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Looks like woot is showing its politics...
« on: February 02, 2018, 09:48:24 AM »
And here I thought they were just a sales site... you know, capitalism...

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Re: Looks like woot is showing its politics...
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2018, 10:06:24 AM »
Sometimes I think maybe it's my own bias, but I notice the same thing on their parent site, Amazon. A whole lot of times lightning deals, recommendations, etc., have t-shirts, mugs, and whatnot with liberal talking points and wise-ass remarks. If you go to the deal page, you'll see that most times the same company also has stuff with the opposing political view, but I never see that side displayed on any of the "click me" pages.

While Woot may skew more liberal in the customer base, I would SWAG that Amazon is fairly evenly distributed in the politics of the user base, so you'd think they'd be a little more careful in showing a bias one way or the other.
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Re: Looks like woot is showing its politics...
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2018, 10:11:05 AM »
"Sometimes I think maybe it's my own bias, but I notice the same thing on their parent site, Amazon."

Wait, Amazon is woot's parent site? When did that happen?

And, you'd expect it given who runs Amazon -- Jeff Bezos. He's the owner of the Washington Post, the one who came up with the "Democracy Dies in the Dark," bullshit slogan.
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Re: Looks like woot is showing its politics...
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2018, 10:19:19 AM »
Most large companies are run by left wing aholes.

And the Democrats have been very civil since Trump was elected, haven't they?

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Re: Looks like woot is showing its politics...
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2018, 10:38:27 AM »
Most large companies are run by left wing aholes.

And the Democrats have been very civil since Trump was elected, haven't they?

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Re: Looks like woot is showing its politics...
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2018, 10:39:13 AM »
Yep, all of those kind, caring, compassionate liberals who want only the best for (only the people who think like them).

Call them out on their hypocrisy and you get to see their REAL face... not that bullshit that they play at.
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Re: Looks like woot is showing its politics...
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2018, 11:45:36 AM »
"Sometimes I think maybe it's my own bias, but I notice the same thing on their parent site, Amazon."

Wait, Amazon is woot's parent site? When did that happen?

And, you'd expect it given who runs Amazon -- Jeff Bezos. He's the owner of the Washington Post, the one who came up with the "Democracy Dies in the Dark," bullshit slogan.

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Re: Looks like woot is showing its politics...
« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2018, 12:15:30 PM »
Left wing civility


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Re: Looks like woot is showing its politics...
« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2018, 02:46:43 PM »
The left wants to go back to civility...


You know, where they call Republicans racists, warmongers, war profiteers, Nazis, and murders and the Republicans say, "Hey that's an unfair characterization!"

As I've said before, you want civility? Start acting civilly. Trump is a warning and you don't seem to be heeding it.
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Re: Looks like woot is showing its politics...
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2018, 03:40:11 AM »
They only want to be civil on their terms.


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