That name would've really be a Hit!
Williams Racing F1 wrote:
Virgin Jamin wrote:
Parler
Feels like they missed a trick calling it that.
If only there was a 6 letter name synonymous with the far right, also ending in "ler".
A name that has a proven track record of bringing on board millions of white people.
Huge marketing opportunity.
I think you should grow up and learn to make these types of decisions on your own.
Counties where Biden carried the vote drive 70% of our GDP. So I think Strava will be OK when all you right wing nut jobs ditch its app.
My advice to "conservatives": start pulling your weight and you might have a bit more say around these parts.
PullYourselfUpByYourBootstraps wrote:
Counties where Biden carried the vote drive 70% of our GDP. So I think Strava will be OK when all you right wing nut jobs ditch its app.
My advice to "conservatives": start pulling your weight and you might have a bit more say around these parts.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/11/09/biden-voting-counties-equal-70-of-americas-economy-what-does-this-mean-for-the-nations-political-economic-divide/
And 40% of those counties are Trump voters that do 60% of the counties' work.
Prove it. Companies like Nike who take political stances know their demographic and believe me, whining, bitchass conservatives are not driving revenue.
Wow you're amazing
Furthermore it’s very sad that you all feel victimized by looking back on history and acknowledging our country’s wrongs, having empathy and wanting to make things right. It’s not about you. We’re going to move on with or without you through strong leadership from the likes of Strava.
PullYourselfUpByYourBootstrap wrote:
Furthermore it’s very sad that you all feel victimized by looking back on history and acknowledging our country’s wrongs, having empathy and wanting to make things right. It’s not about you. We’re going to move on with or without you through strong leadership from the likes of Strava.
I know you're a lib because you have only one bootstrap. Conservatives go to work with both boots on hence bootstraps. Drunk liberal bums have a bootstrap. Bum
Harambe wrote:
Paradoxical wrote:
Harambe, your arguments always seem to rely on a ridiculous strawman. I have never heard a conservative say that conservatives have a right to be paid by Big Tech, only that is dangerous for companies that control the entire flow of today's information silencing political dissidents. People like you seem to believe that this is perfectly fine because they're "private companies" (really, it is just because they are silencing people you don't like, but I will play along) even though companies like Facebook, Google, Apple receive billions in corporate welfare.
If you want to re-write laws such that any companies accepting "corporate welfare" must abide by the bill of rights as if they were a state entity... then go ahead and lobby for that? That is clearly not the interpretation of the laws as they stand though.
It is also hilarious that you say these companies control "the entire flow of today's information" as you post about them on this website. There are countless alternatives to the big tech giants for hosting/anything you may need.
There are plenty of alternative networks like Gab, Parler 2.0, LRC (lol), that allow a wide range of content. Is your argument that this it is unfair that these sites aren't popular? Doesn't that have more to say about the popularity of the views expressed on those platforms?
A lot of this anger seems to stem from the fact that far-right views simply aren't popular. The market has relegated them to small parts of the internet because.... people just don't care!
Just cause something is popular, doesnt make it true, or right
You know why you feel like the victim? The free market capitalism you think only your party stands for is literally chewing you up and spitting you out. The democratic party is not far left. Look in the mirror, evolve. We live in a great, multicultural nation where diversity is our greatest strength. It’s what we’re built on. Unless you embrace this fact you will continue to be pushed to the fringes of society and preyed upon by leaders wishing to exploit that weakness.
HitEmWithTheHein wrote:
This, my friends, is a perfect example of the manipulation of language that goes on every day in the legacy news media. I do not know if Strava is just repeating what they've learned from such media, or if they're willfully participating in misdirection themselves. Either way, I'm sure that they're convinced of their own righteousness, which could be used to justify their motive.
So, with that in mind, let's take a close look at their statement:
The contrast between how the mob of domestic terrorists was treated as they breached the US Capitol and the treatment of those who peacefully demonstrated against systemic racism in places like Washington D.C., Portland, Minneapolis and Detroit over the past months was deeply disturbing.
The above statement more than likely true.
The trickery is that they left out several very important aspects. They didn't compare the mob of domestic terrorists at the Capitol to the mobs of domestic terrorists in Washington D.C., Portland, Minneapolis, and Detroit. Nor did they compare those who peacefully demonstrated at the Capitol to those who peacefully demonstrated in the aforementioned cities.
