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• On the post: The Murder Of Charlie Kirk Didn’t Help Anyone

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2025 @ 10:13am

  He was literally in the middle of explaining why MY CHILD should be considered a societal mass-murder risk.

  What he was saying (and what he’d said about trans people in the past) was odious and vile, so I get why you feel how you feel and I won’t begrudge you for that. That being said: Killing him didn’t kill his rhetoric or beliefs⁠—if anything, his murder has galvanized people who shared his beliefs into entrenching them further into their belief system. Yes, he probably inspired a lot of anti-trans shittery. But did he really, truly, 100% deserve to be murdered in cold blood over his speech alone?

• On the post: The Murder Of Charlie Kirk Didn’t Help Anyone

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2025 @ 10:06am

  As several people on Bluesky have mentioned over the past day, taking stock of what is considered “political violence” should also include violence inflicted upon people by the government that is meant to represent them. Charlie Kirk’s murder was most likely an act of political violence; so is police brutality.

• On the post: The Murder Of Charlie Kirk Didn’t Help Anyone

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2025 @ 10:03am

  I personally prefer a more nuanced position that distinguishes between initiating violence against someone else vs. responding to violence initiated by someone else.

  That’s a fair position, and I agree with it. I do believe that some violent situations⁠—mostly stuff like low-level scuffles that haven’t become full-on fist fights⁠—can be resolved peacefully, but a violent response takes peace off the table. Hence why I say that violence should be a “last resort” response, to be taken only when it is necessary. But as I mentioned in the article, this position has been twisted by a certain commenter to endorse suicidal pacifism even though I believe in nothing of the sort.

• On the post: DOJ Issues Official Denial Of ‘Redact Every Republican’ Epstein Files Statement Via Apps Note Screenshot

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2025 @ 03:27pm

  I don’t think they are primarily protecting Trump (who is well-known and documented to have been a big buddy of Epstein) but rather third parties not under accusation.

  …so long as they’re conservatives.

• On the post: CBS Caves Again, Will No Longer Air Edited Interviews After Noem Whined About Cuts To Hers

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2025 @ 05:19pm

  “Why is Donald Trump trying to cover up a pedophile’s criminal acts?” should be a question every Democrat asks of every reporter from every network and news outlet every day.

• On the post: With Looming CBS Hire Of Bari Weiss, Two Of The Four Major U.S. Networks Will Now Be Right Wing Propaganda Mills

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2025 @ 04:52pm

  If’n you don’t like the opinions expressed here, you’re welcome to stop reading this blog and go find one you actually like. Complaining ain’t gonna satisfy you, son.

• On the post: SCOTUS Says ICE Can Use The Family Guy Skin Color Chart For Arrests (But Won’t Explain Why)

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2025 @ 03:56pm

  Can you provide a citation of fact for the claim that Democrats have won elections by way of illegal votes cast by undocumented immigrants?

• On the post: Trump Administration Now Murdering People In International Waters Just Because

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2025 @ 02:08pm

  Door’s to your left! 👋

• On the post: SCOTUS Says ICE Can Use The Family Guy Skin Color Chart For Arrests (But Won’t Explain Why)

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2025 @ 01:15pm

  Would you mind providing a credible citation of fact for that claim?

• On the post: Trump Administration Now Murdering People In International Waters Just Because

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2025 @ 01:12pm

  Nope, it was all one blue-haired non-binary liberal college student with a lot of time on their hands. That’s what I heard from my father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s best friend’s former roommate at Liberty U, anyway.

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  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2025 @ 12:11pm

  where’s the evidence that they were terrorists

  It’s sitting right next to the evidence of a billion illegal votes from 2020.

• On the post: With Looming CBS Hire Of Bari Weiss, Two Of The Four Major U.S. Networks Will Now Be Right Wing Propaganda Mills

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2025 @ 08:55am

  Three things:

  1. I can be annoyed by you and Koby at the same time.
  2. Show me genuine proof that you not only know Koby’s actual identity, but that Koby has been credibly accused or convicted of child sexual abuse.
  3. Spamfilters were built for people like you, and I’d bet that Techdirt’s filters will eventually be trained to stop you.

• On the post: With Looming CBS Hire Of Bari Weiss, Two Of The Four Major U.S. Networks Will Now Be Right Wing Propaganda Mills

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2025 @ 07:57am

  Now you’re just being a spammer, and that’s worse than being a gimmick poster whose gimmick was played out after three posts.

• On the post: The Trump Administration Declares War On Chicago

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2025 @ 12:13am

  I’m sorry if my opinions have offended you in some way, but I don’t know why you’re so insistent on believing that I speak for everyone else here. Would you explain to me why you keep attacking me like this? I’d like to know if there is anything I can do to help prevent you from spiraling into an obsession that could hurt your mental health. Obsessions can be dangerous, you know.

• On the post: The Trump Administration Declares War On Chicago

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2025 @ 12:09am

  You obviously have some idea of what you want to say, but you seem so afraid to say it out loud. I promise that if you say what you mean and mean what you say, no one will criticize your honesty. What you say with that honesty may beget criticism, but you seem so eager to dole it out that you can surely take it in kind. So come on, tell us what’s really on your mind! 😃

• On the post: We’re Walling Off The Open Internet To Stop AI—And It May End Up Breaking Everything Else

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 08 Sep, 2025 @ 05:22pm

  Maybe they’re someone who takes criticism extra-personally and therefore equates criticism to, I’unno, being stabbed in the gut or something.

• On the post: The Trump Administration Declares War On Chicago

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 08 Sep, 2025 @ 01:10pm

  See, this is why people should switch to Linux. 🙃

• On the post: US Open Tells Broadcasters Not To Broadcast Trump Being Booed At The US Open

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 08 Sep, 2025 @ 01:09pm

  What I wouldn’t give to see Trump get hit in the groin by a football…

• On the post: The Trump Administration Declares War On Chicago

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 08 Sep, 2025 @ 10:57am

  And to prevent any voting at all in 2028.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 08 Sep, 2025 @ 10:39am

  A more pertinent question: When has “none of the above” ever been a valid ballot choice in a presidential election in the United States?

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