“Mike Lindell is taking hits left and right recently. I feel bad for the guy, but this is all self inflicted. Most recently, he was ordered to pay out $5 Million in prize money to a “computer guy” who entered a contest Mike held. The challenge was to falsify his election data. Turns out it wasn’t very difficult to do. Mike has pushed this all the way through the mediation system HE set up to verify a winner and they said he has to pay. The man won. The data was fake.”
“How did two industry outsiders upend the comic industry?
THE COMPLETE ELFQUEST
These are the beautiful collections that Dark Horse has put out. They look great on a shelf and reprint the original black and white art. Everyone should own at least the first volume.
Instead of Volume 7 though, I actually recommend you pick up the original trades for the Final Quest, as Sonny Strait’s colors really make Wendy’s art look like animation.
“0:00 Gamergate 2
1:19 Sweet Baby Controversy and DEI in Games
2:52 Saga Anderson in Alan Wake 2
4:12 DEI Serving Capital and Sweet Baby’s Role
5:44 Kim Belair on Marketing and Demographics
7:00 Creating Diverse Whales
8:18 “Picky Babies”
9:36 The Fight for the Ideal Consumer
12:12 Culture War as a Red Herring
13:30 Futility
14:53 Final Thoughts
In this video, we dive into the gaming world’s latest controversy surrounding Sweet Baby Inc., a consulting firm accused of injecting forced diversity into popular titles like Alan Wake 2. The backlash against Sweet Baby Inc. has escalated, with discussions on whether the firm is ruining games and the nature of woke consulting in the gaming industry. We explore the role of Sweet Baby Inc. in the so-called ‘Gamergate 2’ and the controversy over wokeness and diversity in gaming.
Content creators like Clownfish TV have highlighted the worsening backlash in ‘Sweet Baby Inc. Backlash Gets WORSE! Gaming Journos’ LAST STAND?!’ while Asmongold TV delves into the behavior of Sweet Baby’s narrative designer in ‘Sweet Baby’s Narrative Designer Is Unhinged..’ The Critical Drinker’s ‘When Gamers Fight Back – The Sweet Baby Inc Backlash’ provides insights into the gaming community’s response to increasing wokeness in Western game companies.
We also touch on Alteori’s ‘Unpacking SWEET BABY INC Co-Founder’s Comments’ and SomeOrdinaryGamers’ ‘Sweet Baby Inc Is Awful…’ to further understand the implications of Sweet Baby Inc.’s actions. RGT 85’s ‘The INSANE Hypocrisy Of Sweet Baby Inc. EXPOSED!’ adds another layer to the discussion, highlighting the firm’s contradictory behavior.
This video aims to shed light on the ongoing debate over woke video games and the impact of diversity and inclusion initiatives in the gaming community. Join us as we navigate the complexities of wokeism, saga Anderson, and the reactions of the gaming community to this evolving controversy. Kotaku’s coverage of Sweet Baby Inc. is not good, and the broader conversation around diversity and inclusion in the gaming industry. could easily get a lot worse.
Is Sweet Baby Inc. really as bad as they say? Or are they worse? In this video, we’ll uncover the truth about this controversial gaming news site and compare it to popular media sources like Fox News and Vaush. Don’t believe everything you hear – watch this video to find out the real story behind Sweet Baby Inc. and the gaming industry.”
I really like this video…It’s very well nuanced…and balanced fairly…
For the record…”Another white asshole” is absolutely a racist statement, and an expression of a racist mind…every bit as much as if it were aimed at any other race.
The whole “racism is power plus hate towards race”, is slippery tongued bullshit…from people who want to excuse their own racism…
Now…if you are genuinely the target of chronic racism…or you are credibly from a group that’s been damaged by racism…there is absolutely a legitimate conversation to be had, regarding your right to your own anger, and whether you should be given extra leeway, understanding and forgiveness, when you’ve reached your wits end and lash out with your own racism…
…It does not make your racism right…It does not make your response good…But it gives a certain framework to the situation…And we all know that people chronically abused, normally snap at some point…and lash out with their own abuse…It’s a natural response to something extremely wrong.
Personally…I have no qualms with racist characters being represented in movies, books, music and so on…These type of people exist…
I would say it’s really disgusting and low, if you are outright celebrating that type of behavior and abuse…or trying to get other people to emulate it.
Lastly…I personally understand the whole power dynamic concept…the anger at people abusing their power over those with no real power…
…I am a pedophile, after all, who has the indignity of living through an era where the U.S. government itself is hounding, distorting and derailing research relevant to people like myself…where little is done to combat the dehumanizing, savage things dictated about people like me…and people commonly get away with violence and threat of violence, towards people like me…
…To respond to these people and actions, giving it right back to them, and telling them what’s what…with a healthy dose of “asshole, bastard and fucker”…is down right euphoric some days.
…Perhaps it is “unbecoming”…not as diplomatic as one might hope…Maybe I’m no great leader, and have plenty of my own faults…
…But understand…I shed the veneer of being a happy, mild mannered, “always positive” member of the community back in 2006…when I literally reached my own breaking point…and had a genuine psychological breakdown…
…When I emerged…I was fundamentally changed…and decided from that point on, I am simply going to be real…including the ugly and complicated shit…
Nothing is off the table…and I don’t give a fuck, what makes people uncomfortable…
…What I know…is that things have got to fucking change.
