I'm Brianna Wu. Putting on some hose & heels to take the sportbike out for a meatspin.
She kept her horrifying visage out of the ad. That was smart. Why bring up gamer gate though? Does she think the people in her district know/care about something so inconsequential to their lives?
As usual, GamerGate has become "Alt-Right" when the reality was quite different. Besides, he hasn't stood up to anybody else (other than good taste and reality) so they must have been Alt-Right, the scariest right.
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 12:13 pm
by free thoughtpolice
Who says you can't troll a troll?
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Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 1:01 pm
by Brive1987
Pitchguest wrote:Cancer claims its latest victim. My uncle. RIP. :(
That sux. But your dad is still on the (relative) up isn't he?
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 1:05 pm
by Brive1987
katamari Damassi wrote:
Brive1987 wrote:"The Girl on the Train"
Give me back my last two days of leisure reading.
What a piece of shit. It needed a trigger warning.
Fuck fuck fuck.
Sorry. I could've warned you.
I feel literally raped.
I gave her my time, my money and upfront respect. I simply wanted reciprocal benefit. Instead she teased, sending red flags I ignored until in the end the deflation was as brutal as it was foreseeable.
Is it just me, or does Brianna's voice sound... pitched up a bit? I've no idea what it usually sounds like, but the audio has that 'fluttery' sound you can get from pitching.
I don't know, man. I found it pretty moving. Had a lump in my throat. But then, so does she.
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 1:19 pm
by Shatterface
Wu should have given away state secrets, then the prison system would have footed the bill for a new voice.
Is it just me, or does Brianna's voice sound... pitched up a bit? I've no idea what it usually sounds like, but the audio has that 'fluttery' sound you can get from pitching.
I always thought catching was more apt to do that to one's voice. With Brianna it's anyone's guess, though.
Is it just me, or does Brianna's voice sound... pitched up a bit? I've no idea what it usually sounds like, but the audio has that 'fluttery' sound you can get from pitching.
I don't know, man. I found it pretty moving. Had a lump in my throat. But then, so does she.
The mass appeal video really should indicate the candidate is an unbalanced male with a self inflicted amputation.
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:05 pm
by Brive1987
If only because it is so gender orientated.
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:17 pm
by Steersman
Sulman wrote:
DrokkIt wrote:
<snip>
Is it just me, or does Brianna's voice sound... pitched up a bit? I've no idea what it usually sounds like, but the audio has that 'fluttery' sound you can get from pitching.
I don't know, man. I found it pretty moving. Had a lump in my throat. But then, so does she.
:lol:
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:22 pm
by Steersman
Pitchguest wrote:Cancer claims its latest victim. My uncle. RIP. :(
Sorry to hear it, Pitch; my condolences. Particularly as 69 is still the prime of life ...
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:26 pm
by Old_ones
Ape+lust wrote:
Brive1987 wrote:For when you look up "virtue signalling" in the dictionary.
She is lucky her parents apparently didn't have the option.
Long ago, National Lampoon put out a 1964 high school yearbook parody. I remember a picture of a twerp with a listing of clubs he belonged to. One of them was the Future Veterans of Foreign Wars.
I always got a smile out of that joke.
I never thought I'd see a try-hard doofus like that guy in real life.
Thank fuck she didn't decide to reproduce - she doesn't even have realistic expectations about what taking care of a large dog would entail. Rebecca Watson is one of those people who should be given a Darwin award every time she uses contraception.
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:30 pm
by Steersman
JayTeeAitch wrote:
Steersman wrote:
KiwiInOz wrote:
<snip>
I don't get it, either. ....
Miller became embroiled in controversy after her coverage of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) program both before and after the 2003 invasion was discovered to have been based on the inaccurate information in the intelligence investigation ...
I think the joke is probably her 2nd achievement from Wikipedia:
Miller was later involved in the Plame Affair, in which the status of Valerie Plame as a member of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) became widely known. ....
Possible; had forgotten about that aspect or had never connected the two. But, as is my wont, I only read as far as that snippet in the first paragraph ... Although it did seem to pertain more to the accusation she was making about Manning being the death of no few people.
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:32 pm
by KiwiInOz
feathers wrote:
rayshul wrote:I feel like you'd be great as the sober companion to a group of drunks, actually.
Or he could be the reason you started drinking in the first place.
Sounds like win-win to me.
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:34 pm
by Steersman
KiwiInOz wrote:
feathers wrote:
rayshul wrote:I feel like you'd be great as the sober companion to a group of drunks, actually.
Or he could be the reason you started drinking in the first place.
Sounds like win-win to me.
:-) Steersman: covering all bases; the Pit's Designated Driver (to distraction if not home) ....
