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Simon Vallée
@sival84
Nationalisme québécois, urbanisme et sociale-démocratie traditionnelle. Québec nationalism, urbanism and traditional social democracy.
Montréal, Québec
urbankchoze.blogspot.com
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    Simon Vallée
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    Apr 25
    "Divisive speech" is slowly joining "hate speech" as justification for exemptions from free speech. Make no mistake, this is the end of free speech and democracy altogether if this becomes formalized. "Hate speech" is a concept that is easily abused, but "divisive speech" is a
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    Simon Vallée
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    May 12, 2023
    Replying to @NotJuice98 and @Bolverk15
    According to this: cbr.com/mcu-movies-bet… It's not the only one. Iron Man 2, the Incredible Hulk and Thor were all entirely shot on film.
    Why MCU Movies Looked Better When Shot on Film, Not Digital
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    Simon Vallée
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    May 15, 2023
    Replying to @PicturesFoIder
    I have never put my phone in my pocket, every. It's in a case clipped on to my belt.
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    Simon Vallée
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    Apr 15, 2023
    Replying to @DannyCoonan and @JasonSCampbell
    This is Rami Malek. He's an Egyptian, a Coptic Christian, descended from the historical people of Egypt. Does he look black to you?
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    Simon Vallée
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    May 22, 2022
    There are two kinds of people in the world... 1- Those who hear COVID cases are rising and become afraid of COVID 2- Those who hear COVID cases are rising and become afraid of government reaction and lockdowns due to the first kind of people
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    Simon Vallée
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    Aug 19, 2018
    Replying to @Norlaine and @MaximeBernier
    No, that's civility you're talking about. Political correctness is about controlling what opinions can be aired, civility allows every opinion to be voiced as long as it's done in a respectful manner.
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    Simon Vallée
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    Feb 15, 2023
    Replying to @MichaelPSenger
    Public health used coercion to enforce their measures. They CANNOT admit their failures, they'd open themselves to so many lawsuits from those who suffered harm due to the coercive way the measures were applied.
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    Simon Vallée
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    Apr 27, 2023
    Replying to @SouthlandPost
    The fault of urban planners who decided to allow people to park their cars on the street, creating an area of extra low visibility.
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    Simon Vallée
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    Sep 5, 2022
    Replying to @rupasubramanya
    My hypothesis is that he has signed contracts for tens of millions of doses of vaccine for the next 2 years so he either has to force people to take them or admit he wasted billions of dollars of public funds in a panic.
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    Simon Vallée
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    Oct 26, 2022
    Replying to @Emersom_Biggins @JustinWhang and @MikeSington
    As far as I'm concerned, if you can take bits of the animal no one likes and make it into highly desirable food, that's a demonstration that pure economic self-interest can be very effective to reduce waste. That's good, not bad.
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    Simon Vallée
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    Apr 7, 2021
    Replying to @robbysoave and @wokal_distance
    Branding dissenters as mentally unstable and forcing them to be subject to psychological/psychiatrical treatment was a favored tactic of the USSR under Brezhnev. Crazy to think an American educational institution would do the same.
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    Simon Vallée
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    Apr 18, 2019
    Replying to @vladsavov
    I like the contrast of these two pictures to show what difference it makes. Osaka vs Sparta. x.com/sival84/status…
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    Simon Vallée
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    Feb 23, 2016
    I know I'm repeating myself but... great example of how street parking ruins narrow streets (Osaka vs Sparti)
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    Simon Vallée
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    Feb 6, 2023
    Replying to @lporiginalg
    If a 12 year old kid is claiming to be bi, the proper response is ask who put that idea in his head. I was raised in the 90s, no kid that age ever called himself bi or "non-binary". Kids don't come up with that on his own, this is put into their heads by adults.
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    Simon Vallée
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    Jan 11, 2021
    Replying to @Timcast
    The cost of not paying attention to what goes on in Twitter is worse than the cost of participating in it. Whether we like it or not, the media and political establishment take Twitter very seriously. If you stop paying attention, you'll just get blindsided.