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More on the legacy of the Panthers theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/…

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17 Oct
Better than decent chance Netflix eventually caves
Reasonable to expect 1.) statement of desire to listen and learn, 2.) implied promise never to let similar content on the platform again 3.) no more Dave, 10X more Gadsby & co. going forward
Why do I think so? Here's an article about his wife: hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-…
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16 Oct
The truth is that Chappelle is more or less the modal black Democratic Party voter — ultra-woke on things pertaining to blacks and by far the least woke on any other progressive cause, especially feminism and gender stuff
And unfriendly to Israel
First reference to Space Jews meant people who left earth and came back to take it back (ie Israel), second to victims who go elsewhere to become oppressors (ie Israel)
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15 Oct
“That’s all changed”

Editor’s note: none of the facts listed in the first paragraph has changed nytimes.com/2021/10/14/bus…
One by one, people and institutions realize that in order to remain tethered to the reality that is the basis of their enterprise, they must pass through the simulation
Chapelle did it and Netflix went with him
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13 Oct
They just added me for the sake of diversity
I don't of course merit inclusion of the list. I am not an activist engaged in any effort to litigate or legislate against CRT. I am merely an independent commentator who has some views critical of it.

This is enough to get me tagged an enemy.
They will hurt whomever they perceive standing in the way of their cause without regard for proportionality or accuracy: this act is in turn revealing of the character and nature of their cause itself
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6 Oct
Canadian PM tweets about 2SLGBTQQIA+ people
What is the second Q?
Is he on tape saying the term anywhere?
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6 Oct
It was always going to be tricky to both be the primary organization defending and advancing LGBTQ rights and the primary organization defending the right to call people faggots.

There was a unique power to that configuration so long as the principle was held in high esteem.
The premise of the organization is that the ability to do the former is dependent on the ability to do the latter
But what if we made a turn where the powerful all smiled on LGBTQ rights and so there is no need to protect advocacy of LGBTQ as a form of "unpopular speech" and we can simply ban the bad unpopular speech while continuing to support the good, popular speech?
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