Kanye West sued for sexual harassment by ex-assistant

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Kanye West sued for sexual harassment by ex-assistant
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In a lawsuit, Lauren Pisciotta alleges the star sent her lewd texts and performed sex acts while on the phone with her, according to US media.

She claims she was fired in 2022, but that a $3 million (£2.4 million) severance package was never paid.

The BBC has contacted West's lawyer for a response to her allegations, but has yet to receive a reply.

The lawsuit was first reported in the US by TMZ, and later confirmed by Rolling Stone, The Wrap and US Weekly, which says court papers were filed on Monday in the US.

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You still can't fathom it. Trump is a completely different phenomenon.

If something like Hitler in a similar socio-political situation happens, you will support it.

woah is that apologia

No, just my assessment of neurotypical people in relation to Hitlers.

Sorry... you're saying the only non-Nazis are neurodivergent?

No. Just that nd people are less vulnerable.

I have no idea why you think that. Do you have any evidence for it or is this just a guess on your part?

Less social - less vulnerable to Nazis, communists etc. Seems to be a simple connection

Ah yeah, no one's ever heard of an antisocial loner into Nazi ideology. So totally not a thing.

Being into some ideology and being useful for it are different things.

Yeah, those antisocial loners are never useful for anything. Certainly not stuff like suicide bombing or mass shooting. Those are done by people who are the life of the party.

Certainly not stuff like suicide bombing or mass shooting. Those are done by people who are the life of the party.

Nazi ideology had a pretty collectivist cult of sacrifice, strength, loyalty etc, so why not.

Other than that - motives for suicide bombings and mass shootings are usually directed against groups presenting themselves as any Nazis do when they have power.

And such groups are deeply hostile to individual actions like a suicide bombing. Maybe for a few assassinations or as an excuse for some action - yes, but not as a system.

You really do not understand fascism if you don’t think terrorism is involved.

I think I know more about fascism than you, having been really interested in the subject in the past.

"Terrorism" as commonly used (suicide attacks etc) is, in fact, asymmetric warfare. And in emotion it's an individual going against a mass. It's the opposite of fascism.

"Terrorism" as Stalin's repressions, or jailing random people for words, or police not touching violent groups harassing someone, etc - yes, these are normal for fascism.

I think this has been a long and monotonous exchange, so one question - what are you expecting to gain from this conversation? And another - could we please cut there?

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wait what. I'm fairly neurotypical, are you saying the only thing between me and being a Nazi is seeing Hitler's beautiful visage?

Maybe some self-discipline too, which in most is insufficient to resist a Hitler that tells what you want to hear.

And you would be resistant to someone telling you what you want to hear why?

I won't, but they likely won't bother

Why wouldn't they bother conning you? It's especially easy to con someone who thinks it's hard to con them.

Because ND people are socially weaker, which means less interesting to Nazis and any other collectivist phenomenon.

Your vote counts as much as everyone else's. I'm not sure what else you think they want from you.

My position is less useful in bending those of others. Which affects votes. Also votes are important only in some of the relevant mechanisms.

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I don't think so. People communicate more freely than ever, and have access to history more than they ever have. There isn't a problem that will come up that will suddenly make me want to assist in genocide.

People communicate more freely than ever,

What made you think so? My impression is that they communicate more freely in Jules Verne's books than now. That's about the Web and not even my environment.

and have access to history more than they ever have.

And the fact that it doesn't help should hint you.

There isn’t a problem that will come up that will suddenly make me want to assist in genocide.

"Suddenly" is moving the goalposts. Of course you'll be prepared.

There were people that saw the writing on the wall then, and there will be more that see the writing on the wall now is my point.

Yeah, there are. Only this is not about Trump or anything as simple to call Hitler.

Idk what you're getting at

At evil usually being smarter than the average person who thinks they can see future. I don't

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