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Biofighter55 posted...

Iirc unless someones life is endangered, its illegal for a cop to shoot someone in the back or when theyre running away

this was told to me by a police officer

Legality doesn't really have any fucking bearing on whether or not cops face penalties.

Fuck the police.

I'm not. I'm a socialist. I'll vote for dems as harm reduction for my ethnic minority and lgbtq friends. A party that doesn't give a shit about you ia better than one that thinks you are subhuman trash.

What a fucking dork.

Best since Prince to be sure.

Ar0ge posted...

Apparently Dr. Dre was also told not to say his line "I still don't love the police".

But he did anyway.

The line is "still not loving police" but yeah I'm surprised he left that in there.

GranolaPanic posted...

Conservatives are apoplectic on Twitter over it.

They were going to meltdown over this halftime show anyways because it had black rappers in it.

Oh Snap.

burns112233 posted...

We definitely gain weight as we age.

He actually looks older than snoop, which is wild.

Police involved in some sort of right wing nonsense? Who would have guessed?

darkprince45 posted...

4-10s the life. I try to take off at least 2-3 days a month too. Ive been off 4 days this week already and one more day off

Yeah, my place is supposed to be 4-10s. Problem is they are shit at managing their production and they've pissed off everyone within a 70 mile radius with three massive layoffs in the last 12 years that they've had to try and undo within 6 months of each so their reputation is trash. So I'm working at least 50 hours a week for the next 3 months. Which is fine, it just accelerates my house being paid off and me leaving the company.

Dude thinks he's some sort of mythic hero and that his wife has prophetic dreams.

Lol "DoNT CaLL tHe FiRe DPt";
Get the fuck out of here.

Bio1590 posted...

India would absolutely not hesitate to nuke the shit out of Pakistan in that instance

Yeah I don't know if that kicks off WW3, the rest of the world might just let them nuke each other, but you are correct that this is absolutely what happens.

Kloe_Rinz posted...

As a great gamefaqs mod once told me (in a moderation message): every political view deserves a platform and should not be discriminated against

I bet I know what mod that was.

The article is about Patriot Front, the Neo-Nazi group that grew out of Vanguard America, the group whose member James Fields killed Heather Heyer at the Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville.

And before people do the "theY AreN'T NAziS, tHey JuST hAVe diFFerEnt VieWs ThaN YoU"
Patriot Front, per Rousseaus manifesto, seeks a hard reset on the nation we see today a return to the traditions and virtues of our forefathers. Decrying mass immigration, rampant consumerism, increasing diversity and the declining fortunes of white Americans, Rousseau espouses the renewal of a true American volk through racial primacy, physical prowess and the renewal of the nuclear family.
Literal fucking Nazi shit there.

They've been vandalizing monuments, billboards, and holding marches in New York, Philadelphia, Louisville, Nashville, Austin, Portland, Oregon. Some chud even put their stickers all over the trail signs here at Cliff Cave park in Saint Louis. I removed those myself.

The end of the article covers the topic title.
Whats clear is that despite Patriot Fronts best efforts at secrecy, and whatever grand ambitions Rousseau might have for the group, anti-fascist activists are always watching, ready to shine a light on the evil deeds they attempt to carry out anonymously, from behind masks or under the cover of night.
In December, Patriot Front members convened an urgent voice chat to discuss one of the many anti-fascists theyd discovered had infiltrated their group the only problem was, they forgot to revoke the infiltrators access to the call.

The infiltrator teased the Patriot Front members before saying, Yeah, I think Im done talking. I think Im just gonna play some music.
A booming rendition of the anti-fascist anthem Bella Ciao started to play over the voice chat.
Everyone log off right now! a panicked Patriot Voice member is heard instructing his fellow members. Everyone log off right now!

This is like a CE level melty.

Asking a question about Metal Gear Solid 2.

Fear of homelessness and starvation is a strong motivator.

In the face, Taylor. In the boobs, Sydney.

Butterfiles posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/1/0/AAYofGAACIQe.jpg

And if you ever had a question about who the system is designed to protect this should answer it.
If I steal 100 bucks from my boss the cops show up and arrest me. If my boss steals 100 bucks from me in the form of unpaid overtime, making me work off the clock or through my lunch/break I have to hire a lawyer to try and get restitution.

Kombucha posted...

This was actually considered in Korea back in the day IIRC.

It was suggested by MacArthur. The idea was to nuke the Korea/China border so that China couldn't move troops across it. Truman basically said "absolutely not".

Probably.

And if they do it anyways?

DespondentDeity posted...

Out of hunger, the flesh of their sons they ate. Afterwards, I tore out the tongues of those officers whose mouths had blasphemed against Asshur, my master, and slaughtered them on Sennacheribs tomb. Any men left still alive were brought before the winged bulls built by Sennacherib, my grandfather, and whipped. I tossed their quivering flesh for the jackals, the birds, and the fish to eat. In this way, I placated the wrath of the gods who had become incensed by their ignominious deeds.

