Bias In Media

[Sebastian]

What is this lol.

Burkhini I believe.

 

[TyGuy]

Lol.

I don't care. I'm not surprised by any of this anymore. This past year in these threads have given me more insight into psychology than ten courses.

Humans gonna human. People are prisoners have their evolutionary, genetic inheritance and their social environment; both voluntary and involuntary.

Once one realizes that, there is little point to spending any time on getting annoyed by it. It is like getting mad at a shark for eating fish or a dog barking. It is what they do.

That would also apply to everybody would it not? So we should accept certain people with differences of opinion for who they are, and just not get mad or annoyed by their behavior? That's reasonable enough. Now go eat at dumpling empire and/or crystal jade already.

 

[Sebastian]

That would also apply to everybody would it not? So we should accept certain people with differences of opinion for who they are, and just not get mad or annoyed by their behavior? That's reasonable enough. Now go eat at dumpling empire and/or crystal jade already.

It applies to all humans to a varying degree.

Social conditioning, both involuntary and voluntary (with a heavy emphasis on voluntary as it has become the dominant social environment with the internet), shape our perceptions of the world.

However, not everyone is effected equally by it. Genetically, not everyone's brain is wired the same and there are differences between political affiliations at a genetic level.

But, that isn't to say people can't look past both inherited and social affects; but it does require a certain type of personality or thought process.

Edit: None of this excuses poor behavior. Unless one has a damaged frontal lobe, there is no reason to not hold people accountable for their beliefs and actions. A belief is one thing, but beliefs spring into actions and some beliefs are objectively incompatible with societal mores; Nazis being the most prominent on the list of objectively wrong.

 

[The Oi]

Burkhini I believe.

Be honest. You'd bang her.

 

[Sebastian]

Be honest. You'd bang her.

 

[TyGuy]

Be honest. You'd bang her.

Have you seen those hands? What's the best way to hide an erection in this skinny jean era anyway?

 

[Wrathe]

So the next time someone posts something from Breitbart, again, think about what you're doing first:

salon.com

Is Breitbart shunning its alt-right candidate or embracing him?
Heather Digby Parton
4-5 minutes
Steve Bannon (Credit: Getty/Mandel Ngan/Salon)

It’s unclear whether or not Team Bannon has disavowed Paul Nehlen for his outright anti-Semitism and alt-right ties
As conservative commentators scrutinize congressional candidate Paul Nehlen’s explicit anti-Semitic messages and ties to the “alt-right,” Breitbart.com, which had put its full support behind Nehlen, is appearing to disavow Nehlen’s extremism while also continuing to give him a platform.

In an attempt to advance its nationalistic war against all things establishment, Breitbart went all-in for Nehlen -- a little-known candidate who had no chance of winning -- in a 2016 primary election, launching its quixotic crusade to unseat Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI). Predictably, and despite Breitbart’s full-throated support (up until the election, the outlet published close to 30 pieces of content shilling for him), Nehlen lost to Ryan by a 85 to 15 percent margin. Not discouraged by his loss, Nehlen continued to raise his profile with a prolific social media presence and, most importantly, Breitbart’s support. Breitbart’s Executive Chairman Steve Bannon hosted him on his radio show a week after his embarrassing loss, treating him “like a hero” and literally professing his love for him.

In June, close to a year after his humiliating defeat, Nehlen announced a new bid to unseat Ryan in 2018. Breitbart continued to churn out Nehlen-related content, as well as provide him with an “exclusive” platform to author his own attacks on the speaker of the House. However, Nehlen’s penchant for bigotry on social media recently drew the condemnation of a conservative commentator when he targeted attorney Ari Cohn with an anti-Semitic message. As a result, other pundits in the MAGAsphere similarly condemned Nehlen’s anti-Semitism, with Rebel TV host John Cardillo claiming he’d “spoken to Team Bannon” and “they were shocked and disgusted”:

