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New comment by 1cvmask in "Before the Media Lionized Martin Luther King Jr., They Denounced Him"

1cvmask — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:29:52 +0000

From the author of the article who was not at Rolling Stone at the time:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matt-taibbi-rolling-stone-uva...

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The point of these articles is to be aware of the past so as to avoid the same often repeated mistakes as societies. Especially when he was denounced for advocating peace and against wars and militarism by the mainstream media which seems to be a societal constant like our addiction to forever wars and bombings and economic sanctions.

New comment by 1cvmask in "Before the Media Lionized Martin Luther King Jr., They Denounced Him"

1cvmask — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:17:16 +0000

Excerpts:

Fifty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was gunned down in Memphis.

Every major press outlet in the United States will commemorate his life this week. The Washington Post is running a series of commentaries. The New York Times ran an emotional editorial written by the Reverend Jesse Jackson, who was with King in Memphis that fateful day.

Neither paper will mention that they each denounced Dr. King in his later years.

The condemnation of what became known as King’s “Beyond Vietnam” speech was universal. One hundred and sixty-eight newspapers denounced him in the days that followed. These editorials had a peculiarly vicious flavor. It was clear that King’s main transgression was not knowing his place.

The Washington Post wrote that King had “diminished his usefulness to his cause, his country, and his people.”

The New York Times, in “Dr. King’s Error,” reminded King that his proper battlegrounds were “in Chicago and Harlem and Watts.”

They said King, as an individual, was of course free to think about Vietnam, but, as a leader of black people, he had an obligation to stay in his lane, i.e. to “direct [his] movement’s efforts in the most constructive and relevant way.”

Poisonously, and characteristically – for this is a propaganda trick that sadly has survived to this day – the Times also took King to task for his suspicious failure to admonish the Vietnamese enemy. “It is possible to disagree with many aspects of United States policy in Vietnam,” the paper hissed, “without whitewashing Hanoi.” Even back then, domestic criticism was always linked to comforting a foreign enemy.

New comment by 1cvmask in "In defense of flat earthers (2020)"

1cvmask — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:08:03 +0000

Perhaps they seen lots of lying from their governments and the media mouthpieces and so have developed an ingrained disbelief of authority and the establishment and this pervades to all parts of life.

Just like how all the mainstream media attacked MLK and the government treated him like a domestic terrorist. Now we lionize him.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29973075

New comment by 1cvmask in "Customs confiscated and scanned our mobile phones in Sydney"

1cvmask — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 23:57:37 +0000

Australians definitely seem to have embraced living in an authoritarian and autocratic state. There are way too many examples in recent memory:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/09/austr...

Threatening journalists for exposing Australian war crimes:

https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/jail-threa...

And of course how the Australian government has disavowed Julian Assange.

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/12/australia-julian-assange-wiki...

Dictatorships will be freer for Australians at this rate.

Before the Media Lionized Martin Luther King Jr., They Denounced Him

1cvmask — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 23:53:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/before-the-media-lionized-martin-luther-king-jr-they-denounced-him-629494/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29973075

Points: 11

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New comment by 1cvmask in "WhatsApp Ordered to Help US Agents Spy on Chinese Phones–No Explanation Required"

1cvmask — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 20:39:42 +0000

The Chinese government, and now others will also look more seriously into these matters, seems justified in building their Great Firewall after these constant stories of the surveillance state at work domestically and internationally.

We can't even keep the NSA from illegally prying into alleged "domestic terrorists" like Martin Luther King and Muhammad Ali:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/26/nsa-surveillan...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29968101

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Firewall

WhatsApp Ordered to Help US Agents Spy on Chinese Phones–No Explanation Required

1cvmask — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 20:33:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/01/17/whatsapp-ordered-to-spy-on-chinese-phones-by-america-no-explanation-given/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29971401

Points: 13

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New comment by 1cvmask in "NIMBYism Is Good If the N Stands for Nuclear"

1cvmask — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 19:54:16 +0000

You could create a tiered tax structure - which would be unpopular - where the yearly tax increases with time. In addition, you could have a progressive increase in tax based on the number of residences you have.

