/violence. People need to be held responsible for their own actions.

I believe Obama used carefully picked statistics to say there is widespread racism in the police. There are likely racist people/cops, but I don't believe there is evidence to suggest widespread racism.

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Comment · 5 years ago
Can you be upset and disavow what someone says but still support them? The instant someone says something "bad" they should be just thrown out?

I don't agree with a lot of what Trump says, but I don't hold him accountable for others' actions unless he specifically called for violence which I don't think he did in this case. He does say some questionable things, but has always disavowed violence on both sides.

Obama has promulgated lots of anti-police rhetoric, and there are some who would blame him for certain attacks on police. I disagree with things he said, but would not blame him for any of that.

Comment · 5 years ago
Do you have proof that concervatives are?
Comment · 5 years ago
I don't believe most conservatives agree with his rhetoric, they just like his policies for the most part. They probably don't even like him much, they just dislike the direction the democratic side is going enough to vote for him.
Comment · 5 years ago
I think it's unfortunate that you feel this way, especially if it's without any evidence. I wouldn't say that 80% of liberals are communists and socialists. I think this mentality will only further the division between sides.
Comment · 5 years ago
Conservatives make up roughly 50% of the United States. Are you saying all conservatives are ‘fascists’, ‘racists’, ‘nazis’?
Comment · 5 years ago
Because Fox is the primary "mainstream" news source for conservative viewers. There are many more left-leaning news networks so their viewers are more divided. The majority of remaining news channels/networks/etc. have liberal bias.
Comment · 5 years ago
I don't mind if a site doesn't work as intended, but is it too much to ask to get something more than "You need to enable JavaScript to run this app."

I didn't realize viewing text or images without client side JS was an unreasonable ask.

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