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"we've gotta be nice to cops"

"call them murderers, cite specific examples, press Politicians on the merits to force change."

"hurr want to say bastard."

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Sir Chris
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PerfectChaosZ posted...

The media that controls the ads that 80% of people will hear will lie to make our side look bad no matter what they say. The solution isn't found in oh well they won the propaganda war cause we've gotta be nice to cops now even as they murder people in street with no repercussions.

If you are so bad at misrepresenting what I am saying you are no better than the media you cry about.

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Sir Chris
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I am sure I have mentioned this before but politics is a deeply personal affair for me. The biggest thing for me is healthcare because my mom died due to a lack of affordable care that she was too scared to even bother going to doctors more. It let me know first hand how cruel the system is and why I will not accept half measures. It is why I get so angry sometimes, because there is a lot of pain there for me and I swallow that pain and I grip it deep inside of me and I use it to advocate my positions.

The person I love most in the world talks to me all the time that she is afraid something will happen to her because of the color of her skin. She talks about our son, our three year old baby boy who is the most precious thing in this world, who likes to pretend to be a cat and loves firetrucks, inheriting this world from us. It is scary. Now when my son gets scared all I have to say is that "Dad is here, dad will protect you" and he just hugs me and instantly calms down. But there are things in this world dad can't protect little Luke from, many things he has no idea about and one of them is the color of his skin.

I can't help but to want to scream at you guys sometimes. You are all just so... stupid. It honestly pisses me off, to the point where I do have to take breaks from the topic because that anger just won't do me any good. It is so important to me that we get this right. I don't think I could survive burying my son, to be honest. I think I would die from grief.

And I hate when people don't understand people. 80% of people aren't plugged in. Because the Republican party has made it impossible to be. Low wages, worried about healthcare, exhausted from the stress. They hear an ad about how all cops are bastards and they go "Uh, what, that's not true Tom is always willing to help fix my car." You can't get give them the easy bait. But you do, because you love jerking yourselves off more than actually winning policy debates. And a little part of me, just a very small part, that lives in fear for my family's future hates you all for it.

And that's my Sunday rant, sorry if I offended you all.


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Sir Chris
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Peace___Frog posted...

I can't find the source right now but it was something along the lines of, over 1,800 of Baltimore's current police force has at least one complaint lodged against them - and there's only 1,900 members of said force?

I understand Chris' desire for a more "pure" and "specific" argument here, but ACAB grew out of of frustration to the common refrain that it's "just a few bad apples." Those few will ruin the whole bunch, hence ACAB.

I understand, I share that frustration. I share some of that fear. My partner is a very small black woman in the south and I don't know if one day she'll be the target of something. Just another name and number. My son has that in his future as well. It is why I will argue until I am blue in the face with people I agree with 99.9% of the way that you need to be perfect to get this done, it is unfair and cruel and tedious... but this is possibly my son's life on the line. We've got to get this right. We've got to make change. If I thought ACAB would do that I'd be right there, but it will just make the fight harder.

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Sir Chris
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PerfectChaosZ posted...

You know what pisses me off? Cops murdering people in the street getting paid leave, cops that have hundreds of complaints of brutality and sexual assault keep their jobs, Cops that don't rat out their "brother-in-blue" when they're doing something illegal, Cops who defend the fraternity even when they know another cop did something wrong, that Cops that do report their fellow cops get fired way more than cops that murder people in the street. And that's ALL of them.

Yeah, sounds like that sucks. Sounds like they have a lot of power. When you go for someone very powerful you tread carefully and you be wary. When you point a dull blade at them, which is what ACAB amounts to, it just allows the people who they line pockets of to bludgeon more people to death with it.

Are you satisfied with the fact the police are getting more money than ever? That nothing has changed? They got all the guns, got to be better with the words.

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Sir Chris
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keep name as is, fuck it.

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Sir Chris
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My whole point is don't be vague, don't say ALL because it's wrong and fucking stupid. Cite sources, go hard against them. Make Republicans defend specifics. Make them defend a cop who shot a kid and then defend the cops who covered it up. ACAB is easy to defend against with bluster. Stop making it fucking easy.

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Sir Chris
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can be about anything as long as it is interesting. Hate me for forgetting about the waifu topic because moving was way more work than I thought? Have me talk about one. Or whatever you want. I can even impersonate MMXCalibur and rank you (including short summary and analysis!)

Wouldn't even be the first project I took over for MMXCalibur... boy that takes me back.

But anyway Leon is going to have to EAT FUCKING CROW and we shall end our year long rivalry with TOMPA BAY crushing the little Mahomes.

Bucs: 27
Chiefs: 24

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Sir Chris
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UshiromiyaEva posted...

That's the thing, though. The department helped them cover up the murder and it would have stayed that way without this video (and let's be honest, probably still will). As a result, every single cop in that department is a bastard.

