Anonymous wrote:Jeff the part about subpoenas in cases of defamation is really interesting and I've often wondered when I've seen those kinds of posts or threads, how that might play out. You say that you'd never provide access to a poster's full array of posts/ threads etc.
But its my understanding, (and I could be wrong - so I'd be happy to be corrected on this) that the FBI could without any need for permission from you, access all your users IP addresses and all posts by any one particular poster, if they required it.
I am guessing that only would be for far more serious cases than just "defamation"
jsteele wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the background on the origins of DCUM.
To followup, when and why did you decide to make it anonymous?
When we started the mailing list, Maria didn't want to collect a lot of information about subscribers because she hated having to provide a lot of info to sign up for something herself. So we only required an email address. Then, when we set up the website forums, we only required email and a name to register -- just like now. But, when we moved the nanny posts to the forums, one objection users had was the need to register, so we started allowing anonymous posts. Around the same time, we started to have issues on the mailing list involving privacy. This created an awareness of the benefits of anonymity.
jsteele wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is your mom Orthodox Christian? Or Muslim originally?
Her family was Orthodox in Lebanon but ended up in a small town in the US that didn't have an Orthodox church. So they became Presbyterians.
Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the background on the origins of DCUM.
To followup, when and why did you decide to make it anonymous?
Anonymous wrote:Is your mom Orthodox Christian? Or Muslim originally?
jsteele wrote:Anonymous wrote:why are you so liberal
and will you ever admit your liberal bias on things
I am liberal because I have the ability to empathize with others and I try to think beyond the narrow confines of what will directly benefit me. I try to think about what will benefit us.
When have I ever denied my liberal bias?
Anonymous wrote:You use the word cesspool yet I don't think that word means what you think it means.
jsteele wrote:Anonymous wrote:jsteele wrote:Anonymous wrote:why are you so liberal
and will you ever admit your liberal bias on things
I am liberal because I have the ability to empathize with others and I try to think beyond the narrow confines of what will directly benefit me. I try to think about what will benefit us.
When have I ever denied my liberal bias?
Followup
Do you think Conservatives only think about what benefits them vs what benefits society. Can you agree there are multiple ways to get to what benefits us and that perhaps liberals are wrong sometimes.
Conservatism barely exists in the US at the moment. Instead we have this weird Trumpism. "Me first" is very much a part of Trumpism. Trumpism views the world as being divided between us and them. I don't think they conceive of society in the way that it has normally been viewed. Social cohesion is replaced with resentment. There is no interest in doing what is best for society, but rather what is best for Trump followers. This was very aptly demonstrated recently when Mitch McConnell referred to "blue state bailouts". A wiser politician would realize that it is in Kentucky's interest for New York to recover from Covid-19. But Trump-supporting politicians see everything as a partisan battle.
To directly answer your questions, yes there are multiple ways to get to what benefits us and liberals are wrong frequently. But, Trump and his cult have no interest in what benefits "us".
jsteele wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Followup
Do you think Conservatives only think about what benefits them vs what benefits society. Can you agree there are multiple ways to get to what benefits us and that perhaps liberals are wrong sometimes.
Conservatism barely exists in the US at the moment. Instead we have this weird Trumpism. "Me first" is very much a part of Trumpism. Trumpism views the world as being divided between us and them. I don't think they conceive of society in the way that it has normally been viewed. Social cohesion is replaced with resentment. There is no interest in doing what is best for society, but rather what is best for Trump followers. This was very aptly demonstrated recently when Mitch McConnell referred to "blue state bailouts". A wiser politician would realize that it is in Kentucky's interest for New York to recover from Covid-19. But Trump-supporting politicians see everything as a partisan battle.
To directly answer your questions, yes there are multiple ways to get to what benefits us and liberals are wrong frequently. But, Trump and his cult have no interest in what benefits "us".
jsteele wrote:Anonymous wrote:jsteele wrote:Anonymous wrote:why are you so liberal
and will you ever admit your liberal bias on things
I am liberal because I have the ability to empathize with others and I try to think beyond the narrow confines of what will directly benefit me. I try to think about what will benefit us.
When have I ever denied my liberal bias?
Followup
Do you think Conservatives only think about what benefits them vs what benefits society. Can you agree there are multiple ways to get to what benefits us and that perhaps liberals are wrong sometimes.
Conservatism barely exists in the US at the moment. Instead we have this weird Trumpism. "Me first" is very much a part of Trumpism. Trumpism views the world as being divided between us and them. I don't think they conceive of society in the way that it has normally been viewed. Social cohesion is replaced with resentment. There is no interest in doing what is best for society, but rather what is best for Trump followers. This was very aptly demonstrated recently when Mitch McConnell referred to "blue state bailouts". A wiser politician would realize that it is in Kentucky's interest for New York to recover from Covid-19. But Trump-supporting politicians see everything as a partisan battle.
To directly answer your questions, yes there are multiple ways to get to what benefits us and liberals are wrong frequently. But, Trump and his cult have no interest in what benefits "us".
Anonymous wrote:jsteele wrote:Anonymous wrote:why are you so liberal
and will you ever admit your liberal bias on things
I am liberal because I have the ability to empathize with others and I try to think beyond the narrow confines of what will directly benefit me. I try to think about what will benefit us.
When have I ever denied my liberal bias?
Followup
Do you think Conservatives only think about what benefits them vs what benefits society. Can you agree there are multiple ways to get to what benefits us and that perhaps liberals are wrong sometimes.