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My first thought on seeing that picture was a question: is this a person of privilege showing off her new overpriced merch acquisition, or is it someone who feels she is in enemy territory, and is counting coup?

"In conclusion, transphobia is a land of contrasts"

We've never promoted it as that.

Plus Musk has clearly bought twitter with the goal of helping authoritarians win elections. He's silencing pro-democracy people. That's where his profit goal is in this. The payment he gets for doing that. so no, twitter is not a free speech zone.

I recognise this pattern from 30 years ago www.wired.com/1994/05/alt-...

I got a lifetime ban on post-Musk pre-rename Twitter as well, right around the time that credulous media hyped him as "a free speech absolutist." My crime was never explained to me, but I did mention the existence of Mastodon.

I would agree with you on this point: too many people here have decided the best way to disagree is being as explicitly abusive as possible (so lots of GFY's & KYS's). Back on Twitter it would've quickly got them auto-suspended so it didn't tend to happen, but nothing stops it here.

Robert Smith, what do you make of Jemima Kelly's having posted a gift link to X, and framing it this way? cc: @kevinmkruse.bsky.social

You're by far the cringiest person I've seen on here yet. Just utterly fatuous and with zero self-awareness.

Drinks parties ain't beanbag, Little Lord F.

Isn’t this a bit of a circular argument? There aren’t enough differing points of view. Also, It’s bad that you have a different POV than me.

I’m so glad you don’t like it here. We’re doing something right.

Have you considered crying about it?

that's not why people are calling her that and you know that, you disingenuous bore.

Or maybe people are actually just upset that this place is being described as more biased than the site run by a literal fascist who has banned people from using progressive terminology.

Although probably not as daft as framing your criticism of an echo chamber around your own incredibly niche and privileged social circle.

Have you all just considered getting better at posting

Have you ever considered the possibility that what you consider to be erudite takes are actually dog shit? Maybe try that.

I used it as a semi-joke at first, but the other day I went there to look at art with Richard Morris and somehow fell into a pit of racist discourse the likes of which I've never heard openly said in my long life, though I grew up among people who no doubt thought some of it. Not a joke anymore.

Quite specifically it's not about civility but about the actual content: even polite Nazis are not welcome.

The people who live in an echo chamber with lots of block lists are there either because they want to be or because they're from a minority that gets bullied a lot and they need the self protection. Pile on culture is a problem here. Block lists that actually block people reduce the amount of grief.

As a longtime FT subscriber, I've been quite disappointed with the increasing number of low-quality opinion pieces in the paper. Throwaway low effort columns like this are annoying. Giving right-wing wingnuts like Oren Cass column space to spew lies (and blocking reader comments) is much worse.

Seething.

I don't think I've ever seen this refered to as "the civilized" alternative. Just the one that doesn't like nazis. People disagreeing with bad reporting doesn't seem to negate that.

She voiced her opinion. We said her opinion is terrible. That’s the nature of the marketplace of ideas.

Look, if you're so keen on getting blocked, you just had to ask, no need for a multi-skeet spew of garbage takes!

If it’s not the missing Nazi accounts that she’s worried about, what’s an account that’s missing or not amplified enough on Bluesky? Like, one example might be nice. As I read it, she thinks Nazi accounts ARE necessary in order tamp down the echo. I think it’s reasonable to find this idea abhorrent.

Never heard of this woman you are talking about but the replies would make a decent block list for those of us who enjoy civilised echo chambers.

Nobody should be civil to bigots. The reason this place IS more civilised is because bigots like Jemima have found it harder to get a foothold here. That’s a good thing.

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You wrote all those words and never said “trans”, nothing telling about that

Who do you think had the best glow-up in the MAGA camp? Is politics more than aesthetics or a fun and glitzy game?

I'm quite curious what you think one can infer from a reporter adopting the livery of the subject of their reportage. And particularly why one shouldn't assume "affinity" is among those inferences.

So, I'm sorry if her contrarian bullshit isn't being welcomed with beard-stroking and enlightened "Ah, I see" responses. We've seen this movie several times before, and we're tired of it. Again: She talked, we listened, and thought she was an asshole. Now we're showing her the door.

90+% of the time when someone says “[X’s] politics aren’t easy to categorize” they’re talking about like Mark Robinson, so you’re really doing a bang up job arguing she’s not a nazi

shut da fuk up

Is she or is she not “gender critical” (i.e. transphobic) On this site that’s going to matter a hell of a lot more than if she agrees with the majority on nearly any other “issue”.

Did you hear that yanks? You simply don't understand! Being a Sloaney, Nepo TERF who wants to buy mar-a-largo merch is a quirky english character trait, not an indication of political alignment.....

What's it like having room-temperature mashed potatoes for brains, Robert

yeah everything else aside the story really wasn't well written. it was just weirdly superficial, and they were clearly trolling the bluesky userbase for clicks

Right?! All the whinging and "Americans don't understand!"... dual national here with time in the UK. That's some back-footed upset Limey whinging par excellence.

Just stop it. You made 11 posts about this to arrive at "her politics aren't easy to categorize". It's unsurprising you would find no problem with the politics of someone you work with, that doesn't make things confusing for us looking at her posts and articles. You got your attention. Now fuck off.

This is deeply unserious. If an American went to a N. Farage function or a meeting of Reform and just had to get a picture in a Reform T-Shirt it would be pretty easy for a U K. Citizen to understand where that person falls on the political spectrum.

Hope she sees this sport but it's pathetic how you hope to get in her pants like this!

Wow. You're an idiot.

If you're going to make shit up to suit a crappy argument, be more plausible, or at least attempt to be specific. "She's probably left of some of her critics on many issues"

So do I, but when they are fans of those who want people like me wiped from existence (like when someone writes glowing articles about British TERFs with genocidal ideas about trans people), it rather sours the experience.

This is such a fucking funny place to end up in this passionate defense of a transphobic crybaby.

No, he views are easy to characterize, it is just uncomfortable to you because you like her. She is a Nazi curious dilettante who knows that the Nazis coming into power won't affect her personally.

"I wish I would have bought that FAKE NEWS handbag at Mar a Lago!" Yup, very hard to categorize.