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• On the post: Self-Described Feminist Loses Lawsuit Against Twitter For Banning Her Account

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2019 @ 06:39pm

  Re: What?

  We're very pro-First Amendment. Not sure how you turned that into "progressive-leaning site" that banishes people for being ignorant.

• On the post: Self-Described Feminist Loses Lawsuit Against Twitter For Banning Her Account

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2019 @ 06:30pm

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  When a business reserves the right to terminate accounts for "any or no reason," it's hard to see how this could count as a "breach" of its terms.

• On the post: Self-Described Feminist Loses Lawsuit Against Twitter For Banning Her Account

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2019 @ 06:29pm

  Re: Defending corporate EULA? Really?

  I'm not defending it. I'm just saying that's how it is. That's the reality for all Twitter users. This part of the EULA is quoted in her lawsuit, so she's aware of it. Not sure how she read past that part and still thought she'd win a lawsuit.

• On the post: FBI Debuts 'First And Only' Police Shooting Database That Is Neither 'First' Nor 'Only'

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2019 @ 12:34pm

  Re: Hyperlink

  My math is all wrong. (As are my links apparently.) I will get this sorted out. Thanks for the heads up.

• On the post: Catholic School Teen's Lawyers File $250M Defamation Suit Against The Washington Post; Fail To List Any Actual Defamation

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2019 @ 03:13pm

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  Basic human psychology isn't being litigated here. The accusations in lawsuit say the paper defamed the student. But the only thing the lawsuit details are quotes from people the paper interviewed. You having strong feelings about this doesn't change that fact. And I did not imply anything about human psychology in my response to Mason.

• On the post: Catholic School Teen's Lawyers File $250M Defamation Suit Against The Washington Post; Fail To List Any Actual Defamation

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2019 @ 01:49pm

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  You have a really low bar for recklessness. Fortunately for those engaged in protected speech, the courts aren't generally inclined to use the Wheeler Standard of "zero publication until all the facts are in" to adjudicate lawsuits like these. The Washington Post published at least six articles about this incident, strongly suggesting it continued to update its coverage as new facts came to light. This is the opposite of reckless. The newspaper sought comments from people involved in the incident and published the diocese's condemnation of the students' alleged behavior. These are not the acts of an irresponsible press, even if you disagree with the slant of the coverage.

• On the post: Catholic School Teen's Lawyers File $250M Defamation Suit Against The Washington Post; Fail To List Any Actual Defamation

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2019 @ 01:40pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  "Failure to follow basic tenets of journalism" is not an actionable tort.

• On the post: Fatal Houston PD Drug Raid Apparently Predicated On Drugs A Cop Had Stashed In His Car

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 20 Feb, 2019 @ 02:49pm

  Re: Blockquote [was Re: Re: No heroin at all found]

  I'll update the pull quote. I see the Chronicle hasn't bothered to inform readers the article has been updated.

• On the post: Fatal Houston PD Drug Raid Apparently Predicated On Drugs A Cop Had Stashed In His Car

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 20 Feb, 2019 @ 12:05pm

  Re: No heroin at all found

  I did mis-write. Thanks for clearing that up.

• On the post: Arkansas Politician Introduces Bill To Make It Illegal For Social Media Companies To Block Content He Likes

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 13 Dec, 2018 @ 03:11pm

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  Its ironic: Unless I am much mistaken() you and I agree that European government decision to censor the internet (via Article 13) is; An American government decides to block people from censoring the internet...that's also bad? You obviously don't know the definition of irony. These stances are not at odds with each other. Both efforts will harm the internet and its users by mandating how platforms perform content moderation. Both efforts will result in less speech, not more, because platforms will no longer find it tenable (especially the smaller ones) to comply with these regulations. The bill is a mess content-wise. The thought process guiding it is a wreck. But you know that. Did you really think I was criticizing the formatting? I don't mind having a discussion with people who disagree with me, but you're not going to get much from anyone if you start with blatantly disingenuous contentions.

