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Elon Musk Goes on Offense to Defend Offensive Speech

The billionaire is fighting forces he says chill people from speaking. Some say he’s the one suppressing speech. The billionaire is fighting forces he says chill people from speaking. Some say he’s the one suppressing speech. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their…

Darius Rucker Reportedly Arrested on Minor Drug Offense – The Hollywood Reporter

Darius Rucker was reportedly arrested on a minor drug offense in Williamson County, Tennessee on Thursday. The Hootie & the Blowfish frontman was arrested on two counts of simple possession/casual exchange of a controlled substance and one count of a violation of Tennessee’s vehicle registration law, according to the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. All three charges are misdemeanors. He was released on $10,500 bond. The controlled substance has not yet been identified, and details of what led…

Repeatedly seeing headlines of wrongdoing reduces perception of moral offense, finds study

Mean truth ratings by number of times viewed, with mixed-effects linear regression predictions. The x-axis indicates the total number of times an item was seen in the experiment, regardless of its exact presentation schedule. The number of views includes all exposures to a headline—including exposure to the headline during the final rating phase. Dots indicate mean truth ratings. Error bars indicate standard errors of the mean. The black line indicates…

Kelly Clarkson Says Taylor Swift’s Former Manager Scooter Braun Took Offense Of Her Tweet Suggesting Tay To Re-Record Her Songs

Kelly Clarkson Says Taylor Swift’s Former Manager Scooter Braun Took Offense Of Her Tweet Suggesting Tay To Re-Record Her Songs (Photo Credit: Bang Showbiz/Instagram) Kelly Clarkson has revealed Scooter Braun “took offense” when she suggested Taylor Swift re-record her back catalogue. The singer-turned-talk show host took to Twitter in 2019 to tweet a suggestion the ‘Shake It Off’ hitmaker created new versions of her early songs following the row over her master recordings when the music manager bought Taylor’s…

A Messy Epic That Caused Offense and Lawsuits Wins a Streaming Battle

via Splendid Film The historical epic is a genre that often comes under fire for inaccuracies, with the filmmakers regularly batting away criticism by claiming that artistic license was an integral part in telling the right story designed to bring in the biggest audience. While that was part of the controversy surrounding 2018’s Redbad, it was only the tip of a contentious iceberg. Originally set to be the middle part of a trilogy, director Roel Reiné followed up 2015’s Michiel de Ruyter by telling the story of…

The Morning After: A Filipino politician is trying to make ghosting a criminal offense

Ghosting can hurt, for sure. When someone suddenly cuts off contact, doesn’t show up at a date or just unmatches on one of those many dating apps, it sucks. One Filipino lawmaker is trying to make it stop, which could be a tall order. Arnolfo Teves Jr., a member of the Philippine House of Representatives, said ghosting was "a form of emotional cruelty and should be punished as an emotional offense." The bill — yes there’s proposed legislation — doesn't offer specific penalties, but Teves suggested in an interview that…

A Filipino politician wants to make ghosting a criminal offense

A lawmaker wants to punish people for , or abruptly cutting off communications with someone without explaining why. Arnolfo Teves Jr., a member of the Philippine House of Representatives, accompanying his bill that ghosting "can be likened to a form of emotional cruelty and should be punished as an emotional offense." Teves referred to studies that indicate social rejection activates the same neural pathways as physical pain. He argued that “ghosting is a form of spite that develops feelings of rejection and neglect” and…

A Hit Comedy That Occasionally Causes Offense Takes Aim on Streaming

via DreamWorks The discussion and debate surrounding modern comedy has become more heated than ever, with even the performers themselves wondering if they’ll become the latest victim of cancel culture should they take things a little too far for some people with a joke or routine. It’s an important discussion, but the regular waves of backlash to be thrown up around Robert Downey Jr.’s performance in Tropic Thunder is the sort of faux outrage that completely misses the point. Even though it’s been almost 15…

Rays hope offense remains in high gear vs. Tigers

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Sports Author of the article: Article content The Tampa Bay Rays extricated themselves from their offensive rut and will try to duplicate that effort Wednesday afternoon in the series finale against the Detroit Tigers in St. Petersburg, Fla. The second-place club in the American League East saw its offense produce 11 hits and its entire outfield hit homers in two-RBI outings on Tuesday. The end result was a comfortable 8-1 victory over the Tigers that evened the series at…