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Shrill, hyper-liberal bullies dumb down every debate, and even yesterday's liberals now look like heretics

Damian Wilson
RT
Fri, 12 Jun 2020 16:14 UTC
Black Lives Matter protest
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Progessive thinkers of the recent past are starting to appear reactionary, as the emergent radical "liberals" use university campuses and social media to intolerantly shout down any dissent.

If we park Covid-19 for a moment, we will be able to identify another spreading virus that is just as damaging to us all and likely to have equally long-lasting consequences.

The shrill voices of those oh-so-liberal that they are now illiberal will attempt to drown out any dissent at the plinths and pedestals of historical statues and monuments. This is the new hyper-liberalism, and it's spreading rapidly.

If you disagree you are wrong. And if you continue to disagree then they will shout and shout and shout until you agree with them. In action, it might manifest itself in the decapitation of a bronze statue of some historic entrepreneur who profited from the once-fashionable business of slave trade. Or it might be the bullying of an avowed feminist who refuses to espouse the most radical ideas of the 'trans community'.
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Red Pill

Meghan & Harry shift focus to BLM. Now, does anyone still believe the elite-backed movement challenges the establishment?

Joanna Williams
RT
Thu, 11 Jun 2020 16:09 UTC
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex
© Getty Images / Dominic Lipinski / PA Wire
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are perfect brand ambassadors for Black Lives Matter, which poses as a radical threat to the status quo, but, in reality, is one of the most elite-backed movements ever.

We recover from coronavirus to emerge blinking into the midst of protests, riots and statues tumbling. Police kneel before activists, JK Rowling has been cancelled, Gone With The Wind has been removed from HBO Max, comedy favourites have been pulled from Netflix. The world is where we left it before lockdown, but nothing is quite the same.

With such rapid social change, it's a relief when some things come as no surprise. News that the LA-based formerly royal duo, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, are "shifting their focus" and will be putting their energy into supporting the Black Lives Matter movement is so predictable it's positively reassuring.
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Take 2

And the anti-racism Oscar goes to... the Hollywood celebrities producing this contrived, virtue-signaling video

Michael McCaffrey
RT
Fri, 12 Jun 2020 16:00 UTC
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In response to America's racial unrest over George Floyd's murder, Hollywood actors once again feel the need to flex their me-first moralism with a nauseating, self-serving performance.

Unfortunately for us, Hollywood never lets a good crisis go to waste.

First there was the coronavirus pandemic.

Hollywood bravely responded to that calamity with Wonder Woman herself, Gal Gadot, and a cavalcade of her clueless celebrity friends putting out a video of themselves "singing" John Lennon's saccharine anthem 'Imagine'.

The world responded by collectively throwing up in its mouth.
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Bullseye

Most Americans think 'All Lives Matter' is a positive message. Yet why are we being told it's as good as a hate crime?


RT
Fri, 12 Jun 2020 15:55 UTC
all lives matter
© AAP Image/James Gourley via REUTERS
Despite pushback from activists against the phrase "all lives matter" amidst George Floyd protests, a poll suggests the majority of people are not offended by the words and only a small, vocal minority are behind the outrage.

If you have spent even a little time looking through social media posts or reading media headlines in recent weeks, it's likely become obvious that "all lives matter" is one of many triggering phrases that has been pointed to by Black Lives Matter activists as simply not culturally acceptable to say.

According to a new poll, however, the majority of people appear to see the words as positive.
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Red Flag

UCLA professor suspended after refusing leniency for black students

Natalie O'Neill
New York Post
Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:50 UTC
UCLA campus
© UCLA Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty ImagesRoyce Hall on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles
A professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, says he was suspended from his job after refusing a student's request to effectively cancel final exams for black students amid protests over the death of George Floyd.

"I have been placed on involuntary leave for three weeks, and it looks like it may end up being more than that," Gordon Klein, who teaches accounting at the school, told The Post.

Klein — whom students slammed as "racist" and "dismissive" — was also placed under police protection at his Malibu home after receiving threats from critics furious over the email exchange, the Free Beacon reported.

Comment: The clown show continues as people who are clearly not racist are being labelled as such. There is no reason for anyone, regardless of skin color, to receive special treatment in regards to academic requirements simply because ideologically possessed mobs are protesting. The professor did the right thing, and for that he will be punished.

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Cupcake Choco

SOTT Focus: The Color Revolution is Finally Home

Dragana Trifković
stanjestvari.com
Sat, 13 Jun 2020 10:26 UTC

Comment: The following is an analysis of current events in the US from a Serbian perspective, originally published here and translated for Sott.net by Svetlana Maksovic.