Despite the reported shock of his loyal supporter, Nehlen’s anti-Semitism was anything but sudden. His ties to white nationalism and the “alt-right” had been explicitly displayed in his digital fingerprints, as reported by HuffPost. His attacks on Cohn were not his first display of anti-Semitism, nor were they out of the ordinary given his habit of aggressively responding to his critics using compelling arguments such as “eat a bullet” or “self deport.” Nehlen had also promoted a 4chan meme with ties to the “alt-right,” as well as embraced“Groyper,” a known “alt-right” mascot. He has never shied away from being “all in on the AltRight (sic) vote.” After stumping for Roy Moore, Breitbart’s chosen (and defeated) candidate in the Alabama senatorial special election, Nehlen appeared on the “white power podcast Fash the Nation” and used an anti-Semitic expression, talking about “people who want to throw their parentheses at you,” a clear allusion to the “alt-right” echo meme. Currently, he’s responding to his critics from the right with the type of trolling that is typical of message board posters, crudely comparing outcries to “autistic screeching” (a meme often used to signal enjoyment from triggering those deemed oversensitive).

Meanwhile, the Cardillo tweet remains the only (even second-hand) evidence that Breitbart is at all bothered by the explicit extremism of their chosen candidate. And in response to the HuffPost article that compiled evidence of Nehlen’s ties to white supremacy, Breitbart editor and Team Bannon member Raheem Kassam dismissively tweeted that it was “hysterical rubbish:”

In fact, Breitbart has continued giving Nehlen a platform. As recently as December 18, Nehlen made a guest appearance on the Breitbart radio show Whatever It Takes with Curt Schilling. If what Cardillo tweeted is true, it shows that Breitbart is trying to have it both ways -- appease conservative critics with a vague reported condemnation of Nehlen’s bigotry, without issuing a full-throated disavowal that could cause them to lose the Gab “alt-right” audience. This audience loves Nehlen, proving once again what's become more than evident this year: Breitbart is OK with playing footsie with Nazis.

No offense, but I don't take anything coming from Salon.com as trustworthy. Waaaay to left for me to trust as unbiased. And the Todd Nickerson debacle around supporting pedophilia makes me uncomfortable too.

 

[gourimoko]

No offense, but I don't take anything coming from Salon.com as trustworthy.

You're pretty late to the party....

Waaaay to left for me to trust as unbiased. And the Todd Nickerson debacle around supporting pedophilia makes me uncomfortable too.

Which is fine and dandy.. I have no problem with any of this.. Which is why I said that's fine, let's talk about Breitbart outside of the context of Salon, and I presented evidence irrespective of the Salon piece; which, like the piece, was ignored as well.

 

[The Oi]

What's the best way to hide an erection in this skinny jean era anyway?

 

[TyGuy]

I can probably rub one out really quick in one of those without anybody noticing too.

 

[Sebastian]

You're pretty late to the party....



Which is fine and dandy.. I have no problem with any of this.. Which is why I said that's fine, let's talk about Breitbart outside of the context of Salon, and I presented evidence irrespective of the Salon piece; which, like the piece, was ignored as well.

 

[The Oi]

Good one there.

On another note...

Dropped a Fish Called Wanda reference in a Browns thread. Got dissed.

Lame.

Some great scenes in that movie.

 

[Sebastian]

Good one there.

On another note...

Dropped a Fish Called Wanda reference in a Browns thread. Got dissed.

Lame.

Some great scenes in that movie.

 

[Wrathe]

You're pretty late to the party....



Which is fine and dandy.. I have no problem with any of this.. Which is why I said that's fine, let's talk about Breitbart outside of the context of Salon, and I presented evidence irrespective of the Salon piece; which, like the piece, was ignored as well.

So....

Ya know how when you start reading a thread from where you last read it, and then want to reply to something and do it out of just common habit? Ya, well I did that not realizing that, at the time, the thread was about to turn into 5 pages of exactly what I'd just referenced.

So it was keenly insightful on my part to foresee where the thread would go, yay me. However, completely unintended to re-stir the pot or re-open the conversation that I never knew took place at the time of posting.

TLDR: UNINTENDED!

 

[David.]

@King Stannis

Political ideology is partially genetic, but the way that you're presenting it comes off as determinism. Temporament is both nature and nurture and I believe this is on what you're basing your last post. Traits will skew towards the left or right or top and bottom of a political compass and are largely predictable, to an extent, but it isn't determined outright.