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:42 pm
by Kirbmarc
Steersman wrote:
:-) Steersman: covering all bases; the Pit's Designated Driver (to distraction if not home) ....
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Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:43 pm
by Tigzy
Steersman wrote:
:-) Steersman: covering all bases; the Pit's Designated Driver (to distraction if not home) ....
Is it just me, or does Brianna's voice sound... pitched up a bit? I've no idea what it usually sounds like, but the audio has that 'fluttery' sound you can get from pitching.
Wu's sounded ever more like Kermit since vocal surgery last year. Her voice is in that uncanny valley where it's no longer a man's, but it's not womanly either.
Worse than her pitch and timbre is that beseeching tone. Like most SJWs, Wu only has 2 modes: victim or swaggering toughguy. It looks like she's decided to say HELLO to constituents as a victim, which means she'll be doing her usual yammering about the horrible things Gamergate and the Alt-right have done to her. That would be a mistake. Nobody knows what that stuff is, and I doubt anyone will care.
Tell us again how many times you get catcalled between your car and the front door of the building, Brianna. I'd like to see if you can resist the urge to dismiss potential voters as fascist deplorables when they don't hide their incredulity.
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:44 pm
by Steersman
Something from the Gatestone Institute, particularly for Aneris and Kirbmarc and/or assorted Germano-philes/phobes:
A married couple, Peter and Melanie M., were prosecuted and convicted in July 2016 of creating a Facebook group that criticized the government's migration policy. Also, in July 2016, 60 people suspected of writing "hate speech" online had their homes raided by German police.
None of the above seems to be enough, however, for the president of the Bundestag, Norbert Lammert, from Angela Merkel's CDU party, who believes that what Facebook is already doing against "hate speech" is not enough. According to the CDU politician, there is a need for more legislation.
The German government's view of what constitutes "hate speech" is highly selective and appears limited to protecting the government's own policies on immigration from legitimate criticism.
When massive antisemitism swept large German cities in the summer of 2014, for example, no such anti-racist zeal was manifest on the part of the German government. On the contrary, there were instances of authorities practically facilitating hate speech. In July 2014, Frankfurt police let mainly Muslim "protesters" use their van's megaphone to belt out slogans of incitement in Arabic, including the repeated chanting of "Allahu Akbar" and that Jews are "child murderers".
Firebombing a synagogue, on the other hand, is simply an "act of protest
...
None of the above seems to be enough, however, for the president of the Bundestag, Norbert Lammert, from Merkel's CDU party, who believes that what Facebook is already doing against "hate speech" is not enough. According to Lammert, there is a need for more legislation. A law to bring social networks under penalty of fines if they fail to erase "hate messages" and "false news" has just been announced by Volker Kauder, leader of the parliamentary group in Merkel's current Bundestag and CDU/CSU faction, and Thomas Oppermann, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) parliamentary group. ....
Seems they should be considering whether the Quran itself constitutes some rather odious and barbaric "hate messages" ...
Somewhat apropos of which:
#BanIslam; close all mosques and madrasas; deport all mullahs - drop them in the middle of the Sahara, parachutes optional ...
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:47 pm
by Mr. X, Indeed
CommanderTuvok wrote:Any Yankee Pitters want to tell an ignorant Brit who FIRE is, and why they seem to be under, erm, fire?
I get from their social media accounts they are all for free speech, etc. but is there something specific that has set some people off on them?
I'd never heard of them, but they seem to be in the crossfire over Trump's education secretary nominee.
...she doesn't want a single Republican to run unopposed?
She is competing against a successful Democrat incumbent. There is absolutely no competitive horse race against any Republicans in her district.
Nightmare fuel?
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 4:30 pm
by deLurch
CommanderTuvok wrote:Any Yankee Pitters want to tell an ignorant Brit who FIRE is, and why they seem to be under, erm, fire?
I get from their social media accounts they are all for free speech, etc. but is there something specific that has set some people off on them?
Proponents of free speech on college campuses is enough to infuriate the run of the mill progressive in today's world. They are not all that well known outside of free speech circles. They will even sue in court. Kind of like the ACLU but with a much narrower scope.
If I were to hazard a guess as to why people are the most pissed with them recently, it would probably have to do with this.
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 4:31 pm
by Steersman
Aneris wrote:
Steersman wrote:
Kirbmarc wrote:
<snip>
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Ever onward and upward - some impressive advances in the last while:
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There's a newer addtion, Steers, to one of your peers.
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:-) "The final frontier, boldly going where no machine has gone before"? Seem to recollect you had posted some links to some of Pinker's videos on swearing some time back - somewhat unfortunate that they haven't "aged" well (format changes).
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 4:59 pm
by Sunder
FIRE is not right-wing, but in general it's stupid of liberals to cede the high ground on a civil rights issue to the right.
