Post B9Np1md3bSQzakEks4 by gardiner_bryant@mastodon.online
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(DIR) Post #B9Fakto2lSrnXrIpea by gardiner_bryant@mastodon.online
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For the next 24 hours I'll give you a free YEAR of The Bryant Review if you DM me with proof that you unsubscribed from The Atlantic.
(DIR) Post #B9FiCzkmwdajmK7mCG by voytrekk@mastodon.world
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@gardiner_bryant I was considering subscribing to them, but now I think I won't. Too many opinion pieces by people who do not have the average person's interests at heart.
(DIR) Post #B9FlMIsxTy5BaE4ma8 by continuity0@mastodon.social
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@gardiner_bryant @blogdiva WTAF!?!?!?
(DIR) Post #B9Fljpqx4kOEUVMHVw by hariprakashj@fosstodon.org
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@gardiner_bryant "In defence of the mouse trap...", said the mouse.
(DIR) Post #B9Fp2gxqeDcOHtGd6W by ang6666@mastodon.social
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@gardiner_bryant I would send you proof but I never subscribed to begin with. This article is gross.
(DIR) Post #B9FplFEKbpw3IqDnG4 by Selvari21106@mastodon.social
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@gardiner_bryant I'm not subscribed in the first place. Who actually subscribes to newspapers!?
(DIR) Post #B9FuC0NCM3vWrONud6 by gullevek@famichiki.jp
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@gardiner_bryant @jannem I never subscribed to it :)
(DIR) Post #B9Fupli0IQEGxk4pmq by QCCEChris@mastodon.social
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@gardiner_bryant Dear Atlantic #doubt #notasocialsciencemajor I can't prove what I never had in the first place. I subscribe to quality investigative journalism.
(DIR) Post #B9G1p3352Zc48BXTeq by Sibshops@mastodon.online
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@gardiner_bryant Not completely unexpected from the Atlantic given their stance on killing kids in Gaza.
(DIR) Post #B9G3Jf4MLSQqgwIZqC by The_Universality@mastodon.novotnykrystof.com
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@gardiner_bryant Holy PR paid article.
(DIR) Post #B9G9lbhj37Gq5XQ8kS by FossThought@mastodon.social
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@gardiner_bryant All these cameras are there for your safety. Hey, you know what would be even safer? What if every household had a camera in every room? That would be the safest thing ever! What, don't you like the sound of that?
(DIR) Post #B9GBoKcPEKVVsIMKmW by dejaeghere@mastodon.social
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@gardiner_bryant "Look, if they would not have been sabotaged by the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Stasi would eventually have brought about a fair and impartial justice system to East Germany"
(DIR) Post #B9GCrj270tsyPzZ6ga by RowinSpeez@mas.to
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@gardiner_bryant "We need an unaccountable and lawless surveillance state in order to punish you less" is the most fucked up take I've heard in a long time.
(DIR) Post #B9GJepUsMvoKNdojDc by ret@furry.engineer
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@gardiner_bryant evergreen
(DIR) Post #B9GMOuVAIGhF8C3MBM by peterfisherbooks@disabled.social
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@gardiner_bryant rage bait
(DIR) Post #B9GOTQZbC6gnfLPPKS by brouhaha@mastodon.social
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@gardiner_bryant That's a great offer!Too bad I can't take advantage of it, as I'm not a The Atlantic subscriber.:-)
(DIR) Post #B9GQuhRklcFdj0s4jQ by jonhendry@iosdev.space
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@gardiner_bryant Are there any journalists who go by three names who aren't jerks, excluding TNC?
(DIR) Post #B9K2lCW0j7CBgD5Xou by Illuminatus@mstdn.social
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@gardiner_bryant Good fucking gods. That newsroom could be transformed into a high-activity nuclear waste dump and one wouldn't notice the difference.
(DIR) Post #B9NeXZrNVxbvlBtSqW by james@bne.social
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@gardiner_bryant “I don’t like anyone who has any view that I may not like, and I wish to bully their publishers to ensure all articles follow my own worldview and do not challenge me in any way”.Considering subscribing to The Atlantic.