I do love the way the Assyrians wrote.

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Already there my dude.
https://mobile.twitter.com/rightwingcope/status/1473435170120376329

The show he did on Amazon Prime Jean Claude Van Johnson was amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lQ72f-jjx4

I'd laugh at this if it wasn't for the fact that these people are unhinged and dangerous.

Mearcstapa posted...

Oh yes, a judicial order will surely convince that horde of redneck fascist filth to stand down.

No but it does give legal cover for it to be put down.

UnholyMudcrab posted...

David Glantz has written extensively about the Eastern Front, with information taken from the Soviet archives. It does a lot to challenge and dispel the myths that were spread by the Germans during and after the war.

This is also the reason why Parshall and Tully's Shattered Sword is probably my favorite work of military history, because they went directly to the Japanese war histories and found that a good deal of the stuff we knew about the Battle of Midway was bunk based on the accounts of someone who was notorious for, shall we say, creatively interpreting his experiences. They found that western understanding of Midway had basically been stuck in place for 50 years because no one had bothered to consult the Japanese, and they turned the whole thing on its head.

Yeah, I've read quite a few of David Glantz books. I was mostly just speaking in general terms for people who might not have realized why the discrepancy exists.

I'm glad someone else here has read Shattered Sword, it's wild how much of historians views on Midway were warped till that book came out.

It's more modern than the the stuff we are talking about here but if you haven't read Zinky Boys by Svetlana Alexievich on the Soviet-Afghan war I'd highly recommend it though it's what you might call a bit fucking grim.

UnholyMudcrab posted...

Oh, to be clear, I'm not trying to imply that an interest in history is a red flag. I'm just poking at the specific people who claim to be interested, but their interest mysteriously doesn't extend past the Wehrmacht.

They'll be quick to tell you that a specific Tiger crew killed so-and-so many T-34s at Kursk, but you ask them why the German tactical and strategic goals went unfulfilled at Kursk and they clam up.

To be fair here though I would like to point out that there are far more sources and books from the German perspective which is why people's views get skewed in this direction. There are several reasons for this, not the least of which is the Allies perpetuation of the clean Wehrmacht myth after the war.
There is also the fact that Russian isn't an easy language to translate, the books that did get translated saw smaller print runs and are thus harder to find, and the cold war left people in the west with little interest in the trials and tribulations of the people who were now their enemy.

This is a problem in most military history really. There are so many interesting conflicts in Africa and Asia that people never get to learn about because none of the primary sources ever get translated and thus very few books ever get translated.

Seeing as how the modern GOP and it's actions since Trump's rise fit pretty much all of the general principles laid out in Umberto Eco's Ur-Fascism I'd say yes.

1. "The Cult of Tradition", characterized by cultural syncretism, even at the risk of internal contradiction. When all truth has already been revealed by Tradition, no new learning can occur, only further interpretation and refinement.
2. "The Rejection of modernism", which views the rationalistic development of Western culture since the Enlightenment as a descent into depravity. Eco distinguishes this from a rejection of superficial technological advancement, as many fascist regimes cite their industrial potency as proof of the vitality of their system.
3. "The Cult of Action for Action's Sake", which dictates that action is of value in itself, and should be taken without intellectual reflection. This, says Eco, is connected with anti-intellectualism and irrationalism, and often manifests in attacks on modern culture and science.
4. "Disagreement Is Treason" Fascism devalues intellectual discourse and critical reasoning as barriers to action, as well as out of fear that such analysis will expose the contradictions embodied in a syncretistic faith.
5. "Fear of Difference", which fascism seeks to exploit and exacerbate, often in the form of racism or an appeal against foreigners and immigrants.
6. "Appeal to a Frustrated Middle Class", fearing economic pressure from the demands and aspirations of lower social groups.
7. "Obsession with a Plot" and the hyping-up of an enemy threat. This often combines an appeal to xenophobia with a fear of disloyalty and sabotage from marginalized groups living within the society (such as the German elite's 'fear' of the 1930s Jewish populace's businesses and well-doings; see also antisemitism). Eco also cites Pat Robertson's book The New World Order as a prominent example of a plot obsession.
8. Fascist societies rhetorically cast their enemies as "at the same time too strong and too weak." On the one hand, fascists play up the power of certain disfavored elites to encourage in their followers a sense of grievance and humiliation. On the other hand, fascist leaders point to the decadence of those elites as proof of their ultimate feebleness in the face of an overwhelming popular will.
9. "Pacifism is Trafficking with the Enemy" because "Life is Permanent Warfare" there must always be an enemy to fight. Both fascist Germany under Hitler and Italy under Mussolini worked first to organize and clean up their respective countries and then build the war machines that they later intended to and did use, despite Germany being under restrictions of the Versailles treaty to not build a military force. This principle leads to a fundamental contradiction within fascism: the incompatibility of ultimate triumph with perpetual war.
10. "Contempt for the Weak", which is uncomfortably married to a chauvinistic popular elitism, in which every member of society is superior to outsiders by virtue of belonging to the in-group. Eco sees in these attitudes the root of a deep tension in the fundamentally hierarchical structure of fascist polities, as they encourage leaders to despise their underlings, up to the ultimate Leader who holds the whole country in contempt for having allowed him to overtake it by force.
11. "Everybody is Educated to Become a Hero", which leads to the embrace of a cult of death. As Eco observes, "[t]he Ur-Fascist hero is impatient to die. In his impatience, he more frequently sends other people to death."
12. "Machismo", which sublimates the difficult work of permanent war and heroism into the sexual sphere. Fascists thus hold "both disdain for women and intolerance and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits, from chastity to homosexuality."
13. "Selective Populism" The People, conceived monolithically, have a Common Will, distinct from and superior to the viewpoint of any individual. As no mass of people can ever be truly unanimous, the Leader holds himself out as the interpreter of the popular will (though truly he dictates it). Fascists use this concept to delegitimize democratic institutions they accuse of "no longer represent[ing] the Voice of the People."
14. "Newspeak" Fascism employs and promotes an impoverished vocabulary in order to limit critical reasoning.

