This didn't surprise me at all. Twitter and Apple have decided they have had enough of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his InfoWars show. Now, he is banned from those two sites. More than likely, it was because of his behavior and attitude at times when it comes to subjects.
I think this was a move that was coming sooner or later. Certainly, Jones has the right to say whatever he wants, but some of the stuff he says do not help his case. That Sandy Hook lawsuit is still going unless something changed. His fights against companies and Senators lately have probably been a huge factor in his banning. Whether this is an act, I don't know.
We live in a completely different era now from what it was in 2001 when Jones said conspiracies about September 11th. The Internet was a unique animal during that time period and still somewhat new. Now these days, companies can keep eye on what people like him do and take action when necessary. The writing was on the wall. It was only a matter of when to ban.
Jones will find some way to stay relevant, though. He's not going to leave, no matter how much a lot of people want him to.
Showing posts with label twitter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label twitter. Show all posts
Saturday, September 8, 2018
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Gunn's Out: A Huge Misstep?
A reason why I wait on stories of alleged harassment or controversy is because my gut tells me it is far from over. The James Gunn thing is something that is going to continue on for a good while. Disney fired him over some tweets he made years ago and I believe they were rape jokes. Now, he was set on doing a third Guardians of the Galaxy and I believe they were close to starting to shoot the film.
Like a number of stories, both sides of criticism and defense have come. A number of Guardians cast members have been in huge support. Most notably was Dave Bautista. These guys believe that Disney overreacted to this and should have looked into it and heard his side. It's to that point where articles recently have Bautista speaking about quitting his role in the new Guardians and potentially a new script could be in place, scrapping Gunn's script.
Obviously, rape jokes are not really funny, but that was a long time ago. People can change. Anyway, the offensive stuff was not going to fly with Disney. We're seeing baseball players in the news the last few weeks for the wrong reasons with offensive tweets. It's people trying to cause trouble, especially in an age of this MeToo garbage where the movement is often abusing the phrase for purposes and gain. I see this as a big blow to this Cinematic Universe and I kind of see this combined with the performance of Ant-Man 2 as the start of the decline of the modern Marvel film
This is far from over, but I don't think anyone is going to win over Disney. They are a tyrant with too much power and can do whatever they want.
Like a number of stories, both sides of criticism and defense have come. A number of Guardians cast members have been in huge support. Most notably was Dave Bautista. These guys believe that Disney overreacted to this and should have looked into it and heard his side. It's to that point where articles recently have Bautista speaking about quitting his role in the new Guardians and potentially a new script could be in place, scrapping Gunn's script.
Obviously, rape jokes are not really funny, but that was a long time ago. People can change. Anyway, the offensive stuff was not going to fly with Disney. We're seeing baseball players in the news the last few weeks for the wrong reasons with offensive tweets. It's people trying to cause trouble, especially in an age of this MeToo garbage where the movement is often abusing the phrase for purposes and gain. I see this as a big blow to this Cinematic Universe and I kind of see this combined with the performance of Ant-Man 2 as the start of the decline of the modern Marvel film
This is far from over, but I don't think anyone is going to win over Disney. They are a tyrant with too much power and can do whatever they want.
Saturday, March 31, 2018
Being Mocked or Overreacting?
If the name David Hogg rings a bell to you, it shouldn't be a surprise. This 17 year old was one of the survivors of the Parkland shooting back in February and has become an extreme advocate for gun control. Hence the whole March for our Lives nonsense and all this school walkout crap. Like most kids, he's looking at all sorts of colleges. He's got a strong GPA and SAT score, but got rejected by four schools from California. Still he got accepted by a Florida college and one from California. It was reported by The Daily Wire and retweeted by Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham with a reply along with the retweet of the site.
Now, Hogg and others are accusing Ingraham of mocking him and he has gone on a crusade to get advertisers to boycott her show on Fox News. Looking at her tweet on Twitter, I don't see it. Where's the mocking? I'm not seeing that constitutes that as websites are saying. If she had mocked the shooting and his movement, then I could see why he would overreact. But judging by the tweet, she hasn't done anything. She parroted the same thing Daily Wire said. The colleges didn't accept him, but she considered it him whining about it and saying acceptance rates about one of the colleges. While I wouldn't say these are prestigious schools, these are probably decent sized schools where you really need to get your act together and hope you can send a letter as soon as possible.
