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TopicWORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS motherfuckers!
BeantownHero
10/28/18 11:31:35 PM
#11
Title town, USA. The Best american sports town in history.
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TopicAre trans genders guilty of gender appropriation?
BeantownHero
10/28/18 11:24:22 PM
#32
It's always interesting to see how motivated the moderators are on this site...certain topics are allowed to exist a lot longer than others
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TopicKills 11 people: gets taken into custody.
BeantownHero
10/28/18 6:36:26 PM
#17
biberals posted...
He hated Trump though, try again


The black guy who sniped at police in Dallas didnt agree with BLM, didnt stop those same people trying to absolve trump of responsibility from arguing BLM was promoting terrorism
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TopicKills 11 people: gets taken into custody.
BeantownHero
10/28/18 6:14:43 PM
#3
Someone on twitter put it best

"I knew the shooter was white when they took him alive"
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TopicPittsburgh shooting will be seen as more tragic than the Charleston shooting
BeantownHero
10/27/18 6:21:14 PM
#7
TC is not wrong, but this is brazen shitposting

HOWEVER, I doubt these victims will be looked upon to forgive this guy like the people in Charleston were.
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TopicThe Synagogue Shooter once again exposes the danger of unchecked social media
BeantownHero
10/27/18 6:08:26 PM
#25
Would conservatives be so adamant about twitter hosting controversial views on its platform if it wasnt so popular?
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TopicActive shooter reported at Pittsburgh Synagogue.
BeantownHero
10/27/18 6:06:49 PM
#211
FLUFFYGERM posted...
darklink1017 posted...
Stop blaming Trump for this, or the Republican party at it is. Trump is one of the most Pro-Jewish presidents the USA has ever had. Ivanka converted to Judaism and he's prioritized Israel like crazy compared to Obama.

The shooter was just a deranged Neo-nazi. End of story. And he's posted anti trump stuff on his social media accounts.


got em


Why was it ok to blame Obama for furthering the racial animosity in this country for a sentence as simple as "Trayvon could've been my son", yet trump gets to skate on his incindery rhetoric?
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TopicThe Synagogue Shooter once again exposes the danger of unchecked social media
BeantownHero
10/27/18 6:03:31 PM
#23
Fox is a platform for its staff. Twitter is a platform for the whole world. They're not remotely comparable.

A fair comparison would be "what's wrong with CNN being liberal, if Fox is conservative".


Twitter is open for the world to use, so is stormfront. So is Reddit. So is gamefaqs. None of these are morally obligated to host views it disagrees with
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TopicThe Synagogue Shooter once again exposes the danger of unchecked social media
BeantownHero
10/27/18 5:56:46 PM
#21
FLUFFYGERM posted...
BeantownHero posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
BeantownHero posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
every major social media site, like twitter or facebook or etc, creates echo chambers for the far right and the far left. and these echo chambers attract crazies who then become even crazier.


twitter gets slammed repeatedly for how it handles hate accounts on its website. Facebook should also be held to the fire.


the problem is that it's hard to enforce such legislation because then the power of who defines what is a "hate group" rests in either the hands of private interests or in the hands of government. neither scenario is good for freedom of speech.


I dont believe absolute freedom of speech should be the end goal for any social media website tasked with hosting opinions. I'd be perfectly ok with Twitter/Facebook deciding not to cater to what they believe are extremists


It definitely needs to be the goal, otherwise they're effectively choosing what speech is and isn't allowed.


again, why is this inherently a bad thing? Twitter being predominantly liberal doesnt hurt free speech and more than Fox news being predominantly conservative. neither should be obligated to host views it disagrees with
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TopicThe Synagogue Shooter once again exposes the danger of unchecked social media
BeantownHero
10/27/18 5:51:19 PM
#16
TiamatLover posted...
BeantownHero posted...
I dont believe absolute freedom of speech should be the end goal for any social media website tasked with hosting opinions. I'd be perfectly ok with Twitter/Facebook deciding not to cater to what they believe are extremists


This idea only works when they can be trusted to define "extremists" in an unbiased manner. They're not even capable of doing that with much simpler things than extremism.


