You missed Sam’s point about the illiberalism of the modern left. It is a hell of a turn off for those who value things like freedom of speech.
Argle bargle liberals don’t like freedom of speech!!! Argle bargle.
Hint: “Freedom of Speech” does not mean “I can say whatever I want, and you can’t contradict me.”
It does not mean: “My opinions are just as good as your facts”.
It does not mean “Freedom from the consequences of my speech.”
It does not mean “Free speech for me, you other people shut up.”
You seem to believe in these - try to learn that they are not correct.
Octo, you certainly are the antidote for civilization…
Argle Bargle!!11!! Nice strawpeople.
I’m not concerned with the disagreements. I’m concerned with the toddlers masquerading as college students who assault people and burn businesses when a speaker to the right of Marx is in town.
WTF? When was the last time you had your meds checked?
Groupthink is indeed a concern, but there’s plenty of it to go round should you wish to conform in your contrarian views whatever wing whatsoever.
A pessimistic article from The Atlantic suggests chasms will further widen.
Ha ha! Keep it up and maybe you can swoop Sam up on your white steed and gallop off into the sunset together.
Just a reminder that the right are currently passing, or working to pass, laws across the country to ban actual history from being taught. So much for freedom of speech.
I’m not sure that’s a freedom-of-speech concern: in your capacity as a private citizen, you can still say all kinds of stuff; but if you’re on the payroll, you’ll — stick to saying what you get paid to stick to saying?
Mah Free Speeeeech!!
“The free speech-centered, MAGA-inspired Twitter alternative Gettr, led by former Trump advisor Jason Miller and bankrolled by a Chinese fugitive billionaire, has hit some turbulence.
The ardently pro-Trump social media site has been under attack by white nationalist “groypers,” avid followers of Unite the Right attendee Nicholas Fuentes since the platform booted him earlier this week.
“The user in question violated GETTR’s clearly defined terms of use and has been suspended from the platform,” a Gettr spokesperson told The Daily Beast on Tuesday morning following the suspension.
Yet that move by the platform left Fuentes, fellow far-right allies, and his loyal white nationalist “groyper” fans fuming and spamming Miller’s forum. On Thursday night, Gettr started to block users from posting the word “groyper,” which originates from a variation of the Pepe the Frog meme with extremely racist undertones.”
“Ah do declare! Ah certainly hope that’s a… saddle horn…”
Fuck the military leadership. They had twenty years to accomplish something worthwhile in Afghanistan and they managed to pull off two things: Diddley and squat. And Diddley just went on tour with Fats Domino.
Afghanistan is old news to anybody but a complete knee-biter like you.
Why in Og’s name are any of you bothering? Just put the SOB on Ignore and save yourself the bandwidth and the headache.
Yeah, I mean at this point Sam is as much of a troll as the cephalopod.
Sam still have some entertainment value, as he desperately backpedals after being called on his BS: “I’m not parroting right-wing talking points – I’m Canadian!”
Herr Tentacles lost any similar value years ago.
I believe you mean that they could Gish Gallop into the sunset.
You mean like on January 6?
No, those were patriotic citizens doing their best to protect democracy. The real bad guys are the ones who voted for Biden, and forced the Jan 6-pack to act. If we’d have just let Trump become the dictator he wants to be, we wouldn’t be in this mess.
I recall a comment I heard a while back: “They used to say, the great strength of the United States was that any child could grow up to be the President. Now, we realize the great weakness of the United States is that any child can grow up to be the President.”
The left’s faux concern about political unrest is quite hypocritical. How conveniently you forget the summer of love with it’s billion dollar price tag in looting and arson and a multitude of deaths, assaults, and rapes. How convenient you forget the occupation of the sacred halls of Congress during the Kavanaugh hearing.
You morons don’t care about political violence. You care when the left doesn’t have a monopoly on unrest.