She may look nice, but she certainly is on the dumb side of things :/
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She may look nice, but she certainly is on the dumb side of things :/
Synobun
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Moderator Action: This is not an attack thread on Ms. Lawrence. Beyond this, posting comments like wishing that she were a communal bike and that you hope her personal data gets hacked and her private photos get distributed to the public (again) is woefully inappropriate and not at all welcome on CFC.
Do you want her to keep quiet because you disagree with what she says, or just because she's an actress?
Are you expected to keep your political opinions to yourself because you're a professional author?
Celebrities live by the fame, so they are more likely to be open to such attacks, no? I mean... i am a writer in a language not spoken by more than 25 million people, apparently, no one really would bother with what i say about some social event.
That said, i personally don't post about social events either (eg on social networks i use for my book presentation etc).
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The US has given up the right to say that celebrities who don't know what they are talking about should keep quiet. After all, we elected one.
You know, it is interesting that the first thing i heard Jennifer Lawrence say as a celeb - right after the original hunger games- was that she didn't get why people would want to listen to actors/actresses about anything, and that it is just a job. A few weeks later she already had become one of the most blatant attention grabbing celebrities out there. A bit bizarre 
I am not sure i care about what any of the people in the acting profession have to say, though. I like very few actors, and even that wouldn't make me go out of my way to find what they said on anything.
I am not sure i care about what any of the people in the acting profession have to say, though. I like very few actors, and even that wouldn't make me go out of my way to find what they said on anything.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...a9f2d808496_story.html?utm_term=.3b3fc5d99d3e
https://www.theguardian.com/technol...-neo-nazis-as-spotify-bans-white-power-tracks
Somewhat related to the topic at hand. Basically they are trying to silence the alt-right. While I don't support these yokels, I can't help but think it's a step too far. But I actually support this if only to see how this experiment plays out. Call it a social experiment. Shut down all white supremecist websites and drive them all to the dark web. What will happen? I'm fascinated what will become of this. We live in interesting times.
https://www.theguardian.com/technol...-neo-nazis-as-spotify-bans-white-power-tracks
Somewhat related to the topic at hand. Basically they are trying to silence the alt-right. While I don't support these yokels, I can't help but think it's a step too far. But I actually support this if only to see how this experiment plays out. Call it a social experiment. Shut down all white supremecist websites and drive them all to the dark web. What will happen? I'm fascinated what will become of this. We live in interesting times.
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The revealing statement on this issue comes from the CEO of CloudFlare. They cut off protective proxy service to The Daily Stormer, which lead directly to their host and the host they tried to move to saying "nope, you are too likely to draw denial of service attacks that would hurt our other clients, so go elsewhere." The CEO of CloudFlare was very specific that his company does not intend to become the authority on right and wrong and their policy is to provide service without regard to content. He personally made the decision to cancel service for The Daily Stormer because they specifically claimed "CloudFlare is with us," and he would not allow his company to let that statement stand unchallenged based on potential damage to its reputation.
So, while there may be some amount of "internet policing" going on, it is important to note that a lot of what appears to be such policing is just simple business decisions.
A lot of institutional racism is also just simple business decisions. I think that web providers and similar services should be far less willing to play this kind of role. Not due to stormfront or other such sites, but because no one should want to go down the road of a policed internet. Already the internet is far more regulated than a decade ago, and if the trend continues at this pace the next decade won't be something workable.
Warned for PDMA and inappropriate behaviour.
I for one, don't wish Ms. Lawrence to be a communal bike. I wouldn't mind riding her though.
Moderator Action: The mod note was not a suggestion or a blase opinion. Both the PDMA and the sexual comment are inappropriate. - Vincour
Please read the forum rules: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=422889
Moderator Action: The mod note was not a suggestion or a blase opinion. Both the PDMA and the sexual comment are inappropriate. - Vincour
Please read the forum rules: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=422889
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Traitorfish
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I understand that the thread has moved onto other, more, inane things, but for the record: "blood and soil" doesn't mean anything outside of the context of violent white supremacy. It's a direct translation of the German slogan "Blut and Boden", which dates to the late 19th century but doesn't appear in English usage until it's taken up by the Nazis in the 1930s. The phrase has never been employed by people who didn't explicitly promote killing Jews and invading Poland; why should a neutral bystander assume that it has suddenly acquired some sudden, pacifistic meaning?
Perhaps you don't realise this and perhaps your're just being coy, but let me suggest that you can only play so dumb before people start to think you're not playing.
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Who's blood and soil is this anyway? Not that I approve of white nationalism in Europe either, but at least there it isn't laughably hypocritical. If they want a "white ethnostate" they themselves can go back to their own "homeland".
Berzerker
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She's asking the photos be used for hunting people down, that means addresses... And I dont like this practice of recording people just because they're in public and have no 'right' to privacy, we have a reasonable expectation of anonymity and free speech requires it... If people gather for redress of grievances neither the state nor 'journalists' have any business hunting them down for punishment.
^What i dislike the most is that Lawrence promised to make her helpers "famous". I mean, come on, that is just stupid. It is a bit like that "please have seat" tv pedophile hunter charade
Maybe she sort of unwittingly is identifying her role in life as the one in that crap movie series she was on.
Maybe she sort of unwittingly is identifying her role in life as the one in that crap movie series she was on.
I don't really care about JLaw, I have at no point read or referenced anything she's said.
You really don't have an expectation of anonymity if you're in public. Wear a mask if you want.
Berzerker
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we did before camera phones and people who think like you
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I mean, cameras existed before phones did.
People like me who realize you can't stuff a genie back into the bottle.
Really, government and corporate surveillance and tracking of individuals is far more of a problem. Focus your attentions there if you want to make a difference.
Berzerker
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you advocate letting the genie loose... and I dont like their surveillance either, but they're not hunting protesters down. Well, businesses are now since people are posting photos of protesters demanding they pay the price for their offensive speech
