Hppy New Year to the SW politics section.

@luckranger71 Speaking of Pulusic :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46734487

That is cool. I heard he wasn’t getting much pt at Dortmund, so hopefully he sees the field more now. @Burnley123

@luckranger71 Dortmund has crazy strength in depth on the wings. He's staying there till the end of the season though cos he wants to win the Bundesliga. It's a good signing for Chelsea because of his youth, his ability and because of American shirt-sales. I'm sure the Chelsea marketing department were every bit as pleased as the coach. 😉

@windinhishair Thank you. A big relegation match againts Huddersfield is coming up.

@Burnley123 I saw that. Good luck.

@CountScrofula Same to you ultra-leftist. 😎

@LvChris Yeah, that is probably [i]the[/i] main political topic on Youtube. Jordan Peterson and Dave Ruben are kicking off because Patreon de-platformed Sargon of Akkad. I listened to their holier than thou rhetoric and wondered what 'edgy' and 'alternative' view had been denied to the marketplace of ideas because they did not go into specifics. Then I did some research and found out that he dropped the 'N' word multiple times in an argument with the alt-right. Sargon told the NAZIs that they were acting like n****rs in what sounded like a really really stupid drunken argument.

I probably disagree with Sargon being de-platformed for that even though he shouldn't have done it but the whole debate is just ridiculously silly on all sides. Patreon is a corporation and were enforcing standards of etiquette, not a political line and most definitely not post-modern neo-Marxism. That is the thing. When you did for specifics to find out what views have been blocked or de-platformed then it's almost always something which is either racist or just really dumb.

@LvChris I think that is indeed it.