From what I can tell, the mobs of domestic terrorists in places like Portland met little resistance when they took over buildings, mobbed, burned, stole, murdered, and seceded from the union, for months. In contrast, the abhorrent act at the capitol, where a woman was shot by police, was over very quickly. Can any of us say her name?
When claims such as Strava's are made, it's up to all of us to scrutinize their statements not just for factual content, but also for what is left out. The legacy media and social media have been twisting information like this for far too long. To echo the cry from left, you have to, "educate yourself."
To lay my cards on the table, I'm a middle aged Mexican-American. This alone shouldn't imply anything about my politics. In fact, I don't have any particular political leanings, but I do try to scrutinize the claims made by both sides. It's worth noting that on message boards and in my private life, those who are on the right tend to encourage me to scrutinize both sides. Those who lean left seem to scold me a lot for looking into facts, motivations, and half-truths.
Great post. Can I buy you lunch at Cisco's the next time there is a big track meet in town? Email me -
robert@letsrun.comOh please Rojo. They were comparing the ~25 million people to protested this summer to 10k or so who protested on Jan 6th. As a fraction of total protestors there were way way way more law-breakers and violent criminals among the folks in DC than in the BLM protests. Drawing such parallels is totally justified and not some evil manipulation of language. Furthermore, had the Trumpers done what they did just about anywhere else, it would have been met with far less response. Surely you must recognize the extra important placed on trespassing on the US Capitol grounds...
rojo wrote:
HitEmWithTheHein wrote:
This, my friends, is a perfect example of the manipulation of language that goes on every day in the legacy news media. I do not know if Strava is just repeating what they've learned from such media, or if they're willfully participating in misdirection themselves. Either way, I'm sure that they're convinced of their own righteousness, which could be used to justify their motive.
So, with that in mind, let's take a close look at their statement:
The contrast between how the mob of domestic terrorists was treated as they breached the US Capitol and the treatment of those who peacefully demonstrated against systemic racism in places like Washington D.C., Portland, Minneapolis and Detroit over the past months was deeply disturbing.
The above statement more than likely true.
The trickery is that they left out several very important aspects. They didn't compare the mob of domestic terrorists at the Capitol to the mobs of domestic terrorists in Washington D.C., Portland, Minneapolis, and Detroit. Nor did they compare those who peacefully demonstrated at the Capitol to those who peacefully demonstrated in the aforementioned cities.
From what I can tell, the mobs of domestic terrorists in places like Portland met little resistance when they took over buildings, mobbed, burned, stole, murdered, and seceded from the union, for months. In contrast, the abhorrent act at the capitol, where a woman was shot by police, was over very quickly. Can any of us say her name?
When claims such as Strava's are made, it's up to all of us to scrutinize their statements not just for factual content, but also for what is left out. The legacy media and social media have been twisting information like this for far too long. To echo the cry from left, you have to, "educate yourself."
To lay my cards on the table, I'm a middle aged Mexican-American. This alone shouldn't imply anything about my politics. In fact, I don't have any particular political leanings, but I do try to scrutinize the claims made by both sides. It's worth noting that on message boards and in my private life, those who are on the right tend to encourage me to scrutinize both sides. Those who lean left seem to scold me a lot for looking into facts, motivations, and half-truths.
Great post. Can I buy you lunch at Cisco's the next time there is a big track meet in town? Email me -
robert@letsrun.com
lol im fine with strava saying that they love America and democracy
if theyd come out supporting the terrorists, id probably quit using them
I feel sorry for you that you can't support equality.
PullYourselfUpByYourBootstrap wrote:
You know why you feel like the victim? The free market capitalism you think only your party stands for is literally chewing you up and spitting you out. The democratic party is not far left. Look in the mirror, evolve. We live in a great, multicultural nation where diversity is our greatest strength. It’s what we’re built on. Unless you embrace this fact you will continue to be pushed to the fringes of society and preyed upon by leaders wishing to exploit that weakness.
I like when the left says diversity is our greatest strength. It must be pigment diversity theyre referring to because they definitely crush any diverse ideas/speech.
Yes exactly, I can't take Strata seriously any more. Mind you I was never on it.
PullYourselfUpByYourBootstraps wrote:
Counties where Biden carried the vote drive 70% of our GDP. So I think Strava will be OK when all you right wing nut jobs ditch its app.
