Lichess: Quit virtue signaling your wokeness. The latest "pride" post is disgusting and has no place on this site. It's for chess, not politics.
Lichess sure is getting weirder as the years go on
@Globglogabgalab said in #28:
> Someone having a different opinion should be banned? Do you think a man being able to identify as a woman and force people to let him enter a chess tournament for women is a human right? The article acts as if transgender (transitioning from male to female) Yosha Iglesias can force people to conform to the identity she/they feels like instead of is.
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> You can identify as whatever you want, but you can't choose how people perceive you especially in the presence of clear biological sex characteristics. The same way someone who is 20 cannot enter a scholastic tournament, not due to hate or bigotry but because they would have an unfair advantage.
There is no scientific data showing that men are in any way biologically smarter. Saying so would be sexist.
> Someone having a different opinion should be banned? Do you think a man being able to identify as a woman and force people to let him enter a chess tournament for women is a human right? The article acts as if transgender (transitioning from male to female) Yosha Iglesias can force people to conform to the identity she/they feels like instead of is.
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> You can identify as whatever you want, but you can't choose how people perceive you especially in the presence of clear biological sex characteristics. The same way someone who is 20 cannot enter a scholastic tournament, not due to hate or bigotry but because they would have an unfair advantage.
There is no scientific data showing that men are in any way biologically smarter. Saying so would be sexist.
@UN-owned_Australia said in #1:
> I understand that I don't own or run lichess. Therefore I don't feel great telling a website what they may or not be doing wrong.
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> I don't enjoy places ransacked by 1 side of politics. I will not in good conscience reward chesscom advertising baby killing. And I don't like rewarding places that go full whatever cause including the pride cause. There's more than 2 sides to everything.
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What reward were you ever offering?
> I understand that I don't own or run lichess. Therefore I don't feel great telling a website what they may or not be doing wrong.
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> I don't enjoy places ransacked by 1 side of politics. I will not in good conscience reward chesscom advertising baby killing. And I don't like rewarding places that go full whatever cause including the pride cause. There's more than 2 sides to everything.
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What reward were you ever offering?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLMgbV3uaz8 something to balance the blog out a little bit
Feature request - let mods move threads like this to Off-Topic Discussion.
Pride month is over so you guys can go back to your recliners now, Tucker's on soon.
Pride month is over so you guys can go back to your recliners now, Tucker's on soon.
@Komissar_Red said in #37:
> The Lichess platform is supposed to be out of politics, however, the moderators have added a flag with a blue stripe on a white background, which is extremist in Russia. This is the first. Secondly, Ukrainian players behave offensively by typing Nazi salutes in the chat, however, the Lichess administration turns a blind eye to this. FIDE discriminates against players from Russia. Politics should not interfere with sports. In addition, Poles, Latvians, and other unfinished war criminals behave offensively. Do not forget who saved your unwashed Europe from fascism. If you forgot, yes, we can repeat.
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> I support Russia. I am Russian. I support Putin. I am Russian and I am proud of it. But it doesn't affect my chess game!!
> My requirements: 1) Stop discrimination against Russians in Lichesse.
> 2) Communicate my position to FIDE
> 3) Block Ukrainians and anyone who starts talking about politics.
What flag are you talking about? Finland? Show me where Ukrainian players have typed Nazi salutes in the chat. Fide is not discriminating players from Russia. Where is the evidence of any offensive behavoir. I'm not forgetting the allied powers, and fascism is only in Russia.
To quote Lichess:
"Chess, from top to bottom, is run by politicians making political decisions. Vladimir Putin wrote letters to chess federations recommending Arkady Dvorkovich for FIDE president. Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister, launched the torch relay for the Chess Olympiad. Politics has been here all along. The current managing director of FIDE was minister of Economics (2014-2016) and minister of Finance (2016-2019) of the Republic of Latvia. Lichess is not an exception: the choice to provide world-class chess tools for free is political. The fact that we are a non-profit is political."
1. Russians are not being discriminated against on Lichess.
2. Fide doesn't care.
3. Blocking an entire country from playing chess makes no sense. This is ironic because you're talking about politics.
> The Lichess platform is supposed to be out of politics, however, the moderators have added a flag with a blue stripe on a white background, which is extremist in Russia. This is the first. Secondly, Ukrainian players behave offensively by typing Nazi salutes in the chat, however, the Lichess administration turns a blind eye to this. FIDE discriminates against players from Russia. Politics should not interfere with sports. In addition, Poles, Latvians, and other unfinished war criminals behave offensively. Do not forget who saved your unwashed Europe from fascism. If you forgot, yes, we can repeat.
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> I support Russia. I am Russian. I support Putin. I am Russian and I am proud of it. But it doesn't affect my chess game!!
> My requirements: 1) Stop discrimination against Russians in Lichesse.
> 2) Communicate my position to FIDE
> 3) Block Ukrainians and anyone who starts talking about politics.
