Lurker > Kradek

Hadn't been to this site until like an hour ago, imagine my surprise lol.

Good, Shame so many are replacing worship of mythology to celebrity and politics, however it's good that religion itself is on the decline.

name_unknown posted...

With religion continuing to decline there should be a decline in the alt-right? Not seeing that trend though.

That's because they're replacing it with religious figures and ideology. Instead of religion they now worship Donald Trump and white supremacy.

mystic_belmont posted...

I really only came to gamefaqs for the politics board, and now that it's gone, I don't think I have a reason to come here instead of Reddit.

Very close to this.

This aged like fine milk.

If they would shut down Politics board then Religion should go as well.

Based off how he met her, I can't imagine he's a very good person, yet I definitely know she's not a good person.

Thud posted...

For me the difference and what I'm hung up on is would he have done this or gotten as drunk if he were out in public? I feel like he was at home, in his safe space and (very very poorly) reacted to a situation he didn't create or ask for, a group antagonizing him.

Certainly the kids do deserve sympathy and we all did dumb shit like this, but times have radically changed and imo there should be an equal amount of energy dedicated to why prank culture needs to stop and our kids need to understand "stranger danger" goes faaaaaaaar beyond creepy dudes in vans these days. If you don't know someone, don't mess with them regardless of how harmless it may seem. 4 lives are now over because of a mooning gone horribly wrong.

It sounds like you're just trying to rationalize victim blaming. We have a few other stories floating around of people saying they would be willing to kill those who just ring the wrong doorbell or who pull off ding dong ditch, as well as people killing others for what used to be considered simple misunderstandings and mistakes.

The people willing to kill others so flippantly for infractions that were considered either standard 90s pranks or frequent misunderstandings (such as the people who accidentally pulled into the driveway, homeowner shot into their car even though nobody even got out of the car, killing one of them) are definitely the ones who are at fault and deserve to be addressed as the abhorrent monsters they are.

Telling women they should wear longer skirts or no skirts at all is not the solution, the solution is to address the rapist and their actions, to reference the most classic example of victim blaming.

Thud posted...

12 beers though. Whether they're "themselves" or not, it's fair to say the average persons judgement is going to be piss poor and they're more likely to do something violent/aggressive after 12 beers.

Not defending him, I just find it kind of interesting and don't know that it's fair to view him through the same lens as someone who had 12 beers at the bar and said fuck it and drove home anyway and killed 3 people.

The difference here becomes intent. This man intentionally chased his car to ram into them. He intentionally wanted to cause harm. Someone who blacks out or is hallucinating because of inebriation are at least not intentionally meaning to cause harm, their state of impairment just created the conditions for such.

To use a different example, there's a difference between pointing a gun at someone and pulling the trigger, and shooting up in the air with the bullet randomly coming down and killing someone you don't even see.

pegusus123456 posted...

No, I understand what he is doing.

I'm just saying that my description of him being a terminally-twitter dude is not inaccurate because that is precisely the one thing he is known for.

Well, when I hear that term I think more of people who are constantly going to various comments/threads to troll or engage in fights because that's what they enjoy dedicating hours of their life every day to as a means to validate their existence.

For someone like Rupar or Cohen, at least they have a journalistic reason for being there, unlike the dudes wearing a cap & sunglasses in their truck with 3 American flags in their name who make 40+ posts a day about how evil & nefarious Dems are based off nothing but right-wing propaganda & indoctrination. Those are an example of the people I would consider "terminally-twitter".

pegusus123456 posted...

Sure but he's most famous for mocking Trump on twitter.

Because he's an Independent Journalist he's allowed the liberty of being honest about Trump, unlike the mainstream media which helps spread the right-wing narrative and normalizes their insanity as "just politics as usual, nothing unusual to see here" while they actively work towards stripping us of our rights and marginalize certain groups out of society via legislation & persecution. If you notice when he's roasting Trump it's usually because he's reporting on something Trump is doing or has done. I've seen non-Trump posts & stories from Rupar as well, it's just during the Trump years those were the most popular for obvious reasons, which is when his name rose to what it is.

Brian Tyler Cohen is another example of this, who is also famous for roasting Trump on Twitter by calling him out in a way the typical media wouldn't.

pegusus123456 posted...

This is one of those terminally-twitter dudes, but he has a bunch of clips.

He's a journalist.

Aaron Rupar is an independent journalist and author of Public Notice.

What you're referring to as "terminally-twitter" is one of the few reasons Twitter has any value at all, which is that those within the news media world can give their quickest updates on a quickly spread scale that helps information trend in real-time. It gives them the ability to provide updates without having to write up and publish a whole article first.

This of course is a double-edged sword that also helps facilitate the spread of misinformation.

It's insane how eager people are these days to kill others over what were the most stereotypical childhood pranks or innocent/frequent mistakes (such as pulling into a driveway briefly or accidentally getting into the wrong car) in the 90s.

I like how much he's embracing it even if I find the meme/trend a little cringe, personally. I listened to him speak at the Dinner, he did really well and had some great jokes.