In that Daily Wire article, it seems like he's just whining that people who want to change the world can't get in. This seems like he is saying that he got rejected because of his movement. That could be the case. Hogg is like an athlete. You're not sure what he is going to say next if he's even relevant after 2018 is over. Daily Wire mentioned a friend not getting accepted into UCLA. That has had enough controversy considering LaVar Ball and the incident in China back in November. Last thing they need is an idiot teenager who thinks his movement will do anything when it won't. Bad publicity is not always a good thing.
There's way worse mocking from others that don't see the light of day. Hogg is being an overreacting crybaby. Too thin skinned if you want my thought. It's an excuse to keep his 15 minutes of fame going over what Ingraham said that has no insults, name calling, whatever. He's not going to change anything, especially with gun control or any of that. Maybe he should focus on mental health and how to help out those who really need the help. Sometimes I really do question these younger generations of kids.
Now, Hogg and others are accusing Ingraham of mocking him and he has gone on a crusade to get advertisers to boycott her show on Fox News. Looking at her tweet on Twitter, I don't see it. Where's the mocking? I'm not seeing that constitutes that as websites are saying. If she had mocked the shooting and his movement, then I could see why he would overreact. But judging by the tweet, she hasn't done anything. She parroted the same thing Daily Wire said. The colleges didn't accept him, but she considered it him whining about it and saying acceptance rates about one of the colleges. While I wouldn't say these are prestigious schools, these are probably decent sized schools where you really need to get your act together and hope you can send a letter as soon as possible.
In that Daily Wire article, it seems like he's just whining that people who want to change the world can't get in. This seems like he is saying that he got rejected because of his movement. That could be the case. Hogg is like an athlete. You're not sure what he is going to say next if he's even relevant after 2018 is over. Daily Wire mentioned a friend not getting accepted into UCLA. That has had enough controversy considering LaVar Ball and the incident in China back in November. Last thing they need is an idiot teenager who thinks his movement will do anything when it won't. Bad publicity is not always a good thing.
There's way worse mocking from others that don't see the light of day. Hogg is being an overreacting crybaby. Too thin skinned if you want my thought. It's an excuse to keep his 15 minutes of fame going over what Ingraham said that has no insults, name calling, whatever. He's not going to change anything, especially with gun control or any of that. Maybe he should focus on mental health and how to help out those who really need the help. Sometimes I really do question these younger generations of kids.
Saturday, April 1, 2017
Politics: The Unavoidable Annoyance
There is a line in the game L.A. Noire that really should be taken and spoken to. Early in the game, Cole Phelps tells his partner on the force, "Friends who want to stay friends don't discuss religion or politics." You would think some people would get the message, but nope. Which brings up the topic of politics. You try to avoid it. No matter how hard you try, it keeps being brought up by some people. It's constantly seen on cable news with whichever news personality on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC. There's the late night crew, which is basically liberal central. It is completely unavoidable, and it gets ultra annoying.
I have been on Facebook for six years now. There have been a lot of people that are friends with me and still are. Some of them had to be unfriended because of constant spamming of their posts or whining like a soap opera about their life. It's a difficult choice, but sometimes the trigger has to pulled to click on unfriend. In the case of politics, I have never seen people so divided into this past election where the constant spamming of who they view as the bad guy, good guy. Constantly sharing things from the politicians that hoped to elected. You hope that it's just for the election and hopefully things calm down as time goes on for whoever becomes President. That message was never clear to a few.
When you try to goad someone who has an opposite view you can't stand by tagging that person, you are a piece of shit. That's what happened with someone I unfriended. I know everybody is different, and we all have different emotions with certain things. However, with the kind of mentality I saw, it is so stupid to even do that to ones you know. A definition of low blow. Another person was constantly spamming about what was going on with the President and the constant berating. If someone doesn't like Trump, I can get that and understand. It wasn't like the choices were any good last year. But if it's all you post about, there's not much choice.
