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The Fetid, Right-Wing Origins of “Learn to Code”
New Republic ^ | 2-1-19 | TALIA LAVIN

Posted on 02/03/2019 6:18:28 PM PST by dynachrome

Dozens of jobs were slashed at HuffPost that day, following a round of layoffs at Gannett Media; further jobs were about to be disappeared at BuzzFeed. It was a grim day for the media, and I just wanted to channel my tiny part of the prevailing gloom.

Then the responses started rolling in—some sympathy from fellow journalists and readers, then an irritating gush of near-identical responses: “Learn to code.” “Maybe learn to code?” “BETTER LEARN TO CODE THEN.” “Learn to code you useless bitch.” Alongside these tweets were others: “Stop writing fake news and crap.” “MAGA.” “Your opinions suck and no one wants to read them.” “Lmao journalists are evil wicked cretins. I wish you were all jail [sic] and afraid.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: fakenews; learntocode; lyinglib; lyinglibs; newrepublic; talialavin
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To: IronJack

>>Okay, let’s change it to “Learn to make fries.” Coding is far beyond their capabilities anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv7YvuCjZ0g

“There’s ******* room to move as a fry cook, man.” - Repo Man


81 posted on 02/04/2019 2:41:31 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: TigersEye

>>Jornolists can’t learn to code.

repeated false statements get ‘you’ nowhere inside a computer


82 posted on 02/04/2019 2:42:30 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: dynachrome
Normally, gals from Eastern Europe are all hot, and I'd always post "I'd hit it."

But this is the exception:

Babushka body. THOSE EYES, though. o_O

Um, no. o_O

83 posted on 02/04/2019 3:09:48 AM PST by Lazamataz (McCain's passing ended up being + 2 net Republican Senators. Him, and Lindsey Graham.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

To a leftist, everything is white racism. That is because they only see in terms of race, which makes them the racists, and then they project that racism onto others due to their cognitive dissonance. They really do believe they are perfect people and good and thus can never be racist.
Thus the need to project their own racism onto others.

Never trust a leftist. They are mentally ill.

JoMa


84 posted on 02/04/2019 3:37:51 AM PST by joma89
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To: dynachrome

O course, she cites this that says that the meme is based on a lie....

https://angrywhitemen.org/2019/01/30/learn-to-code-the-alt-rights-latest-anti-journalist-meme-is-based-on-a-lie/#more-47312

What drivel


85 posted on 02/04/2019 3:43:47 AM PST by machman
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To: a fool in paradise
White Collar Holla - Stan Rogers
86 posted on 02/04/2019 3:46:16 AM PST by Theophilus (Make America Grateful Again)
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To: dynachrome

Coding requires certain skills, primarily those involving analysis and logical thinking.

Most journalists are incapable of such things which is why they do what they do.


87 posted on 02/04/2019 3:54:36 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Fox News: "We distort, you deride")
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To: dynachrome

0bama/Congress got this done in the summer of 2016

The $$ ran out on 2-1-19

“Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act of 2016”

https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5181/text


88 posted on 02/04/2019 3:56:01 AM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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https://twitter.com/hashtag/qanon?f=tweets&vertical=news

$80k per journolist


89 posted on 02/04/2019 4:04:45 AM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: dynachrome

“girls who code.” These people are obsessed to the point of insanity. If women want to become programmers, no one is stopping them. There is no conspiracy to keep them from it.


90 posted on 02/04/2019 4:58:46 AM PST by I want the USA back (In any war between the civilized world and the savage support the civilized man. -Geller.)
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To: Lurker

The giveaway is that the cowardly progs at New Republic don’t allow comments.


91 posted on 02/04/2019 5:17:52 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: dynachrome

bkmrk


92 posted on 02/04/2019 5:45:34 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: dynachrome

The truth is, learn to code came from the left.
It’s what they told the coal miners put out of work by Obama.


93 posted on 02/04/2019 5:47:12 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Travis McGee

“The giveaway is that the cowardly progs at New Republic don’t allow comments.”

Yep.

L


94 posted on 02/04/2019 7:29:57 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Plan accordingly.)
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To: dynachrome
Imagine having so little self awareness.

Completely clueless that you are despised and that, more importantly, it is completely earned.

95 posted on 02/04/2019 7:49:03 AM PST by riri
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To: dynachrome

Oh, yeah. Definitely hit a nerve with that!


96 posted on 02/04/2019 8:07:46 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: I want the USA back
If women want to become programmers, no one is stopping them. There is no conspiracy to keep them from it.

I have a niece who is quite good at it.


97 posted on 02/04/2019 8:09:40 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: dynachrome


98 posted on 02/04/2019 8:16:41 AM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: dynachrome

Learn to code and get a job teaching your h-1B replacement the “ropes”.


99 posted on 02/04/2019 8:19:21 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: dynachrome
Well, I did a lot of FORTRAN programming years ago. I suppose I could learn a more modern language now, but I'm retired and it's not worth the effort.
100 posted on 02/04/2019 12:35:56 PM PST by JoeFromSidney (Colonel (Retired) USAF)
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