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Right now there is an emergent crisis for trans rights where states are mandating child abuse in the interest of ideology (hypocritically, the very thing many Republicans accuse trans people of doing). So whether one wants to back off or not for political convenience, there’s a callousness to that you may never really be able to come back from.…[Read more]

I think the pickle Target finds itself in is a classic canary in a coal mine.

Target is being targeted by extremist offshoots of a populist movement. Trans rights is tangential. You won’t kill the populism by backing off on any single issue. That’s addressing the symptom, not the disease. Unless the dems can find a way to deal with xenophobic…[Read more]

The news coverage was when they covered it in the news back when he first made the announcement last year. I am sure there were also stories prior to that announcement as there have been stories since and there will continue to be coverage during his run. While the town hall is news adjacent, pretending like CNN staff objecting to the town hall…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
That’s weird. It seems almost everyone working at CNN hated the town hall, hated the whole idea of covering the NEWS.

It wasn’t news coverage. While it still falls within the realm programming news stations often offer, it’s a bit silly to pretend they hated the idea of covering “NEWS” when it reality this was an event they p…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
@autumn Free speech isn’t just for the speech you like.

Irrelevant. Try again.

This has nothing to do with all candidates at once. This has to do with the absurd notion that CNN would be biased against Trump as a candidate for not giving him a town hall in a primary race that doesn’t even have finalized candidates when CNN has no articulated format for providing this opportunity equally to all candidates. It’s a bullshit…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
@autumn I get it: It’s okay for the press to take sides with lopsided presentations which favor one candidate over the other…

So CNN gave every candidate in the Republican primaries a town hall?

Unseen wrote:
Jimmy Dore (the political comic everyone loves to hate)…

I don’t know him enough to hate him, but he comes across as insipid. The Nathan Lane joke is weird. Why make fun of glasses, and why pick Nathan Lane when that’s not the sort of thing he’s actually likely to wear?

Olbermann: The transformation of CNN into a journalistic…

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TheEncogitationer wrote:
Autumn,

Knowing that X no. of acts of antisemitic vandalism happened in Y neighbourhood doesn’t do that. To the knowledge of anyone here, this bill calls for nothing more. There isn’t an indication it calls for more.

The whole point of this legislation is to capture the incidents that are not being reported to the pol…[Read more]

_Robert_ wrote:
The law should spell out the intended purpose, limited use and security of the data.

There isn’t a program yet. The bill directs the Department of Human Rights to create the program. This legislation is in response to community calls for action to address underreporting of bias incidents for various reasons.

Let’s face it, all s…

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TheEncogitationer wrote:
Autumn,

But not the motive.

Ackshuyally, there would be a motive. That motive goes back…

By that extent, you have motive to kill the next person you meet so that you can steal their stuff. Perhaps we should create an alarmist thread about your murdering ways?

“Bias incidents” are the products of human agents. It wou…

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The legislation states:

Directs the commissioner of human rights to solicit, receive, and compile reports from community organizations, schools, and individuals regarding incidents that members of the community believe are motivated by bias.

I don’t know where this fixation on individuals or citizens comes in.

I’m pretty sure it’s not that kind of list. From the sound of it, it’s about compiling data on target, type, locale, and frequency of bias motivated incidents rather than building person of interest or watch lists.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Autumn,

They record the incident. You seem to be of the impression that they are taking names of offenders, alleged or actual. That’s unlikely.

They have the means…

But not the motive.

TheEncogitationer wrote:

There was a State Senator Harry Niska who asked a supporter of the bill Senator Samantha Wang whether a “bias incident” would include blaming the Government of Red China for the outbreak of COVID-19 or wearing a T-Shirt saying “I Love J.K. Rawling.” She answered “Yes” to the first question and mealy-mouthed on the second.

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jakelafort wrote:
That is a positive step in Minnesota. However it is not enough to simply track hate crimes or racially motivated incidents and gather data. Do something about it!

True, but data is potentially a useful tool in the same sense that diagnostic medicine isn’t a treatment for disease, but it is important in determining treatment.…[Read more]

Yes, the whole point is that it’s there to be used. That’s an issue because…?

That’s not what the article nor the legislation states. It just allows for the collection of data to see overall trends. The Department of Human Rights is likely a better avenue for this than the police.

Unseen wrote:
The Twitter files make clear that the American government had a back channel they used to suppress stories countering their propaganda by demanding they be declared “fake news.”

Conversely, the government also has an interest in reducing the spread of propaganda and misinformation. Whether they are doing A or B or a bit of both is…[Read more]