https://www.pegc.us/archive/Articles/eco_ur-fascism.pdf

SauI_Goodman posted...

I dont believe any conflict will happen and everyone will just let russia take over. Just like theybdid crimea. Unfortunate for ukraine. :(

I mean Ukraine will fight but they don't have the manpower or equipment to resist for long.

Yep.

Questionmarktarius posted...

about that...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/8/9/AAEhCpAAC6hV.jpg

Oh I know Ukraine has plenty of resources to exploit. That's what Russia is in this for, that and prestige of their former empire. I was specifically talking about the Baltic states.
The same thing could be extrapolated into the Ukraine situation though. Supposing the US puts troops and equipment there to defend Ukrainian sovereignty, we aren't occupying anything and Ukraine (and the rest of Europe for that matter) isn't going to allow American companies to come in and take the natural gas from the pipeline.

Unsuprised_Pika posted...

You'd think a revival of the Soviet Union would be an even harder sell.

Not really. There is a reason that Putin is doing this now. After 20 years of expensive and pointless wars in Afghanistan and Iraq there is absolutely zero American public interest in a war. Especially one in defense of another country, regardless of the treaty obligations involved.
No one wants it, which doesn't always matter but there is also not a ton of money to be made off of it. There isn't going to be an occupation so there is no money in it for defense contractors, and there aren't resources to exploit since it's going to be in a first world European country (so it won't be allowed) so there is no money in it for mining or oil companies.

This can't be true. American conservatives tell me on a regular basis that racism is dead.

AngelicRadiance posted...

It's a test for China if they wanna invade Taiwain. If Russia invades and conquers Ukraine and the response from the West is weak they know they can in turn take Taiwan.

It's also a test to see just how robust the Western response will be if they invade the Baltic States. They are NATO members but Russia can overrun and occupy them faster than NATO can reinforce them. Which means that any conflict that results is going to to be a NATO offensive trying to liberate Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania which will be a hard sell in America.

Russia didn't spend all of the money, time, and infrastructure to move that stuff there for no reason. We aren't just talking troops and smalls arms. We're talking heavy equipment that had to be moved via rail.

I wonder if these dumbasses will fly the Star and Bars (treason rag) and the swastika like the Canadians did. Good luck with that in Inglewood boys.

If you are a minority you need to be carrying a weapon that you know how to use.

Reminder that these people are very dangerous.

-GalacticBass- posted...

Oh no, a mythology based on northern europe where predominantly white folk live has too many white people! There's no other way, this MUST be racist!

MUh HEriTAgE

That being said Tolkien wasn't particularly racist. At least no more so than the average person of his time and place.

Smackems posted...

How long do the Olympics have left

10 more days.

Johnny_Nutcase posted...

I threw my shit into reverse right outta the GATE!!!

GG.
You kids have fun with your mario kart. I'm gonna sit here and drink and watch the olympics ;p

Abandon all hope of titties ye who enter here.

Ricemills posted...

usually these kind of atrocities done by military contractors. remember blackwater?

Lol no. Yes contractors are guilty of this kind of shit, but American troops have a history of commiting war crimes all the way back to at least the first world war.

Here's why you won't be coming in.

Antifar posted...

How many miles of high speed rail has China built in the 20 minutes since this topic began?

Yeah but we have FREEDOM GODDAMNIT!!!@!!!