What flag are you talking about? Finland? Show me where Ukrainian players have typed Nazi salutes in the chat. Fide is not discriminating players from Russia. Where is the evidence of any offensive behavoir. I'm not forgetting the allied powers, and fascism is only in Russia.
To quote Lichess:
"Chess, from top to bottom, is run by politicians making political decisions. Vladimir Putin wrote letters to chess federations recommending Arkady Dvorkovich for FIDE president. Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister, launched the torch relay for the Chess Olympiad. Politics has been here all along. The current managing director of FIDE was minister of Economics (2014-2016) and minister of Finance (2016-2019) of the Republic of Latvia. Lichess is not an exception: the choice to provide world-class chess tools for free is political. The fact that we are a non-profit is political."
1. Russians are not being discriminated against on Lichess.
2. Fide doesn't care.
3. Blocking an entire country from playing chess makes no sense. This is ironic because you're talking about politics.
@Nota_Bene said in #31:
> Lichess: Quit virtue signaling your wokeness. The latest "pride" post is disgusting and has no place on this site. It's for chess, not politics.
To quote Lichess:
"Chess, from top to bottom, is run by politicians making political decisions. Vladimir Putin wrote letters to chess federations recommending Arkady Dvorkovich for FIDE president. Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister, launched the torch relay for the Chess Olympiad. Politics has been here all along. The current managing director of FIDE was minister of Economics (2014-2016) and minister of Finance (2016-2019) of the Republic of Latvia. Lichess is not an exception: the choice to provide world-class chess tools for free is political. The fact that we are a non-profit is political."
> Lichess: Quit virtue signaling your wokeness. The latest "pride" post is disgusting and has no place on this site. It's for chess, not politics.
To quote Lichess:
"Chess, from top to bottom, is run by politicians making political decisions. Vladimir Putin wrote letters to chess federations recommending Arkady Dvorkovich for FIDE president. Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister, launched the torch relay for the Chess Olympiad. Politics has been here all along. The current managing director of FIDE was minister of Economics (2014-2016) and minister of Finance (2016-2019) of the Republic of Latvia. Lichess is not an exception: the choice to provide world-class chess tools for free is political. The fact that we are a non-profit is political."
LOL body autonomy isn't political, LGBT folks and women deserve the right to control their body and express themselves. Get a grip.
@Komissar_Red said in #37:
> Платформа Личесс должна быть вне политики, однако, модераторы добавили флаг с голубой полоской на белом фоне, который является экстремистским в РФ. Это первое. Второе-украинские игроки ведут себя оскорбительно, печатая в чате нацистские приветствия, однако, администрация Личесс закрывает на это глаза. ФИДЕ дискриминирует игроков из России. Политика не должна вмешиваться в спорт. Кроме того, оскорбительно себя ведут поляки, латыши, и прочие недобитые военные преступники. Не забывайте, кто спас вашу немытую европу от фашизма. Если вы забыли, да, мы можем повторить.
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> Я поддерживаю Россию. Я Русский. Я поддерживаю Путина. Я русский, и я горжусь этим. Но это не отражается на моей игре в шахматы!!
> Мои требования: 1)Прекратить дискриминацию русских на личессе.
> 2) Донести мою позицию в ФИДЕ
> 3) Блокировать украинцев и всех, кто начинает разговоры о политике.
Perhaps you wanna inform yourself and study how history actually was made. In particular you could be interested in knowing that the former Soviet Union was actually an ally of the Nazi Germany right before the second world war began. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union_in_World_War_II#Non-aggression_pact_with_Germany
I find it amusingly disgusting that in spite of the thousands of killing and torturing of people in their own country you are shocked by a chess website releasing a flag with a blue stripe, symbolically used to support peace and stop the war.
> Платформа Личесс должна быть вне политики, однако, модераторы добавили флаг с голубой полоской на белом фоне, который является экстремистским в РФ. Это первое. Второе-украинские игроки ведут себя оскорбительно, печатая в чате нацистские приветствия, однако, администрация Личесс закрывает на это глаза. ФИДЕ дискриминирует игроков из России. Политика не должна вмешиваться в спорт. Кроме того, оскорбительно себя ведут поляки, латыши, и прочие недобитые военные преступники. Не забывайте, кто спас вашу немытую европу от фашизма. Если вы забыли, да, мы можем повторить.
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> Я поддерживаю Россию. Я Русский. Я поддерживаю Путина. Я русский, и я горжусь этим. Но это не отражается на моей игре в шахматы!!
> Мои требования: 1)Прекратить дискриминацию русских на личессе.
> 2) Донести мою позицию в ФИДЕ
> 3) Блокировать украинцев и всех, кто начинает разговоры о политике.
Perhaps you wanna inform yourself and study how history actually was made. In particular you could be interested in knowing that the former Soviet Union was actually an ally of the Nazi Germany right before the second world war began. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union_in_World_War_II#Non-aggression_pact_with_Germany
I find it amusingly disgusting that in spite of the thousands of killing and torturing of people in their own country you are shocked by a chess website releasing a flag with a blue stripe, symbolically used to support peace and stop the war.
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