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[Sybrix]

ResetEra just boycotting everything now.

Why did the leftist bring an empty shopping bag to the store?

Because after boycotting half the brands, all that was left was the bag.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Everything the left is boycotting has a 90%+ leftist workforce and is mostly dedicated to spreading leftist messaging. Not too smart.

What did you expect?

A lot of lefties liked Teslas because they are EV and anti-big corporate oil companies. The second Musk goes right wing with Trump, suddenly Tesla is bad, even though it's the exact same car in the driveway.

 

[jason10mm]

I was actually replying to this post but got mixed up. In case people thought Larry was also a left wing nut

Ah gotcha. I've met Larry a few times and needless to say, he is about as non-"Left wing" as it gets so I thought maybe he had a stroke or something

Though he IS trying to shill a fancy copy of his latest novel for $175 on kickstarter, maybe he DID have a stroke

I think I'm gonna pledge....

 

[PrimetimeKnight]

The real reason he was cancelled has to be his ratings, and Disney didn't have the balls to do it for that. His ratings were worse than Colbert's. Disney saw an opening, and they took it. Hands are clean. That is my opinion. I think it sets a very bad precedent, but again, I believe in free speech and also believe that what you say may have consequences. These dumb asses might want to read the room better. Instead of trying to gain points with your tribe, use common sense and let things simmer down a bit.

I really think you hit the nail on the head here. Colbert's and Kimmel's ratings were both bad and these shows are not cheap. It's a win-win for Disney to cancel and they can just pass the buck onto Trump or the FCC and imply outside pressure was the reasoning.

 

[MayauMiao]

He's not very smart.

 

[DrFigs]

How you took my post and only focused on Kimmel is a mystery, but so be it.

As a whole, the crazy left getting fired and cancelled back is good. In life, when you do something bad and it leads to consequences, the normal thing to do is dont do it again. Work, home, school, if you make a bad mistake and get punished most people should learn and dont do it again. It comes down to if the crazy left can learn from mistakes or not.

Something has to be done. And it took a combo of 2024, 2025 and Kirk event to finally turn the tide. You cant sit back and let crazy lefties take over by doing nothing. It's not like they are going to change. In fact it got worse because a guy got shot on stage and a certain set of people and celebs loved it. That kind of attitude doesnt fix by itself.

I think the Jimmy Kimmel bit is emblematic of what's actually happening here, which is that the conservatives of this country are using this moment to opportunistically shut down speech they don't like. I think lots of people are swept up in this, and people who are calling for violence are being harassed by people on the right more or less at the same level as people who just didn't like Charlie Kirk as if they committed the same offense. Even if you think it's fine for people to be harassed by strangers online because they said mean things. It's especially strange that the government is getting involved in cancelling private citizens, as in the case of the FCC extorting the Kimmel Show or congressmen like Randy Fine saying that conservatives should report people who said mean things about Charlie Kirk to his office so that they can lose their jobs. It's embarassing, it's fascistic, and its hypocritcal.

 

[12Goblins]

Candace Owens looking for another grift

Candace not doing well after the Macrons say they will be presenting scientific evidence in court to prove she is a woman

From Google news I see Owens is already pivoting to "she's not sueing me to prove her gender , but to silence me and attack my 1a rights ⁠ (⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ᴥ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ ⁠ʋ⁠)"

How do people not get tired of this shit

 

[Unknown?]

He's not very smart.

Yeah making fun of someone is the same as celebrating death. Wut...

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I think the Jimmy Kimmel bit is emblematic of what's actually happening here, which is that the conservatives of this country are using this moment to opportunistically shut down speech they don't like. I think lots of people are swept up in this, and people who are calling for violence are being harassed by people on the right more or less at the same level as people who just didn't like Charlie Kirk as if they committed the same offense. Even if you think it's fine for people to be harassed by strangers online because they said mean things. It's especially strange that the government is getting involved in cancelling private citizens, as in the case of the FCC extorting the Kimmel Show or congressmen like Randy Fine saying that conservatives should report people who said mean things about Charlie Kirk to his office so that they can lose their jobs. It's embarassing, it's fascistic, and its hypocritcal.

As for gov intervention it all comes down to how much they are allowed to get involved as Mr Moose's FCC bullet points above.

