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It does really piss me off the way (mostly those on the right) throw about terms such as "Kafkaesque" "Stalinist" and "Dictatorship". Especially when they've fucked up and been called out on the nasty shite that they get up to. I know such sorts have professional victimhood down to a fine art but I think it actively diminishes the suffering and struggles of those who have genuinely suffered and been persecuted by oppressive regimes.

Case in point with Alison Pearson when the cops went to her house on Remebrance day over that tweet. How her defenders claimed she was the victim of an Orwellian police state. Thousands of people over the world are likely suffering torture and suffering no sane person can imagine - under dictatorial regimes, as we speak; of which Pearson isn't one of them (and never will be.)

It's like when Tommeh Robinson is called a "martyr" when the only thing he's ever been a martyr to is being a cunt.

The most egregious example I can think of was when Jeremy Clarkson (around about 2003) in his Sun column claimed without irony that in Ken Livingstone's London you could substitute the term "Jews in 1930's Germany " with "motorists" because of (I think) the congestion charge. Yes. Clarkson claimed there was parity with the mechanised mass murder of Europe's Jews with having to pay to drive in the middle of London.

What an absolute prick.

But in their minds (and I use the word cautiously) there is an equivalence, due to their narcissism.

Admirable Chrichton wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2025 4:19 pm It does really piss me off the way (mostly those on the right) throw about terms such as "Kafkaesque" "Stalinist" and "Dictatorship". Especially when they've fucked up and been called out on the nasty shite that they get up to. I know such sorts have professional victimhood down to a fine art but I think it actively diminishes the suffering and struggles of those who have genuinely suffered and been persecuted by oppressive regimes.

Case in point with Alison Pearson when the cops went to her house on Remebrance day over that tweet. How her defenders claimed she was the victim of an Orwellian police state. Thousands of people over the world are likely suffering torture and suffering no sane person can imagine - under dictatorial regimes, as we speak; of which Pearson isn't one of them (and never will be.)

It's like when Tommeh Robinson is called a "martyr" when the only thing he's ever been a martyr to is being a cunt.

The most egregious example I can think of was when Jeremy Clarkson (around about 2003) in his Sun column claimed without irony that in Ken Livingstone's London you could substitute the term "Jews in 1930's Germany " with "motorists" because of (I think) the congestion charge. Yes. Clarkson claimed there was parity with the mechanised mass murder of Europe's Jews with having to pay to drive in the middle of London.

What an absolute prick.

They've had a thousand years of supremacy; being equal is going to take a bit of getting used to.

Oboogie wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2025 11:31 am For the last few years genocide has been increasingly used as a synonym for mass killing (with mass defined by smaller and smaller numbers), but in the last few months I've seen it used for events in which nobody died eg locking up the Farage rioters and imposing inheritance tax on farmers.

Musk's description of Jess Phillips as a "Rape genocide apologist" adds another misuse of the word "genocide" to my list.

New York has belatedly brought in a congestion charge. It's having heart-rending effects like this.

Famously there's no mass transit in Manhattan. And by all accounts he can afford $9 anyway. Nor does it seem to be very far.

And toll roads are all over Red states in America- it's one thing they do better than we do here. What's the difference?

Oboogie wrote: ↑Mon Jan 06, 2025 3:14 pm

Oboogie wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2025 11:31 am For the last few years genocide has been increasingly used as a synonym for mass killing (with mass defined by smaller and smaller numbers), but in the last few months I've seen it used for events in which nobody died eg locking up the Farage rioters and imposing inheritance tax on farmers.

Musk's description of Jess Phillips as a "Rape genocide apologist" adds another misuse of the word "genocide" to my list.

Words have no actual meaning to a cunt like Musk, only their effect.

Seems like Giuliani is having problems in court.

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Mon Jan 06, 2025 4:07 pm New York has belatedly brought in a congestion charge. It's having heart-rending effects like this.

Famously there's no mass transit in Manhattan. And by all accounts he can afford $9 anyway. Nor does it seem to be very far.

And toll roads are all over Red states in America- it's one thing they do better than we do here. What's the difference?

Forget mass transit. 1.1 miles according to Google Maps. A brisk twenty minute walk or battling Manhattan traffic. No brainer.

Cheers. I got various estimates for the distance, so wasn’t sure. But people BTL on Bluesky seem to agree with you. It really isn’t far.

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Mon Jan 06, 2025 4:07 pm New York has belatedly brought in a congestion charge. It's having heart-rending effects like this.

Famously there's no mass transit in Manhattan. And by all accounts he can afford $9 anyway. Nor does it seem to be very far.

And toll roads are all over Red states in America- it's one thing they do better than we do here. What's the difference?

It seems to be making a positive difference

Trump is talking about invading Greenland and Panama.

The Weeping Angel wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 12:51 am Trump is talking about invading Greenland and Panama.

Release the Polar Bears - and the Mosquitos.

Meanwhile, Tech bros queue up to kow-tow to the fat orange cunt.

Or ease his flood of disinformation.

Watching parts of the state funeral of former president Jimmy Carter yesterday, I wondered to myself what would happen if Trump, heaven forbid, dies in office. Would he get the sort of respect Carter had throughout his political life? His hardcore supporters would....but not wider America.

See also:

Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have 'Mental Illness'

Meta announced a series of major updates to its content moderation policies today, including ending its fact-checking partnerships and “getting rid” of restrictions on speech about “topics like immigration, gender identity and gender” that the company describes as frequent subjects of political discourse and debate. “It’s not right that things can be said on TV or the floor of Congress, but not on our platforms,” Meta’s newly-appointed chief global affairs officer Joel Kaplan wrote in a blog post outlining the changes.
In an accompanying video, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg described the company’s current rules in these areas as “just out of touch with mainstream discourse.”

To quote Roger Mellie, why feed people truffles when they're obviously happy to roll in shit?

Talk about a race to the bottom.

I wouldn't mind it so much (hah) if at least Zuckerberg didn't seem to be the most pathetic wet wipe in history.

Meta now also allows people to refer to women as "household items".

I'm so glad I didn't re-install Arsebook after I got a new phone last year. Fuckerberg can fuck right off.

Or Bezos a neighbour whose mid life crisis doesn't make him any less boring.
There will be tech bosses whose USP is having guts and standing up to Trump if it's good for business.