Stuff that headbangers believe

[Heraldo]

Yes since Covid did him in.

That one from Xpose (Aisling o loughlin?) went completely loopy around covid with her conspiracy theories

She got an army of new doley alt righters: “ShE iS tElLiNg ThE tRuTh”

 

[Crankycorner]

That one from Xpose (Aisling o loughlin?) went completely loopy around covid with her conspiracy theories

She got an army of new doley alt righters: “ShE iS tElLiNg ThE tRuTh”

Covid really brought a lot of headbangers out of the closet. Your man from Damo and Ivor is another loopy loop.

 

[The High King]

These people always existed. You'd meet them in pubs, parties etc growing up.
The difference now is that social media gives them an audience and also a way to network with those of similar head banger ideas.
It has also over amplified the influence people think these headbangers have.
In spite of what you hear here and elsewhere there still a very small if vocal minority.

 

[beanee]

The Tucker Carlson broadcast from Moscow from a few months back captures the whole American conspiracy woke-is-evil scene very well.

Jon Stewart picks it apart brilliantly in this very funny episode:

The draw of conspiracy theories and the anti-woke, anti-foreigner narrative is that it distracts from the horrendous inequalities in societies that cause it. Billionaire media tycoons and their billion dollar advertisers pushing the message that the real enemy is the woke/gay/trans/immigrant/cyclists and not the fact that, for example, Musk has more money than 273 million Americans put together.

Twitter shakes your confidence in absolutely everything that is supposed to be solid. Real journalism, real science, centrist politicians, peacemakers and people who understand compromise and the realpolitik of a social democracy. The message on social media is that you can't trust anyone. Nothing is as it seems. Everything is connected.

That seeps into everyone's thinking and you keep going back for more of it, whether it's social media or politically biased TV channels or newspapers.....and they make billions from it. For the likes of Matt LeTissier, Jim Corr or Gemma O'Doherty they get completely consummed by it and while it's funny to watch, it's also kind of tragic.

We should be addressing it at government or EU level but we're years behind the tech and media companies who are diving societies with this shite. A brilliant suggestion I read recently was that social media companies are forced to turn off their "recommended" algorithms so they can't push relentless negative content at users. I signed up for TikTok last year out of interest and within a few minutes I was being fed endless videos of fights in Dublin and people roaring at brown people. You can feel the adrenaline pumping after a few minutes. Deleted the fuck out it!

 

[The High King]

The Tucker Carlson broadcast from Moscow from a few months back captures the whole American conspiracy woke-is-evil scene very well.

Jon Stewart picks it apart brilliantly in this very funny episode:

The draw of conspiracy theories and the anti-woke, anti-foreigner narrative is that it distracts from the horrendous inequalities in societies that cause it. Billionaire media tycoons and their billion dollar advertisers pushing the message that the real enemy is the woke/gay/trans/immigrant/cyclists and not the fact that, for example, Musk has more money than 273 million Americans put together.

Twitter shakes your confidence in absolutely everything that is supposed to be solid. Real journalism, real science, centrist politicians, peacemakers and people who understand compromise and the realpolitik of a social democracy. The message on social media is that you can't trust anyone. Nothing is as it seems. Everything is connected.

That seeps into everyone's thinking and you keep going back for more of it, whether it's social media or politically biased TV channels or newspapers.....and they make billions from it. For the likes of Matt LeTissier, Jim Corr or Gemma O'Doherty they get completely consummed by it and while it's funny to watch, it's also kind of tragic.

We should be addressing it at government or EU level but we're years behind the tech and media companies who are diving societies with this shite. A brilliant suggestion I read recently was that social media companies are forced to turn off their "recommended" algorithms so they can't push relentless negative content at users. I signed up for TikTok last year out of interest and within a few minutes I was being fed endless videos of fights in Dublin and people roaring at brown people. You can feel the adrenaline pumping after a few minutes. Deleted the fuck out it!

Just scroll everytime you see that kind of video and the algorithm gets the message.
I hate this idea that we are passive takers in the throes of evil technology. If you don't like it don't watch it!

 

[bluesball]

An SF government would be good for the country.

 

[Heraldo]

Covid really brought a lot of headbangers out of the closet. Your man from Damo and Ivor is another loopy loop.

Also that idiot “woolberto” or Colm Parkinson is another looper

They seem to hibernate and then rear their tinfoil hat heads when a major event happens

 

[The High King]

Just a mad thought.
You know you can click unfollow on social media so you don't see what these 'headbangers' post.
My twitter feed consists of sports scores and tweets.
Not one post do I get from headbangers.
To me it's like they're an irrelevance.
Which is exactly what they were before social media.
Imo most of this is fuelled by headbangers getting upset by headbangers.
Maybe revise the way you engage with social media?

 

[Crankycorner]

Also that idiot “woolberto” or Colm Parkinson is another looper

They seem to hibernate and then rear their tinfoil hat heads when a major event happens

Ewan MacKenna is another one. If they’d stay in their lane they’d have a much better reputation. I miss when we didn’t know the crazy opinions of people like Clapton, Van Morrison and Co.

 

[Heraldo]

Ewan MacKenna is another one. If they’d stay in their lane they’d have a much better reputation. I miss when we didn’t know the crazy opinions of people like Clapton, Van Morrison and Co.

This

I remember seeing Clapton at live at the marquee in 2005, he was fantastic and quite affable with the crowd too


Edit: Clapton had a few unsavoury views around Enoch Powell back in the 70s