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Also, he's hot. Just putting that out there.
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Also, he's hot. Just putting that out there.
Gotta admit, that boy's cute.
the one in the foreground's good, but the one in the back... is that a guy pointing out the debacle and bullshit of the Scopes monkey trial? Props to that dude!
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the one in the foreground's good, but the one in the back... is that a guy pointing out the debacle and bullshit of the Scopes monkey trial? Props to that dude!No, it looks like it is these guys:
Now you've made me even more depressed and wanting to throw up.
Shane...
That picture was sad enough already then I remembered that atleast one judge (Might have been in Spain but I'm not sure.) has declared that a rapist cannot remove a woman's jeans forcefully, therefore anyone wearing jeans must have willingly helped the rapist. There really are people who say that a woman wearing jeans cannot be raped and therefore there are people who would say that she "asked for it."
And now I'm gonna go throw up...
This one isn't so much 'awesome' as 'well thought out' and 'heart-wrenching':
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Shane...
That picture was sad enough already then I remembered that atleast one judge (Might have been in Spain but I'm not sure.) has declared that a rapist cannot remove a woman's jeans forcefully, therefore anyone wearing jeans must have willingly helped the rapist. There really are people who say that a woman wearing jeans cannot be raped and therefore there are people who would say that she "asked for it."
And now I'm gonna go throw up...
Now you've made me even more depressed and wanting to throw up.
Sorry.
In related news: I found it
http://current.com/154fe4c (http://current.com/154fe4c)
Turns out it was an Italian judge. :'(
You forgot their sports cars and their motorcycles.Now you've made me even more depressed and wanting to throw up.
Sorry.
In related news: I found it
http://current.com/154fe4c (http://current.com/154fe4c)
Turns out it was an Italian judge. :'(
Fuck Italy. Fuck them so hard.
I mean, between the Mafia, the Pope, and this, they suck. The only remotely redeeming thing about them is their cuisine.
Shane...
That picture was sad enough already then I remembered that atleast one judge (Might have been in Spain but I'm not sure.) has declared that a rapist cannot remove a woman's jeans forcefully, therefore anyone wearing jeans must have willingly helped the rapist. There really are people who say that a woman wearing jeans cannot be raped and therefore there are people who would say that she "asked for it."
And now I'm gonna go throw up...
Do weapons and date rape drugs not exist in Europe?
You forgot their sports cars and their motorcycles.Now you've made me even more depressed and wanting to throw up.
Sorry.
In related news: I found it
http://current.com/154fe4c (http://current.com/154fe4c)
Turns out it was an Italian judge. :'(
Fuck Italy. Fuck them so hard.
I mean, between the Mafia, the Pope, and this, they suck. The only remotely redeeming thing about them is their cuisine.
It's worth pointing out that L and Ranger Joe are both Italian. So there's SOME good stuff hailing from the country. Just... not that, or the Pope, or their driving habits. (PROTIP, ITALIAN DRIVERS: automobiles do not technically legally have the right of way on the pavement.)
It's worth pointing out that L and Ranger Joe are both Italian. So there's SOME good stuff hailing from the country. Just... not that, or the Pope, or their driving habits. (PROTIP, ITALIAN DRIVERS: automobiles do not technically legally have the right of way on the pavement.)
This one isn't so much 'awesome' as 'well thought out' and 'heart-wrenching':
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It's worth pointing out that L and Ranger Joe are both Italian. So there's SOME good stuff hailing from the country. Just... not that, or the Pope, or their driving habits. (PROTIP, ITALIAN DRIVERS: automobiles do not technically legally have the right of way on the pavement.)
Don't forget, you're also Italian so that's another bonus for Italy.
Uuuummmmm… Something about how little kids don’t have the hips that grown women are supposed to have. :PShane...
That picture was sad enough already then I remembered that atleast one judge (Might have been in Spain but I'm not sure.) has declared that a rapist cannot remove a woman's jeans forcefully, therefore anyone wearing jeans must have willingly helped the rapist. There really are people who say that a woman wearing jeans cannot be raped and therefore there are people who would say that she "asked for it."
And now I'm gonna go throw up...
Do weapons and date rape drugs not exist in Europe?
Of course not, thanks to the magic of gun control! :D
Also, if pulling pants down is so hard, then how did I manage to pantse so many kids and get away with it?
She's Sicilian.
Rome IS in Italy, yes? therefore, Italy sucks... most of it, anyway.Rome may well be in Italy, but the Pope lives in Vatican City, not Rome.