Why exactly does twitter/Facebook need to be unbiased? The alt right is a far bigger threat currently and the rush to somehow balance out focused policing of their online activities with their liberal equivalents seems very counterproductive.
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TopicThe Synagogue Shooter once again exposes the danger of unchecked social media
BeantownHero
10/27/18 5:47:52 PM
#13
FLUFFYGERM posted...
BeantownHero posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
every major social media site, like twitter or facebook or etc, creates echo chambers for the far right and the far left. and these echo chambers attract crazies who then become even crazier.


twitter gets slammed repeatedly for how it handles hate accounts on its website. Facebook should also be held to the fire.


the problem is that it's hard to enforce such legislation because then the power of who defines what is a "hate group" rests in either the hands of private interests or in the hands of government. neither scenario is good for freedom of speech.


I dont believe absolute freedom of speech should be the end goal for any social media website tasked with hosting opinions. I'd be perfectly ok with Twitter/Facebook deciding not to cater to what they believe are extremists
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TopicThe Synagogue Shooter once again exposes the danger of unchecked social media
BeantownHero
10/27/18 5:42:53 PM
#8
FLUFFYGERM posted...
every major social media site, like twitter or facebook or etc, creates echo chambers for the far right and the far left. and these echo chambers attract crazies who then become even crazier.


twitter gets slammed repeatedly for how it handles hate accounts on its website. Facebook should also be held to the fire.
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TopicThe Synagogue Shooter once again exposes the danger of unchecked social media
BeantownHero
10/27/18 5:40:45 PM
#5
TiamatLover posted...
BeantownHero posted...
The account associated with Bowers also appears to indicate that he was about to attack the synagogue.


How the hell did this not get picked up?! :O


I honestly believe your run of the mill moderator simply isnt that vigilant and why would they be? it's an often unpaid, thankless job and before the last 10 years, largely irrelevant in the internet ecosystem

With the alt right using them more and more as recruitment grounds and avenues to market their hate, their roles may need to be reexamined.
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TopicThe Synagogue Shooter once again exposes the danger of unchecked social media
BeantownHero
10/27/18 5:33:57 PM
#1
use. Gab is the alt-rights answer to twitter. This guy was a verified user with a long list of anti semitic musings. What responsibility do the people who run the site bare and with the rise of internet message boards/discords, should the staff who moderate these sites be held to a higher standard?

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article220738695.html

Vox reported that the platform has become a virtual gathering place for some members of the alt-right, a movement of white nationalist, anti-Semitic and white supremacist groups.

The Gab logo resembles Pepe the frog, a meme that has been adopted by some members of the alt-right, as noted by VICE.


An account with the same name as the suspected shooter contains many disparaging posts about people of Jewish faith, as seen in an archive of the account.

The account shared a message that said Jews are waging a propaganda war against Western civilization.

The account associated with Bowers also appears to indicate that he was about to attack the synagogue.

The final message on the account sent out on Saturday just a few hours before the shooting says HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I cant sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, Im going in.

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TopicWhy are there mass shootings in the U.S. every few weeks?
BeantownHero
10/27/18 4:32:19 PM
#22
FLUFFYGERM posted...
Foppe posted...
fenderbender321 posted...
It's mainly because of how high our population is. We are a huge ass country.

5% of the population, 31% of the public mass shootings worldwide between 1966 and 2012.


And most of those shooting are confined to a handful of the shittiest parts of the country. There is no real problem with mas shootings in America - more like a problem with gang violence in a few cities.


"Gun violence in America is overblown because it mostly happens in areas where brown people live, and who really gives a shit about them?"
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TopicTrump wants armed guards in every religious place of worship
BeantownHero
10/27/18 12:40:09 PM
#2
even mosques!?
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TopicThis Instagram Shames Men for Being Absolute Monsters on Dating Apps
BeantownHero
09/29/18 9:21:58 PM
#1
https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/nem7pz/bye-felipe-instagram-book-shames-men-online-harassment?__twitter_impression=true

s a tale as old as the internet: when Alexandra Tweten would log into her online dating accounts, shed occasionally get messages from random guys that made her uneasy. Sometimes itd be an unsolicited dick pic. Other times the messages themselves were lewd or creepy right off the bat. I just wouldnt respond, or Id think, No, thanks. I'm not interested, Tweten tells VICE over the phone. And then they got hostile.

