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[Dargor]

Here are some receipts. Owen Jones in particular claims that a high proportion of the death threats he receives are due to these fake headlines being spread by racists. Show me where the comedy/satire is? Can you see it?

To finish off such a fine counter argument with a load of Alex Jones style conspiracy nonsense is a bit of a self own is it not? If not the Guardian pray tell where I can get the real truth from? The Sunday Sport?

Every single post is funny as hell

And you know why its funny? Its funny because its true, thats exactly how brainwashed leftist journalists (and in general) sound like. Just read your own posts in this thread for confirmation.

 

[llien]

Owen Jones in particular claims that a high proportion of the death threats he receives are due to these fake headlines being spread by racists.

Second example in your post has that large #TrollingTheGuardian in it.
Of all the examples, only the first one somewhat applies. Something not funny, shared 2 times.

Jess Phillip one is... curious, she is spreading the fake quote that she says endangers her life, uh?
As if it was just a lame excuse to ban people making fun of her.

 

[cormack12]

Here are some receipts. Owen Jones in particular claims that a high proportion of the death threats he receives are due to these fake headlines being spread by racists. Show me where the comedy/satire is? Can you see it?

I know what you're saying, but this is not new. This has been the same for vile people like Katie Hopkins as well. There's one dedicated to tweets from Trump too. I cry no tears for either of those people, I also cry no tears for Owen Jones. These people live within the lines of controversy and clickbait, you reap what you sow. The alarming thing is we are at a stage where people believe these absurdities could be real. And that's the real problem, it's also the cause. And whether it's a meme or not, it's not going to stop people with photoshop etc. just doing the same shit.

You know what the solution is? Don't be an attention seeking fuckwit so as soon as someone sees it, they knows it's fake. The parodies exist for a reason - it's because you can post such extreme takes that they actually can pass as something that might be legit. Like stupid takes from Trump, racist takes from Hopkins, extremist takes from Jones. This is what everyone has been discussing for years since 'fake news' become popular. And the internet loves stuff like this aka the Streisand effect.

 

[GeorgPrime]

I would just make a new The Guardian meme headline now

"How The Guardian sued a meme generator that was pointing out how dumb The Guardian was"
- Owen Jones

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

These sorts of things are used less for fun, and more for targeted hate. So good.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Let's be real, neogaf HAS tilted to the right but most of the things posted here aren't pro-rightwing, more like anti-woke lunacy. This includes this thread, if you're actual left you wouldn't support corporate media abusing copyright laws to bully individuals and restrict their speech. Same applies to internet freedom that the "left" is staunchly against the last few years supporting tech corps takeover of the internet. I'm a socialist that believes in rationality, democracy and facts and feel more at home here than woke shitholes like resetera or reddit. Yeah, I disagree with many people here especially when it comes to rightwing identity politics like abortion and their short-sighted economic policies but at least I can disagree with them.

Get out of my mind.

 

[Mahadev]

Here are some receipts. Owen Jones in particular claims that a high proportion of the death threats he receives are due to these fake headlines being spread by racists. Show me where the comedy/satire is? Can you see it?

Operative word here. The Guardian journalists used to be harassed, threatened, and pretty much robbed by the UK government because of their revealing investigative journalist pieces and now we have these pathetic babies claiming that dumb memes hurt them with no evidence whatsoever because people were mean to them on the internet. You think journalists from the right or the left (because the guardian is neither now, it's a neoliberal rag just shitting idpol sensationalist garbage) aren't "harassed" on the internet? Gee, I wonder why we don't hear them crying about it 24/7. These people aren't journalists, they're spoiled brats LARPing as professionals.

 

[Kamina]

Wow neogaf has really tilted over to the right eh?

You could obvs post any of the weird shit from the nutters at the Telegraph and Times and it would be just as shite.

Of course it tilted toward the right. Old GAF was radical left wing just like Resetera, where only one opinion is allowed and opposition is removed.
From that point you can only go right. However, based on several extensive tests many of the most active members did in the past, most of us are actually still left leaning or centered. I saw nobody heavy right wing here and it shows, because racism, National Socialism and facism has no platform here, despite the multitude of options the users here hold.
Calling NeoGaf right wing, just because many here complain about Woke Culture, dislike Terror Groups like Antifa or BLM, or despise radical feminism doesn’t make us far-right or whatever, we just dislike the radical left and would favor a more balanced and toned discourse with our fellow human beings rather than trying to gut them.

 

[llien]

Owen Jones strikes again (a real fake (shame on me) article):

 

[Cunth]

how is that real

 

[borborygmus]

how is that real

Indeed llien the Grauniad is a satire account.

 

[Deleted member 801069]

Wow neogaf has really tilted over to the right eh?

You could obvs post any of the weird shit from the nutters at the Telegraph and Times and it would be just as shite.

calm down soy boy

 

[llien]

Indeed llien the Grauniad is a satire account.

So fucking misleading.
I think llien deserves a ban for this!

Or, wait, we are not on that nazi forum.

Mea culpa, I honestly took the bait.

 

[AJUMP23]

Those headlines are brilliant, the lawsuit just gives the meme makers legitimacy.

 

[CAB_Life]

Yes, "targeted" "hate" speech justifies everything.
It even has you welcoming censorious behaviour with a straight face.

If I say that the Guardian amounts to "hate Speech" when it criticizes or uses humour can I get it closed down as well?
No?
Oh, I see.
The cowardly trick only works for the kind of sites you happen to dislike.

He joined in 2004. You know where he/she/they/Zur/Zim/identifies as a parsnip has been.

 

[diffusionx]

The idea that someone, somewhere, views these shitbag media operations with something less than 100% awe and adulation drives them crazy. We saw it with the time CNN doxed someone that made a funny meme about them. Now that they are siding with big tech to enforce total censorship and have ironclad control over all online news discourse, this mockery is all we got.

 

[TrainedRage]

Snowflakes melting

 

[diffusionx]

Here are some receipts. Owen Jones in particular claims that a high proportion of the death threats he receives are due to these fake headlines being spread by racists. Show me where the comedy/satire is? Can you see it?

They're not real death threats, first of all, if they were, he'd be dead. Obviously. I highly doubt he has a 24/7 security detail of commandos protecting him.

Second, being a public figure comes with some downsides, like the risk of people making fun of you or mocking you.

 

[oagboghi2]

These sorts of things are used less for fun, and more for targeted hate. So good.

Here are some receipts. Owen Jones in particular claims that a high proportion of the death threats he receives are due to these fake headlines being spread by racists. Show me where the comedy/satire is? Can you see it?

To finish off such a fine counter argument with a load of Alex Jones style conspiracy nonsense is a bit of a self own is it not? If not the Guardian pray tell where I can get the real truth from? The Sunday Sport?

Fuck Owen Jones, first of all

Second, they aren't death threats. They are tweets. A bunch of people called this motherfucker a cuck, and now we are supposed to lose the ability to make a joke. That gives the Guardian to right to sue? Jesus christ...

 

[NickFire]

Wow neogaf has really tilted over to the right eh?

You could obvs post any of the weird shit from the nutters at the Telegraph and Times and it would be just as shite.

Takes like this remind me of getting driving directions from someone who gets left and right confused.

Cracking jokes is not authoritarian.

 

[Scotty W]

These sorts of things are used less for fun, and more for targeted hate. So good.