Board 8 > Politics Containment Topic 299: George Floyd

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Dark Young Link
05/30/20 3:49:55 PM
#453:


The first two he didn't get warned for. I think he got warned for the third one, forgot what 383 was.

Also man sox if that's you, I thought you were better than that.

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UshiromiyaEva
05/30/20 3:53:23 PM
#454:


I don't think Chrono is sox, pretty sure it was Tim.
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LordoftheMorons
05/30/20 3:53:23 PM
#455:


HeroDelTiempo17 posted...
Also I guess another clarifying point is that if a ton of people die to COVID because of the protests, the blood is still on the hands of the state for how incompetently this whole thing has been handled for months.
Its both. Having a reason to do something doesnt absolve people of all personal responsibility. People are still deliberately making choices here that have non-negligible chances of causing other people to die.

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TheRock1525
05/30/20 3:53:42 PM
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Dark Young Link
05/30/20 3:55:49 PM
#457:


UshiromiyaEva posted...
I don't think Chrono is sox, pretty sure it was Tim.


Actually.

Yeah, 100% a Tim move.

I recall years ago he made an alt, went into politics topics to troll, pretended he was a new user...

Only to later admit it was him and act very confused when people correctly called him out.

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LordoftheMorons
05/30/20 3:56:35 PM
#458:


And no, Crono is definitely red sox

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Inviso
05/30/20 3:57:48 PM
#459:


HeroicCrono is too emotionless to be TimJab. TimJab would be unable to last as long as HeroicCrono without screaming his head off about the liberals in this topic series. HC is totally red sox trolling.

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JeffreyRaze
05/30/20 3:58:39 PM
#460:


He said it was him when asked IIRC

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LordoftheMorons
05/30/20 4:01:43 PM
#461:


Sounds like the vast majority of the arsonists/looters in Minnesota are coming from out of state, possibly including white nationists (thread):

https://twitter.com/joyannreid/status/1266741059163389952?s=21

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Dark Young Link
05/30/20 4:03:22 PM
#462:


Most of the rioters are unrelated to the protesters?

[Insert insincere picture implying shock here]

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LordoftheMorons
05/30/20 4:05:51 PM
#463:


Dark Young Link posted...
Most of the rioters are unrelated to the protesters?

[Insert insincere picture implying shock here]
It's not surprising; I remember that being the case in Ferguson too. What I have been surprised (and disappointed) by is how many liberals online I've seen defending rioting/looting as being a justified response.

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red sox 777
05/30/20 4:06:45 PM
#464:


Heroic Crono is my phone account. It's logged in on my phone and I'm too lazy to change the log in.

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KamikazePotato
05/30/20 4:12:47 PM
#465:


Depends on the riot. Busting up unrelated buildings? Bad. Busting up the police station? Go for it.

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Dark Young Link
05/30/20 4:13:14 PM
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Disappointment I get.

But it shouldn't be surprising that a lot of people's hearts have a fire in them right now. Better buildings than people.

Like I don't support the rioting, but I feel like I'd be a lot more mortified over it several years ago.

Now? Lot harder to care. I mean, they certainly didn't care bout us dying.

Frustration? Emotional exhaustion? I'm not sue what to call it, but there it is.

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Dark Young Link
05/30/20 4:16:51 PM
#467:


KamikazePotato posted...
Depends on the riot. Busting up unrelated buildings? Bad. Busting up the police station? Go for it.


This I agree with, in a "If you're going to do something bad, do it to the people who wronged you" sort of way. Ideally it doesn't happen at all, but I can't feel sorry for the police station being busted up like I can to an uninvolved grocery store.

Of course among the rioters there's a difference between the people who are an extreme version of the cause, and opportunists just there to snag some shit.

And of course the undercover cops pretending to be part of the protest in order to make it look bad.


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Grimlyn
05/30/20 4:23:20 PM
#468:


Tim would have wayyyy more fight in him in a thread talking about protestors, not just making weak sarcastic jabs

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BetrayedTangy
05/30/20 4:26:41 PM
#469:


Yeah I'm all for the riots, but I hate that people resort to looting, not because of the store, but because of the employees.