The thin blue line is a poison pill situation.

Right, those people are guilty of aiding murderers.

You really have to tighten up your language if you want to appeal. They aren't bastards, that's just some dumb insult. They are murderers and those that conspired with murderers. Lay out the case plainly. It will get more traction than stupid insults.

Because of course I understand and agree with you.

But I am not the target, not if you care about change.

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Sir Chris
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Nuance is important and often gets intentionally obscured, specific examples do better with people yeah

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Sir Chris
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I feel like I am late to the party when I say holy shit Demon Slayer. I have been out of the ANIME STUFF for a bit but it caught my eye on netflix and what the fuck that water animation.

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Sir Chris
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CaptainOfCrush posted...

https://news.yahoo.com/pennsylvania-teen-had-hands-police-220540745.html

Those Cops are Bastards

Those cops are murderers.

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Sir Chris
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UshiromiyaEva posted...

Would still be my sig if I didn't have to find an alternative because of mod pockets.

I think it is stupid it can't be your sig, for the record.

ChaosTonyV4 posted...

Why?

It does nothing but piss people off, even many people sympathetic to police reform bristle at the language. It's... not needed and not productive, its a child's cry and it will only make reform harder (it was already terribly hard so that may not matter much)

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Sir Chris
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ACAB is a very stupid catch phrase and is tone deaf and dumb.

I really fucking hate that one.

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Sir Chris
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Too late to invest in my business, you will all wish you had done so when these cards are worth 2-5 times what they are now in 10 years...!

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Sir Chris
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I am buying a lot of sealed Pokemon product this week.

Hype

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Sir Chris
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Biscuit educated me on the subject early last year, so I trust his ability to understand the difference tbh

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Sir Chris
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xp1337 posted...

Hmm. I thought my post was pretty clear, but apparently it requires some clarification.

~Bipartisan amendment~ has the ~ to indicate my sarcasm and eye-rolling. I'll admit this part, and this alone, I felt may have been a bit unclear. I didn't think scare quotes would convey the right meaning, but from the rest of my post I thought it was pretty clear I was taking a pretty dim view of the Senators involved in this amendment given I accused them and this amendment as being purely performative political theater. There may have been a better way to convey that, I kinda feel like there may have been but for the life of me I couldn't think of anything past scare quotes and tildes.

My post does not, in fact, literally state that I think "Sanders is freaking out." In fact, I state I saw worrying elsewhere now, granted I suppose you could stretch this somewhat as me seeing Sanders doing so, but it is with a heavy heart that I must inform you all that Bernie Sanders is not part of my social circle. Also, that I follow political discussion in places other than Board 8's Political Containment Topic and I was referring to people in those discussions and forums freaking out as this amendment was being proposed, voted on, and passed during vote-a-rama.

Additionally, I will very much assert I do not think Sanders is "freaking out" about this. I think he's pretty calm, honestly. I think he knows Manchin and co are acting their act and what he's doing is reiterating and reinforcing the message. In a way, I almost think it's a game, Manchin probably gets street cred back in WV for being able to go to his constituents and say "Hey, look, I was fighting against Sanders for you, look how moderate I am!" Nor am I particularly concerned about House Dems sending a letter, again, I'd take this as them drawing their line here.

The one and only fact in play here that would have me even slightly concerned is the reporting that Biden is willing to at least entertain talks on targeting. However, on the other side of the scale, he had the Senate vote through the reconciliation process for the $1.9t price tag which very much suggests we're not going to see it scaled down and Biden has been surprisingly (to me, at least) upfront with hammering in the messaging that he has no interest in getting bogged down in negotiations and instead wants to forge ahead on getting this done.

Now does this mean I'm saying it's a done deal that the $50,000 phase out is not happening? No, I'm not. But I don't think it's an imminent or likely threat here. Nothing has actually crossed from rhetoric to action yet that has gotten me worried that Democrats are going to fuck this up. I don't begrudge anyone the anxiety that the political theater that is discussing it might bring, but to this point I don't see it as anything more than just that - theater.

If they actually phase it down to $50k, I promise you I'll be raging against them for their utter stupidity and cowardice but we're not there.

I feel like Biden is acting as if him and Bernie had a chat and he is actually sticking to it and we never heard about it. Just two old men, sat down and decided to beat Trump and Biden made promises he planned to keep.

Biden isn't doing everything I want, he isn't literally Bernie, but I feel as if that is what happened compared to just Biden's old record. It feels as if he is paying a lot of respect to the progressive base. Or maybe he is just turning into meme joe and giving them a knuckle sandwich

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Sir Chris
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29 dollars is a free ffrk pull i will always take that tbh

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Sir Chris
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You are god damn right I am back.

Further, I am trading my shitty team members for draft stock, so come at me if you want so called 'stars'

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Sir Chris
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LeonhartFour posted...