I'm sure there's been tons of times there was a violation and the FCC didnt get involved due to not seeing it, nobody complained about it, or it was so minor they didnt bother.

But for anyone or media company ragging or joking on a political guy killed or trying to (nudge nudge) fan the flames with false narratives or violence, that's probably not the type of stuff to risk content on since it's a well known sensitive situation. If there were some US Army guys who got killed being ambushed overseas, that's not the type of thing to tip toe with monologue jokes either. Now some people will say... Hey it's free speech. But not freedom of consequence.

 

[Trilobit]

The Babylon Bee Is Outraged To Learn Jimmy Kimmel Was Canceled Just For Being MAGA Republican

We are disgusted to learn that Disney has pulled Jimmy Kimmel's show off the air simply for him being a MAGA Republican.No one has stood for MAGA more than Jimmy Kimmel. Raised by a Republican family in a conservative area, Kimmel embodies everything MAGA stands for. "We are horrified and...

babylonbee.com

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

This might be true if the shooter was killed being captured. But he's alive (for now). Unless he's about to be meet his Jack Ruby, I don't see how a conspiracy would hold up with a live patsy. At least with the (first) Trump shooting there is no story because he's dead. Second guy has been memory holed.

I think she means the crime of "federal conspiracy" as in conspiracy to commit a crime against/defraud the United States. Not a conspiracy BY the federal government.

 

[DrFigs]

from the game dev thread:



What Kimmel did is a direct violation of the FCC broadcast license.

On monday, when Kimmel made his statements, we didn't have the charging documents which i think provide some evidence that Tyler was sympathetic to LGBT views. I think at that time there was a lot of speculation about what his actual views were. I was personally convinced he was a groyper. There was even a clip of Ben Shapiro and Maher making the rounds arguing about it.

It's not like Fox News lying about the election, where we have emails about how they were mocking the idea that Trump secrelty won, and then promoted the conspiracy theory on air. We have no reason to believe that Kimmel didn't just think Tyler was a conservative.

 

[12Goblins]

He's not very smart.

i mean if ur going out of ur way to try to make people look dumb prob take 2 seconds to check to see if it's satire

 

[Moneal]

On monday, when Kimmel made his statements, we didn't have the charging documents which i think provide some evidence that Tyler was sympathetic to LGBT views. I think at that time there was a lot of speculation about what his actual views were. I was personally convinced he was a groyper. There was even a clip of Ben Shapiro and Maher making the rounds arguing about it.

It's not like Fox News lying about the election, where we have emails about how they were mocking the idea that Trump secrelty won, and then promoted the conspiracy theory on air. We have no reason to believe that Kimmel didn't just think Tyler was a conservative.

Utah governor says alleged Kirk shooter not cooperating with authorities

Gov. Spencer Cox, R-Utah, said Sunday that the suspect in the shooting that killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk is not cooperating with authorities.

abcnews.go.com

Cox previously told the Wall Street Journal that Robinson was "deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology." Asked if investigators have uncovered evidence to show that, Cox replied, "Well, so far that -- that has come from his acquaintance and his family members. That's where that initial information has come from. Certainly, there will be much more information that is released in the charging documents as they're bringing all of that together."

notice the date and time of the article September 14, 2025, 1:25 PM. That was Sunday.


Also Fox News doesn't have an FCC licenses, while ABC does, and is subject to different rules.

 

[UnrealEck]

Still trying to wrap my head around what 'far right' means.
What's the economic stances of the far right? On taxes? On the family? On trade?

 

[TransTrender]

Still trying to wrap my head around what 'far right' means.
What's the economic stances of the far right? On taxes? On the family? On trade?

It's kind of hard to define because if you make one single step out of alignment zone then you end up in the 'far right' bin by default.
It's quite retarded.

 

[Madflavor]

He's not very smart.

Equating a multi-millionare celebrity who lost his show, to a man who got shot to death for having a conversation.

 

[Unknown?]

It's kind of hard to define because if you make one single step out of alignment zone then you end up in the 'far right' bin by default.
It's quite retarded.

People seem to think the political spectrum is like a coin with only two sides when in reality it's like a disco ball with hundreds of different angles.