She noticed this troubling pattern on Tinder, OKCupid, and other dating apps she was using at the time, but one particular incident left her especially disturbed. It was this guy who just kept on sending me the same copy and pasted message, over and over and over again. His profile didn't show his entire face, and it just seemed crazy, Tweten says. He just kept on sending the same message, so finally I said, No, I'm not interested. He flipped out and just was like, WTF! Why would you even respond if you weren't interested? She remembers thinking, This guy is unhinged. And it kind of scared me.

Twetens experience with creepy dudes on dating apps isnt unique, of course. I had this conversation with a bunch of women, and we were all just talking about the abusive messages that we had received online, she says.

In 2017, a Pew Research Center survey revealed that 21 percent of women ages 18 to 29 have experienced sexual harassment online, and 83 percent say that online harassment is a serious problem. According to Rosemary Rade, Director of Digital Services for the National Domestic Violence Hotline and Love Is Respect, online dating platforms can create a feeling of anonymity that makes it easy for users to say whatever they want, using abusive language with few repercussions, she tells VICE over email.


Its fucked up that women still have to deal with this crap.
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TopicBarstool sports fucking sucks
BeantownHero
09/25/18 6:29:02 PM
#37
Barstool blows.
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TopicPro Street Fighter player is a wife beater
BeantownHero
09/21/18 3:12:52 PM
#8
Ya hate to see that kinda thing happen
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TopicSerena Williams blames sexism for her loss to Japanese Naomi Osaka.
BeantownHero
09/09/18 10:56:13 AM
#151
Roshon posted...
Smashingpmkns posted...
She has a point. Also all of the thinly veiled racism and sexism in this topic kinda prove her point lol whatever though, shes one of the best athletes of all time. She'll bounce back.


This

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TopicRevealed: Trump inauguration crowd photos were edited after he intervened
BeantownHero
09/06/18 7:35:57 AM
#8
NinjaBreakfast posted...
whitelytning posted...
Politicians spinning things to benefit themselves...?

How crazy!!!

Why are all these thousand of karma accounts with like 5 amp always right wingers


woah woah woah. lets not get nuts here.
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TopicWalk me through this because I've never consumed that much booze...
BeantownHero
09/02/18 3:55:03 PM
#16
Meh, I have partial blackouts sometimes. Usually when I'm cross faded. no big deal.
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Topicdo you like being drunk or high more?
BeantownHero
09/01/18 10:32:27 PM
#18
depends entirely on the situation
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TopicA GameFAQs mod threatened to ban my account. Is this normal?
BeantownHero
09/01/18 4:03:46 PM
#29
Did TC really create a new account to complain about being modded?
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TopicA GameFAQs mod threatened to ban my account. Is this normal?
BeantownHero
09/01/18 3:54:03 PM
#14
OMGWTFPIE posted...
Hawaiian_punch posted...
OMGWTFPIE posted...
Been here for 15 years and a mod threatened to ban my account. Is this lack of professionalism to be expected on this website?


Full story. This must be it


They didnt like any blame being placed on the parents of the 9 year old who killed himself.


You're disgusting
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TopicGood Lord. Neo-Nazis are pathetic. Targeting Black nominee Andrew Gilliam
BeantownHero
09/01/18 2:57:23 PM
#21
UnfairRepresent posted...
sktgamer_13dude posted...
But I was told by the right that racism is dead.

No you weren't


The idea that racism had largely been dealt with was an ideology peddled by large amounts of conservatives after Obama's election
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TopicWhy is the Trump admin withholding 100k pages of Kavanaugh documents?
BeantownHero
09/01/18 2:50:47 PM
#1
https://apnews.com/amp/70b1f649aad7404baa11949b50d715c6?__twitter_impression=true

WASHINGTON (AP) The Trump administration is withholding more than 100,000 pages of Brett Kavanaugh's records from the Bush White House on the basis of presidential privilege ahead of the Supreme Court nominee's confirmation hearing.

The Senate Judiciary Committee was notified of the action Friday. George W. Bush's attorney Bill Burck told the panel it had essentially completed its work compiling documents, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press. Bush directed them to err "on the side of transparency and disclosure, and we believe we have done so."

But the current administration is also able to review the records, and the Trump White House "has directed that we not provide these documents," the letter says.

In all, 267,000 pages of Kavanaugh documents from his Bush years are being made public.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called it "a Friday night document massacre."

Schumer said the decision to withhold the documents "has all the makings of a cover-up. ... What are they trying so desperately to hide?"

