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Facebook Employees Pushed Company To Exclude Criticism Of White People, Men From Hate Speech Rules: REPORT

Facebook employees urged executives to exclude criticism directed towards white people and men from the company’s hate speech policies, according to internal documents reported on by The Washington Post.

Facebook researchers tried to change the company’s content moderation algorithms that automatically delete hate speech, because they viewed the algorithms as inadequately protecting minority users, The Washington Post reported, citing internal memos and research. The effort came following a document from April 2020 which showed that around 90% of hate speech algorithms were detecting and removing content directed towards white people and men.

by Blazingcatfur•November 22, 2021November 22, 2021•0•facebook, facebook is evil

“By the end of this winter everyone in Germany will either be vaccinated, recovered or dead”

Germany’s health minister has issued his starkest warning yet on the importance of getting vaccinated.

“By the end of this winter everyone in Germany will either be vaccinated, recovered or dead,” Jens Spahn told a news conference in Berlin on Monday.

Germany is in the grip of a fourth wave of coronavirus. Cases are rising rapidly and many hospitals are full.

It has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Western Europe, with 68% of people fully vaccinated.

Germany’s infection rate is at its highest since the pandemic began, and health experts have warned this wave could be the worst yet.

by Blazingcatfur•November 22, 2021November 22, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease", WTF?

MALCOLM: Does O’Toole still have a mandate to lead?

He lost the last election in every conceivable measure: fewer votes than the Conservative Party of Canada got in 2019, fewer seats, losses in key regions like Toronto and Vancouver, and losses in key demographics like women, new Canadians and particularly Chinese Canadians.

I think “Conservatives” had best look for a different political home.

The CPC is now Liberal 2.0 and that’s not going to change if O’Toole is ousted.

The Brain Trust will try to pull the wool over your eyes a third time and parade another ‘True Blue’ Leadership candidate.

If you believe them then you belong in the CPC.

by Blazingcatfur•November 22, 2021November 22, 2021•0•Conservative Party

Illinois Democratic staffer MOCKS Waukesha Christmas parade massacre by comparing it to Kyle Rittenhouse and saying it was ‘probably just self defense’

An Illinois Democratic staffer brazenly mocked the Waukesha SUV tragedy that killed five and injured dozens in Wisconsin on Sunday, sarcastically equating the incident to Kyle Rittenhouse’s highly-publicized acquittal last week.

‘It was probably just self-defense,’ Mary Lemanski, 46, reportedly the social media director for the Democratic Party in DuPage County, wrote on Twitter Sunday night in the wake of the Wisconsin attack, in the first of a string of since-deleted, scornful posts.

‘Living in Wisconsin, he probably felt threatened,’ Lemanski continued in her late-night tirade, referring to the SUV driver in the Waukesha case.

Dark skinned white male with culturally appropriated hair style.

More Info on Man Allegedly in Custody in Waukesha Tragedy

by Blazingcatfur•November 22, 2021November 22, 2021•0•Batshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives, WTF?

TDSB delays unpaid leave for 290 unvaccinated staffers, citing shortages

The country’s largest school board will further delay unpaid leave for some unvaccinated staffers, citing shortages — especially in special education.

In an email blast to parents Monday morning, the Toronto District School Board said “any staff who had disclosed that they were not vaccinated were to be placed on non-disciplinary administrative leave without pay, effective today. As a result, approximately 330 staff members are being put on administrative leave as of today.”

by Blazingcatfur•November 22, 2021November 22, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Kyle Rittenhouse says he supports BLM and that his case had ‘nothing to with race’ as he slams ‘prosecutorial misconduct’ during his Kenosha trial

Kyle Rittenhouse has said that he supports the Black Lives Matter movement and insisted that his case had nothing to do with race, as protests continue over his acquittal in Kenosha, Wisconsin and elsewhere.

‘This case has nothing to do with race. It had nothing to do with race, had to do with the right to self-defense,’ Rittenhouse told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in an interview filmed on Sunday.

‘I’m not a racist person, I support the BLM movement and peacefully demonstrating,’ the teen added in an advance clip of the interview, which is set to air on Monday night.

by Blazingcatfur•November 22, 2021November 22, 2021•0•"Zeitgeist"

Ontario reports 627 new Covid cases … and get ready Kids cuz fun is coming to your neighborhood!

Ont. logs 627 new COVID-19 cases, 1 more virus-related death

Ontario is reporting more than 600 new COVID-19 cases as the number of breakthrough infections surpasses new cases among unvaccinated individuals today.

Provincial health officials logged 627 new COVID-19 infections today, down from 741 on Sunday but up from 552 one week ago.

Ontario families can book COVID-19 vaccine appointments for kids starting tomorrow

TORONTO — Children between the ages of five and 11 will be eligible to get their COVID-19 vaccine in Ontario this week, with families able to book appointments as of Tuesday.

Appointments will open up on the provincial vaccine portal around 8 a.m., officials said. Parents can also phone the call centre, book through their local public health units, go to a pharmacy or see their primary care providers.

by Blazingcatfur•November 22, 2021November 22, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Investigators asking if Wisconsin Christmas parade crash driver was fleeing another crime scene

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A joyous scene of marching bands and children dancing in Santa hats and waving pompoms turned deadly in an instant, as an SUV sped through barricades and into a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing at least five people and injuring more than 40 others.

