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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 27 Apr 2014

    The world is fucked up because we tolerate bullshit. You want to make the world better? Stop tolerating bullshit in all its guises.

    4:22 AM - 27 Apr 2014
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      2. That Odd Weirdo‏ @OddWeirdo 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral The world is fucked up because of lack of tolerance and empathy for others. We don't need to police what others say. So I call BS. ;)

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @OddWeirdo

        @OddWeirdo Did anyone mention policing what people say? It’s talking about not tolerating the bullshit that people _do_ (bigotry, etc.)

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      4. That Odd Weirdo‏ @OddWeirdo 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral My reply was an illustration of what can go wrong when someone calls BS on someone's opinion. I'm with you on calling out bigotry.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @OddWeirdo

        @OddWeirdo X: ‘It is my opinion that the earth revolves around the sun’ Y: ‘Bullshit.’ Perfect use of the word. #SimplifiedForTwitter :)

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      6. That Odd Weirdo‏ @OddWeirdo 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I've seen "calling out BS" as the justification excuse for most trolls, just leads to pointless cyclic disputes and drama.

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      2. not ch1c‏ @cthon1c 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral "Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted." https://athens.indymedia.org/local/webcast/uploads/frankfurt__harry_-_on_bullshit.pdf …

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @cthon1c

        @cthon1c Love it; thanks for sharing—it’s on my reading list :)

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      4. not ch1c‏ @cthon1c 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral fuel for the "crusade" lol

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      2. Ronald Stewart‏ @GreenRonaldS 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral a community of people with shared values celebrating something important to them: I can respect this, even if I don't agree with them.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @GreenRonaldS

        @ronaldx Even if those shared values perpetuate bigotry (eg., against gays) & mean that people die needlessly of AIDS (no to contraception)?

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      2. richquick‏ @richquick 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral that's bullshit #seewhatididthere

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @richquick

        @richquick Yep. That was, indeed, a beautiful demonstration of bullshit.

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      2. Ali‏ @aliostad 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @old_sound how can you be sure what you call bullshit is not someone else's anti-bullshit crusade? Take "women in tech", for example.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @aliostad

        @aliostad @old_sound You distill it to its first principles. Is equality or diversity bullshit? No. Is inequality and bigotry bullshit. Yes.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Ali‏ @aliostad 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @old_sound principles not difficult to distill. It is applying them that creates such a mess that we are in.

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      2. Fabio Venni‏ @fabiovenni 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I agree with you here which is kinda strange given the amount of crusade-like-bullshit you often spit out round here :P

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @fabiovenni

        @fabiovenni Really? Crusade-like bullshit? Let me very quickly save you from that crap.

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      4. Fabio Venni‏ @fabiovenni 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral gotcha! :P ahah

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      2. Mar Munoz‏ @brightspaceux 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @janl start by getting 7 billion of human beings to agree what is bullshit and what's not.

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      3. Jan Lehnardt‏ @janl 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @brightspaceux

        @sqlovesround @aral — Start by making the well disguised bullshit more obvious :)

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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