BLM floyd protest white house
When pro-Western liberals think of the West, they typically think of democracy, freedom of speech and human rights. The East, on the other hand, makes them think of dictatorship and repression. They generate misconceptions on the basis of media reports and propaganda that have been spread by global media for decades. If you ask them what they think about the enforcement of democracy by bombs, they will not have an answer to that question.

Their favorite subject is Soviet gulags, although they know little about them. The symbol of communist dictatorship is Stalin, and if you ask them about the bloody Lenin, you will hear only good things about him.

They can't stand Putin and they immediately have a nervous breakdown when his name is mentioned. It is very difficult to talk to them, especially if they are overzealous, and in most cases they are.

They are particularly intolerant of straightforward arguments. American democracy is their undisputed model and should be implemented everywhere. However, nothing is going well there anymore as democracy has just exploded in America. In the literal sense of the word. That does not make me happy at all. I know that the American establishment, in addition to bombing half the world - including my country - has destroyed its own state. And all this under the slogan of the so-called struggle for human rights.

But doctrine is one thing, statistics quite another...
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Megaphone

Finland renames 'Negro Island' amid global anti-racism protests


RT
Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:47 UTC
negro island Neekerisaari
© Google MapsThe offensive islet as seen from space.
Despite lacking a history of colonialism or slavery, Finland has nonetheless decided to do its bit in the anti-racism drive gripping the Western world, by changing the "racist" name of a small island.

The landmass in the Pyhaselka Lake in eastern Finland bore the name Neekerisaari - which translates as "Negro Island." It has been designated an "exceptional case" by the state-run Institute for the Language of Finland (Kotus) due to its "absolutely derogatory" name, as official maps must not contain "racist expressions."

The name is now being removed from maps, and the island will be marked under by its older name, Seppanen.

Comment: Was anyone actually asking for this? Was anyone actually offended? While changing the name of the island seems harmless in and of itself, one has to wonder where the virtue signaling ends.

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Magic Wand

Starbucks bows to online roasting and 'cancel' calls, changes dress code to declare 'Black Lives Matter'


RT
Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:21 UTC
starbucks broken window
© REUTERS/Caitlin OchsA damaged Starbucks window after a George Floyd protest in Manhattan, New York City, May 31, 2020.
Starbucks overrode its long-standing dress code and pledged to sponsor 'Black Lives Matter' merchandise after celebrities and activists threatened to 'cancel' the coffee chain for its perceived lack of wokeness.

The company announced on Friday it would sponsor 250,000 'BLM' shirts for its employees and allow buttons supporting the cause, reversing course after just one day of social media brigading.

The shirts are intended to "demonstrate our allyship and show we stand together in unity," the executives wrote in a letter on Friday, titled 'Standing together against racial injustice'.

Comment: It appears Starbucks still hasn't let learned the ultimate lesson when dealing with the outrage mob - the more you submit to their insane requests, the more insane their requests become. And they are never, EVER, satisfied.

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No Entry

No-knock warrants banned in Louisville in law named for Breonna Taylor

Barbara Campbell and Suzanne Nuyen
NPR
Thu, 11 Jun 2020 21:40 UTC
justice for breonna taylor
© Darron Cummings/APA protester holds a sign during a June 1 protest over the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky.
The Louisville, Ky., Metro Council has voted unanimously to ban no-knock warrants. The legislation was titled Breonna's Law, in honor of a woman who was killed during a raid on her home earlier this year.

Her death became one of the rallying points in protests against police violence, along with that of George Floyd, who was killed by police in Minneapolis in May. Crowds all over the country have chanted her name.

Breonna Taylor was at home at her apartment with her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, on March 13 when police arrived to execute a warrant in the middle of the night. Walker reached for his gun and fired at police, according to his lawyers, because he mistook the entering officers for a robber. Officers returned fire and Taylor, 26, was shot multiple times and later died.

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Attention

COVID Censorship at ResearchGate: Facts about face coverings covered up?

Robert Kernodle
Watts Up With That?
Sat, 13 Jun 2020 10:47 UTC
censored banned denied
A Website that Makes Research Open to All?

My title has a question mark in it, and my first heading has a question mark in it. The question mark in the title means that there might be a question about whether censorship is actually taking place, while the second question mark means that there is definitely a question about the legitimacy of a mission-statement claim. A resolution of the second question mark would get rid of the first question mark, but I'll leave that resolution up to readers.

For readers who might not know, ResearchGate is a website that has established a professional network for scientists and researchers (with over 17 million members from all over the world) to share their publications, publish their data, and discuss their research. According to its terms of service, ResearchGate's mission is to connect the world of science and make research open to all.

You can check out the full terms of service here.
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