The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

[Lucem Ferre]

Originally Posted by Frownland

Riot declared in Seattle as protests continue

Protesters are now rioting terrorists who are accountable for every inch of the city they demonstrate in. These are no longer peaceful protests since vandalism and not having a permit are put in the same category as violence to make a violent response more acceptable.

These blatant ploys and the widespread inability to recognize them are wearing me out.

I feel you on that. Don't think there's any stopping what's already set in motion at this point.

[OccultHawk]

These are no longer peaceful protests since vandalism and not having a permit are put in the same category as violence to make a violent response more acceptable.

Unfortunately some liberals have also redefined non-violent activities as violent. Violence is physically harming a person. Threats are not violent. Racial slurs are not violent. And from conservatives vandalism isn’t violent. Arson isn’t violent. Burning the flag isn’t violent.

The right is creating a literal police state. The left created a difficult cultural policing scenario by doing things like getting someone fired because they used a racial slur while someone was filming. I’m not equating it but wars often start tit for tat.

The feds are going to keep invading American cities and we will grow more and more numb and accepting of it. The only way to stop it would be to fire back with real bullets time after time. Cops feds soldiers whoever they’re actually NOT willing to die for this ****. Cops won’t even make a drug arrest if they’re out gunned.

The best move for the left is to try to position the local police against the feds and hope they start shooting each other. It’s happened in many other countries.

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Unfortunately some liberals have also redefined non-violent activities as violent. Violence is physically harming a person. Threats are not violent. Racial slurs are not violent. And from conservatives vandalism isn’t violent. Arson isn’t violent. Burning the flag isn’t violent.

I don't disagree. Something like how intimidation via threats or racism being a strong enough promise of violence to being considered with the same weight as violence being abridged to the kitschier but also uselessly reductionist racism=violence gets a lot more movement and coverage these days. Then the idea and the whole philosophy affiliated with it is defined by that reductionism in the public eye by both its supporters and detractors.

The right is creating a literal police state. The left created a difficult cultural policing scenario by doing things like getting someone fired because they used a racial slur while someone was filming. I’m not equating it but wars often start tit for tat.

Maybe more importantly, the disenfranchisement that this culture brings is exploited to achieve authoritarian ideals. This is one reason why I think that cancel culture critics often overblow the issue.

The feds are going to keep invading American cities and we will grow more and more numb and accepting of it. The only way to stop it would be to fire back with real bullets time after time. Cops feds soldiers whoever they’re actually NOT willing to die for this ****. Cops won’t even make a drug arrest if they’re out gunned.

NFAC militia leader says Saturday's planned march is about 'justice for Breonna Taylor'

Not a tear gas canister, pepper spray can, or flashbomb in sight.

[Frownland]

Washington Post settles $250M lawsuit with teen in a MAGA hat

Maybe better to settle this to avoid setting a legal precedent? Despite corrections, the suit holds the publication accountable for the impact of the social media response to their initial reporting.

[OccultHawk]

I don’t think the settlement amount has been released. I haven’t even read if there’s a NDA.

I still think it’s funny how those black Israelite dudes trolled the **** out of everybody

[jwb]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

The only way to stop it would be to fire back with real bullets time after time. Cops feds soldiers whoever they’re actually NOT willing to die for this ****. Cops won’t even make a drug arrest if they’re out gunned.

Yea... After a while that could just lead to them making sure to come heavily armed enough to not be outgunned. Which shouldn't be too hard for the new secret military police.

In fact it will be the perfect pretext for going even more authoritarian. If you watch Fox news for 5 minutes it's clear as day they're salivating over any sign of unrest even more than you are.

[Anteater]

Originally Posted by Frownland

Washington Post settles $250M lawsuit with teen in a MAGA hat

Maybe better to settle this to avoid setting a legal precedent? Despite corrections, the suit holds the publication accountable for the impact of the social media response to their initial reporting.

Maybe some kind of legal precedent isn't a bad thing in this case. If the WaPo decided tomorrow to publish an article about you based on falsehoods and/or bull**** information....even if they retract it later, the damage is already done. Especially since every publication out there takes every story they publish and pushes it out through social media on their own as fast as they can.

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I still think it’s funny how those black Israelite dudes trolled the **** out of everybody

Das rite!

[Frownland]

But then I could get a multimillion dollar settlement or 6 so it evens out.

Actually that gives me an idea. Does anybody have some shoe polish that I can borrow?

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by jwb

Yea... After a while that could just lead to them making sure to come heavily armed enough to not be outgunned. Which shouldn't be too hard for the new secret military police.

In fact it will be the perfect pretext for going even more authoritarian. If you watch Fox news for 5 minutes it's clear as day they're salivating over any sign of unrest even more than you are.

I hear you. I’m not down with any ideology that thinks racial justice is compatible with capitalism or that this power structure can be reformed anyway. But my manic obsession with triggering the apocalypse is fading. I think that’s because it’s a mental instability cycle. I don’t know if there’s a name for it but it’s like a kind of ocd triggered by depression and the ocd manifests in repetitive crazy ass thoughts.

[The Batlord]

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