#Vice news

[thoughtportal]

some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses

[thegayhimbo]

For those looking to donate to help Ukraine, here is a list of highly recommended Charities/Organizations:

I also recommend Save Ukraine. They work to rescue Ukrainian children who have been kidnapped and deported to Russia since the start of the war. This video, Stealing Ukraine's Children: Inside Russia's Camps, gives more insight into that particular situation:

On a final note, U.S. Congress needs to pass the $60 billion in aid to Ukraine. Shame on Republicans for holding this up! That is unacceptable and reprehensible on so many levels.

[odinsblog]

Showtime slated “The Guantanamo Candidate,” a 30 minute-long episode of its Vice documentary series, for May 28.

The episode opens with a shot of the outside the US prison complex at the southern tip of Cuba, where Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis served as a lawyer from March 2006 to January 2007.

Vice reporters had secured on camera interviews with a former detainee, Mansoor Adayfi, and a guard at the prison, staff sergeant Joe Hickman. Both said they remembered seeing DeSantis at the prison during a controversial detainee hunger strike. The Vice crew traveled to Guantanamo Bay to attempt to try to speak to military staff, and made several attempts to ask DeSantis about the allegations directly, eventually confronting him at a press conference in Israel, according to a detailed description provided to Semafor.

But Showtime viewers who turned on their televisions May 28 never saw the episode. (They were treated to a re-run of the scripted drama Yellowjackets.)

Showtime and Vice cited “scheduling” in a statement after The Hollywood Reporter noticed the missing episode.

But in fact, two people familiar with the incident said, the Paramount-owned cable channel ditched the DeSantis episode over fears of the political consequences. One person briefed on the decision told Semafor that the company’s Washington lobbyist, DeDe Lea, raised concerns about the piece.

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[theopiumeater]

hamilton morris (c. 2010-2014)

[newsbites]

Private equity has been rapidly growing its share of the housing market, taking advantage of a housing crisis and in some cases exacerbating it. But as large corporate landlords grow in power, tenants are increasingly rallying together and finding creative ways to hit them in their pockets.

[aci25]

Can You Be a Functioning Heroin User? | High Society

VICE’s Tir Dhondy explores the hidden world of functioning heroin users who claim to balance their recreational drug use with an otherwise normal lifestyle and asks the question: is it really possible to be a functioning heroin user?

[caldera599]

These activist pseudo-journalism sites are being picked off one by one and it's not surprising to watch.

[thoughtportal]

Police Violence

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[thegayhimbo]

Say "I know nothing about the history of Russia's treatment of Ukraine (the Holodomor being one such example) or what's currently going on between Russia and Ukraine" without saying it. 🙄😒

For those who can't access the video due to the "age restriction," here is a transcript of the 60 Minutes interview with Scott Pelley interviewing Freed Ukrainian Prisoners of War:

SPOILER ALERT: The following video/transcript contains descriptions of beatings, torture, rape, starvation, child deaths, and human rights violations.

As for "Russia is not continuously bombing all civilian infrastructure and committing a genocide," there have been multiple posts and articles over the past 2 years proving otherwise (including their recent attack on New Year's Eve). This also includes the Russian war crime of Ukrainian children being kidnapped by Russian soldiers, deported to Russian reeducation camps, getting brainwashed, and being used as Russian Propaganda tools:

Between the 2:27 and 2:37 mark, Isobel Yeung (the narrator) doesn't mince her words when she notes how Vladimir Putin and his cronies are accused of trying to "ethically cleanse a generation of young Ukrainians."

If you've read this far, you can probably come to the conclusion that imtryingsir did absolutely zero research, or even cared enough to follow the last 2 years of news about the Russian-Ukraine War, before making their abhorrently idiotic comment.

