Rep. Lauren Boebert tweeted location of Nancy Pelosi to her friends outside the Capitol on Wednedsay
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The scary thing is that the media is positioning them as the far-right version of the Squad.
Why is this at all a reasonable take? All social media has done has made it faster to see how shitty people are, if anything it's a boon.
I mean honestly, as someone who isn't from the usa, if I knew that all the employees were proudly carrying guns I'd never want to eat there if I visited that area, or even if I lived in the usa. I'd be asking myself why they feel the need so much to be armed to that level, like they expected a mob war to suddenly show up at their place.
I know it's actually just because certain Americans are obsessed with their murder toys and feel they have to show them off non stop, but that just always seemed pathetic as fuck to me. The way they treat guns over in the usa will never not be the most stupid cult like obsession I've ever seen.
Totally missed this in the sea of stories coming out. How absolutely abhorrent, she needs to go asap.
as someone from the USA, seeing anyone carry a gun in public terrifies me
I still struggle to wrap my head around the fact that people are voting in candidates like this. Just crazy. She definitely deserves to be charged over this, but I'd even just take censure at this point. Something needs to happen as a result of reckless endangerment.
I'm not sure what the law says but is the defense going to be, "she wanted wanted people to know that the speaker was safe"?
I'm not sure about Treason but sounds like something close.
I'm not sure about Treason but sounds like something close.
Yup. Wonder where all that bravado went when actual enemies of democracy stormed the building she works in. I know she's on their side, but still.
Twitter gave us President Trump. It's not unreasonable.
Yes racist, violent lunatics have been a problem since this country has existed. But social media has allowed goons like Trump and his ilk to completely blur the lines of reality for a large percentage of the country in the modern age. I don't think QAnon nut bags would be getting elected without Facebook around to let all of this stuff go unchecked for years, and even significantly worsening it by directing people to even MORE disinformation using it's algorithms. YouTube has hopped on this train and is riding it hard as well.
More than that
The congressional candidates who have engaged with the QAnon conspiracy theory
Nearly two dozen Republicans across the country who have engaged with the QAnon conspiracy will also appear on the ballot this November in their congressional districts – or in two cases, statewide as Senate candidates – as well as one unaffiliated independent candidate and one Independent Party...
www.cnn.com
Twitter has not given us President Trump.
President Trump was created through years of defunded education, systematic racism and many disinformation campaigns being disturbingly effective. Whether it was on twitter, a website or a newspaper - the fact is, we have a body of people who cannot think critically and make evidence based decisions.
I shutter when people immediately go after 'social media' as it's only a vessel.
It's the same thinking that said rap music makes thugs and video games make kids violent.
Go after the root cause - lack of education, lack of focus on mental health and class oppression.
All of what you said is also correct. Of course the fucked up institution which this country is mired in is a problem. THEE problem.
Social media is a bigger problem than you're giving credit for. As someone who has completely removed themselves from it, it increasingly disturbs me just how much it influences those around me in how they perceive reality.
Lmao I thought you meant just general place holder text such as "coming soon" and stuff like that, not the actual lorem ipsum text in places for a live website.Did her restaurant's twitter get shut down?
Here's their extremely amateurish website complete with typos and lorem ipsums all over the place
Shooters Grill of Rifle, Colorado
Shooters Grill of Rifle, famous for it's armed waitresses and great food welcomes you. We have all kinds of items for sale online. Take a look around and show your love of the First and 2nd amendment with a T-shirt!shootersgrill.com
Colorado is a blue state that's getting increasingly blue, but she's from a rural area.
Ultimately, GOP politicians from rural/safely red states/districts who moderate are bound to face extremist primary challenges, so they have no motivation to normalize.
This is why I would not expect the GOP to course correct after Trump.
What does this number mean?
I'm so tired of neo-Nazis codifying various numbers as something hateful.
A reference to the original American Revolutionary War... not specific Nazi codespeak, AFAIK.
I think we might need to agree to disagree here.
My simple litmus test is - if you waved a wand and 'removed' social media (facebook, twitter, etc.) I don't think you've fundamentally fixed the problem, there would just be another outlet of how the depraved and easily influenced continue their way of being.
I personally feel irked when people focus on the proximate and not the root - so sorry if I came off strong at you, meant no offense by it.
Thanks.American Revolution
American Revolution - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
So she was doing a rallying call supporting the terrorists. Bleh.
Not letting Nazis easily spread their ideologies to aunt Karen would probably help.
It obviously wouldn't fix everything. Like, no shit.
NBC is far more responsible for making Trump president than Twitter is. He never would have been nominated if not for the Apprentice.
The year that the Revolutionary War started and America officially declared its independence from Britain.
Oh hey, that...isn't even subtle or ambiguous. Just legit straight-up aiding. Crime of negligence at best.
Go to jail, do not pass go.
Go to jail, do not pass go.
I would argue with traditional media and disinformation it would take a much longer path tho. Like I said before, what really makes my head hurt isn't the conspiracy theory...we've had things like Behold a Pale Horse, The Isis Papers etc take root in many communities.
But look at the speed and the source of where it started. We are talking posts on a random troll messageboard infamous for years for being full of bullshit to the point it's a part of the culture there to post fake out shit... in just three years its a political force in the real world brainwashing people who are lightyears away from the culture that made it up in the first place. That speed and weaponization doesn't happen without social media.
Not to mention CNN giving him unlimited airtime whenever candidate Trump blew his nose.
People like Boebert and Hawley, just to name two, really need to be made an example of.
It's one (important!) thing to throw the book at these MAGA dipshits that stormed into the Capitol with their TRUMP flags and furs, but there are people in positions of power that need to face similar consequences. Hell, even more-so, because of their positions.
I hope this gains traction.
It's one (important!) thing to throw the book at these MAGA dipshits that stormed into the Capitol with their TRUMP flags and furs, but there are people in positions of power that need to face similar consequences. Hell, even more-so, because of their positions.
I hope this gains traction.
It's been shown that social media moderators/content reviewers are at risk of getting brainwashed by the content they're forced to moderate. We didn't have problems like that at the current scale when it was just radio, TV, or newsletters.
You would have to ignore the volumes of analysis showing the role of social media in radicalisation. And be unaware of the past 10 years.
You're absolutely right, BUT social media is a very effective accelerant to what is already a volatile situation.
Many of you all are posting the same thing, might I remind you all that propaganda and other mediums (newspapers, TV, news radio, etc.) have had the impact of literally putting Hitler in power?
Guys, Social Media is just another one of those, because it's a problem in OUR generation right now doesn't make it anymore significant.
You're all also discrediting the good that the Internet/Social media has done by narrowly focusing on it as a medium vs. the actual problem - it's a people problem.
Just to play it back to you all:
Newspapers were a mistake.
Radio was a mistake.
Music was a mistake.
TV was a mistake.
Video games were a mistake.
I had to sit through hearing her bullshit commercials back in November. She's a gun nut that only got elected based on her looks because she has zero political experiment. And to those yokels out there far from metro Denver, hot girl + gun lover = can't miss.
Seems like she brazenly violated several safety protocols that she was instructed not to violate, so this should be open and shut removal? Right? Right?
Social Media allows for rapid, unchecked disinformation at a speed that is unbeatable by people trying to promote truth. It is a platform that got ahead of our ability to wield it.
While it has similarities to other media, it is not the same, not nearly.