Even the posturing "tough on crime" right doesn't go after due process directly. They mostly promote stupid shit like mandatory sentencing and capital punishment. Things that exacerbate the consequences of a bad ruling but don't tend to make such rulings more likely.
Due process should be an unshakeable liberal value.
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 5:16 pm
by Guest_5d3a14a4
FIRE was founded by at least one left wing, Jewish, card carrying ACLU defense attorney (and former board member of the ACLU of Massachusetts). And use the slymepit search box and you can find aneris and andrew writing of Harvey Silverglate and Alan Kors and various things they have done.
Alan Kors seems more libertarian, and if you want to get a glimpse of the early history of social justice warriors on campus, google Water Buffalo Incident
Written two books:
Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent, by Harvey Silverglate and Alan M. Dershowitz
The Shadow University: The Betrayal Of Liberty On America's Campuses, by Alan Charles Kors and Harvey A. Silverglate
You can decide for yourself if individuals with their beliefs and the organization they founded to defend student and professor's rights on campus would have been called pinko, liberal, conservative, reactionary in:
Is it just me, or does Brianna's voice sound... pitched up a bit? I've no idea what it usually sounds like, but the audio has that 'fluttery' sound you can get from pitching.
Wu's sounded ever more like Kermit since vocal surgery last year. Her voice is in that uncanny valley where it's no longer a man's, but it's not womanly either.
Worse than her pitch and timbre is that beseeching tone. Like most SJWs, Wu only has 2 modes: victim or swaggering toughguy. It looks like she's decided to say HELLO to constituents as a victim, which means she'll be doing her usual yammering about the horrible things Gamergate and the Alt-right have done to her. That would be a mistake. Nobody knows what that stuff is, and I doubt anyone will care.
Tell us again how many times you get catcalled between your car and the front door of the building, Brianna. I'd like to see if you can resist the urge to dismiss potential voters as fascist deplorables when they don't hide their incredulity.
Ah right you are, might be down to the ol' larynx-scraping then aye.
I'm still waiting for someone to confirm this whole thing is a joke...
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 5:45 pm
by MarcusAu
With regards to FIRE - Greg Lukianov is another name that comes to mind
Gad Saad did an interview with him a while back - in which he talks about FIRE:
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Also here's a reasontv clip - with another of the usual suspects:
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Just in case you don't have time to read.
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 6:28 pm
by AndrewV69
Guest_5d3a14a4 wrote:FIRE was founded by at least one left wing, Jewish, card carrying ACLU defense attorney (and former board member of the ACLU of Massachusetts). And use the slymepit search box and you can find aneris and andrew writing of Harvey Silverglate and Alan Kors and various things they have done.
Alan Kors seems more libertarian, and if you want to get a glimpse of the early history of social justice warriors on campus, google Water Buffalo Incident
Written two books:
Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent, by Harvey Silverglate and Alan M. Dershowitz
The Shadow University: The Betrayal Of Liberty On America's Campuses, by Alan Charles Kors and Harvey A. Silverglate
You can decide for yourself if individuals with their beliefs and the organization they founded to defend student and professor's rights on campus would have been called pinko, liberal, conservative, reactionary in:
1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2016
Pretty much what Guest_5d3a14a4 said. However, let us be clear in case someone is new to this.
Basically, back in 2011 Russlynn Ali put the Universities on notice that they have to expel males on campus accused of anything sexual or have her Department come down on their ass. She told them to do this by ignoring due process and hold kangroo courts.
The Universities complied.
FIRE started giving the Universities grief over their lack of due process. Says this shit should go through the courts or not at all.
I sent Russlynn Ali (Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights) an email shortly after her infamous "Dear College" letter telling her that this was a bad idea and she should rethink this. I did get a response months later ... sec ... OK here it is. Basically I was told to fuck off.
Thank you for contacting the Office for Civil Rights in the United States D=
epartment of Education. We appreciate that you took the time to share your=
thoughts.
Arthur R. Goldman
Office for Civil Rights
Customer Service Team Leader
Not surprised actually. When Feminists spew propaganda about 1 in 4 women raped/sexually assaulted on campus you are going to get morons who believe them and set public policy accordingly. But any idiot could see what was going to happen, and they were determined to go ahead anyway.
Personally, if I had the influence, her ass would be in jail along with whoever told her to do this plus a whole bunch of university administrators. Some of them have been sued and forced to make a settlement. You do not hear about those of course.
And yes, I would have told them up front that they were guilty, and they were going to go through the same kangroo court process, you can have a lawyer, who would not be allowed to attend the sessions or see any testimony, and no one would be allowed to examine the accuser (that would be me) nor would any exculpatory evidence be allowed.
Sauce for the goose and gander and all that.