New comment by 1cvmask in "I Have a Dream (1963)"

1cvmask — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:02:25 +0000

The US government saw and treated him as a domestic terrorist and Russian/communist agent. The NY TImes and mainstream media famously attacked him and he was hated by 75% of Americans.

The NSA illegally spied on him and other alleged domestic terrorists:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29968101

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/26/nsa-surveillan...

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-martin-luther-kin...

He famously called the US government "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/21/king-o...

https://theintercept.com/2018/01/15/martin-luther-king-jr-ml...

https://www.history.com/news/martin-luther-king-jr-fbi-j-edg...

https://www.vox.com/2016/1/18/10777146/mlk-day-martin-luther...

New comment by 1cvmask in "China’s coal production hit record levels in 2021"

1cvmask — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 16:49:20 +0000

It will take a while for all their planned new 150 nuclear power plants to come onstream. Till then coal and other sources of energy will be used.

https://www.cnet.com/news/why-the-us-should-learn-from-china...

New comment by 1cvmask in "A Necropolis in Naples Reveals the Enduring Influence of Ancient Greece"

1cvmask — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 16:43:53 +0000

Naples is great for some superb pizza as well and its enduring influence on us:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/naples-pizza-original-...

MLK and “Domestic Terrorism”

1cvmask — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 16:18:34 +0000

Article URL: https://schmud.de/posts/2020-06-02-mlk.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29968101

Points: 2

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New comment by 1cvmask in "Getting Started with Lockpicking"

1cvmask — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:31:58 +0000

Which country is that? Japan?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_picking

New comment by 1cvmask in "Amazon UK and Visa credit card reach a deal"

1cvmask — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:26:40 +0000

It would be nice to learn what the terms of the deal are and if it is about chargebacks or concessions on payment terms and fees.

New comment by 1cvmask in "DirecTV Dumps OAN, Leaving It with No Major TV Distributor"

1cvmask — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:12:26 +0000

There seems to be no downside for ATT/DirectTV dumping the channel OAN.

According to the article the channel is still available on other platforms:

On its website, OAN tells viewers they can watch on a KlowdTV for $4.99 or $9.99 per month, as well as on Verizon FiOS, CenturyLink PRISM, GCI, and Vidgo.

Mike Lindell says bank is closing his accounts over fear of reputational damage

1cvmask — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:06:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.salon.com/2022/01/15/mike-lindell-says-a-is-closing-his-accounts-over-fear-of-reputational-damage/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29965018

Points: 4

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Closer Scrutiny Reveals How Close to State Power Sacha Baron Cohen Is

1cvmask — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 22:25:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.mintpressnews.com/closer-scrutiny-reveals-close-state-power-sacha-baron-cohen-really/279355/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29960915

Points: 11

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New comment by 1cvmask in "Attacks on Email Sender Authentication"

1cvmask — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 17:15:56 +0000

We should never ever rely on emails for anything important. We should always confirm and authenticate important matters with a separate channel like meeting in person or video calling or calling the persons to confirm the veracity of an important action that was written in an email. Unfortunately that is not the case and there are so many such frauds.

The use of email for important matters leads to Business Email Compromise fraud:

https://www.fbi.gov/scams-and-safety/common-scams-and-crimes...

New comment by 1cvmask in "BBC licence fee to be abolished in 2027 and funding frozen"

1cvmask — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 13:13:15 +0000

The BBC is a propaganda mouthpiece of the state just like everywhere else. Even private media outfits in the UK are mouthpieces of the state like Reuters and Bellingcat.

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/02/20/reuters-bbc-uk-foreign-of...

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-02-25/Reuters-BBC-participat...

States ask U.S. court to reinstate Facebook antitrust lawsuit

1cvmask — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 22:08:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/technology/states-ask-us-appeals-court-reinstate-antitrust-lawsuit-against-facebook-2022-01-14/https://www.reuters.com/technology/states-ask-us-appeals-court-reinstate-antitrust-lawsuit-against-facebook-2022-01-14/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29941146

Points: 8

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