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War Room Lounge V26: Neoliberal Clicks

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Quipling said:
I came across a lawsuit against Amazon and Mr. Tingle a few years ago. Apparently he used some strangers' wedding pictures for a book cover once. They were mad.
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Are you sure you should use "came across" and Mr. Tingle in the same sentence? Some folks might think you're baiting them into getting infractions.
 
that's either a short lawsuit or one seriously epic rope
 
HereticBD said:
That is a good point, actually. The whole zero tolerance Homer rule has created a trapping problem. I just hope there is some discretion being used when handing out the dubs, because there is some very obvious bait being laid down, and a newcomer isn't going to know the rules and get nailed, nor is it fair that regulars have to bite their tongue and let the bait comments go, no matter how fucked up they are.
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The no :eek::eek::eek::eek:phile-name-calling rule predates homer's drama, and from what I understand it includes a no-bait provision (ignore or report and move on) and some dubs discretion (warning via pm if baited). I'm sure a mod can go into greater detail.
 
Tropodan said:
Why not?
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My passion is unions and workers' interests. I don't want political office, I don't have the stomach to be a public defender, and I despise prosecutors. If I was offered a public sector position that I really liked, I would accept it, but it hasn't happened.
 
Trotsky said:
My passion is unions and workers' interests. I don't want political office, I don't have the stomach to be a public defender, and I despise prosecutors. If I was offered a public sector position that I really liked, I would accept it, but it hasn't happened.
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Ok, so you can't drop your ego for two seconds in order to contribute to society in a meaningful way so you scape goat with socialism.

Interesting.

Why don't you think you have the stomach to be a public defender?
 
Trotsky said:
My passion is unions and workers' interests. I don't want political office, I don't have the stomach to be a public defender, and I despise prosecutors. If I was offered a public sector position that I really liked, I would accept it, but it hasn't happened.
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oddly enough, our Union in our section of the DoD/public sector is like amazingly gangsta. Which is part of the reason the myth perpetuates that it's nearly impossible to fire a Federal employee
 
Tropodan said:
Why don't you think you have the stomach to be a public defender?
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Imagine defending some piece of shit that raped his 6 year old niece and the dude's defense is "she came on to me."
 
Tropodan said:
Ok, so you can't drop your ego for two seconds in order to contribute to society in a meaningful way so you scape goat with socialism.

Interesting.
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Huh?

Why don't you think you have the stomach to be a public defender?
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I did it during and before law school. Sex crimes were a bit much for me.
 
HunterSdVa29 said:
oddly enough, our Union in our section of the DoD/public sector is like amazingly gangsta. Which is part of the reason the myth perpetuates that it's nearly impossible to fire a Federal employee
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Yeah, I can't speak to your union, but that myth is very much a myth. Termination protections for government employees in the US are generally weaker than termination protections for private sector employees in a lot of other countries. It's very easy to terminate an under-performing federal government employee (I also worked at the EEOC in college, writing decisions for unlawful termination and discrimination claims).
 
Trotsky said:
Yeah, I can't speak to your union, but that myth is very much a myth. Termination protections for government employees in the US are generally weaker than termination protections for private sector employees in a lot of other countries. It's very easy to terminate an under-performing federal government employee (I also worked at the EEOC in college, writing decisions for unlawful termination and discrimination claims).
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absolutely....however the key there (as i'm sure you know) is 'underperforming' and since not many managers give out poor performance appraisals it then becomes very hard to cite poor performance or patterns of misconduct
 
Trotsky said:
The Federalist: You're Not Allowed to Knock Trump for Stormy Daniels If You Watch Porn

http://thefederalist.com/2018/12/18...KtpKbSWWVQQDcAakvQy93aPc9OLB3HioiawHiPtNXfU-A
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Which part of that article are you specifically ghasing your teeth over? The you cant blame trump because xyz-- because there has been a myriad of articles stating you cant view sex workers as X if you done so and so. Or the notion that watching porn is akin to cheating. I disagree with every point in the article but it shared a lot of trendy topics (especially with yesterday being national end stigma against sex workers day) and many women feeling the same RE: porn
 
JudoThrowFiasco said:
Which part of that article are you specifically ghasing your teeth over? The you cant blame trump because xyz-- because there has been a myriad of articles stating you cant view sex workers as X if you done so and so. Or the notion that watching porn is akin to cheating. I disagree with every point in the article but it shared a lot of trendy topics (especially with yesterday being national end stigma against sex workers day) and many women feeling the same RE: porn
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The insinuation that a married man watching a porn star on his computer is as bad a version of cheating as a married man having unprotected sex with that porn star is the biggie imo.
 
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