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Edited by Mrph1 on Jun 7th 2024 at 4:50:10 PM
They're talking about the Corbett v Corbett case where April Ashley's assigned gender at birth was revealed and the annulment was granted on the grounds that she was legally considered a male, which ended up setting a legal precedent that prevented trans folks from changing their gender on legal documents.
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Edited by ITNW1989 on Mar 25th 2024 at 11:37:31 AM
Hitokiri in the streets, daishouri in the sheets.https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68637136
Some BBC reporters are investigating that Kate's reveal that she has cancer is linked to pro-Moscow disinformation.
The article explains it:
He says they seek out "wedge issues" in an opportunistic way.
They just look for any opportunity to stir shit up and make us all just a little bit stupider and divided.
They want us to believe in nothing. That way, we do nothing.
Disgusted, but not surprisedThe key to Russian propaganda and disinformation campaigns isn't so much to get people to believe in something. It's to swamp us with so much bullshit that we throw our hands up in the air and just stop believing anything. Because people who are convinced nothing is true will do nothing.
The article also points out that Russian disinformation works by spreading lies that people are already inclined to believe. The British public is already primed to spread wild stories about the British royal family, making them an easy target.
He says they "hijack" popular claims and inject more confusion and chaos. It then becomes harder to separate the co-ordinated disinformation from individuals sharing conspiracies and chasing clicks.
Edited by M84 on Mar 26th 2024 at 11:28:52 PM
Disgusted, but not surprisedI think the point was that the Russian bot farms aren't really creating anything, they're taking existing frenzies and fanning the flames. It doesn't really require blaming them for anything, it more explains what the hell was up with all the bots swarming around the topic.
It's more like, the UK media environment is so toxic that it's legitimately hard to tell if a swarm of bots was involved or not, but if they were, they were probably Russian bots?
Edited by Zendervai on Mar 27th 2024 at 8:37:12 AM
Jeffrey Donaldson unexpectedly resigns as leader of Northern Ireland's DUP
Due to historical allegations of an unspecified nature. I'm not going to speculate about that.
It was Donaldson who halted NI's power sharing agreement a couple of years ago. Now that Stormont is finally back, I'm not sure whether his departure is a positive thing or not.
Sex offences. They're sex offences. According to The Independent at any rate.
DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson resigns after being charged with historical sex offences
Edited by M84 on Mar 29th 2024 at 11:30:02 PM
Disgusted, but not surprisedThe title of that Guardian article says “Sir Jeffrey Donaldson resigns as DUP leader after sexual offence charges”
It says they’re sexual offense charges in the headline.
First paragraph of the article: “Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has resigned as leader of the Democratic Unionist party after being charged with sexual offences, throwing Northern Irish politics into turmoil.”
They ain’t being coy about the nature of the charges.
Edited by fredhot16 on Mar 30th 2024 at 2:10:23 AM
Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.
It says so now, it didn't say so when the article was linked.
Because news outlets can and will edit their headlines now and then.
It's actually something that really annoys me because this has to be the second time I've seen somebody argue "the article is actually saying that" when it didn't do so originally.
For context, the original title was "Sir Jeffrey Donaldson resigns as Democratic Unionist party leader", with the article only alluding to "allegations of a historical nature".
Edited by DrunkenNordmann on Mar 30th 2024 at 10:15:44 AM
We learn from history that we do not learn from history

which rich guy and when did this happen?
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