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    The news reporter wanted a feel good puff piece regardless of how inappropriate it is. The interviewee wanted to report the actual news.

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      Careful with that quote, it’s by Kevin Alfred Strom a Neo-Nazi from an 1993 essay in the national Vanguard, a white nationalist publication and it refers to the antisemitic trope of world Judaism.

      I’m not criticizing you, just want to contextualize it because it could be misconstrued to be a antisemitic dog-whistle, especially in the context of the linked article.

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              You and I are in agreement; the user I responded to seemed to be implying otherwise.

              Edit: I think it’s a bit strong to say it’s “a literal white supremacist talking point.” Your average boomer is going to mistakenly associate it with Voltaire. I think folks that are some level below terminally online have seen one of the many pieces pointing out its origin. Away from the author, it could stand on its own merits which is why “kids with cancer” is a funny response to it. In the US, at least, I haven’t seen a lot of discussion from the white supremacists who run the government on this quote which further makes me question if it’s a literal talking point. Perhaps you are aware of groups that are actively pushing it? If not, it’s a bit more reasonable to say what the first response in this thread said. Be careful.

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                the user I responded to seemed to be implying otherwise.

                Not really. I’m just saying the quote isn’t particularly insightful upon analysis, source notwithstanding.

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    It really makes you wonder how these reporters are trained. What else can they not talk about on air?

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    lol I love that guy, he definitely like “oh ya, it’s my time, I’m over this shit, but I’ll be polite about it”

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      she smiles like the woman from ba sing se,

      the back in the 90s part screams body language of desperation to signal to him to play along and say what she wants him to say.

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    She was trying to do a fluff piece interview, and he was trying to drop hard facts. I’m glad he didn’t back down on his points.

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      Haven’t watched it but sounds like someone with strong convictions and an idea why things are the way they are. Hopefully eventually enough people recognize the fact that we need a functional society that allows the random person to feel comfortable. Cause if you get enough itchy people things get scratched.

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            You sit idly pooping while so much of the housing stock in the US is owned by hedge funds?

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            I’ve been next to lads in the stalls where they’re dropping bombs and on the phone on the same time. No shame. Barely stopped to grunt. Truly Gods among men.

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          Pretty much I don’t care for random audio, I prefer text articles or comments to get the jist of things. I actually hate noise unless it’s for entertainment or another person (well sometimes I don’t care for that but polite society and all).

          A 30 second video would be a nice short article.

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    As unhinged as social media gets, this is pretty much why so many end up trusting it over traditional media. The internet broke the veil of commercial reporting/journalism - media in general. Broke the trust on accepting public personas and not being suspicious of them behind the scenes. Sell out reporters/journalist/artists/etc are like scabs to labor strikers

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    If the fediverse can focus on integrating content from from other fediverse sources extremely organically, the fediverse will win. I shouldn’t have to leave Lemmy to watch this video.

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        Woah, I’ve been on Eternity for quite a while and have heard about Jerboa a bunch in comments! Finally downloaded it based on this comment and sure enough, this video was the first thing in my feed and it even auto played silently on the thumbnail! (Turning that off immediately though lol)

        Thanks for the recommend!! ❤️

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      Huh? I watched it in the app (Jerboa) and it was no problem, I downloaded it too, and sync’d to my immich server, of course 🤓

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      Did you have to leave on .world? I didn’t have to on my instance, but I don’t know exactly how all that works.

      In this case I’d say it’s especially good for the sake of loops rather than lemmy. Loops is quite a small platform, and looking at it now, this post has 23 likes and 2 comments. But two posts I’ve seen on lemmy, totaling ~800 upvotes and ~45 comments.

      Seems like pulling that info into loops would make it all feel much more lively, though I’m sure this isn’t insight to the already busy loops creator!