*shrug*
August 2011. That was pretty much when I became an anti-feminist.
Whatever man. Fuck. (Die Antwoord)
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 6:44 pm
by AndrewV69
DrokkIt wrote:
Ah right you are, might be down to the ol' larynx-scraping then aye.
I'm still waiting for someone to confirm this whole thing is a joke...
Of course it is a joke. I doubt that Literally Wu is going to get in. But just by running, Wu is going to provide some lulz. Pretty much guaranteed based on past performance.
However, If by chance Wu does get in that would be fantastically funny. The potential for chaos in that ever comes to pass is of epic proportions.
Let this happen! Inshallah! :pray: :pray: :pray:
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 6:45 pm
by Bourne Skeptic
deLurch wrote:
CommanderTuvok wrote:Any Yankee Pitters want to tell an ignorant Brit who FIRE is, and why they seem to be under, erm, fire?
I get from their social media accounts they are all for free speech, etc. but is there something specific that has set some people off on them?
Proponents of free speech on college campuses is enough to infuriate the run of the mill progressive in today's world. They are not all that well known outside of free speech circles. They will even sue in court. Kind of like the ACLU but with a much narrower scope.
If I were to hazard a guess as to why people are the most pissed with them recently, it would probably have to do with this.
The recent hate directed toward FIRE could have something to do with an Arizona bill that would ban social justice curriculum at university's in Arizona. Fire has come out against it as being unconstitutional.
How about a link the the ire? It would make it much easier to figure out what their beef is.
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 7:36 pm
by Sunder
Bourne Skeptic wrote:
deLurch wrote:
CommanderTuvok wrote:Any Yankee Pitters want to tell an ignorant Brit who FIRE is, and why they seem to be under, erm, fire?
I get from their social media accounts they are all for free speech, etc. but is there something specific that has set some people off on them?
Proponents of free speech on college campuses is enough to infuriate the run of the mill progressive in today's world. They are not all that well known outside of free speech circles. They will even sue in court. Kind of like the ACLU but with a much narrower scope.
If I were to hazard a guess as to why people are the most pissed with them recently, it would probably have to do with this.
The recent hate directed toward FIRE could have something to do with an Arizona bill that would ban social justice curriculum at university's in Arizona. Fire has come out against it as being unconstitutional.
A position that's logically and ethically consistent. I think these courses are worthless or worse than worthless but it's a bad idea to try to legislate them out of existence and sets a terrible precedent.
What a piece of shit. It needed a trigger warning.
Fuck fuck fuck.
I couldn't get past the first chapter. It made me feel like it was making me retarded.
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 9:54 pm
by KiwiInOz
rayshul wrote:
Brive1987 wrote:"The Girl on the Train"
Give me back my last two days of leisure reading.
What a piece of shit. It needed a trigger warning.
Fuck fuck fuck.
I couldn't get past the first chapter. It made me feel like it was making me retarded.
Same. I deleted it from my Kobo before my brains leaked out my nose.
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 10:25 pm
by Steersman
Sunder wrote:
Bourne Skeptic wrote:
deLurch wrote:
<snip>
If I were to hazard a guess as to why people are the most pissed with them recently, it would probably have to do with this.
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The recent hate directed toward FIRE could have something to do with an Arizona bill that would ban social justice curriculum at university's in Arizona. Fire has come out against it as being unconstitutional.
A position that's logically and ethically consistent. I think these courses are worthless or worse than worthless but it's a bad idea to try to legislate them out of existence and sets a terrible precedent.
Seems kind of moot, kind of ambiguous - as I suggested:
From the FIRE article:
Arizona State Representative Bob Thorpe has introduced an ill-advised piece of legislation that would undermine the principle of academic freedom and violate the First Amendment. If passed, HB 2120 would prevent public institutions of higher education and K-12 public schools from including curriculum or activities that “promote[s] division, resentment or social [in?]justice toward a race, gender, religion, political affiliation, social class or other class of people.”
But if you read the linked ABC News article then you find this gem:
Arizona State University's curriculum has included a class titled "U.S. Race Theory and the Problem of Whiteness." According to ASU the upper-division class used literature and rhetoric to look at how stories shaped people's understandings and experiences of race.
While one might reasonably wish to exclude "curriculum or activities that promote[s] division, resentment and social injustice", although it doesn't help matters much to try to sweep real causes for those under the carpet, the problem seems to be more a question of peddling the manifestly egregious dogma and woo that frequently sails under the flag of social-justice-warriorism. Methinks far too many in academia are badly failing their students - and society - by insufficient "winnowing", by neglecting to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Re: The Refuge of the Toads
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 10:53 pm
by Brive1987
Bhurzum wrote:
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:Fuck me, Cainaji, just admit to being white and stop with the Rachel Dolezal bullshit.