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RT @ryanlongcomedy:
Breaking News: Your Should Still Be Very Afraid pic.twitter.com/A4mdQJsyUb

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RT @aginnt:
An older woman in Germany is a threat to society because she breaks unscientific COVID law. twitter.com/Inkognito1117/…

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‘But without government, who’d beat the scary ‘rona out of people??’ twitter.com/ClimateWarrior…

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RT @aginnt:
What COVID democracy looks like in Europe. pic.twitter.com/QRPgJRyXOW

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@bnielson01

These scientists are going against THE SCIENCE ™.

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When personal responsibility is exactly what they want you to negate by acting in the interest of the collective. twitter.com/ThomasEWoods/s…

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RT @ClimateWarrior7:
Rest assured, they are all being beaten and savaged by dogs perfectly legally.

These people were outside, and it’s il…

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RT @ClimateWarrior7:
Imagine living in 2100 when the sea level has gone up 100 metres on the US East Coast and only 30 metres on the West C…

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RT @aginnt:
Amsterdam living under the thumb of “public health”.

From today. pic.twitter.com/n1FqABqoEQ

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RT @aginnt:
An unbelievable turnout today in Amsterdam to end lockdowns and COVID law. pic.twitter.com/lDnLU05uvi

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RT @reitschuster:
Frage an die Polizei (nicht nur) in #Amsterdam: Wie weit seid Ihr bereit zu gehen? Werdet Ihr auch schießen, wenn ein Sch…

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RT @ClimateWarrior7:
Great news for unvaccinated Italians. Now some of them will starve to death.

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RT @aginnt:
Huge protests break out all across Germany on New Years to end COVID restrictions.

Koblenz, Germany tonight👇🏼
https://t.co/yQv…

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RT @diemauerthewall:
Press kit regarding PAN AM’s inaugural first direct flight New York to Berlin on May 30, 1964.
#Berlin #PanAmerican #T…

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RT @therealrukshan:
It is being reported that a man distressed by vaccine mandates has set himself and his car on fire in Victoria, Austral…

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RT @hubertus_knabe:
@secondhanduser

Da unterschätzen Sie den wissenschaftlich-technischen Fortschritt im #Sozialismus! https://t.co/6K75dJF…

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RT @hubertus_knabe:
Mein Vorsatz für 2022: Mehr Nachhaltigkeit im Alltag!
#neuesjahr #Neujahrsvorsatz pic.twitter.com/Lhi8GKka9o

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RT @dvassallo:
Work-life balance has almost nothing to do with how many hours you work, but whether it’s your work that fits within your pr…

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RT @ClimateWarrior7:
Rugged individualism is white supremacy in its purest and most genocidal form. pic.twitter.com/WyrXtSBs56

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RT @TheBabylonBee:
Unvaccinated Man Feeling Left Out As All His Vaccinated Friends Have COVID babylonbee.com/news/unvaccina…

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RT @aginnt:
The Munich mayor bans COVID protests. Here is how the people responded. pic.twitter.com/Ltf3EQNp42

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So schlimm wie in der DDR ist es wohl (noch) nicht, aber es ist schlimm genug. twitter.com/rebew_lexa/sta…

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RT @ClimateWarrior7:
Science, science, why have you forsaken me?

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Which was worse, new matrix or don’t look up?

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RT @Jonas_Hermann:
Kanzler Olaf Scholz hält Rechtsextreme für die grösste Bedrohung. Die Zahlen der Bundesanwaltschaft ergeben ein ganz and…

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RT @aginnt:
Germans continue to protest tonight against looming lockdowns and vaxx mandates. pic.twitter.com/U9skZojO8S

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RT @ANothlich:
Würde man die Menschen massiv auf Herpes testen und jeden positiv getesteten Toten einen Herpes-Sterbefall nennen, könnten w…

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What could go wrong? twitter.com/guardian/statu…

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RT @ClimateWarrior7:
Sorry but if you’ve caught covid, you’ve done something wrong. You broke social distancing rules or didn’t wear enough…

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@PeterAttiaMD

It’s bad. I don’t recommend it. I mentally hold it in a separate category from the other three so as not to ruin the memory.

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“[M]an kann ja das Einhalten von Abständen am besten gewährleisten, indem man die Menschen auf möglichst engem Raum zusammentreibt.”

