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bolverk

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  1. NYTimes updates (spoilered to avoid longcatting)
  2. @Nicole44 Google AI summary
  3. Here's an explainer to get our collective feet wet:
  4. Lots of wild shit out there. This morning, I just learned about the speculation that his roommate might've been transmaxxing.
  5. The supposed redeeming qualities that I've seen cited by fans are that he was a) a Christian (not an especially extraordinary quality), b) loved his family (also not a low bar), c) was willing to shout his beliefs at anyone who could hear them (only requires a bit of hubris or self-confidence), and d) successfully built a "movement" (admittedly a great skill, but he also had access money).
  6. There's a lot to unpack here. One thing I'll point out is the cruelty of using social pressure to force someone into a gender that they are not. Much like forces transpeople to remain in the one that they aren't. Does this "transmaxxing" extend to actual surgery? Seriously, imagining some weak-willed, Theojon-like, but straight cis guy, to have his dick chopped off, undergo a surgical procedure to construct a vagina, take hormones, grow tits, and all that just so that he can be forced into having sex with other guys because they can't get it anywhere else. What a gotdam torturous nightmare. That's just about the most fucked up thing I've ever heard of, if it's actually a thing.
  7. These people are terrible at connecting dots. That's the fucking problem. These people are unable to follow basic trains of logic. They can't think shit through.
  8. It's been a busy morning, and I'm just now finally getting caught. @Enchubben, I'm sure you've been overwhelmed with all the notifications and angry comments. But I hope you take a moment to consider this. I wanted to reach out and offer up a simplified explanation of where your concerns, as a (I assume) middle-aged white Texan male, should rate on a scale of being discriminated against in hiring practices at the workplace. 1 - We discriminate against historically marginalized groups. 2 - We don't discriminate and are an equal opportunity employer (EOE) 3 - We actively reach out to historically marginalized groups to build a more diverse talent pool for hiring prospects (DEI). 4 - We make sure to set aside a percentage of seats for historically marginalized groups (Affirmative Action). 5 - We discriminate against the dominant group that has historically occupied this company.
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  10. Yeah, that's the thing. Everything is out in the open, on full display, for everyone to see.
  11. Absolutely. My description includes that aspect as well.
  12. The best, most succinct way I could describe it from the times I've been involved is active outreach to diversify the talent pool.
  13. In case anyone needs receipts on this: https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-joe-biden-should-be-put-prison-andor-given-death-penalty-crimes-against
  14. Taking state media to the next level.
  15. Here's some context: A veiled threat to stone transpeople by justifying it through the Old Testament, while criticizing someone for being tolerant of transpeople who justify their tolerance from the New Testament Christ's command to love your neighbor as yourself. Then, the second post where he angrily shouts to that audience that someone is an abomination to God. These aren't soundbites with short clips taken out of context. Maybe -phobe is the wrong suffix, but then again, fear is at the heart of hate. And Kirk clearly hated transpeople.
  16. H/T to C-Man for posting this. Go here to rep him.
  17. The silence from ardent Free Speech advocates is deafening. In his own words, the Governor is expressing his pleasure that the proverbial State, with a capital S, is punishing a woman for her speech, regardless of whether it involved any alleged assault.
  18. Aha! Now, we're getting somewhere.
  19. You made a stink about Brisket paraphrasing Kirk's speech as if he had the intent to mischaracterize Kirk's actual words. I provided several direct quotations of Kirk's speech, including a video to corroborate Brisket's characterizations. You then went silent. I'm bolverk; I have spoken.
  20. Hey, you still haven't answered the direct questions I posed to you based on direct quotes of Kirk without paraphrasing.
  21. Fair point. Edit: Also, based on that pic above and what you're saying, I'll drop it. Evidence presented suggests: red herring. Thanks for setting me straight guys.
  22. I'm the one who brought it up, and I'm certainly not trying to deflect. I'm pointing out that *if* he was wearing body armor, it's possible that he's been threatened before. If so, could his wearing it be chronologically tied to an event or series of events, such as an organized effort to do "war" with him? Or was there something else. It's possibly a red herring, but my intent was not to distract.
  23. You might have to ask @C-Man. His post above indicates he might've been the one who originally posted it. I've tagged him so he'll see this in case he has you on ignore. I'd provide the link, but I really don't want to go digging back through all the posts from over the weekend in both threads.
  24. It's taken me a while, but I've finally caught up with both this and the other thread. Someone, maybe in the other, watched a detailed analysis of the shooting (zoomed in) conducted by some kind of expert. I didn't watch it because I couldn't watch it from a queasy stomach standpoint, so I'll have to take that poster's word for it. Anyway, that poster is absolutely convinced Kirk was wearing titanium armor plating, which the bullet struck the edge of, ricocheted up into, and out of his neck. This brings up two obvious questions: 1) Why was he wearing armor? and 2) When did he start wearing armor? Yes, he (rightly) felt a threat. Had he been attacked before? Had he been receiving threats? From whom? We certainly know by now about the Groyper Wars. Did one of them ever physically threaten him before? Did Kirk's use of body armor coincide with those "wars?" Was he ever consistently harassed by other groups or individuals? If so, by whom? Has there been any other reporting on this? Well, shit, I had a lot more than just two questions.
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