That's putting innocent people at risk and frankly suggests they don't care about the real movement and are just taking advantage of the situation to get free shit.

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Dark Young Link
05/30/20 4:30:50 PM
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Like I said, some people are opportunists who are using the protest as a cover to take stuff.

When there's thousands of people marching in the streets, law enforcement probaly doesn't notice you.

Especially when some of them are likely breaking up stuff themselves for their own purposes.Hell, they probably intentionally ignore you if you're being recorded so they can go "See? This isn't about protest at all!"

Then concern trolls come in and try to suggest the protestors are to blame for this.

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Jakyl25
05/30/20 4:37:09 PM
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StealThisSheen
05/30/20 4:39:09 PM
#472:


But that would imply the police officer was voted into office. By The People.

And, as red sox always says, being voted for by The People means they agree with literally everything that individual does.

Which means killing you is the will of The People.

Sorry.

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Jakyl25
05/30/20 4:40:28 PM
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VintageGin
05/30/20 4:40:45 PM
#474:


Jakyl25 posted...
Yeah, when is the day the vaccine is widely distributed.

Now if the government rations the vaccine based on delaying the revolution, then we are at an impasse and must revolt to claim it

It's definitely not the best in terms of public health, and I am very concerned about what will happen with regard to the virus one to two weeks from now

However, one argument for having this sort of action now is that states are starting to open up anyway, and this is probably the last chance before people are forced to return to work-- unlike other protests, there's actually a huge number of people who are not forced to choose between continuing to be employed or protesting

Is it worth it? Hell if I know. The whole thing is a supremely shitty situation

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UshiromiyaEva
05/30/20 4:42:29 PM
#475:


Jakyl25 posted...
This is infuriating

https://twitter.com/grimkim/status/1266806579724193792?s=21

Fucking hell.
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Xeybozn
05/30/20 4:46:42 PM
#476:


VintageGin posted...
this is probably the last chance before people are forced to return to work

There's still going to be jobs for everyone to go back to?
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Not_an_Owl
05/30/20 4:47:01 PM
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Jakyl25 posted...
This is infuriating

https://twitter.com/grimkim/status/1266806579724193792?s=21
Cops recognize and protect their own tribe.

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UshiromiyaEva
05/30/20 4:53:11 PM
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Jakyl25
05/30/20 4:56:03 PM
#479:


Its a nice speech, but its also a news anchor speaking to the choir
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Jakyl25
05/30/20 5:00:49 PM
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KamikazePotato
05/30/20 5:13:03 PM
#481:


Jakyl25 posted...
https://twitter.com/metroatldsa/status/1266552696607252480?s=21

This makes me question my belief that karma isnt real
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VLbWnJGlyMU

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KamikazePotato
05/30/20 5:24:34 PM
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Jakyl25
05/30/20 6:01:14 PM
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pyresword
05/30/20 6:22:36 PM
#484:


So my city instituted a curfew as a result of the riots, and now I'm just sitting here wondering if now that we've been prevented from going outside there's going to be a segment of Conservatives siding with the protesters.
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Mr Lasastryke
05/30/20 6:47:33 PM
#485:


HeroicCrono posted...
There are a lot of anarchists and radical communist revolutionaries in America, a lot more than in Russia.

you'd think that if that's the case, the libertarian party would be a lot bigger!

(yes i know libertarianism != anarchism, the LP is still the closest thing the US has to an anarchist party)

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SmartMuffin
05/30/20 6:52:32 PM
#486:


https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1266860794261770247

I'm curious by what logic you guys justify this sort of thing. Like, when the Taliban destroys Bhuddist shrines in Afghanistan, everyone loses their mind about how obviously evil that is. But when communist thugs deface the Alamo because they're mad at a a cop who lives 3,000 miles away - that's like, completely and obvious justified?