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Topicblack lives must not matter until black people start respecting black lives
BeantownHero
09/01/18 12:52:58 PM
#136
When black people talk about police misconduct, do people think they're just talking about shootings?
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TopicDave Chappelle is still the GOAT
BeantownHero
09/01/18 11:43:37 AM
#32
Dave Chappelle is the funniest man alive and chappelle's show gave me more laughs in 2 seasons than mad TV and SNL ever did
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Topicblack lives must not matter until black people start respecting black lives
BeantownHero
09/01/18 11:26:30 AM
#113
NurseRedHeart posted...
It'd hard to argue against police brutality when the cops don't represent the biggest threat to the black community


comparing cops to criminals is so stupid
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Topicblack lives must not matter until black people start respecting black lives
BeantownHero
09/01/18 10:59:20 AM
#95
If you think black people arent, especially in places like Chicago, doing work to stem violence in their community, you're either ignorant or just want to shit on black people.
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TopicEA stocks plummet and Battlefield V is delayed.
BeantownHero
08/31/18 2:30:35 PM
#18
Slip-N-Slide posted...
Are people still throwing a fit because there's women in combat?


It looks like it
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TopicFlorida Republican candidate for governor has history to suggest his statement
BeantownHero
08/30/18 5:20:25 PM
#1
wasnt an isolated incident, but rather, just another example of his questionable relationship with minorities

https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1035140958814445568?s=19
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TopicWhat are you wearing?
BeantownHero
08/30/18 5:15:17 PM
#10
Jeans and a shirt from an Amsterdam brewery
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TopicGuy and girl go out on a date. At the end, she says they're not compatible.
BeantownHero
08/23/18 7:01:16 PM
#1
Fair or Foul? - Results (1 vote)
Fair, next
100% (1 vote)
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Beta move by a future ForeverAlone
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Guy proceeds to venmo request her for her share of the bill. $15 for a grilled cheese. Fair?

https://twitter.com/ashhbradley/status/1031728993081409536?s=19
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TopicHow can anyone support trump at this point?
BeantownHero
08/22/18 8:49:16 PM
#32
voldothegr8 posted...
Show me a modern presidential candidate who hasn't broken campaign finance law.


This seems slightly more significant than a paperwork error
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TopicHow can anyone support trump at this point?
BeantownHero
08/22/18 6:23:06 PM
#1
He admits to violating campaign finance law in this Fox interview

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/commenting-the-hush-money-payoffs-trump-makes-matters-worse/amp?__twitter_impression=true

Instead let's focus on how incriminating the president's on-camera comments were.

First, Trump told reporters on camera in April that he didn't know about the payment to Stormy Daniels. Today he said largely the opposite, which raises the question of why he found it necessary to lie four months ago.

Second, asked about the payments to the women, Trump said he learned about them "later on." That also appears to be a lie: we've all heard the recording of then-candidate Trump talking about the Karen McDougal payoff in September 2016.

But the key phase in the excerpt of today's interview was Trump, in the context of explaining where the hush-money came from, conceding, "It came from me."

The president has a habit of volunteering incriminating information for no apparent reason. It happened last year when he told NBC News' Lester Holt that he fired former FBI Director James Comey over the investigation into the Russia scandal; it happened again last week when Trump contradicted the White House line on why he revoked former CIA Director John Brennan's security clearance; and it arguably happened again in today's interview.

Trump is convinced the core question is whether campaign funds were used to finance the payoff. But that's wrong. The controversy is about whether Trump made an undisclosed payment to an alleged former mistress in order to affect the outcome of the campaign.

The whole point -- what makes this a scandal -- is that Trump and his lawyer conspired to execute their scheme in secret, circumventing the law. The president and his "fixer" made a campaign-related expenditure from a non-campaign account, outside of campaign-finance laws.

Because Trump doesn't know what he's talking about, he thinks he's making things better for himself by saying he paid the hush-money instead of using campaign funds. What the president doesn't understand is that this makes things worse.

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Topicbeer is FUN
BeantownHero
08/20/18 1:26:27 AM
#7
I can confirm beer is indeed fun
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TopicYou can only play 3 consoles for the rest of your life. What are they?
BeantownHero
08/14/18 3:20:55 AM
#23
ps2
xbox360
n64
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