Let me be the first to say..... that parrot is AWESOME.

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Since the case is ongoing, not sure if all of the details about the extent of the harassment has come out, but the article someone else mentioned (https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150716/00572731657/canadian-court-ponders-if-disagreement-twitter-constitutes-criminal-harassment.shtml) has a link to a spreadsheet of the undeleted tweets between them. I read through and see a few early mentions of them meeting in person for business reasons, then him asking to drive her places a lot, and (after he aours and becomes more antagonistic) mentioning going to an event she was at.

I think the reason most articles aren't necessarily reporting the physical stalking is that part is its not widely known and seems to be from reports of those that know the woman and the angle of online harassment against women is more of a "hot topic" now.

I've also noticed most of the articles are directly parroting the guys defense without any counterpoint from anyone representating the complainant. Which I'm sure the defense isn't going to bring up the physical stalking accusations.

The "angry lady wants man jailed for disagreeing" narrative just seems like such a blatant oversimplification that only aids the side talking to the media and surely is what the defense wants people to remember.

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I don't trust either side's statements. All government statements are tainted with whatever is the popular rhetoric of the time, meaning that historical accounts of those statements are also tainted.

Officials make statements with far too many factors to consider.
Drumming up popular support for a cause, one's own popularity with the electorate, misleading rivals about one's intentions, etc.

In the end, what matters is what they actually do (what, how, when, in what order, to whom, etc), because that shines a light on what they most likely intended, but never came out and said.



It's like a fishmonger with too many fish.
His desire is to sell them all before they go bad, and make as much money as possible.

He could say to people :
"I have too many fish, please buy some before they go bad"

Or he could say :
"I am running out of fish, there is a shortage, my apologies"

The first statement may bring in a few people, but they will ask for a deal. None will feel particularly urged to buy.

The second statement will make people worry about a scarce resource. More people will show up than usual, and none will be expecting a good price.

So, it's in the fishmonger's interest to lie in order to get people to make a decision on their own that happens to be the decision that the fishmonger wants them to make : gotta go get some fish asap.



Similarly, the government has its own intentions. It could come out and say what it wants, but it's much easier to tell the people things that will make the people ask for what the government wants.
(Plus, if things go bad, the government can say "Hey, we were only giving you democratic representation... you asked for it, not us".)

So in effect, taking any government statement as truth, without considering the future implications of believing and acting on that statement, is leaving one's self open to manipulation.

One of the issues I see with many historical studies, is that they tend to parrot official statements as if they were the actual opinions/thoughts of the officials making them - when it's far more likely that the officials were making those statements in a false and calculated manner.

-scheherazade

See, another example of some "i-can't-possibly-racial-insensitive-whatsoever-because-THIS-guy-agrees-with-completely-sheltered-rose-tinted-worldview" - *deep breath* - Bullshit!

[phew, these polite euphemisms for "racist" are getting out of hand now]

Unfortunately, the term "culture appropriation" is a misnomer.

The term coined should be Cultural MISappropriation and refers to shit like Blackface.

Something this was trendy, open mockery. Also, fairly lucrative.

This White Party video is a highly significant point of discussion and is important satire for all white folks to think about & discuss because..

THIS IS EXACTLY HOW MOST COLORED PEOPLE FEEL.
[I would know, cause this is exactly how i feel]

So yeah..

Tactless, suggestively snarky comments, with a Token to parrot and espouse believes that confirm your bias.. -_-

Is simply "mild" racism in action.
It's Denialism. It's Victim-blaming.

"Stop complaining. We're all equal see. Can't we all just learn spanish & twerk our butts, as one."

And let Americans sweep all that other extremely racist shit under the rug for another 150 years?!

Fuck no.

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You could probably just eat the dead parrot... or sell it, pretend that the parrot is indeed alive and not deceased.

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