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If people here give up on free speech, all is lost. This and other groups are just a symptom. The reason these groups flourish is because the legacy media (aka MSM) has lost all trust. Should you also ban NYT for the Russian interference conspiracy theory? If the legacy media deal in conspiracy, you should expect a reaction on the periphery of the political spectrum.


>Should you also ban NYT for the Russian interference conspiracy theory? If the legacy media deal in conspiracy, you should expect a reaction on the periphery of the political spectrum.

This is QAnon's very first post.

https://i.imgur.com/ycdpCmS.png

Can you point me to any NY Times article that is even remotely close to this level of BS?


you can't compare some web forum to a paper that pretends to deal in actual news. Defend free speech above all or it is a slippery slope. and this is country sliding down that slope as we speak.


I mean, you were the one that compared them and came up with saying why should it not be banned. And now you argue against yourself. shrug


Some European countries, named here, only very recently cared more about insects than people.


> Some European countries, named here, only very recently cared more about insects than people.

How is it "more about than"? What are the costs to people by mandating dimming the light?


> What are the costs to people by mandating dimming the light?

It makes it harder to see at night.


That’s not really “more than”, is it? You need to weigh the size of the benefit with the amount of convenience.


The GP is referencing the Holocaust since the story is about Germany. Though I don't know what that has to do with this article or the comment he is replying to.


> Some European countries, only very recently cared more about insects than people

Is not a "us or them" dichotomy. The only possible alternatives are insects-win/humans-win or insects-lose/humans-lose. We can't have agriculture without insects.


Fun fact: they started to care (only), because it's going to affect people. The drop in insect populations has become concerning. Without them, no crops, no fruits, no agriculture, which isn't that great a prospect for humans.


We can have pollination by swarms of meshed microdrones.


How mature.


Dark ages are upon us and NYT leads the way. This is the most significant blog in the last decade plus. NYT should be canceled before they cancel every shred of independent thinking in the country.


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> where their opinion amazingly veered far right on virtually every topic

If you think SSC, the blog that sources anything remotely controversial, is alt-right for the conclusions it comes to... Maybe you should show the issues in the logic that led him there?

But I think you're doing a great job of demonstrating why he's afraid of having his name published.


Why people miss the simple solution, off with the ads on with micro-payments. You like the content, pay for it.


your answer is very contradictory, can you please clarify your advice?


My answer was intentionally contradictory. I am just providing the data points I know of. If your concern is their ability to garnish money, then giving them information isn't really an issue. If your concern is them getting hacked or otherwise leaking your data, then you may wish to take a conservative approach.


I takes years to develop an interface, apps. etc. FM has been doing this for two decades plus


you are right, does this mean that labels will work on the main site?


Yep, seems to have the same functionality.

I've submitted beta feedback indicating my concerns.


thank you for the info.


yes you are right, don't know how to fix it


they are not reading books in the library, they are working on computers or even streaming movies. I am in a library all the time, so this is what I observe.


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