I wanted the Saints to win because that's my wife's team, but I'm also never rooting for Brady to win, although it's not really because of him. I've always low-key liked him. It's more because the media slurps him every time he wins, even when he nearly loses them the game instead of winning it.

Fair enough. I just want David to finally get the credit he deserves as a top 3 linebacker tbh

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Sir Chris
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I counted the bye <.<

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Sir Chris
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Didn't you think the bucs would be out 3 weeks ago tbf

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Sir Chris
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LeonhartFour posted...

wow who would've guessed

Hey I made the finals of the pick em league. I may know what I am talking about.

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Sir Chris
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I think the better oline dline wr core rb core and lb core wins.

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Sir Chris
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masterplum posted...

At will employment

We are having a discussion about Unions. Just because some unions aren't your prefered unions doesn't make them not unions.

The point is that At-Will employment allows people to not join corrupt unions which is good. The government also often undermines non-corrupt unions which entices people not to join them which is bad.

Its a complicated subject. You don't have to be dense and shocked and act like its blatantly obvious

@PrivateBiscuit1


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Sir Chris
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Corrik7 posted...

Not having right to work is not pro-worker. It takes their choice away. It's not complicated.

It is funny how people always cite choice when making bullshit arguments.

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Sir Chris
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I wonder if people realize they have these things elsewhere and it went well lol

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Sir Chris
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The choice argument has always been complete garbage. Until FDR children were exploited to work. The greed of big companies always whines. Higher wages is good for literally everyone. Corrik as usual is very ignorant about economic issues.

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Sir Chris
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Lopen posted...

I'd sell those fast Chris

You've basically got the perfect storm of the price going down and volatility still being high so the premium is up

If it does anything but go down the value goes down a lot. Like if tomorrow it stabliizes at $50 your intuition is "well it's going to go down more and my put is at $50 so it's only green" but that's not really how it works.

I will sell half tomorrow prpb and ride. I have taken a lot of money out and am putting it towards things and my partner is keeping it safe in boring investing accounts.

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Sir Chris
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I love that the gop has fucked up so hard that the left wing might poke it doesn't matter because it causes everyone to be protective of them because the gop is such comic book villains.

Sitting Progressives are never losing a primary tbh

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Sir Chris
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StartTheMachine posted...

When did you get them and how much are you up!?

I was legit gonna throw like 15k at this. Obviously I would never normally throw that much at options but this was a one time opportunity! Mad at myself for not pulling the trigger

When gamestop was at 130ish

Up 22k

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Sir Chris
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Tbf I think first we need universal health care. Once we got that hammered out we can work on ubi. Goals

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Sir Chris
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I have 50 dollar gamestop puts for July.

Mw

Ha

Ha

Ha

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Sir Chris
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Give it to everyone, tax it at the end of the year for people above a certain income. Easy peasy

Time to use our budget for the good of America and not bs tbh

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Sir Chris
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Jakyl25 posted...

I wonder if even the markiest WWE marks believe that Edge might challenge for the NXT Title

it would be fun!

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Sir Chris
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I would wait until next week on amc

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Sir Chris
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If he takes the chiefs we don't need tiebreakers!

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Sir Chris
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I bought one so you don't have to. 13 cents. Will inform

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Sir Chris
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My puts are pleased

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Sir Chris
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Would have to deep dive but considering stocks only go up with demand and demand was ceased artificially.....

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Sir Chris
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ExThaNemesis posted...

Sold my GME.

What an expensive lesson.

Not that expensive tbh

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Sir Chris
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Bucs

I am publicly proclaiming this tbh

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Sir Chris
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I put 5000 shares into zom because i have worked with them before. Up pretty good today.

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Sir Chris
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1000 hours in mlb the show 20

yeah thats right

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Sir Chris
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Sunroof posted...

https://stockx.com/2020-pokemon-tcg-sword-shield-elite-trainer-box-plus-zamazenta

?

That comes with 12 packs and 1 promo. The one I said to buy was 16 packs and 2 promos. For cheaper. Haha

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Sir Chris
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That's true

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Sir Chris
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Everything fluctuates sure but getting limited edition things at MSRP is obviously a win. You can argue Aquapolis booster box may go down but uh <_<.


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Sir Chris
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masterplum posted...

Eh, I think you underestimate the greed of trading card companies. They can print promo packs into the ground.

No offense but you don't know what you're talking about in this specific subject. The demand is so high right now even new booster boxes are sold out everywhere and Aquapolis is 20 years old almost.

Also they reprinted hidden fates, a new set two years ago, 3 times and it is now still 3-4x MSRP everywhere. They only want to print so much before moving on to new stuff

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Sir Chris
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Sunroof posted...

Wtf how are these cards worth so much ?!

25 years of love and dedication. And they keep making new fans. Each time someone breaks open a box, the sealed ones become that much rarer.

I have more faith in Pokemon than I do the US Economy tbh

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Sir Chris
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