 

[jason10mm]

I think she means the crime of "federal conspiracy" as in conspiracy to commit a crime against/defraud the United States. Not a conspiracy BY the federal government.

Ah, that makes a little more sense.

 

[12Goblins]

Still trying to wrap my head around what 'far right' means.
What's the economic stances of the far right? On taxes? On the family? On trade?

ethnonationalism

 

[Hari Seldon]

I had a teacher in 7th grade that taught American History/Civics etc. and we all knew she was a left leaning democrat. And it had no bearing on how she taught and she was one of the best teacher's I ever had in my life, all the way through university. We went over each article of the constitution and the amendments, studied them, learned about their practical implications and how it all intertwined with the formation and development of the nation. I can still picture her with her first raised in the air reciting Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death!" speech. Just an amazing teacher, and like I said, totally fair given her known stances. I honestly wish I could tell her now how great she was.

I wonder how many teachers like that are out there now.

Tons of teachers are like this, just not in the hard blue areas.

 

[DrFigs]

Utah governor says alleged Kirk shooter not cooperating with authorities

Gov. Spencer Cox, R-Utah, said Sunday that the suspect in the shooting that killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk is not cooperating with authorities.

abcnews.go.com

notice the date and time of the article September 14, 2025, 1:25 PM. That was Sunday.


Also Fox News doesn't have an FCC licenses, while ABC does, and is subject to different rules.

Yeah I think no serious person took such a partisan comment from the governor too seriously.

 

[MayauMiao]

The firing was justified.

 

[YCoCg]

Everything the left is boycotting has a 90%+ leftist workforce and is mostly dedicated to spreading leftist messaging. Not too smart.

Actually it is smart, if the far left boycott all these things, these companies will either collapse their projects or stop forcing themselves agendas, which should hopefully result in the right to stop complaining all the time about it and it eventually we can reach Neutral Center again

 

[StreetsofBeige]

People seem to think the political spectrum is like a coin with only two sides when in reality it's like a disco ball with hundreds of different angles.

It's kind of hard to define because if you make one single step out of alignment zone then you end up in the 'far right' bin by default.
It's quite retarded.

Yup.

And the thing about the political spectrum is that where you are on the scale doesnt even mean literally that for every issue. And certain topics show up more in discussion. So if people only talk about one topic at a time, then a person gets labeled left or right assuming everything else he thinks is the same side.

For example, where on the spectrum would this guy be placed? Here's 14 common topics I could think off the top of head. 7 for each side.

Liberal views
- Anti gun
- Universal healthcare
- Spend a lot on education (especially on young kids)
- Pro choice
- Multicultural cities
- Dont care about religion as much
- Be what you want... Straight or LBQGT

Conservative views
- Small gov
- Low taxes
- Harsh on crime (major penalties)
- Less social assistance
- Immigrants skew to getting in based on their application approved
- No DEI/woke politics or work quotas
- Pro authority to keep things in check as a whole (cops and courts)

By the way, this person is me.

 

[Punished Miku]

Still trying to wrap my head around what 'far right' means.
What's the economic stances of the far right? On taxes? On the family? On trade?

Whatever Trump says.

Against pedos pardon them. Law and order party pardon them. Don't tread on me military in major cities / masked agents abducting people to ship them to concentration camps inside and outside the US. Tear down that wall Putin looks great on a horse. Inflation is hurting families Tariff everything. The national debt is a huge problem for the country unfunded tax cuts for the wealthiest and at a multi-trillion dollar defict. Morality and family values Trump has zero morality and values. Hillary's emails send Pentagon plans on chat on Signal. Anti-immigration import South Africans. Hate speech laws are bad hate speech laws are good. Free speech imprison people as domestic terrorists for tweets. Bring back comedy cancel Jimmy Kimmel through government pressure.

Whatever Trump says.

 

[Unknown?]

Yup.

And the thing about the political spectrum is that where you are on the scale doesnt even mean literally that for every issue. And certain topics show up more in discussion. So if people only talk about one topic at a time, then a person gets labeled left or right assuming everything else he thinks is the same side.

For example, where on the spectrum would this guy be placed? Here's 14 common topics I could think off the top of head. 7 for each side.