Which is also in Italy, although it is a different country. With like a population of 8.
Well, 800, but still puny.
Don't mean it doesn't stick its dick into Italian politics every chance it gets...It might well, but it still isn't Italy.
I was reading this (http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/3329/occupy-wall-street-west-ends-hibernation-in-quest-to-right-america/) and it's ripe with awesome protest stuff.
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I think Smurfette has a sister.
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These were from an Occupy San Francisco protest that ended up shutting down a Wells Fargo bank for a while.
I was reading this (http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/3329/occupy-wall-street-west-ends-hibernation-in-quest-to-right-america/) and it's ripe with awesome protest stuff.
(http://www.fogcityjournal.com/images/photos2012/occupy_wall_st_west_20120120/mw2w5008_std.jpg)
I think Smurfette has a sister.
(http://www.fogcityjournal.com/images/photos2012/occupy_wall_st_west_20120120/mw2w5281_std.jpg)
These were from an Occupy San Francisco protest that ended up shutting down a Wells Fargo bank for a while.
I don't think those images allow direct linking...
I was reading this (http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/3329/occupy-wall-street-west-ends-hibernation-in-quest-to-right-america/) and it's ripe with awesome protest stuff.
(http://www.fogcityjournal.com/images/photos2012/occupy_wall_st_west_20120120/mw2w5008_std.jpg)
I think Smurfette has a sister.
(http://www.fogcityjournal.com/images/photos2012/occupy_wall_st_west_20120120/mw2w5281_std.jpg)
These were from an Occupy San Francisco protest that ended up shutting down a Wells Fargo bank for a while.
I don't think those images allow direct linking...
Edited to allow clickable viewing.
That one took me a moment, but I love it.Yeah, the letters are big enough that it takes a bit of conscious effort to think about what it says after crossing the “AL†out. Translation: took me a moment as well.
They're #3 after the gays and atheists.
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Is that woman meant to be seen as fat? The poster seems to be implying so (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HollywoodPudgy), but I don't see her that way. ???
Or she could be the weight equivalent of a straight ally.
Or she could be the weight equivalent of a straight ally.May be what is intended, but it is hard to read that for sure. Especially given the aforementioned existence of “Hollywood Chubby.†On TV, she probably would be considered fat. >:(
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"Voilence?"
(http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/slutwalksigns/16352141254/1/tumblr_ly7qpmWK4E1r4l3su)I can't read what's on the sign. Can someone transcribe it, please?
I gay ate a salad.But did you
I gay ate a salad.But did youtosseat a gay salad?
I gay ate a salad.
I gay walked my dogs.
What did the shirt originally say?
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I'm not sure what she's protesting, but I really like her outfit.
I believe it's protesting being ogled.
I believe it's protesting being ogled.
I'm going to stick my neck out here, for a second... this might be horribly wrong of me, but while I certainly don't think that anyone's "asking for it" when they're wearing slutty clothes, or otherwise revealing outfits, and everyone should have the right to wear whatever they want... what's wrong with looking at people you find attractive?
/me ducks under the inevitable hail.
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I'm not sure what she's protesting, but I really like her outfit.
The consensus seems to be that he is gay (I also noticed the Asian person in the skirt next to him seems to be a man) so maybe fundies thought the little gay boy in the pink hair was asking for it being so effeminate. Just speculation.
Apparently, the person in that protest several pages back with the pink hair is a boy.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cts=1331175613256&ved=0CC4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fslutwalknyc.com%2Fpost%2F10992083819&ei=qiBYT5b9K4iY0QHXlPXCDw&usg=AFQjCNFFG2rsM2HFUha97442BbFQGReFuw
Apparently, the person in that protest several pages back with the pink hair is a boy.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cts=1331175613256&ved=0CC4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fslutwalknyc.com%2Fpost%2F10992083819&ei=qiBYT5b9K4iY0QHXlPXCDw&usg=AFQjCNFFG2rsM2HFUha97442BbFQGReFuw
Wooooow. :o
<snip> I agree with Eniliad, though. I thought "she" was cute as hell initially, but I was also saddened because of the sign, and now that I know he's not a she, I still want to hug him for what he'd been through. :(
Apparently, the person in that protest several pages back with the pink hair is a boy.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cts=1331175613256&ved=0CC4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fslutwalknyc.com%2Fpost%2F10992083819&ei=qiBYT5b9K4iY0QHXlPXCDw&usg=AFQjCNFFG2rsM2HFUha97442BbFQGReFuw
He's a trans man, apparently. I saw a correction regarding his gender on Tumblr from someone who claimed to be a friend of his.
