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Ben Norton
Personal blog · bennorton.compoliticseconomics
Ben Norton's personal blog at bennorton.com covers politics and economics. Since 2015, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Dashcam Video of Violent Arrest of Sandra Bland Was Edited”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its posts on the Sandra Bland arrest dashcam video, which one commenter says shows edits, and on politics including libertarianism, fascism and Orwell.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Dashcam Video of Violent Arrest of Sandra Bland Was Edited3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-07-22
What Hacker News says?
Wrong. The video was clearly edited: http://bennorton.com/dashcam-video-of-violent-arrest-of-sand...
Comment linking /dashcam-video-of-violent-arrest-of-sandra-bland-was-edited/
on “Sandra Bland arrest video has continuity problems, anomalies”Submitted Adolph Reed: Identity Politics Is Neoliberalism (2015) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI think this post was the first to call out the _edits_. It provides a few more details than the LA Times article, I think... http://bennorton.com/dashcam-video-of-violent-arrest-of-sand...
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on “Sandra Bland arrest video has continuity problems, anomalies”Submitted Dashcam Video of Violent Arrest of Sandra Bland Was Edited as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThere's a marked ... level of association, at the very least, between major parts of the conservative and Rothbardian/Randian Libertarian movements, and straight-up fascist action or ideology. The Daily Beast had an excellent article on this in August, 2017: http://www.thedailybeast.com/the-insidious-libertarian-to-al... Also The New Yorker , "Are Bosses Dictators? | The New Yorker": https://www.newyorker.com/books/…
Comment linking /the-libertarian-fascist-alliance/
on “How We Got to Be So Self-Absorbed: The Long Story”Both are a rejection of individualism. Both replace the advocacy of individualist values through government with majority rule via the state and economy respectively. In both fascism and libertarianism, mandates for individual worth are irrelevant and representation is achieved through power wielded. Rather than everyone having a vote, and citizenship entitling you to an equal say in the direction of the country, fa…
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on “Isaac Asimov Laments the “Cult of Ignorance” in the United States (2016)”There is a lot of interesting information provided by the link in rando14775's now dead post. Orwell should not be treated like a saint who cannot be criticized. https://bennorton.com/george-orwell-list-leftists-snitch-bri...
Comment linking /george-orwell-list-leftists-snitch-british-government/
on “George Orwell Complete Works”
