Right wing nuts thread (1 Viewer)

[DaveXA]

Wasn't sure where to put this, but we need a thread for the wing nuts. Lauren Boebert.

 

[DaveXA]

This is the kind of crap that the conspiracy theorists eat up. It validates their biases.

Yeah, some of these people don't give a sheet about the truth.

 

[MT15]

Evidently NewsMax, not having learned a thing from the Dominion lawsuit settlement, has been airing (and one of its people tweeted) a badly photoshopped purported WhatsApp message they say is from Hunter Biden to a Chinese person discussing a payment. There is no date/time stamp, although they claim it is from 2017-18, the background screen has 2 different blue colors, the font changes in boldness and size, and even a little bit of color difference. And the profile picture is a picture of Hunter from 2022 that is a common photo used in news stories about Hunter. Not a photo that would likely be used for a profile picture not to mention it would be from the future if this message is from that time period.

I think the disinfo purveyors are pulling out all the stops to distract from Trump‘s issues.

I sincerely hope Hunter sues them for defamation.

 

[MT15]

 

[MT15]

These guys aren’t really nuts, maybe, but definitely right wing:

 

[UriUT]

Twitter agrees to comply with tough EU disinformation laws

Bloc officials enter company’s headquarters to test its controls on issues such as Russian propaganda

www.theguardian.com

Thierry Breton, the commissioner responsible for enforcement of the new Digital Services Act, welcomed the fact the company voluntarily agreed to the test.

He reiterated his warning to all social media companies that the EU would act swiftly and sharply to uphold the sweeping new laws that enter into force in August.

“When it comes to online crime, there can be no half measures. Very large online platforms need to put the necessary internal controls and resources in place to be ready for the new European rules,” he said.

The new laws come into force on 25 August but EU fears that Twitter may not comply had become heightened, with one commissioner warning the company recently that a “wild west” operation would not be tolerated.

I don’t know how they will comply with these laws. Musk hasn’t been paying his rent, employee bonuses, etc. where will he find workers to meet these demands? Who will shut musk up as he is one of the biggest culprit off disinformation?

Edit: oops I didn’t realize this wasn’t the twitter thread. Saw the twitter post and remembered this article.

 

[MT15]

 

[MT15]

They are going to try to outlaw birth control next:

 

[SystemShock]

These guys aren’t really nuts, maybe, but definitely right wing:

I guess the supply of right wing nut jobs has reached its limit

Great tweet, uniting 2 of my favorite people to laugh at

BTW, isn't that St Dude's daughter? Wonder what happened to him.

 

[MT15]

Yes, it is. I think she’s an editor at Jezebel now. She has a sharp wit, but I don’t see as much of her on Twitter these days.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Yes, it is. I think she’s an editor at Jezebel now. She has a sharp wit, but I don’t see as much of her on Twitter these days.

Can't blame her.

 

[bird]

They are going to try to outlaw birth control next:

Yeesh. Just another RW azzhat wanting to control women.

 

[MT15]

What is the deal with RWNJs wanting to put everyone in prison?

 

[MT15]

This is a fascinating thread about an extreme leftist who escaped extremism, it’s long but very interesting:

 

[bird]

This is a fascinating thread about an extreme leftist who escaped extremism, it’s long but very interesting:

Came to his senses. That is interesting. The problem with radical-ism is that it abandons any sort of actual moral foundation for destruction and oppression. One wonders if his “discovery” of founding documents includes the flaws such as failing to deal with slavery.

 

[MT15]

I don’t think this is all that rare of an occurrence

 

[bird]

I don’t think this is all that rare of an occurrence

I would say that I am surprised. That is I would if I were surprised.

 

[LA - L.A.]

I don’t think this is all that rare of an occurrence

I would say that I am surprised. That is I would if I were surprised.

As someone else said recently, almost every accusation by right wing extremists is an admission of guilt.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Woke bureaucrats want to destroy the last of New York City’s beloved coal and wood fired pizzerias in a crazed climate crusade.

That’s the lie fueling the latest rightwing outrage cycle, in a distorted account of a commonsense air quality rule passed in New York City seven years ago. In reality, the rule, which soon takes effect, requires a handful of pizzerias to reduce the exhaust fumes that could harm neighbors, using a small air filter like those required at other New York City restaurants, which have been used by pizza shops in Italy for decades.

But conservative attention-seekers seem determined to make this another kind of “Pizzagate”.

“Some forking little liberal arts, Ivy-League, pink-haired, crazy liberal who’s never worked one day in the real world is trying to get rid of coal oven pizzerias in New York City,” seethed Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports.

“This is utter bs. It won’t make a difference to climate change,” wrote Elon Musk on Twitter. (New York’s rule doesn’t actually mention climate change.)

And a pro-Trump activist, Scott LoBaido, unleashed an in-person tirade against “woke” lawmakers at New York’s city hall, throwing slices of pizza over the gate. (Mayor Eric Adams, a vegan, responded that LoBaido “needs to bring a vegan pie to me so we can sit down and I want to hear his side of this”.)

For actual New York City pizza lovers, it’s a spectacle without basis in reality. “This is not legislation that will corrode the New York pizza scene,” says Scott Wiener, a leading New York City pizza expert and historian, but some people “are so resistant to facts”.…….

What’s being asked of traditional oven pizza restaurants is simple: install a type of air filter in their chimneys to keep their cancer-causing dust from blowing into their neighbors’ homes. The city originally asked kitchens to do this by 2020, then postponed the plan until this year due to the pandemic. But many restaurants had already made the changes, some of them years before the rule was even drafted.

The actual impact has been minimal, says Wiener. “Pizzerias have mostly already adapted, and most pizzerias that need them have already installed them, and nobody has noticed. This is something that is not going to make or break a pizzeria.”

But outside of New York City, conservatives have portrayed the move as a total pizzapocalypse. The far-right media personality Benny Johnson declared on his YouTube show that “New York has canceled pizza”, adding:“You’re no longer allowed to eat pizza.”

And the Colorado GOP congresswoman Lauren Boebert claimed incorrectly on Twitter that “the majority of NYC’s world-famous pizza joints utilize decades-old brick ovens, and will be directly affected by this”…….

Rightwingers say ‘pink-haired liberals’ are killing New York pizza. Here’s what’s really happening

An air quality rule passed seven years ago requires some shops to install air filters like those used in Italy

www.theguardian.com