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Mr Lasastryke
05/30/20 6:57:09 PM
#487:


not everyone thinks "communist thugs" are equatable to the taliban, no

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MoogleKupo141
05/30/20 7:01:52 PM
#488:


SmartMuffin posted...
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1266860794261770247

I'm curious by what logic you guys justify this sort of thing. Like, when the Taliban destroys Bhuddist shrines in Afghanistan, everyone loses their mind about how obviously evil that is. But when communist thugs deface the Alamo because they're mad at a a cop who lives 3,000 miles away - that's like, completely and obvious justified?


is anyone practicing their religion in the Alamo
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Samurai7
05/30/20 7:06:32 PM
#489:


We've been partially open in my county since may 1st. We've only had 40 new cases in a county of nearly 200,000. With only 6 total deaths. All over 70. I genuinely believe population density is a huge factor in this and rural areas shouldn't have nearly as strict guidelines.

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MoogleKupo141
05/30/20 7:06:49 PM
#490:


basically I feel differently about two things when theyre different things being done by different people for different reasons
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Mr Lasastryke
05/30/20 7:09:13 PM
#491:


Samurai7 posted...
I genuinely believe population density is a huge factor in this and rural areas shouldn't have nearly as strict guidelines.

certainly. sweden did hardly anything as far as covid measures go and they've never been affected that much because of their low population density.

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red13n
05/30/20 7:30:37 PM
#492:


Mr Lasastryke posted...
certainly. sweden did hardly anything as far as covid measures go and they've never been affected that much because of their low population density.
Don't confuse that with Sweden's strategy working.

Their per capita numbers and comparisons with similar populations/population densities shows that their strategy is basically a failure.

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UshiromiyaEva
05/30/20 7:35:23 PM
#493:


Bruh nobody worth a damn gives a shit about The Alamo. Tear it down.
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iiaattgg
05/30/20 8:06:01 PM
#494:


I do want to commend cnn for some amazing coverage and reporting the past few days. Some of the situations the reporters are putting themselves in have been absolutely nuts

My biggest turn off for them before this is just how insanely trump centric their coverage has been. Not because they have been anti-trump, that i dont really care about, but virtually everything was covered with him as the backdrop. If a meteor was coming to end all life they would have spent 95% of the time talking about his tweets or response to it

Its just nice to see them doing some incredibly awesome reporting, and when they do talk about trump it is being done in healthy doses and context

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red sox 777
05/30/20 8:08:07 PM
#495:


iiaattgg posted...
I do want to commend cnn for some amazing coverage and reporting the past few days. Some of the situations the reporters are putting themselves in have been absolutely nuts

My biggest turn off for them before this is just how insanely trump centric their coverage has been. Not because they have been anti-trump, that i dont really care about, but virtually everything was covered with him as the backdrop. If a meteor was coming to end all life they would have spent 95% of the time talking about his tweets or response to it

Its just nice to see them doing some incredibly awesome reporting, and when they do talk about trump it is being done in healthy doses and context

Yes, CNN has been very personality-centric for years. Before Trump, they talked incessantly about Hillary Clinton's opinions on things completely unrelated to her, like Russia's invasion of Crimea, even when she wasn't trying to place herself at the center of the conversation.

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iiaattgg
05/30/20 8:13:30 PM
#496:


red sox 777 posted...
Yes, CNN has been very personality-centric for years. Before Trump, they talked incessantly about Hillary Clinton's opinions on things completely unrelated to her, like Russia's invasion of Crimea, even when she wasn't trying to place herself at the center of the conversation.
And dont get me wrong, i dont blame them in the slightest as in this climate it has to be a ratings magnet. Its just not my cup of tea.

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BakusaiTenketsu
05/30/20 8:26:58 PM
#497:


MoogleKupo141 posted...
is anyone practicing their religion in the Alamo
I'm a practicing Crocketteerian.

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HeroDelTiempo17
05/30/20 8:42:19 PM
#498:


https://twitter.com/MsLisaHendricks/status/1266874480413954048?s=19

lmao is this why smuffin brought up the Alamo?

fucking groypers

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Jakyl25
05/30/20 8:56:00 PM
#499:


The Alamo is a monument to failure anyway

Theres no message sent by defacing it
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BakusaiTenketsu
05/30/20 9:00:30 PM
#500:


Twitter taken it to the man!

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