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As a fellow white man who, in contrast to Stewart and Maher, has never enjoyed all the perks and privileges heterosexuality affords, I can only say that I long since began turning a deaf ear to Stewart and Maher and men like them.

Privilege blinds. Unexamined privilege — and the colossal privilege afforded striaght white men is too seldom examined by said men — spectacularly blinds.


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As Doktor Zoom writes, "He sure seems reluctant to see that the problem isn’t that we’re 'polarized,' but that we’re under assault and maybe the problem isn’t that in the face of gathering fascism, some people are going overboard by burning some Teslas…."

I'm reading similar commentary about another icon of many US liberals, Bill "But Trump's So Charming and Nice" Maher.


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Wonkette's Doktor Zoom has good, zingy commentary on Jon Stewart's "who could have imagined" admission that his anodyne, misleading both-sideism about Biden-Trump and Democrats-Republicans didn't see what a lot of the rest of us saw coming: savagery, looming dictatorship, real horrors.


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wonkette.com/p/jon-stewart-ver

Wonkette · Jon Stewart Very Sorry He Believed His Own Both-Sides Bullsh*tBy Doktor Zoom
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@riley yeah...

I guess #TheEconomist has still too much revenue to pay for sponsorships...

Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)I just think #TheEconomist is #discrediting itself by #platforming #MAGA #bullshit that even 5th graders can callout as #Kindergarten-esque #mobbing. It's pretty much absurd to do so without seriously interrogating whether the #Trump regime actually knows the shit it does or whether this is just a #dismantling operation by #AgentKrasnov to enshure #Putin gets what he wants. - After all, the whole #Ukraine - #Invasion timeline would've been perfect if Trump caused a #CivilWar in 2020 and thus upend any #resolve. Tho in the meantime it only resulted in the #EU coming closer together and #Europe finding resolve against #Russia, with both #NATO and EU becoming stronger than before... - Granted the #USA already lost it's credibility in 2012 when Putin invaded #Crimea and the #BudapestMemorandum was violated *#consequences-free* instead of #BootsOnTheGround by the #US, #UK and #France and the current support for #Kyiv is the absolute bare minimum to avoid the political suicide that are *flagged coffins returning home* since in #Europe - unlike the USA - going to war isn't guaranteed to get elected, but rather will tank ratings (as it should be)! Again: #REFORUSA is an act of self- and mutual defense at this point! #Sarcasm #EUpol #USpol

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-01/don

This report is fucked. There is NO criticism warranted of VZ, so why has #ABC "North America correspondent Carrington Clarke in Washington DC" made multiple statements implying fault by him. Why has he not simply excoriated the pair of #magamorons? Where has the obligation for facts & truth gone? With such an arseholic fascist regime, indulging in #bothsideism is highly irresponsible.

ABC News · Inside the extraordinary Oval Office showdown that could cost Ukraine the war — and its futureBy Carrington Clarke

This so-called 'uncensored' approach leads to 'bothsideism', even when both sides are not equal. For example when it comes to climate or health information. Or election outcomes.

"OpenAI’s effort to land in the good graces of the new Trump administration"

A big question is if the approach also applies to e.g. answers about the impact of big tech?

#bigtech #AI #bothsideism

techcrunch.com/2025/02/16/open

TechCrunch · OpenAI tries to 'uncensor' ChatGPT | TechCrunchOpenAI is changing how it trains AI models to explicitly embrace "intellectual freedom … no matter how challenging or controversial a topic may be," the

Ich hasse diesen "#libertär|en" #Bothsideism welcher #Menschenfeindlichkeit als #debattierbar darstellt...

#HostileDesign gehört verboten - Punkt!

Damit wäre der Gesellschaft weit mehr geholfen als mit anderen [Bullshit](youtube.com/watch?v=BGGKYtsUdI...

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@tagesschau Ihr kommt etwas zu spät. Hättet ihr und andere „Qualitätsmedien“ nicht vorher #bothsideism to the Max betrieben, wäre die faschistisch-klerikale Machtergreifung vielleicht zu verhindern gewesen.
Deutschland steht ebenfalls ein Wahlkampf voller rechter Hetze bevor.
Werdet ihr da informieren und einordnen - oder weiter jeden Dreck brav zitieren und Lügner wie Spahn, Weidel oder Wagenknecht in Talkshows einladen?

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@tagesschau wenn man nur rechtzeitig über die Gefahr informiert hätte, anstatt #bothsideism und #falsebalance zu betreiben und damit „alternative Fakten“ zu normalisieren…
Dass das Monster Trump als verurteilter Vergewaltiger, als Landesverräter, wiederkehren konnte, ist auch furchtbarem #Medienversagen geschuldet.
Bei AfD und BSW werden dieselben Fehler gemacht, wenn z.B. im Brennpunkt zum Ampel-Aus die Grünen geghostet werden, Alice Weidel aber live lügen und hetzen darf.

@Taubeaufdemdach @a_watch „Berichten“ reicht nicht.
Wir erleben gerade, dass Merz Trumps fatales Konzept wiederholt, mit Lügen und Hetze Schlagzeilen zu generieren und zu spalten. „Flooding the zone with shit“ soll den Diskurs verschieben, das Unsagbare salonfähig machen und sachorientierte Debatten verhindern. Seriöse Medien hätten Merz‘ Asylvorschläge als verfassungsfeindlich, rassistisch und praktisch nutzlos enttarnt. Stattdessen wird der Demagoge nur zitiert.
#falsebalance #bothsideism