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    Trump

    Can he get indicted for both? *fingers crossed*
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    The Republican War on Transgender People, Drag Queens, and Queerness in General

    This is what gets me about people like Benny in this thread. It's the failure of basic compassion. It really doesn't matter what the fuck you think about the underlying issues, if you agree with Judith Butler or not, if you agree with the theoretical underpinnings or whatever, just where the...
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    The Republican War on Transgender People, Drag Queens, and Queerness in General

    Yeah, I was just about to post something to that end. There doesn't seem to be much of a base for Terfism in any communities here - neither conservative immigrant (where they might find bedfellows, as Third points out) or popular religious, or anywhere really. Thankfully. Does make me wonder to...
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    The hip hop never ever ever stops thread

    Really like this, doing that grimy NY thing but the rapping is sufficiently great that he stands out.
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    Russia Surrounded

    I wonder what the view of Russia is now in "realpolitik" and military circles is in the West after a year of this disaster? Not very high I would think.
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    Russia Surrounded

    That meme just explains *a lot* about Russian politics and how they approach the world stage including nukes.
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    Russia Surrounded

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    Where does the culture war come from?

    I should add, its easier to see with the kind of analysis Starbird does, 'cos she's looking for disinformation, foreign powers influencing online clicks and distribution. The mechanisms that propagate "culture wars" issues are going to be a lot closer to home.
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    Where does the culture war come from?

    You can see a lot of the mechanics of distribution in network graph terms. OSINT people have been doing it for a while. I usual cite Kate Starbird's paper on The White Helmets but there must be a lot of other analytics like this, though this'd be on the level of specific stories, whereas Wild...
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    Russia Surrounded

    I think he might do it if his regime is on the brink. If they lose Crimea, that'll be the big test point.
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    The Republican War on Transgender People, Drag Queens, and Queerness in General

    Read the last sentence in my response and tell me how that's current practice. Actually dude, fuck off and stop pretending you're engaging with me in any way in good faith.
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    The Republican War on Transgender People, Drag Queens, and Queerness in General

    Yes, it is, because you're framing the issue to shock by implying it's all about SURGERY and even worse FOR KIDS. It's a tabloid framing of a complex issues. Subvert has just pointed out what utter bollocks this is. You conveniently missed out the bit of my answer where I addressed your...
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    My triumphant return to reading

    This line is apposite for @IdleRich in his golden years
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    My triumphant return to reading

    What have you been doing instead? I struggle with getting my reading back up to speed but have been managing the last few weeks. Reading a psychotherapy book by Nancy McWilliams which I was first intimidated by but right now can't put down.
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    Russia Surrounded

    Always with the nuclear threats.
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    The Republican War on Transgender People, Drag Queens, and Queerness in General

    Demanding that his interlocutors post a lower age limit for surgery is rhetorical grandstanding tbh and detracts from the central point of the starting post, that is, trans people are under attack in the US, and it's worrying, because it'll create real suffering, and is being driven as a wedge...
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    books you've had to stop reading

    I never finished that Klaus Kinski biography. For similar reasons, the non-stop orgies just got a bit tiresome at some point.
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    The R.I.P. Thread

    Someone had to post that fucking Gooning article didn't they? WASNT IT OBVIOUS HE WAS GONNA TRY IT :mad:
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