(DIR) Post #B9NixeIW2NfQrxH4E4 by JeffreySmith@mastdn.social
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@gardiner_bryant Will the Atlantic be supporting universal implantation of Musk's Neurolink chips next? One free fringe benefit is you will automatically vote for fascists.
(DIR) Post #B9Nkvymt5MF3kLoPUO by gardiner_bryant@mastodon.online
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@james I don't see how offering free subscriptions for my publication could be misconstrued as bullying... But you managed to. Good job. 😅
(DIR) Post #B9Nlg2p6PezzaGoVSC by james@bne.social
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@gardiner_bryant Then you don’t understand that “CANCEL THIS PUBLICAITONNOW!!!?!” just because they dared to publish an opinion piece you didn’t agree with is a problematic position to take.The best people listen to people who they don’t agree with - and then consider those opinions before then disagreeing with the person. The worst people decide that publications who welcome freedom of thought should somehow be punished for it.You can do better. You can argue against the points that this guy made. But to argue that all viewpoints that don’t agree with yours should be silenced - and to recommend cancellation of the publication - shows a depressing dullness of thought.
(DIR) Post #B9NmwJoX6p6wrqs4pc by gardiner_bryant@mastodon.online
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@james I wasn't calling for The Atlantic to be cancelled. I was saying "if you, like me, are tired of the habitually stupid takes from The Atlantic and you're ready to unsub, I'll give you a free subscription."This author is notorious for his parroting of industry talking points – regardless of what industry. You want to talk about "dullness of thought."I wasn't arguing "all opposing viewpoints must be silenced." The fact you jumped to that conclusion? What does that say about you?
(DIR) Post #B9Np1md3bSQzakEks4 by gardiner_bryant@mastodon.online
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@JeffreySmith I can see the headline now "In defense of wetware fascism" Or perhaps "Why you should stop worrying and embrace total cognitive surveillance"Or maybe even "Only losers oppose Musk's glorious hivemind"
(DIR) Post #B9NrtdrWc53dwqoVqy by james@bne.social
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@gardiner_bryant I don't know. Perhaps it was the "if you DM me with proof that you unsubscribed from The Atlantic" that led me to think that you were encouraging people to unsubscribe from The Atlantic...
(DIR) Post #B9NsgJYOuN0F9V4r32 by gardiner_bryant@mastodon.online
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@james my guy. I'm more than happy to have a conversion. But it feels like we can't even agree on the fundamentals.Like what "bullying" is (or even if a multinational publication is capable of being bullied), if your issue is that I was trying to cancel The Atlantic or if I was asking people to unsubscribe, or what I was trying to say with my original post.
(DIR) Post #B9Ny6YViQCmGq79ZeS by james@bne.social
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@gardiner_bryant I'm not really very interested in a conversation. Or even a "conversion". It seems you are even less interested, given your reaction to a story you didn't like is to encourage people to cancel their subscription to the publication that carried it.This really isn't hard. Bullying publications not to carry opinions you do not agree with, by encouraging people to cancel their subscriptions, shows you've no real interest in any conversation (or "conversion", sorry). You're just interested in stifling the voices of people who disagree with you. You seem quite upset that I've pointed this out.Sorry you didn't like what the bad man wrote in his piece. Enjoy only reading things you agree with. That never ends badly.
(DIR) Post #B9ObeqpEjL5XhTd1nc by gardiner_bryant@mastodon.online
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@james1. It is categorically impossible for a publication to be bullied. Full stop. Corporations aren't people. They're colonizers.2. Providing a fun incentive for people to unsub was meant to be funny. Most folks got the joke.How is it possible that me, a literal nobody, could styfle the speech of a 100+ year old publication? (Answer: it's not possible.)Meanwhile I read his article. So how am I "only reading articles that I agree with?"
(DIR) Post #B9OsmLnLgPVkzxuJUW by gardiner_bryant@mastodon.online
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@james how can somebody like me possibly "bully" a massive, century-old corporation.Answer: it's not possible. Bullying requires a power imbalance -- either through size, strength, wealth, audience or some other angle."Punching up" can never be bullying. Full stop?