Open (More or Less) Post on Covid 65

[ecosophia]

As we proceed through the second year of these open posts, it's pretty clear that the official narrative is cracking as the toll of deaths and injuries from the Covid vaccines rises steadily and the vaccines themselves demonstrate their total uselesness at preventing Covid infection or transmission. It's still important to keep watch over the mis-, mal- and nonfeasance of our self-proclaimed health gruppenfuehrers, and the disastrous results of the Covid mania, but I think it's also time to begin thinking about what might be possible as the existing medical industry reels under the impact of its own self-inflicted injuries. 

So it's time for another open post. The rules are the same as before: 

1. If you plan on parroting the party line of the medical industry and its paid shills, please go away. This is a place for people to talk openly, honestly, and freely about their concerns that the party line in question is dangerously flawed and that actions being pushed by the medical industry et al. are causing injury and death. It is not a place for you to dismiss those concerns. Anyone who wants to hear the official story and the arguments in favor of it can find those on hundreds of thousands of websites.

2. If you plan on insisting that the current situation is the result of a deliberate plot by some villainous group of people or other, please go away. There are tens of thousands of websites currently rehashing various conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 outbreak and the vaccines. This is not one of them. What we're exploring is the likelihood that what's going on is the product of the same arrogance, incompetence, and corruption that the medical industry and its tame politicians have displayed so abundantly in recent decades. That possibility deserves a space of its own for discussion, and that's what we're doing here. 
 
3. If you plan on using rent-a-troll derailing or disruption tactics, please go away. I'm quite familiar with the standard tactics used by troll farms to disrupt online forums, and am ready, willing, and able -- and in fact quite eager -- to ban people permanently for engaging in them here. Oh, and I also lurk on other Covid-19 vaccine skeptic blogs, so I'm likely to notice when the same posts are showing up on more than one venue. 

4. If you don't believe in treating people with common courtesy, please go away. I have, and enforce, a strict courtesy policy on my blogs and online forums, and this is no exception. The sort of schoolyard bullying that takes place on so many other internet forums will get you deleted and banned here. Also, please don't drag in current quarrels about sex, race, religious, etc. No, I don't care if you disagree with that: my journal, my rules. 

With that said, the floor is open for discussion.    

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Censorship and More Tech Layoffs

[(Anonymous)]

In the layoffs of Twitter employees, many of the recently canned posted their screeds to the bird app. It was then revealed that there was a team of people who reported to the United Nations to ensure that UN principles were applied to moderation policies. There were also teams who focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and now we also know there was a link to the Homeland Security to ensure disinformation was prevented.

I knew the censorship was bad, but didn't realize there were multiple teams focused on it. Easily 100 managers, plus who know how many direct reports.

Like clockwork, once the layoffs happened a huge surge in "the n word" was reported. The blue checks began fanning themselves like Scarlet O'Hara appalled, never once considering it could be bots or just people goofing off. My word, the elite are a bunch of pansies.

Now Facebook leaked that they are doing massive layoffs this week and I wonder if it will be made up of the same content moderators that Twitter had. If so, I expect the same kind of apoplectic response from the media.

I'm enjoying seeing their agony that their spaces they claim they fought to make safe are now soiled. So many of them are claiming that they are leaving and going to Mastodon but I have the feeling they'll be back. Their whole identity is based on punching down at normal people - finding someone who isn't towing the lib agenda and publicly shaming them into following it. If they are on a social network only with each other, not enough fresh meat for them. Maybe they'll circular firing squad faster.

Twitter firing the censors just prior to the election is interesting, and Facebook doing it right after (hopefully!) is interesting too. They've already said the vote counting will take at least a week which is ridiculous and insane since they've installed computerized everything now. Stay safe out there everyone!

Re: Censorship and More Tech Layoffs

[hearthspirit]

"Their whole identity is based on punching down at normal people - finding someone who isn't towing the lib agenda and publicly shaming them into following it. If they are on a social network only with each other, not enough fresh meat for them. Maybe they'll circular firing squad faster."