Liberal views
- Anti gun
- Universal healthcare
- Spend a lot on education (especially on young kids)
- Pro choice
- Multicultural cities
- Dont care about religion as much
- Be what you want... Straight or LBQGT

Conservative views
- Small gov
- Low taxes
- Harsh on crime (major penalties)
- Less social assistance
- Immigrants skew to getting in based on their application approved
- No DEI/woke politics or work quotas
- Pro authority to keep things in check as a whole (cops and courts)

By the way, this person is me.

YOU SICK RADICAL! /s

 

[daffyduck]

I really think you hit the nail on the head here. Colbert's and Kimmel's ratings were both bad and these shows are not cheap. It's a win-win for Disney to cancel and they can just pass the buck onto Trump or the FCC and imply outside pressure was the reasoning.

And that major affilliate.

 

[12Goblins]

The firing was justified.

bro I saw this post play out in real time last night. I got my entire year's worth of sick cringe satisfaction from this post, easily usurping Kash Patel's "I Will see you in Valhalla" cringe of the year contender. I could not believe my eyes reading that, like I had stumbled and unearthed a precious gemstone from another dimension. Absolutely marvelous

"Dear Cameron,

You're an intelligent man, correct?"

I actually woke up my wife reading this comment in bed

 

[Dacvak]

Yup.

And the thing about the political spectrum is that where you are on the scale doesnt even mean literally that for every issue. And certain topics show up more in discussion. So if people only talk about one topic at a time, then a person gets labeled left or right assuming everything else he thinks is the same side.

For example, where on the spectrum would this guy be placed? Here's 14 common topics I could think off the top of head. 7 for each side.

Liberal views
- Anti gun
- Universal healthcare
- Spend a lot on education (especially on young kids)
- Pro choice
- Multicultural cities
- Dont care about religion as much
- Be what you want... Straight or LBQGT

Conservative views
- Small gov
- Low taxes
- Harsh on crime (major penalties)
- Less social assistance
- Immigrants skew to getting in based on their application approved
- No DEI/woke politics or work quotas
- Pro authority to keep things in check as a whole (cops and courts)

By the way, this person is me.

This is exactly what I would expect from someone who identifies as the color beige, the most boring color on earth. I bet you like vanilla ice cream and listen to The Beatles too. STOP BEING SO AVERAGE AND REASONABLE.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

This is exactly what I would expect from someone who identifies as the color beige, the most boring color on earth. I bet you like vanilla ice cream and listen to The Beatles too. STOP BEING SO AVERAGE AND REASONABLE.

Im a rebel. French Vanilla! And not even expensive stuff either. You can get this 2L pail on sale for $4. lol

 

[YCoCg]

Yup.

And the thing about the political spectrum is that where you are on the scale doesnt even mean literally that for every issue. And certain topics show up more in discussion. So if people only talk about one topic at a time, then a person gets labeled left or right assuming everything else he thinks is the same side.

For example, where on the spectrum would this guy be placed? Here's 14 common topics I could think off the top of head. 7 for each side.

Liberal views
- Anti gun
- Universal healthcare
- Spend a lot on education (especially on young kids)
- Pro choice
- Multicultural cities
- Dont care about religion as much
- Be what you want... Straight or LBQGT

Conservative views
- Small gov
- Low taxes
- Harsh on crime (major penalties)
- Less social assistance
- Immigrants skew to getting in based on their application approved
- No DEI/woke politics or work quotas
- Pro authority to keep things in check as a whole (cops and courts)

By the way, this person is me.

I remember when the politics section was around and most of us did the test to see where we are on the political scale, and most of us were in the center with either right or left leans, only a small bunch strayed into far left or far right and those people aren't even on here anymore.

Yet we still fall into fighting each other on views.

 

[ssringo]

Yup.

And the thing about the political spectrum is that where you are on the scale doesnt even mean literally that for every issue. And certain topics show up more in discussion. So if people only talk about one topic at a time, then a person gets labeled left or right assuming everything else he thinks is the same side.

For example, where on the spectrum would this guy be placed? Here's 14 common topics I could think off the top of head. 7 for each side.

