The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
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The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
10hr ago
I'd call that bullying rather than lying; at least the summary gives no indication of whether or not WPATH actually believed they were correct.
If rejecting "trans women are women" is calling all trans people and their suppporters "huge liars", so be it; that is where I stand. But I'm not on the left.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
1d ago
To a large extent, I agree with this analysis. Or to put it another way, the idea is to create the appearance of consensus which then becomes reality.
The elite consensus comes first; otherwise the terrorism-lite would actually be punished. The terrorism-lite cements the consensus among the general population.
If Palestinians could do violence in the US and get away with it while far lesser action by Jewish organizations was cracked down on harshly, you'd know the game was over and the elite consensus in the US was already in favor of the Palestinians. This is just the culture war all over again.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
1d ago
Right. NVidia isn't some startup running basically on the vision of its founder. It's an established semiconductor company. They're not going to suddenly stop making or developing chips because Huang is gone.
I don't think this is a normal response to a CEO banging a subordinate, though; I think in most cases the CEO gets away with it. Firings over HR violations are for the little people. If it weren't for the spy, the subordinate wouldn't have sunk him.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
1d ago
I doubt the reality has changed much, just the revelations.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
1d ago
The revelation of the second affair is the sharks piling on having scented blood in the water from the first one.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
3d ago
There are lots of possibilities here. A mostly-innocent one is that Huang (at some point in the affair, perhaps when she asked where he kept the nuclear wessels) suspected he was being honeytrapped, went to his buds in the administration, and they told him to keep it going to feed her disinformation, and in fact did so. Another mostly-innocent one is that the CIA knew she was a spy, Huang did not, but he was just screwing her and didn't actually give her any information.
It's also possible Huang was leaking her some information, and the CIA found out much later... but now wishes to pretend they knew all along to cause China to doubt the information they got. In this case... well, you gotta sell it.
There's nothing at all obvious here.
Certainly, but that's bullying. It's forcing JHU to lie, but I didn't think you were including them in "trans supporters".
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