Investigators are examining whether the SUV’s driver may have been fleeing from a crime when he crashed into the paradegoers, a law enforcement official briefed on the matter told The Associated Press. The investigators were questioning the person in custody about that incident, which the official described as an altercation involving a knife.

Darrell Edward Brooks “alleged suspect”

“we start bakk knokin white ppl TF out ion wanna hear it” – Darrell Edward Brooks #BLACKTERRORISM pic.twitter.com/KF4BaFu3uV

— oak_tree_upheaval (@oaktreeupheaval) November 22, 2021

by Blazingcatfur•November 22, 2021November 22, 2021•0•WTF?

Rittenhouse Protesters Chant For Communist Revolution

Protesters in opposition of the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict chanted for a “communist revolution” on the streets of Chicago Saturday.

Political activist and Baptist pastor Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow PUSH coalition led the march throughout the city with calls for the Department of Justice to investigate the verdict, according to CBS Chicago.

by Blazingcatfur•November 22, 2021November 21, 2021•0•Trump Derangement Syndrome

UK: Why we should scrap Islamophobia Awareness Month

The term ‘Islamophobia’ is too often used to shield radical Islamists from criticism.

November is ‘Islamophobia Awareness Month’. According to the organisers, the aim of this month is ‘to deconstruct and challenge the stereotypes about Islam and Muslims’. This all sounds very progressive. If its purpose was simply to protect Muslims from bigotry, hate and prejudice, then, as a Muslim, I would certainly agree with it. But there is a much darker side to this initiative.

Islamophobia Awareness Month, as its name suggests, is based on the flawed idea of ‘Islamophobia’. As a concept, ‘Islamophobia’ conflates Islam and Muslims. But the former is a religion whereas the latter are the people who believe in it. And while bigoted ideas and stereotypes about Muslims should be challenged, Islam is a belief system and it therefore cannot be ‘abused’ or ‘harassed’ in the same way as Muslims can be.

by Blazingcatfur•November 22, 2021November 21, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, UK

Why America can’t kick its opioid addiction

Naive policies can’t compete with today’s drugs

It’s tempting to think about America’s opioid crisis in the past tense. The Sackler name — which belongs to the family that owned and ran Purdue, the pharmaceutical company that flooded America with addictive painkillers — has long been removed from the walls of the art galleries and museums they showered with money. Lawsuits have been settled. Dozens more are ongoing. Stories of addiction in Appalachia and rustbelt overdose deaths fill bookshop shelves. You can watch the same tale play out on Hulu’s TV series Dopesick.

by Blazingcatfur•November 22, 2021November 21, 2021•0•USA

Welcome to the Club, Kyle: Rittenhouse Joins Pantheon of Young Men the Left Tried to Destroy

It’s a club no one asks to join, and the price of admission is unfathomable duress followed by a lifetime of watching your back.

I’m not talking about merely having the Twitter mob come down on you and maybe even losing your college admission or job, as horrible as that is. I’m talking about the incomprehensible weight of knowing millions of people who have never met you hate you and are howling for your head. The pain of being defamed. The emotional and financial strain on your loved ones. The horror of being railroaded for something you didn’t do. Suffocating uncertainty about whether you even have a future.

by Blazingcatfur•November 22, 2021November 21, 2021•0•Gun Control, Gun Rights

Teachers’ union in Canada introduces ‘weighted voting’ for minority members

In the name of promoting racial equity in that hotbed of racism known as Canada, a labor union representing 60,000 teachers and other educational employees there has restructured its voting system to weight the votes of minority members at the expense of others, in order to ensure a particular outcome in voting on the claim of racial equity.

by Blazingcatfur•November 21, 2021November 21, 2021•0•"Peak Woke", "Soft racism of lowered expectations"

Hunter Biden’s firm helped China gain control of electric-car mineral: report

Hunter Biden’s investment firm helped broker a 2016 deal that gave a Chinese state-backed company control of a massive African mine rich in cobalt — a mineral essential for the production of electric car batteries.

The deal, first reported by the Washington Free Beacon during the 2020 presidential campaign, was spotlighted by the New York Times Saturday as Congress inches closer to approving President Biden’s $2 trillion social spending plan, which earmarks billions of dollars to promote electric vehicles.

by Blazingcatfur•November 21, 2021November 21, 2021•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "Joe Sleazebag Biden"

‘Changes’ for San Francisco after ‘horrible’ night of looting

San Francisco’s mayor and police chief have promised “changes” after a night of massive looting, a crime becoming more and more common in the city, and one that’s driving businesses away.

Numerous stores, including Louis Vuitton and Bloomingdale’s, were hit on Friday night as part of a massive looting spree hitting businesses in the California city’s Union Square.

In a Saturday press conference addressing the attack on businesses, Mayor London Breed promised “changes” to the area that will limit car access after the “horrible” night of crime. Police Chief Bill Scott similarly pointed to infrastructure changes as a measure that will prevent future mass robberies.

by Blazingcatfur•November 21, 2021November 21, 2021•0•"Progressive Paradise"