…This world needs to get real…and stop exploiting ostracized groups of people, as it’s boogeymen.
“Sweet Baby Inc. backlash gets even WORSE as one of their employees takes a swipe at the late Akira Toriyama. Then we talk about how desperate gaming journos seemingly are to reignite Gamergate over the SBI drama… and how it might BACKFIRE tremendously this time.”
This is an extremely old tactic to smear and censor…
…BoyChat was attacked this way a number of times in the past.
Unregistered names from unrecognized IPs show up, to make posts that violate the forum rules…paint the community in the worst light possible…imply that illegal behavior is taking place…and then screen captures end up on some other website, or in an “expose”…when nobody actually from BoyChat even posted it.
So much of this type of thing is literally planted, by malicious people who intend on taking a forum down.
Excerpts from Paidika: Book Review by Benjamin Rossen
Boys on their Contacts with Men: A Study of Sexually Expressed Friendships (Part 3)
By Theo Sandfort. (New York: Global Academic Publishers, 1987). 175 pages.
Just as surprising is a review similarly flawed in fact and innuendo by Masters, Johnson, and Kolodny. They write, ”To begin with, his sample was completely unrepresentative, since his ‘recruiters’ apparently deliberately sought out ‘better’ paedophile relationships. What does ‘better’ mean? Possibly these were relationships in which the boys were so intimidated by the paedophile that they were afraid to say anything against him.
The selection was not deliberately biased in the way suggested by these authors. Theo Sandfort approached the NVSH, which sponsors paedophile work groups in all major cities in the Netherlands, to solicit volunteers. Other men were contacted by word of mouth. The boys were then contacted through the men. Therefore, the sample was self-selected. The characteristics of the sample and the limitations imposed on the generality of the findings are dealt with by Sandfort. The unrepresentative nature of the sample, in view of Sandfort’s principal research question, is not “a major methodological flaw” as suggested by the authors. The question, “Can a sexual contact with an adult be a positive experience for a child?”, may be answered by interviewing a select population. Sandfort has been much more cautious than many others, whose unrepresentative samples have been drawn from rape crisis centers, psychiatric clinics and court rooms. The sarcastic pretense by Masters, Johnson, and Kolodny, not to understand the meaning of “better relationships” is astonishing, particularly as Sandfort discusses the notion. Furthermore, there is no evidence that the boys were intimidated as suggested by Masters, Johnson, and Kolodny. The complete transcripts of interviews with three of the boys, where this fact can be seen clearly, are included in the appendices of Sandfort’s most recent book. The strange comments by these authors seem to reflect a deliberate effort to misrepresent the research.
Masters, Johnson, and Kolodny continue, “… each boy was interviewed in the home of ‘his’ paedophile with the paedophile present, without any apparent regard for the fact that the adult’s presence would have almost assuredly prevented the boy from voicing complaints about the way he was treated, because of fear of punishment.” Sandfort gave thought to selection of a suitable venue for the interviews. Some of the interviews were held in the boys’ homes, although Sandfort felt that the parents’ homes, and his office at the university, had drawbacks which could have restricted the spontaneity of the boys’ responses. The paedophiles’ homes were the points of initial contact and the most convenient and uncontrived choice. It is also untrue that the interviews were conducted in the presence of the paedophile. The boys were promised that the interviews would be treated as confidential. It is a fact that the boys did criticize their adult partners and these criticisms are reported by Sandfort. Why should Masters, Johnson and Kolodny invent such a falsehood?
The authors continue, “Finally, no follow-up of these boys and their relationships was attempted to discover what the long-range impacts might be.” Theo Sandfort, who is hoping to do a long-term follow-up, lives in the present like the rest of us. The passage of time takes time. If, however, circumstances intervene, and a follow-up becomes impossible, that fact cannot be used as a criticism of the present research.
Masters, Johnson, and Kolodny cite Dr. Suzanne Sgroi, with whom they agree. “The sexually abused child may not feel abused initially, but as the child learns what society thinks of what he has done, the child feels betrayed …” This looks like an unfalsifiable hypothesis. The logic of Sgroi’ s statement precludes the possibility of benign sexual experiences between children and adults. Scientific questions must be phrased so that the results of investigations are not pre-supposed. From an epistemological perspective, a priori insistence on the victim status of the child is, simply, bad science. In this case, there is danger that the assertion will become self-fulfilling. In other words, if the child is not traumatized by the sexual activity, then we can traumatize him by the way we (and others) respond. People in positions of influence, like Masters, Johnson, and Kolodny, can ensure that society as a whole will respond this way, by insisting that the children are always victims.
This dynamic occurs in some incest counselling centers where a feminist ideological perspective dominates. In this view all children are regarded as ‘victims’. To become ‘survivors’ they must acknowledge their status as ‘victims’. The process of counselling ensures that the trauma is magnified for some children, and other children become ‘victims’. In one case, a tough little girl who knew her mind better than most, kept insisting, “But I Iiked it.” “Oh dear!” said the counsellor with a look of pious despair, “You poor girl! You’ll never be saved.”