So why am I bothering to dignify this with a response when it's clear this person is being maliciously stupid? Because of this post. Specifically, the disgusting little remark they made where they tried to justify why a Jewish woman on social media deserved to be bullied/harassed (which eventually led to the Russia apologist comment above when they were called out on it by multiple Tumblr users):

Putting aside the gross victim-blaming and thinly-disguised antisemitism (which I'm sure my Jewish followers are deeply sick of at this point), what really gets me is how disingenuous this user is. They don't actually give a rat's ass about what's going on in Gaza: Someone who truly cares about genocide and the deaths/suffering of innocent people wouldn't be going out of their way to downplay/whitewash the genocidal actions of another country (Russia), or making comments dismissing another groups problems/trauma while dehumanizing them, or even straight up wishing for more death and destruction:

People like this (as well as the so-called "Pro-Palestine" users in the Jewish woman's post who were harassing her) are devoid of empathy. They relish in being cruel and condescending to others because they feel empowered in doing so, and they know they can get away with it without facing lasting consequences. They are doing nothing to help alleviate an already horrific situation, and are just making the world a worse place to live in. I'm sure they'll tell themselves the sweet little lies about how their bullying and antisemitism is really "activism" or "caring for Palestinians" or "Being antizionist; not antisemitic" (while continuing to spew the same bigoted rhetoric that Jews have been calling out as antisemitic for YEARS). At this point, I truly don't give a damn what their excuses are since they will grasp at anything, no matter how flimsy, to rationalize their behavior.

I never thought I'd see the day where a bunch of Leftist/Westerners would embody two of the most loathsome fictional characters in media (right down to their hateful, sadistic, vile attitudes), and yet that is the point we've currently reached:

To say this has been deeply unpleasant to witness is an understatement. 😒

I talked about this in a recent post about antisemitism from the Left, and I'm going to reiterate something I said: "There is a larger conversation that needs to be had about how selective Leftist empathy and compassion really is. By this, I’m talking about people on the Left who will a.) Only be compassionate/empathetic when it’s convenient for them, or b.) Only be compassionate/empathetic towards people they think are “deserving” of it."

People like imtryingsir only prove why it's important to have this conversation: If you're perfectly okay dismissing/downplaying the suffering of one group of people (be it Jews, Ukrainians, Palestinians, etc) so you can prop up your preferred group of people who are suffering because you think they are more "deserving" of empathy/compassion......................you need to do some serious self-reflection about the type of person you've become.

[lady-griffin]

Oh.

Oh.

Oh, he’s fucking delusion and just an awful person.

That is some good old capitalistic, conservatism brain rot there. That’s just...

Fucking yikes. 

It’s the fact that he believes he’s being perfectly reasonable, normal, sane, and not the worst kind of boss one can have, scares me a bit. Because, seriously what the hell?

I do love the irony that he’s exactly why the problems he’s seeing with employees’ attitudes are there in the first place; you are very much a part of your own problem, sir.

Seriously, how has no one gotten fired for punching him in the face yet? 

All I can say is yikes.

[lady-nightmare]

The Russian Woman Accused of 'Stealing' Ukrainian Children | Exclusive I...

Most of the time when I hear ruzzian propagandists spreading lies I just roll my eyes but this one gives me chills. Something really is wrong with her.

That moment when journalist says that for some people it is about perspective if territory belongs to Ukraine or ruzzia and Lvova-Belova “I don` t understand”. Psychotic!!!

The journalist seems to be stressed out. But I don` t know what she was thinking by giving her a platform to speak? Because I am pretty sure that before interview Kremlin got to know the questions to prepare Lvova-Belova so nothing would surprise her. So what was purpose of this interview?

[holy-ghost-fire]

The difference in how VICE News talks about drug policy compared to how it discusses gun ownership is so bizarre. When it talks about drugs, VICE always highlights the ineffectiveness of the war on drugs, how prohibition makes the problem worse, that people who want drugs will acquire them anyway, and openly suggests that legalizing hard drugs is the best way to handle the issue. Not only do they cover addicts in a decent light, they even portray drug dealers as sympathically as possible. I might not agree with their conclusions on how to solve drug issues in society but they are much more nuanced in how they talk about drugs than most.

And yet when VICE covers gun ownership, they totally flip and not only portray guns in the worst possible light but also parrot liberal talking points on how gun control will magically solve the issue lmao