And that pretty much sums up the whole Occupy movement.ButI thought it was a bunch of lazy bums looking for a handout. /idiot
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I would like to hear the story behind this... I am hoping that it is something better than "I used google-translate for this sign."
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he looks like a gay Sheldon Cooper...
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I don't get it... Can't you have both?
A bad use of Google Translate, perhaps?
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I'm a proud voting slut!
I'm a proud voting slut!
Yeah, guilty here too :3
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I think that's part of the point of the sign, though. Men are almost never described as "promiscuous." They're just sexually active. It's a part of the hypocrisy.
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I think that's part of the point of the sign, though. Men are almost never described as "promiscuous." They're just sexually active. It's a part of the hypocrisy.
Unless they're gay.
But I guess the logic is that gay men are half-women so they can be judged by woman standards. :p(http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad220/mrtraffic97/jobs-not-penis.jpg)
Going back a-ways I know, but I just wanted to point out: It looks like all the people in this protest are women. Considering the religious situation in South Africa and how women are treated (shut up and make babies,) it's quite possible this was deliberate.
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Left side:
American Electric Power
General Electric
Citigroup Inc.
American Financial Group
Limited BrandsCME Group
Right side:
FirstEnergy Corp
AT&T Inc
Walt Disney Co.
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
FMR Group
Altria Group
Scott's Miracle-Gro
Murray Energy
AK Steel
Energy Future Holdings Group
Bank of America
Corinthian Colleges
NiSource Inc.
Ironically, the Hebrew underneath does forbid one group of people - those with weapons. The rough translation is "Forbidden to gather here with weapons".Thanks - I was wondering about that
I WANT this bumper sticker!!!
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Could you go bisexual though?
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^ I think it's riffing the fact that many staunch pro-life women will go out and get an abortion when they get pregnant.
Oh I'm aware that pregnancy is expensive and changes one's life, it's simply that those are the least crucial reasons to have one, out of so many that could affect a woman. So it's like downplaying the real reasons why it's important to keep them legal.
To paraphrase the sign, this stuff may seem inconsequential until you're the one dealing with it.
Get back in the hospital, lunatic.
Bootstraps, motherfucker!
Bootstraps, motherfucker!
Bootstraps, motherfucker!
Did not see that i guess.
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And "white" and "a male"
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Agreed if they did care then stories like that guy who's wife miscarried since his insurance wouldn't cover prenatal would not happen(http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3827foHob1qf0ymwo7_500.jpg)
Not really, they don't care much about the fetus either. Otherwise, they'd provide free prenatal and postnatal care for all their forced births. The fetus is just a convenient thing to slut shame women with.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/542044_3820564352850_1239917852_33609818_657509300_n.jpg)ROFLMAO - That' s fantastic.
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m273ecTMWt1qgb18uo1_500.jpg)That is one of the best signs I have ever seen. It is painfully direct and too the point.
Spoiler because it's mildly NSFW.Oddly enough, yes! :o(click to show/hide)
Spoiler because it's mildly NSFW.(click to show/hide)
Have to be honest, I'm not sure exactly what she's protesting.She's pointing out the fact that men put up with less bullshit in regards to the protection of their rights.
That's not a protest sign though. O.oJesus Loves You is a common slogan for various Christian religions. This is a "take that" against those religions, and since most churches insist on being involved in politics, it becomes political.
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the True Christians.
the True Christians.
I dislike that phrase.
They're as much Christians as the idiot fundies are.
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I think it is the guy on the right.
No true Scotsman?the True Christians.
I dislike that phrase.
They're as much Christians as the idiot fundies are.
No true Scotsman?the True Christians.
I dislike that phrase.
They're as much Christians as the idiot fundies are.
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Sports nuts? Lol wut?
Sports nuts? Lol wut?
Well, you know going nuts over your favorite team is idolatry. Especially if you stay home to watch the big game on Sunday. ::)
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Yes. (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/opinion/19romney.html)(http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ptrjoyBU1qmaoalo1_500.jpg)
Did he actually say that?
The truly funny thing was the reaction to this over on Facebook, a gaggle of morons who couldn't grasp the idea of 'sarcasm' complaining that various items on the list aren't true.
Duh, really?