While there are more points in both reviews which could be responded to, it may be more profitable to turn attention to some of the differences between the Netherlands and the U.S.A. which have made this research possible here. Like most of Europe, there exists in the Netherlands a much healthier and relaxed attitude towards sexuality in all its manifestations, including paedophilia. In part, mature understanding has come about through the efforts of people like Dr. Edward Brongersma, who, despite a conviction for a relationship with a teenage boy, continued a prominent career as a lawyer and a member of the Dutch Senate. He lobbied effectively for reform of the age of consent laws. In 1975 he was knighted by the Queen for his services to the nation. Dr. Brongersma is not a lone voice in this country. The opinions of many people with tolerant perspectives, including psychologists, social workers, legislators and others are covered by Sandfort.
Mrazek accuses Sandfort of criminal complicity and “rationalizing criminal activity”. He points out that such research could not be carried out in the United States and that “in the Netherlands, homosexual contact between men and boys is illegal.” However, the law in this country is tempered with an ample measure of good sense. Even the police have “testified that the law no longer conformed to reality. “ln the event that the police are informed of a paedophile relationship their first instruction is to ascertain the wishes of the boy. This is usually done by a social worker. If the boy does not want to make a complaint, the probability of further police action or prosecution is slight. Parents who press for charges, are advised that damage is likely to result from over-reaction. As a result, the growing North American phenomenon of child abuse by heavy handed intervention is unlikely to occur in this country. Far from being a criminal for failing to report the paedophile contacts, Sandfort behaved in a responsible manner, and, in this country, is seen to have done so.
There is a remarkable contrast between the attitude of police and welfare authorities in the U.S.A. and the Netherlands. Children have been threatened with death, jail and rape, and sometimes assaulted by police in the U.S.A., in an effort to extract ‘confessions’. It seems that coercion is justified in that country if it will lead to the prosecution of another paedophile. Presumably this activity is undertaken in the interests of protecting children.
One of the functions of the intellectual community in any country is to set standards of reasonableness and restraint. When people like Mrazek, Masters, Johnson and Kolodny fail in this role, it is not surprising to find police charging about like enraged bull elephants indiscriminately trampling underfoot the guilty and innocent alike. Does moral responsibility for the damage being done, rest in part, on these authors? I think the current child-sex-pornography-incest-paedophile witch hunt will, in another generation, be seen as analogous to the Red Scare phenomenon, an outburst of exaggerated moral indignation which ultimately became responsible for far more damage that it prevented. It is a pity that a rational assessment of Sandfort’s research in that country is so hard to find. The intellectual dishonesty and naked prejudice with which these authors have attacked Sandfort’s work, would seem to disqualify them from the right to participate further in rational debate.
The current American national hysteria includes outrageous rumor-mongering by the media. Amsterdammers were most amazed to read reports in American newspapers of auctions of children into sexual slavery which were alleged to occur in the Dam Square. Of course, no such events ever took place. Nor is Holland the world supplier of child pornography. It is, however, a country where many intelligent people refuse to see things in simple-minded categories, where tolerance is a national characteristic, and extremism in any form is frowned upon. The Dutch also believe that children are protected by being informed as fully as possible. Comprehensive national sex education is available, starting in early primary school. In one instance, a balanced review of Sandfort’s book, including excerpts from interviews with some of the boys, was published on the children’s page of a prominent Dutch newspaper.
No equivalent book is available in English. This translation is a unique and important publication. Against the background of the child-sex-abuse witch hunt which has reached apoplectic proportions throughout most of the English-speaking world, it provides some welcome balance.
In my opinion, no contemporary book on this subject deserves a stronger endorsement. John Money writes in his introduction, “It is a very important book and a very positive one. It provides sexological science and policy with information of great pertinence in helping to shape the future wisely … It is must-reading for all those interested in the development of sexuality in childhood.”
Editor’s Note:
Benjamin Rossen holds a B.A. in Psychology, a B.Sc. in Human Biology, and a Dip.Ed. from the University of Western Australia, and completed his Masters Qualifying Examination in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Monash University, Victoria, Australia. He is engaged in research on human sexual development for his Ph.D. This review is copyrighted by Benjamin Rossen, 1987.
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BARTOW, Fla. – A 4-month-old Polk County girl is dead and investigators say her father is responsible for taking her life.
According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, 22-year-old Jacob Kubai viciously murdered his daughter Willow, who he called “Strawberry”.
Investigators with the Bartow Police Department say they were called to Bartow Regional Hospital on February 22, because a baby had arrived in cardiac arrest. Police say she had no brain activity and suspicious physical injuries.
After emergency room personnel stabilized the little girl, police say she was flown to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa.
“It was obvious that the child had multiple injuries,” Police Chief Andy Ray shared.”
“Christian Nationalists claim we have nothing to fear. They just want to get things back to the way the founders originally intended, that’s all. So, what do christian nationalists really want? Is that true? Let’s talk about it.”
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