Liberal views
- Anti gun
- Universal healthcare
- Spend a lot on education (especially on young kids)
- Pro choice
- Multicultural cities
- Dont care about religion as much
- Be what you want... Straight or LBQGT

Conservative views
- Small gov
- Low taxes
- Harsh on crime (major penalties)
- Less social assistance
- Immigrants skew to getting in based on their application approved
- No DEI/woke politics or work quotas
- Pro authority to keep things in check as a whole (cops and courts)

By the way, this person is me.

We're dirty little fence sitters is what we are. Pick a side!

 

[Doomtrain]

Yup.

And the thing about the political spectrum is that where you are on the scale doesnt even mean literally that for every issue. And certain topics show up more in discussion. So if people only talk about one topic at a time, then a person gets labeled left or right assuming everything else he thinks is the same side.

For example, where on the spectrum would this guy be placed? Here's 14 common topics I could think off the top of head. 7 for each side.

Liberal views
- Anti gun
- Universal healthcare
- Spend a lot on education (especially on young kids)
- Pro choice
- Multicultural cities
- Dont care about religion as much
- Be what you want... Straight or LBQGT

Conservative views
- Small gov
- Low taxes
- Harsh on crime (major penalties)
- Less social assistance
- Immigrants skew to getting in based on their application approved
- No DEI/woke politics or work quotas
- Pro authority to keep things in check as a whole (cops and courts)

By the way, this person is me.

This is why the political spectrum is stupid. The idea that you have to wholesale subscribe to one box or the other is asinine. What does someone's stance on abortion have anything to do with their stance on taxes? That's not a focus on the actual issues; it's just blind partisanship.

The further irony there is that a lot of people arrive at these stances not through their own critical reasoning, but by parroting what people around them say. A lot of the far lefties I know in California would 100% be religious conservatives if they grew up in a different place, and vice versa. Which makes tribal infighting even dumber.

 

[Dacvak]

I remember when the politics section was around and most of us did the test to see where we are on the political scale, and most of us were in the center with either right or left leans, only a small bunch strayed into far left or far right and those people aren't even on here anymore.

Yet we still fall into fighting each other on views.

When I view political discussions online, they're always so incredibly inflammatory and divisive, no matter which platform I'm on. The hate, blame, and division always is the loudest and most prominent narrative.

But any time I talk politics to people in person, I find that a vast, vast majority of people live way closer to the middle. I travel a lot and tend to be a bit of a socialite, so I end up talking to people from all walks of life. And it's truly rare for me to find someone who is extreme on either side, at least randomly out in the wild.

I mostly blame social media and the algorithmic trend to inflame discussion for more engagement, which has been augmented to almost all news and media at this point, as well. Rage bait, as it were.

It's sad, and I don't know how we'll be able to go back.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I remember when the politics section was around and most of us did the test to see where we are on the political scale, and most of us were in the center with either right or left leans, only a small bunch strayed into far left or far right and those people aren't even on here anymore.

Yet we still fall into fighting each other on views.

Makes sense since those tests probably asks like 30 different questions and it tallies it all up into a general score. But those tests can even be wrong if it gives a scale rating or number score.

If my example above make me 50/50 guy averaging it out it makes no sense because I'm actually pretty strong opinioned on each topic. So blending it out to be a middle of the road guy in my example is much different than a middle of the road guy who has moderate views in all 14 topics. But a website might make us the same 50/50 rating.

But political conflict left and right will be like that since most threads are single issue. If a thread had to do with welfare, war, drugs and gun control, youd get all kinds of views from the same person. But you'd never get a thread like that.

 

[poppabk]

I remember when the politics section was around and most of us did the test to see where we are on the political scale, and most of us were in the center with either right or left leans, only a small bunch strayed into far left or far right and those people aren't even on here anymore.

Yet we still fall into fighting each other on views.

The prescription of what you are allowed to believe/support/oppose based on whether you are left or right wing has played a major part in the polarization of politics and a lot of the stupidity we are now seeing. It's an enemy of critical thinking.

 

[Dr Bass]

Tons of teachers are like this, just not in the hard blue areas.

I think you missed the point I was making, so I'll explain. She was a hard blue teacher in a hard blue area. And it didn't impact her teaching or how she presented things.

Which is why I was questioning how many teachers like her are left.

