The Off Topic Topic

[Liep]

To not let Turkey run away with all the news Ukraine decides to enter the fray and the result is that independent and critical journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed today with a car bomb.

https://russian.rt.com/article/313055-zhurnalist-pavel-sheremet-pogib-v-kieve-pri

[The Larch]

Oh, the irony.

Milo Yiannopoulos, rightwing writer, permanently banned from Twitter

Breitbart writer, who tweeted as @Nero, handed permanent suspension after claims he fanned flames of social media attack on Ghostbusters' Leslie Jones

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/20/milo-yiannopoulos-nero-permanently-banned-twitter

[Valmy]

Yeah the bizarre pre-emptive rage and fury about the Ghostbusters movie is one of the oddest alt-right crusades yet. I mean typically people wait to see the movie before they try to ruin the lives of everybody involved in it.

[mongers]

Yeah the bizarre pre-emptive rage and fury about the Ghostbusters movie is one of the oddest alt-right crusades yet. I mean typically people wait to see the movie before they try to ruin the lives of everybody involved in it.

So it would be a bit like people over here hunting down and stalking Jim Dale for appearing in 'Carry On Columbus'? 

[Eddie Teach]

Is Marty still banned?

[Valmy]

Is Marty still banned?

That is what he said on Facebook. He still reads it from time to time though.

[DGuller]

To not let Turkey run away with all the news Ukraine decides to enter the fray and the result is that independent and critical journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed today with a car bomb.

https://russian.rt.com/article/313055-zhurnalist-pavel-sheremet-pogib-v-kieve-pri

Damn. 

[Ed Anger]

Is Marty still banned?

That is what he said on Facebook. He still reads it from time to time though.

Jacob is Caracalla reborn as a mod.

[Valmy]

To not let Turkey run away with all the news Ukraine decides to enter the fray and the result is that independent and critical journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed today with a car bomb.

https://russian.rt.com/article/313055-zhurnalist-pavel-sheremet-pogib-v-kieve-pri

Damn. 

My ability to read Old Church Slavonic is low so what happened? I mean besides a journalist got blown up. Who took him out?

[DGuller]

To not let Turkey run away with all the news Ukraine decides to enter the fray and the result is that independent and critical journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed today with a car bomb.

https://russian.rt.com/article/313055-zhurnalist-pavel-sheremet-pogib-v-kieve-pri

Damn. 

My ability to read Old Church Slavonic is low so what happened? I mean besides a journalist got blown up. Who took him out?

Didn't say.  I'm not familiar with his latest work, so who knows who he pissed off.  Or maybe it's one of those regular hit jobs to keep the journalists afraid.

[derspiess]

Had a field mouse sneak into my basement somehow.  I'm guessing he got in when one of the kids left the back door open for like half a day.  Fucker was way too nimble for the snap traps I set out; he liked to sample the peanut butter I put on them but never triggered the bar.  He was also able to get himself freed from one of the glue traps but finally got caught in the other.  He didn't suffer long.

[Jacob]

Yeah the bizarre pre-emptive rage and fury about the Ghostbusters movie is one of the oddest alt-right crusades yet. I mean typically people wait to see the movie before they try to ruin the lives of everybody involved in it.

It does rather illustrate that misogyny is still thriving in this day and age.

[Barrister]

Yeah the bizarre pre-emptive rage and fury about the Ghostbusters movie is one of the oddest alt-right crusades yet. I mean typically people wait to see the movie before they try to ruin the lives of everybody involved in it.

It does rather illustrate that misogyny is still thriving in this day and age.

I refuse to say that misogyny (or racism - see the tweets that drove GB star Leslie Jones off the internet) is thriving merely because of a handful of jackasses with a keyboard and a Twitter account.  The new movie appears to be doing very well at the box office after all.

But yes, clearly racism and misogyny still do exist in our society.

[garbon]

Yeah the bizarre pre-emptive rage and fury about the Ghostbusters movie is one of the oddest alt-right crusades yet. I mean typically people wait to see the movie before they try to ruin the lives of everybody involved in it.

It does rather illustrate that misogyny is still thriving in this day and age.

I think we could do with fewer illustrations.

[Jacob]

I refuse to say that misogyny (or racism - see the tweets that drove GB star Leslie Jones off the internet) is thriving merely because of a handful of jackasses with a keyboard and a Twitter account.  The new movie appears to be doing very well at the box office after all.

But yes, clearly racism and misogyny still do exist in our society.

I concur. It is not merely due to a handful of jackasses with a keyboard and a twitter account that leads to the conclusion. Rather it is the very high frequency of "a handful of jackasses" to the degree that you can reliably predict their appearance when it comes to a number of topics in pop-culture, politics, etc.