💯 twitter.com/reitschuster/s…

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RT @aginnt:
An anti-mandate protestor makes a scene at an Australian cricket match. pic.twitter.com/9WL5oXmgyt

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RT @diemauerthewall:
Berlin, August 1961. Kurz nach dem Mauerbau winken Westberliner in Richtung Osten.
#Berlin #ColdWar
#berlinermauer #b…

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RT @aginnt:
Every major town in Germany experienced a flood of anti-mandate protestors last night. pic.twitter.com/D44LMv2LiS

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RT @ClimateWarrior7:
Death will walk the face of the Earth. The dying will flee screaming from the dead; blood, pus and vomit spewing from…

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RT @aginnt:
Nightly protests continue in Germany against COVID mandates.

Kaiserslautern tonight👇🏼
pic.twitter.com/pf7iP4ezGh

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@PoliticsForAlI

People in the UK have a right to work and a right to rent? Is this for real?

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RT @GregAbbott_TX:
Biden says there’s no federal solution to COVID and that this gets solved at a state level.

He should immediately end h…

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RT @reitschuster:
Wenn die Polizei Pfefferspray gegen Demonstranten einsetzt, die mit Kindern unterwegs sind, und dabei ein Baby Pfefferspr…

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RT @aginnt:
A Christmas rally in Berlin against the COVID police state. pic.twitter.com/9DhAiAvQu3

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RT @ThomasEWoods:
“We never said the vaccines stopped transmission”

Liars gonna lie

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RT @libsoftiktok:
The state of the rental market in NYC pic.twitter.com/GKeQIwgR5i

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RT @aginnt:
Merry Christmas from the streets of Barcelona! No more COVID mandates! pic.twitter.com/Iwdma9pjXQ

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“along the wrong axis” 😂 twitter.com/DrEliDavid/sta…

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@Markgsparrow @ClimateWarrior7

Exactly. By some projections, in the next ten years 20 billion ppl will die and 50 billion will immigrate to Berlin alone.

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RT @aginnt:
Protestors march in Germany for Christmas to end COVID mandates. pic.twitter.com/vtPi5RuJ0E

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@codybaldwin

I can’t tell if it was a cash grab. They may have genuinely tried to create something great and just failed.

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It sucked. Really bad. It felt like a parody at times. Acting was bad (including Reeves’). Story shallow, not enthralling. I won’t consider this a sequel to the trilogy.

If you disliked the third one and thought it couldn’t get worse: it actually got a lot worse.

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My evaluation of the new Matrix movie:

👇

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@NickHudsonCT

Same to you.

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Important article. Hope to see you guys on the other side as well. twitter.com/NickHudsonCT/s…

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RT @jreichelt:
In unserem Haus, das “Dem deutschen Volke” gewidmet ist, bröckelt der grundgesetzliche Gedanke der Gewaltenteilung. Stattdes…

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RT @textklang:
Stasi surveillance as natural history documentary: covert (or not) filming of #Punks attending gig at Berlin’s Erlöserkirche…

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@ClimateWarrior7

Neurosexism is a serious issue.

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RT @hubertus_knabe:
Die Gleichschaltung des liberalen #Hongkong durch #China geht weiter: »Säule der Schande« zum Gedenken an das #Tiananme…

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RT @BNicholsLiberty:
Brought to you by progressive Democrat hero, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. pic.twitter.com/zByzKI29ZY

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@c_drosten

“Etwas. Unterschied bei schweren Verläufen weiter unklar.” Panikmacher

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RT @re_develop:
I‘m very excited to read this book @DavidDeutschOxf pic.twitter.com/mNXyFJrD5u

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RT @catturd2:
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES !!! pic.twitter.com/prgEgUPUbC

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Medical tyranny. Scientism at its worst. twitter.com/disclosetv/sta…

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Kenne den Mann zwar nicht, ist aber keine schlechte Aktion! twitter.com/politicalbeaut…

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RT @ThomasEWoods:
Boycott Chicago also

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RT @K46444774:
@twittonreg

Es nimmt überhand 😡 pic.twitter.com/OXAMSDpDmv

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RT @twittonreg:
Mutter und Sohn trugen an der frischen Luft keine Masken und wurden brutal festgenommen! Leute, was ist hier los? Masken an…

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RT @ben_brechtken:
Lockdown bleibt Lockdown, auch wenn man die Scheisse “Kontaktbeschränkungen”, “Neujahrsruhe” oder “Solidaritätswackelpud…

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@chelywright @IamtheWay13

(That’s assuming it’s not a parody account.)

