Cipheron on 14/10/2021 at 22:20
... as an aside for the "800,000" since I like breaking down the stats, and I want to compare the numbers to a similar moral panic from the other side.
The stats confuse sufferers of something for deaths, so they lead to huge statistical issues. If it's "deaths per year" then you have to calculate that as a percentage of the people born *per year*, while if it's "sufferers" then you have to calculate that as a percentage of the total number of people.
800000 "abducted" children is 25% of the ~3.2 million births per year, meaning most families of 3 kids would have at least 1 child abducted for the adrenochrome farms. However, the real stat was "missing child reports" and the vast majority of those were actually alive and well. With 75 million children, 800000 means about a 1% chance per year of any child being reported missing - almost all of whom come home fine. The actual chance of a stranger abduction is actually about 1 in a million, not the 1 in 4 you get from the QAnon version.
A similar thing happened in the 1980s with another "factoid" which stated that 150000 girls *die* from anorexia per year: it was actually an estimate that 150000 girls *suffer* from anorexia in any year, but got misquoted and passed along by credulous individuals. Now, 150000 would be about 10% of the total number of girls born per year, so that statement would be equivalent to saying that each girl has a 10% chance of *dying* from anorexia by the time they mature. In reality, it was a guesstimate of the number of sufferers, so it's out of the total number of girls, not those born per year, and 150000 works out at about 0.5% of all girls. So the actual estimate means that about 1 in 200 girls are *anorexia sufferers*, which is a bit more in line with reality.
Nicker on 15/10/2021 at 04:20
Quote Posted by Pyrian
An individual non-binary person?
That would be Them!
lowenz on 15/10/2021 at 07:10
The real problem of the USA market economy-driven society and in general "meritocracy" promises (?) is the induction of the creation of a big big *BIG* mass of failed individuals turning themselves to conspiracy theories as a form of existential victimhood dimension.
"I'm not failing 'cause I'm not good.....I'm failing 'cause THE WANT ME TO FAIL, THEY WANT TO DESTROY ME!!111"
The "real conspiracy" (it's a simple strategy to get consensus, old as the world itself) is that conservatives parties use this to get voted.
That's the real goal of "meritocracy" narrations: set impossible success goals, spreading social competition and envy, to get tanks of desperate gullible people voting for the leader presented as an "avenging liberator" figure.
It's really effective, as nazi did show us 100 years ago.
Cipheron on 16/10/2021 at 00:54
Man this is going to melt some brains:
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https://inkstickmedia.com/how-the-satanic-temple-is-fighting-for-reproductive-rights/)
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Legislators claiming to follow the Christian Bible are behind America's rising tide of anti-abortion laws. Rather poetically, a group of Satanists is fighting back. Using its status as a federally recognized religion, The Satanic Temple has developed novel and unorthodox approaches — such as a “Satanic Abortion Ritual” and religious counseling services — to protect the reproductive freedoms of its members.
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Since its inception, The Satanic Temple has launched an array of high-profile public campaigns to protect LGBTQ, minority, and women's rights. Most famously, the Satanists have been fighting to place a horned goat-headed Baphomet statue next to a Ten Commandments monument on Arkansas Capitol grounds, to ensure that fringe religions have access to the same privileges as the Christian majority.
That's some quality trolling right there.
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As for other news
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ron-watkins-alleged-qanon-founder-announces-run-for-congress/ar-AAPA1gR)
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Ron Watkins, a man who is believed to be the founder of the QAnon conspiracy theory, has announced his intention to run as an Arizona congressional candidate.
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"President [Donald] Trump had his election stolen, not just in Arizona but in other states, too," Watkins said during his campaign announcement. "We must now take this fight to Washington, D.C. to vote out all the dirty Democrats who have stolen our republic."
If a *12 year old* wrote a speech like that I'd be worried that they're not the brightest 12 year old I could be speaking with. Ron Watkins is a glorified forum mod, a script kiddie who is only comfortable communicating via imageboard memes. I kinda doubt his ability to do politics.
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/10/trumpist-county-clerk-barred-after-leak-of-voting-system-passwords-to-qanon/)
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... The "court determines that the petitioners have met the burden of showing that Peters and Knisley have committed a breach and neglect of duty and other wrongful acts," Mesa County District Court Judge Valerie Robison wrote in Wednesday's ruling. "As such, Peters and Knisley are unable or unwilling to appropriately perform the duties of the Mesa County Designated Election Official. The court further determines substantial compliance with the provisions of the code require an injunction prohibiting Peters and Knisley from performing the duties of the Designated Election Official."
In August, Watkins released photos of information on Dominion's Election Management Systems (EMS) voting machines, including an installation manual and "BIOS passwords for a small collection of computers, including EMS server and client systems," as we reported at the time. While Watkins, a former 8chan administrator, was trying to prove that Dominion can remotely administer the machines, the documents actually showed "a generic set of server hardware, with explicit instructions to keep it off the Internet and lock down its remote management functions."
Peters, who promoted Trump's conspiracy theory that voting machines were manipulated to help Joe Biden win the 2020 election, "'holed up' in a safe house provided by pillow salesman and conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell" when the FBI began investigating her, according to an August 19 Vice News article. Her location was described as a "mystery" for a while, but she appeared at an event in Grand Junction, Colorado, last month.
Nicker on 16/10/2021 at 03:35
America is going to need a Truth and Reconciliation process if it hopes to heal from this disease.
lowenz on 16/10/2021 at 06:17
Quote Posted by Nicker
America is going to need a Truth and Reconciliation process if it hopes to heal from this disease.
Like the Halo Covenant spaceship? :D Really proper for the USA :p
demagogue on 16/10/2021 at 08:23
America still needs a Truth & Reconciliation process for slavery & Jim Crow and the ethnic cleansing/attempted assimilation of its indigenous population (along with Canada & Mexico on that last one, FTM). It's long overdue!
Cipheron on 16/10/2021 at 11:31
As if things couldn't get any worse:
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https://truthout.org/articles/texas-school-administrator-to-teachers-teach-opposing-sides-of-the-holocaust/)
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Texas School Administrator to Teachers: Teach “Opposing” Sides of the Holocaust
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“Make sure that if you have a book on the Holocaust that you have one that has an opposing, that has other perspectives,” Peddy continued.
When teachers asked how there could be opposing viewpoints on the Holocaust, Peddy responded, “Believe me, that's come up.”
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the law requires teachers to “give deference to both sides” on historical topics — a mandate that many say legitimizes false historical narratives, and limits critical discussion about topics like racism and white supremacy in schools.
Basically we have to teach both sides of the Holocaust now to appease angry Nazi parents.
lowenz on 16/10/2021 at 12:30
What's the "other" side of Shoah? MILLIONS of "jewish bankers" ? LOL
Yeah yeah, it's "coming up"......what an existential loser.
Nicker on 16/10/2021 at 14:27
Quote Posted by demagogue
America still needs a Truth & Reconciliation process for slavery & Jim Crow and the ethnic cleansing/attempted assimilation of its indigenous population (along with Canada & Mexico on that last one, FTM). It's long overdue!
Indeed. The present situation goes back to the racist concessions made to the South at the end of the civil war. Until those issues are exposed and resolved, this crap will just keep recurring. No equality without equity.
Those minions swept up in Trump's madness need more options than just stewing in jail with fellow rioters, brewing more resentment and plotting revenge.