Then there's unfriending my own cousin. I got nothing against family. You may not necessarily agree with certain things, but it's not anything worth arguing or talking about. She is a big supporter for Bernie Sanders, and it was constant spamming throughout the election of this guy. As mentioned, you hope things calm down after the election. That was not the case. An occasional photo of her child was seen, but it was basically sharing Sanders post this, Sanders post that. It wasn't an easy choice to unfriend, but I'm not gonna deal with four years of the same crap.
At this point, my grandfather is one of those people who speaks on his mind. Unfortunately, he doesn't grasp the concept that others will see what he has written and that there are certain things you can't say in a public area. He has recently been constantly in Facebook Jail, arguing with strangers regarding politics. Coming back, he whined about the First Amendment. Part of me wants to tell him that you can't say certain things, but I don't think he would ever get the message and understand it. It's a lost cause.
Twitter is a little different. It's less on people you know, but more so celebrities who constantly Tweet their thoughts, and as it's shown the last year or so, their political thoughts. With the way Hollywood has been recently, you don't feel bad if you have the opposite view of some of these actors, directors, etc. I get everybody has a voice to show displeasure or something good, but when you destroy your career the way NFL player Colin Kaepernick did, there's no recovering. There might be ways to improve the image a little bit, but it's not going to be enough. It doesn't help either when a lot of people listen to buffoons like Anderson Cooper, Bill O'Reilly, or Rachael Maddow who fit their political orientation on television.
You try to avoid it, but you can't as long as it's constantly plastered to various forms of media. I'll end by saying you can find ways to avoid the constant spamming of political posts and topics on certain sites. May your health be a good one and stress free one in an age of social media armchair politicians.
I have been on Facebook for six years now. There have been a lot of people that are friends with me and still are. Some of them had to be unfriended because of constant spamming of their posts or whining like a soap opera about their life. It's a difficult choice, but sometimes the trigger has to pulled to click on unfriend. In the case of politics, I have never seen people so divided into this past election where the constant spamming of who they view as the bad guy, good guy. Constantly sharing things from the politicians that hoped to elected. You hope that it's just for the election and hopefully things calm down as time goes on for whoever becomes President. That message was never clear to a few.
When you try to goad someone who has an opposite view you can't stand by tagging that person, you are a piece of shit. That's what happened with someone I unfriended. I know everybody is different, and we all have different emotions with certain things. However, with the kind of mentality I saw, it is so stupid to even do that to ones you know. A definition of low blow. Another person was constantly spamming about what was going on with the President and the constant berating. If someone doesn't like Trump, I can get that and understand. It wasn't like the choices were any good last year. But if it's all you post about, there's not much choice.
Then there's unfriending my own cousin. I got nothing against family. You may not necessarily agree with certain things, but it's not anything worth arguing or talking about. She is a big supporter for Bernie Sanders, and it was constant spamming throughout the election of this guy. As mentioned, you hope things calm down after the election. That was not the case. An occasional photo of her child was seen, but it was basically sharing Sanders post this, Sanders post that. It wasn't an easy choice to unfriend, but I'm not gonna deal with four years of the same crap.
At this point, my grandfather is one of those people who speaks on his mind. Unfortunately, he doesn't grasp the concept that others will see what he has written and that there are certain things you can't say in a public area. He has recently been constantly in Facebook Jail, arguing with strangers regarding politics. Coming back, he whined about the First Amendment. Part of me wants to tell him that you can't say certain things, but I don't think he would ever get the message and understand it. It's a lost cause.
Twitter is a little different. It's less on people you know, but more so celebrities who constantly Tweet their thoughts, and as it's shown the last year or so, their political thoughts. With the way Hollywood has been recently, you don't feel bad if you have the opposite view of some of these actors, directors, etc. I get everybody has a voice to show displeasure or something good, but when you destroy your career the way NFL player Colin Kaepernick did, there's no recovering. There might be ways to improve the image a little bit, but it's not going to be enough. It doesn't help either when a lot of people listen to buffoons like Anderson Cooper, Bill O'Reilly, or Rachael Maddow who fit their political orientation on television.
You try to avoid it, but you can't as long as it's constantly plastered to various forms of media. I'll end by saying you can find ways to avoid the constant spamming of political posts and topics on certain sites. May your health be a good one and stress free one in an age of social media armchair politicians.
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