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@chelywright

There are some clues here that Chely is a second-hander if you’d like to analyze together @IamtheWay13.

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@chelywright @JetBlue

Super spreader

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This tweet isn’t actually about Breaking Bad. Click bait. twitter.com/PhyllisSilver/…

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A good example of how systems that haven’t yet undergone what Deutsch calls the jump to universality can be more difficult to implement than their universal counterpart. twitter.com/PR0GRAMMERHUM0…

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@IamtheWay13 @krlwlzn

[You have] certainly no way of falsifying your accusation.

Somebody I accuse of being second-handed could in principle persuade me that he isn’t one and that I’m wrong.

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@IamtheWay13 @krlwlzn

You have no direct access to another person’s thoughts.

That’s always true, of course, but it doesn’t imply that we should never judge. Or we’d have no way of judging!

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@IamtheWay13 @krlwlzn

Yes, but without a good way to distinguish between the two.

Did you read the linked page? I think it contains good ways.

One way to tell is if someone is scared to do something he thinks is right (to the extent that he can) because others might not like it.

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@IamtheWay13 @krlwlzn

Everyone repeats ideas shared by other people – that’s just enacting memes. I see nothing wrong with that per se.

What I’m referring to is the concept of second-handedness: aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/second…

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@onetryckponi

I did read it in its entirety and analyzed it in detail. Why did you assume otherwise?

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@IamtheWay13 @krlwlzn

Karl asked me what I oppose, not about how to persuade pathetic sheep not to be pathetic sheep anymore.

But yes, I’d guess in the process of persuasion ridicule can sometimes be productive but there are definitely times when it should be avoided.

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@ewarren

Warren lies constantly, don’t trust a word she says: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/lying-li…

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@onetryckponi

Still, even using the definition “A man who causes trouble in a playful way”, how can saying something mainstream be said to meaningfully cause trouble?

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@IamtheWay13 @krlwlzn

If they do it in a setting where most around them disagree they may not be sheep because that takes courage. (But it gets tricky eg if they’re missionaries sent to such settings, or if afterwards they post on social media about how courageous they were being.)

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@IamtheWay13 @krlwlzn

No, they could still believe that spreading ‘the word of god’ is virtuous AND show off what goody two-shoes they are. They’d be merely mistaken about the first part while also being pathetic sheep for the second.

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@onetryckponi

I don’t understand your second paragraph. I’m guessing the word “guy” refers to yourself, but I was saying that what Deutsch says is mainstream, not what you’re saying.

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@onetryckponi

AFAIK it also roughly means ‘bad guy’, which in the context of your tweet I took to mean ‘unconventional enough to be perceived as a bad guy/troublemaker’. But English is not my first language so what do I know.

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@IamtheWay13 @krlwlzn

Those who post on social media about what good, committed churchgoers they are, sure.

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@krlwlzn

I oppose making them mandatory. And those showing off their mask on social media to score social points – they are pathetic sheep.

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RT @NorbertBolz:
“Gendern” ist ein Schulbeispiel dafür, dass auch in einer Demokratie eine Minderheit eine überwältigende Mehrheit tyrannis…

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It’s for your protection. twitter.com/aginnt/status/…

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@Rehlein_ms @c_drosten

Da “uns” Plural ist, haettest du doch bereits wissen muessen, dass “nur in Deinem Kopf” falsch ist.

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@Rehlein_ms @c_drosten

In “uns” bist du mit drin, oder?

Verstaendlich, dass du es so gelesen hast, war aber so nicht gemeint. Ich meinte es solidarisch.

Was willst Du damit bezwecken?

Dass Drosten aufhoert, Leuten Angst einzujagen.

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@Rehlein_ms @c_drosten

Drosten et al haben vielen Tausenden Angst eingejagt.

Mir uebrigens nicht. So oder so werde ich natuerlich nicht aufhoeren zu lesen.

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