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Posted 7 hours ago #
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As above Richard Branson and Virgin are masters at portraying their brand as occupying the moral highground when in reality they are not very nice people. I'm no fan on the Mail, mainly because of their use of clickbait and borderline pornographic photos on their website, but Branson did very well out of the Derek and Clive tapes as their producer and distributor. Jokes about domestic violence and sexual abuse on a fairly grand scale, it should be said, but if a less veneered figure than Sir Rich had produced them, I imagine they would be dredged up now as part of a character assassination.
Posted 5 hours ago # -
makecoldplayhistory » Deplatforming (is that a word) by certain insistutions is wrong.
It seems it is (though a hyphen may be more correct) - I googled in order to find the correct word. As I already pointed out, it's not shutting down opinions, it's simply not facilitating them. Do you think everybody is entitled to a platform, are there no views you think so abhorrent that speakers shouldn't be extended an invite?
It's a race to virtue signal and to take offence at everything.
Interesting use of terminology given your apparent views on free speech - like "snowflake" it's terminology used to shut down debate.
Virgin's banning is a cynical PR stunt and feigned hatred of The Mail is getting a little embarrassing too.
Apart from it not being a banning, you're probably right on the first bit, but my dislike of the DM isn't at all feigned, and I doubt it is for most people. You do realise it is possible to have liberal opinions which aren't just for show?
Posted 24 minutes ago # -
You do realise it is possible to have liberal opinions which aren't just for show?
Freedom of speech is usually core to liberal opinions. Celebrating deplatforming isn't liberal.It is a bit surreal though. Who the hell buys newspapers? How are they still a thing? Are town criers still available on virgin trains?
Posted 20 minutes ago # -
I've found that this comic from xkcd to be the best definition of what freedom of speech actually means as opposed to what people think it means. A bit American but still the point stands
That is not to say however that I think all "controversial" speaker should be denied a platform to air their views as seems to happening at some universities.
Posted 7 minutes ago #
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