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How the Left is Winning the Social Media Wars 0
- Culture
- February 21, 2017
In the aftermath of the 2016 U.S. elections, numerous accounts surfaced of nefarious content creators profiting by posting fake content on social media. The most successful engaged in “anti-Clinton fervor,” promoted Donald Trump’s candidacy and spread right wing news, all for profit. Buzzfeed editor Craig Silverman described how “teens in the Balkans” earned up to
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CPAC Pays the Price for Political Promiscuity 0
- Politics
- February 21, 2017
Movement conservatives are finding out that the enemy of their enemy is not necessarily their friend. In fact, the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) seems to be finding out that they are themselves their own worst enemy. After just having invited Milo Yiannopoulos to speak at its annual conference, it was revealed that right-wing gay provacateur
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France Says to Hell With Free Speech 0
- Culture
- February 21, 2017
One of the most commonly misattributed quotes credits Voltaire with a beautifully-shaped sentence – which he never wrote. Anyway, the father of the French Enlightenment and of its values, allegedly proclaimed: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” (In fact, the phrase comes from
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White Males are Getting Trounced (See Chart)0
- Culture
- February 21, 2017
Shortly after the 2016 election, Intellectual Takeout’s Martin Cothran noted that Donald Trump’s victory was achieved largely because the working class whites of America came together and voted as a minority bloc. The Economist recently affirmed this viewpoint by stating the following: “DURING Donald Trump’s inauguration speech he declared that America’s ‘forgotten men and women’ will
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In Defense of Milo 0
- Culture
- February 21, 2017
It’s been quite a 36 hours for Milo Yiannopoulos. The conservative provocateur had his book deal canceled by Simon and Schuster and was disinvited from CPAC after a video surfaced that appeared to show him speaking “fondly of relationships between men and ‘young boys.’” On Tuesday, he resigned as senior editor of Breitbart News. “Breitbart
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Mark Cuban Predicts the No. 1 Job Skill in 10 Years 0
- Education
- February 21, 2017
Billionaire software developer and investor Mark Cuban is known for playing the fool on the sidelines of Dallas Mavericks’ basketball games. But I actually think he’s a pretty smart guy, and have been impressed with his seeming level-headedness when he discourses on various topics. Take education. Five years ago, he hit the nail on the
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