 

[PrimetimeKnight]

When I view political discussions online, they're always so incredibly inflammatory and divisive, no matter which platform I'm on. The hate, blame, and division always is the loudest and most prominent narrative.

But any time I talk politics to people in person, I find that a vast, vast majority of people live way closer to the middle. I travel a lot and tend to be a bit of a socialite, so I end up talking to people from all walks of life. And it's truly rare for me to find someone who is extreme on either side, at least randomly out in the wild.

I mostly blame social media and the algorithmic trend to inflame discussion for more engagement, which has been augmented to almost all news and media at this point, as well. Rage bait, as it were.

It's sad, and I don't know how we'll be able to go back.

I agree but what I really start to question is which one is the facade? Are people really more extreme when they are online because they are anonymous and unaccountable and can be their true self without repercussion? When they engage with someone out in the wild they try to appear more reasonable and centered in the name of conformity. I would really like to hope this isn't the case and it's a very vocal minority, but as time goes on I really am starting to think a lot of people are just mentally ill.

 

[Doomtrain]

When I view political discussions online, they're always so incredibly inflammatory and divisive, no matter which platform I'm on. The hate, blame, and division always is the loudest and most prominent narrative.

But any time I talk politics to people in person, I find that a vast, vast majority of people live way closer to the middle. I travel a lot and tend to be a bit of a socialite, so I end up talking to people from all walks of life. And it's truly rare for me to find someone who is extreme on either side, at least randomly out in the wild.

I mostly blame social media and the algorithmic trend to inflame discussion for more engagement, which has been augmented to almost all news and media at this point, as well. Rage bait, as it were.

It's sad, and I don't know how we'll be able to go back.

The problem is that the algorithm is finely tuned towards what gets the most engagement, which turns out to be what bypasses our critical thinking and goes straight for the lizard brain. They've done countless studies showing that people share and engage with things that make them angry exponentially more than any other content. As a result, this is the content that catches on, which further inflames things, and thus the cycle repeats even faster. Platform holders would have to make a conscious effort to design platforms to combat this behavior. This would not only lose them insane amounts of money, but it would be incredibly difficult, since it would require designing the platform to go against some of our most base, primal wiring.

I think sometimes about the types of social media we could create that wouldn't inflame things. I don't have the answers, but some random thoughts include:

• Moderating teams with actual diverse opinions
• Clear-cut rules with zero room for bias in enforcement
• Limits on post counts per day to disincentivize thoughtless posts
• No likes, retweets, upvotes, downvotes, etc.
• A time limit after you post something before it becomes visible
• A minimum character limit, again to disincentivize thoughtless posts

I think something like this would be a net good for humanity, but it would never catch on, because these things are essentially the exact opposite of what drives engagement.

 

[jason10mm]

Actually it is smart, if the far left boycott all these things, these companies will either collapse their projects or stop forcing themselves agendas, which should hopefully result in the right to stop complaining all the time about it and it eventually we can reach Neutral Center again

I never understood why Disney bent the knee to these groups in the first place.

Disney sells stuff to CHILDREN. Children, 100%, are created by a man and a woman, full stop. There are only a few hundred thousand children, out of MILLIONS and MILLIONS, that are raised by a same sex couple. Less than 0.5% of their target market. So why have ANYTHING that heads that way? There is no market advantage, no significant new audience to explo...appeal to, and its a DEAD END because those folks have a fertility rate that is basically ZERO, compared to heterosexual couples that are currently having 99.999% of the children, aka future customers.

Disney chased that ESG score for those blackrock loans is all. Now those are gone, so Disney can get back to bidness.

 

[jason10mm]

Yup.

And the thing about the political spectrum is that where you are on the scale doesnt even mean literally that for every issue. And certain topics show up more in discussion. So if people only talk about one topic at a time, then a person gets labeled left or right assuming everything else he thinks is the same side.

For example, where on the spectrum would this guy be placed? Here's 14 common topics I could think off the top of head. 7 for each side.

Liberal views
- Anti gun
- Universal healthcare
- Spend a lot on education (especially on young kids)
- Pro choice
- Multicultural cities
- Dont care about religion as much
- Be what you want... Straight or LBQGT

Conservative views
- Small gov
- Low taxes
- Harsh on crime (major penalties)
- Less social assistance
- Immigrants skew to getting in based on their application approved
- No DEI/woke politics or work quotas
- Pro authority to keep things in check as a whole (cops and courts)

By the way, this person is me.