My advice to "conservatives": start pulling your weight and you might have a bit more say around these parts.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/11/09/biden-voting-counties-equal-70-of-americas-economy-what-does-this-mean-for-the-nations-political-economic-divide/
This Brookings piece is some of the worst research imaginable. For starters, 30 years ago these states were clearly Republican and they had the same if not a greater percentage of GDP. Also it fails to point out that people who live out of cities (Trump districts) but do their shopping in the large Dem controlled metropolitan areas. Finance is a big chunk of gdp and that takes place in cities.
Republicans won't be holding office for a very long time until the right moves more towards the center and work towards actual policies that will benefit society.
The best thing that Trump has done and will have a lasting effect is make young people and minorities realize their vote actually matters, and unfortunately for the Republicans, the vast majority of them will be voting for progressive policies, aka NOT for Republicans.
azsxdcf wrote:
What does everyone think about what Strava wrote in their blog:
"The contrast between how the mob of domestic terrorists was treated as they breached the US Capitol and the treatment of those who peacefully demonstrated against systemic racism in places like Washington D.C., Portland, Minneapolis and Detroit over the past months was deeply disturbing. What more proof do we need that we must change the racist power structures perpetrating this inequitable system?
Also, please join us in asking our elected officials to fulfill their commitment to protect our democracy and facilitate the peaceful transfer of power. We’re calling for them to hold Trump accountable for his unconscionable acts against democracy. "
LRC Note. There were two threads on this topic and we have merged them into one. This one was the original thread and was initially titled, "Strava - what are your thoughts?" A 2nd thread started by "I'm a man, I'm 40" was entitled "Grow a pair and delete your Strava account." We changed the name to try to combine the sentiment of the two titles.
Here is the link to the post.:
https://blog.strava.com/we-must-protect-democracy/
azsxdcf wrote:
What does everyone think about what Strava wrote in their blog:
"The contrast between how the mob of domestic terrorists was treated as they breached the US Capitol and the treatment of those who peacefully demonstrated against systemic racism in places like Washington D.C., Portland, Minneapolis and Detroit over the past months was deeply disturbing. What more proof do we need that we must change the racist power structures perpetrating this inequitable system?
Also, please join us in asking our elected officials to fulfill their commitment to protect our democracy and facilitate the peaceful transfer of power. We’re calling for them to hold Trump accountable for his unconscionable acts against democracy. "
LRC Note. There were two threads on this topic and we have merged them into one. This one was the original thread and was initially titled, "Strava - what are your thoughts?" A 2nd thread started by "I'm a man, I'm 40" was entitled "Grow a pair and delete your Strava account." We changed the name to try to combine the sentiment of the two titles.
Here is the link to the post.:
https://blog.strava.com/we-must-protect-democracy/
Absolute garbage. Obviously storming capitol hill was pathetic. Obviously. Nobody is brave by making a stand on that. The virtue signaling here makes me sick.
You know what's brave? Challenging a false narrative spun by CNN and the likes that the riots over the summer were peaceful. These criminals were given a total pass. Their behavior was every bit as bad as the Capitol hill rioters(and far more widespread). Articles in the NYT explaining why looting is justified. The ballsy move here would be to challenge the progressive orthodoxy. But nope. Might as well be a parrot repeating the same narrative.
2600 bro wrote:
Oh please Rojo. They were comparing the ~25 million people to protested this summer to 10k or so who protested on Jan 6th. As a fraction of total protestors there were way way way more law-breakers and violent criminals among the folks in DC than in the BLM protests. Drawing such parallels is totally justified and not some evil manipulation of language.
Furthermore, had the Trumpers done what they did just about anywhere else, it would have been met with far less response. Surely you must recognize the extra important placed on trespassing on the US Capitol grounds...
rojo wrote:
Great post. Can I buy you lunch at Cisco's the next time there is a big track meet in town? Email me -
robert@letsrun.com
+10000000000000
Holy wow, Rojo, this place is the alt right of the running community. This is how you choose to chime in on this thread. Yeesh, if I were OP, I would announce my departure from a place I disagree with politically.
In all seriousness, this is a bad look & you continue to promote the wrong things on here. You're going to lose younger audiences who don't think twice about the announcement Strava made even though it makes white guys like you insecure.