So the GOP point people on marriage are: A three-time divorced fat radio host (Limbaugh), an unwed teen mother (Bristol Palin), a dude with five grandmothers (Romney), and a never married spinster (Ann Coulter). OK, got it.
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So they have... sports teams? I don't get it. Are they saying people who watch sports are ignorant, because every state has several sport teams.
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So they have... sports teams? I don't get it. Are they saying people who watch sports are ignorant, because every state has several sport teams.
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So they have... sports teams? I don't get it. Are they saying people who watch sports are ignorant, because every state has several sport teams.
I think those are the sports teams of colleges. All the counties that voted against Amendment One had a college in the county, with one exception that was neighbors to three counties with colleges anyway. They're saying the intelligent people were against the amendment.
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So they have... sports teams? I don't get it. Are they saying people who watch sports are ignorant, because every state has several sport teams.
Jesus how dumb can you be?
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So they have... sports teams? I don't get it. Are they saying people who watch sports are ignorant, because every state has several sport teams.
Jesus how dumb can you be?
It's indicating that the counties/districts that voted against the propositions have colleges in them, right? But they're using the logos of the varsity teams to indicate the colleges. People who don't follow sports and/or aren't American have little way of knowing that these sports logos refer to colleges.
It's indicating that the counties/districts that voted against the propositions have colleges in them, right? But they're using the logos of the varsity teams to indicate the colleges. People who don't follow sports and/or aren't American have little way of knowing that these sports logos refer to colleges.
That's a contradiction. How would you know they're sports logos? The houses at Hogwarts used animals for their logos. >.> And the logo for Hogwarts itself was an animal.
Lexi's comment is also really weird because the "NO's" are attached to the colleges. Therefore, it has nothing to do with ignorance at all.
Here, is this one better?
Snip
It's indicating that the counties/districts that voted against the propositions have colleges in them, right? But they're using the logos of the varsity teams to indicate the colleges. People who don't follow sports and/or aren't American have little way of knowing that these sports logos refer to colleges.
That's a contradiction. How would you know they're sports logos? The houses at Hogwarts used animals for their logos. >.> And the logo for Hogwarts itself was an animal.
Maybe because 49ers and Spartans sound like sports teams. And Hogwarts is a fictional school, although the logo would have said "Hogwarts" not whatever competitive Quidditch team they had.
Generally yes, not always.
No I figured it out from a partial glance.
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The bottom part got cut off and says "Tell me how it affects you".
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So they have... sports teams? I don't get it. Are they saying people who watch sports are ignorant, because every state has several sport teams.
Jesus how dumb can you be?
You didn't understand it either? You should read MadCatTLX's comment.
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So they have... sports teams? I don't get it. Are they saying people who watch sports are ignorant, because every state has several sport teams.
Jesus how dumb can you be?
You didn't understand it either? You should read MadCatTLX's comment.
No I figured it out from a partial glance.
Ironbite-you're starting to backslide dude.
To complain about how it should be easily figured out by people outside of the US (or even not in the South) or those who aren't sports-oriented, is a little silly.
It doesn't really matter, does it? The point got across.
Protest signs aren't like public buildings: they don't need to be accessible to everyone.
You'd have said point if I had made it clear I was defending the remark made by dear Ironbite (and if it did seem like it, my apologies). Needless to say, the point is not there because I wasn't defending that. I was defending the 'sign' itself. But let's move on shall we?It doesn't really matter, does it? The point got across.
Protest signs aren't like public buildings: they don't need to be accessible to everyone.
The point didn't get across to everyone, and you're missing the point of that it's not right to call people stupid for not getting something that's outside of their culture or experience and asking for clarification. I never said the cartoon should be clearer, just that it doesn't make us stupid if we don't get something that's not, by design, accessible to us.
My quarrel with the college/no-vote correlation is that it's the equivalent of calling the other side stupid.
"You just have these opinions because you're uneducated. If you were smart, you'd think otherwise."
Someone who agrees with the position feels vindicated (elitism yay). Someone who disagrees feels insulted and is provoked to a response of antiintellectualism. As if we hadn't enough of that already.
It's okay to state the truth. The map is the equivalent of smugly rubbing it in.
My quarrel with the college/no-vote correlation is that it's the equivalent of calling the other side stupid.
"You just have these opinions because you're uneducated. If you were smart, you'd think otherwise."
Someone who agrees with the position feels vindicated (elitism yay). Someone who disagrees feels insulted and is provoked to a response of antiintellectualism. As if we hadn't enough of that already.
It's okay to state the truth. The map is the equivalent of smugly rubbing it in.