• On the post: Court Dismisses Bogus Charges Brought Against Nevada Man Who Pissed Off Local Cops By Using The Crosswalk

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2018 @ 10:07am

  Re: Re:

  (I remain unapologetic about my "usual ranting.")

• On the post: Court Dismisses Bogus Charges Brought Against Nevada Man Who Pissed Off Local Cops By Using The Crosswalk

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2018 @ 10:06am

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  If they both attended the same house of worship and one of them was in a leadership role, I think it would still remain relevant, even if they were both Jewish. That ones trickier because it could be taken as racially-biased, even if it only referred to practitioners of Judaism.
  
  It would seem as problematic as pointing out they attended the same mosque, but sometimes social bonds like this need to be noted, even if it may be taken by some as evidence of religious bigotry.
  
  I could have taken a little more care lining up the connection, but it was not written with the intent of slurring Mormons or their beliefs.

• On the post: Court Dismisses Bogus Charges Brought Against Nevada Man Who Pissed Off Local Cops By Using The Crosswalk

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2018 @ 09:58am

  Re:

  Hi, gratuitous religious bigot here. My intention was to show the judge and prosecutor attended the same church and the prosecutor was the head of that church, which possibly played some part in the judge's ridiculous decision. It wasn't intended to be a slight of their mutual religious beliefs, but I can see how it could be taken that way. My apologies to those I've offended.

• On the post: If You Value The Reputation Of Your Restaurant, Maybe You Should Stop Serving Cops

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2018 @ 06:02pm

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  I'd be happy for some consistent accountability and transparency. I don't want cops dead. I just want them to be better people.

• On the post: If You Value The Reputation Of Your Restaurant, Maybe You Should Stop Serving Cops

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2018 @ 05:58pm

  Re: Re: Call for restaurant owners to weigh in

  Are you a strong supporter of Second Amendment rights?

• On the post: If You Value The Reputation Of Your Restaurant, Maybe You Should Stop Serving Cops

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2018 @ 05:54pm

  Re: SoundsLikePropaganda

  If I've show a "disregard for all the good cops out there," too bad. Too many of them have shown a disregard for the people they serve by allowing the worst of their colleagues to abuse their position and elevate themselves into paragons of virtue and dignity.
  
  The couple of incidents doesn't seriously mean cops shouldn't be allowed to eat in restaurants. This little exercise in exaggeration is meant to demonstrate that officers of the law are not inherently honest and decent people, even if there are many among them that are. There's no reason to give their word more credence than the average citizen's.

• On the post: If You Value The Reputation Of Your Restaurant, Maybe You Should Stop Serving Cops

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2018 @ 05:48pm

  Re: Only one problem with this suggestion....

  It's mostly a facetious suggestion, but the overall point of the post was to demonstrate police officers shouldn't be treated as inherently trustworthy until proven otherwise. No business would actually do this, nor should they. But maybe they should refuse to serve cops if they've been burned by one making up stories about their staff or service.

• On the post: Another Police Accountability Miracle: Five Officers, Zero Body Cam Footage, One Dead Body

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2018 @ 07:09pm

  Re: Response to: Anonymous Coward on Jun 26th, 2018 @ 4:29am

  Yeah. These angels certainly don't deserve the derision the author of this post has heaped on them.
  
  [I'll lean towards supporting pirates and dopers. There's almost zero chance they'll kill anyone and destroy all the recorded evidence.]

• On the post: Glass-Tongued Copyright Troll Thinks Google, Popehat, and Boing Boing Are Engaged In 'Black Hat Seo'

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2018 @ 04:52pm

  Re: Bad Wikipedia link

  In my defense, I had a fuckload of tabs open prepping this post.

• On the post: School Sells Out Students' First Amendment Rights, Apologizes And Deletes Article Containing Controversial Images

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2018 @ 03:32pm

  Re: Nazi Presidents

  <i>Something tells me the reaction would be vastly different if the article had depicted Obama as Hitler.</i>
  
  What?
  
  Do you mean the school would have apologized and taken down the article? Or that it would have left it up as people "lost their collective shit," as long as it wasn't police people? I honestly have no idea what point it is you're trying to make here.

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