The litmus test you your "true" beliefs is which value you would sacrifice/compromise on for the gain of another.

Would you accept universal healthcare if it meant ZERO legal abortion? Would you agree to 30% higher taxes to pay all gun owners to buy-back their guns at a 2000% mark-up? Free college for all but every illegal is evicted from the country regardless of age?

I think there are a LOT of "socially liberal, fiscally conservative" types like you. This is WHY abortion, guns, immigration, and LGBT have been set up to be in opposition, because those third rail issues keep most of the "center" types at war because there is way less consensus on those issue.

 

[YCoCg]

Disney sells stuff to CHILDREN. Children

Ahh but the Disney Adults! Children can't buy Uber expensive Star Wars and Marvel toys not can they sell Disney Princess houseware to them!

 

[Dacvak]

I agree but what I really start to question is which one is the facade? Are people really more extreme when they are online because they are anonymous and unaccountable and can be their true self without repercussion? When they engage with someone out in the wild they try to appear more reasonable and centered in the name of conformity. I would really like to hope this isn't the case and it's a very vocal minority, but as time goes on I really am starting to think a lot of people are just mentally ill.

I don't believe so, no. This is just an example of selection bias. The type of people who feel the need to post inflammatory content are those who are already disproportionately extreme or emotionally charged. Also, most online interactions aren't even anonymous anymore.

However, I think that our digital and real-life personas continue to bleed into each other more and more over time. I do think that the more society is terminally online, the more that influences their real-life behavior and thoughts. So while I believe the discord online isn't representative of the average person now, it's hard to say what it'll be like in 10+ years. Especially with kids who've grown up with phones/tablets from the moment they can form memories.

 

[jason10mm]

Ahh but the Disney Adults! Children can't buy Uber expensive Star Wars and Marvel toys not can they sell Disney Princess houseware to them!

Disney adults were Disney kids first. Turning off PARENTS (with kids) in favor of largely childless adults is shrinking your future audience in big ways, as Disney is finding out now.

My kids mostly couldn't give two shits about Disney stuff. -I- am the one planning trips to Disney and bringing up Disney movies. Sure, my daughter likes some of them and my son likes Marvel, but if I chose to withdraw from Disney, those kids are coming with me. But if I bring up kids consuming Disney stuff, then they go on to promote Disney to their kids. Market growth.

LGBT is a losing strategy for Disney, IMHO, they are a tiny market and not a lot of organic growth there.

 

[Signalis]

Ah gotcha. I've met Larry a few times and needless to say, he is about as non-"Left wing" as it gets so I thought maybe he had a stroke or something

Though he IS trying to shill a fancy copy of his latest novel for $175 on kickstarter, maybe he DID have a stroke

I think I'm gonna pledge....

Man I'm jealous! It would be so awesome to actually meet him and talk to him. On his site he usually also recommends some good bangers from other authors as well. Guy is crazy talented. On his website I always laugh my ass off when he makes a post about "China Mike"

 

[Durien]

That said, what he fails to mention is that inside 50% of conservatives is a closeted homosexual, so this is still a coin flip

Lol that must have been an interesting Research/Case Study. Imagine getting asked to peer review that one?

 

[Kotaro]

October-14th National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk

 

[jason10mm]

Man I'm jealous! It would be so awesome to actually meet him and talk to him. On his site he usually also recommends some good bangers from other authors as well. Guy is crazy talented. On his website I always laugh my ass off when he makes a post about "China Mike"

Yeah, he is a funny guy and nice to talk to. I have one of the first editions of MHI, the self published Infinity Publications one, and he tried to talk me out of getting a personalized message because it would devalue it but I didn't care. He gave me an ARC (advanced readers copy) of the first Black Sword book at another con. Had all the text, but no map, took till the second book where I could finally see the map

 

[Idleyes]

I think she might be the hottest newscaster I know on TV. The only ones that might rival her are hotties on sports channels. But excluding those younger party girls on sports, Aishah is the best IMO.

Somewhere on Telemundo, a whole panel of bitches are laughing at your comment right now.