I think there was a study that showed people who vote conservative tend to have a lower IQ.
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I also like how his skin tone changes wildly.
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Duuuuuuuuuuuuude...yes. What the fuck happened to his hair?I know, how is that look considered a good look?? That look just makes you look like an ass, unless he's trolling us, and decided one day, "I'll go with the crazy idiot look to match the bs that I like to spout on TV"
Duuuuuuuuuuuuude...yes. What the fuck happened to his hair?I know, how is that look considered a good look?? That look just makes you look like an ass, unless he's trolling us, and decided one day, "I'll go with the crazy idiot look to match the bs that I like to spout on TV"
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In case, you have trouble what the sign the kid is holding up, it reads:
"God Hates No One"
If God hates everyone and it's 'too late to pray' or otherwise make amends, what exactly does the WBC hope to achieve by protesting? Are they just telling us for the sake of gloating?
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In case, you have trouble what the sign the kid is holding up, it reads:
"God Hates No One"
If God hates everyone and it's 'too late to pray' or otherwise make amends, what exactly does the WBC hope to achieve by protesting? Are they just telling us for the sake of gloating?
If God hates everyone and it's 'too late to pray' or otherwise make amends, what exactly does the WBC hope to achieve by protesting? Are they just telling us for the sake of gloating?
It's probably to create a them vs. us atmosphere.
Let's see if this sign will be a little less controversial than the Amendment 1 I posted:
(http://i49.tinypic.com/2yoof2r.jpg)
Spoiler: I doubt it.
Not a protest sign, but it's a pretty good statement....I'm pretty spiritual, and I like to see the positives in faith, but... this is a disturbingly accurate picture of how the Judeo-Christian God is spoken of. And it kind of chills me.
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/5229/52290910150624006477257.jpg)
Let's see if this sign will be a little less controversial than the Amendment 1 I posted:
(http://i49.tinypic.com/2yoof2r.jpg)
Spoiler: I doubt it.
One of my friends from school who was very homophobic back then just shared that image on Facebook.
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The "I'm not here anymore" one gave me a sad.
One of my friends from school who was very homophobic back then just shared that image on Facebook.
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Are you sure there not trying to say they support the bad things that were done to these people? Is it really possible that someone was dragged, probably kicking and screaming all the way, out of stupidity, ignorance, and hatefulness?
If God hates everyone and it's 'too late to pray' or otherwise make amends, what exactly does the WBC hope to achieve by protesting? Are they just telling us for the sake of gloating?
If God hates everyone and it's 'too late to pray' or otherwise make amends, what exactly does the WBC hope to achieve by protesting? Are they just telling us for the sake of gloating?
Assuming a higher power of some kind exists, I have a hard time believing that a being capable of creating millions of planets and starts really gives a **** what two 'insects' on one of them is doing.
Pay attention seriously it is best to ignore them cause reall ythe church is tiny and insigificantIf God hates everyone and it's 'too late to pray' or otherwise make amends, what exactly does the WBC hope to achieve by protesting? Are they just telling us for the sake of gloating?
Assuming a higher power of some kind exists, I have a hard time believing that a being capable of creating millions of planets and starts really gives a **** what two 'insects' on one of them is doing.
Well so do I, but this is what the WBC seem to believe, and I want to know what they're trying to make happen if it's too late to change their God's decision? Protestors tend to have a cause - they want someone to do something. What does the WBC want us to do?
Not a protest sign, but it's a pretty good statement....I'm pretty spiritual, and I like to see the positives in faith, but... this is a disturbingly accurate picture of how the Judeo-Christian God is spoken of. And it kind of chills me.
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That's pretty cool. Now I wonder if they practice what their sign preaches?
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I would HAPPILY donate to that cause
I would HAPPILY donate to that cause
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I'm sure these are repeats but:
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I hate to say it Prog (and Shane, considering you're in the south too, along with anyone else down in that area), but... it does tend to happen in the bible-belt-ish states.
I live in N Florida, which is the southern tip of the BB. A nearby abortion clinic recently had to move after a lot of problems. It was bad enough that the protestors would scream at nearly every person who entered the plaza, even when they weren't going to the clinic (We often went to the post office there). But they also caused several accidents by distracting drivers and blocking their views with the signs. At one point, I tried to pull out of the plaza when some old guy held his sign directly in front of my window so I couldn't see the road. Two weeks later, they caused my wreck when they blocked the entrance.
Yeah, holier-than-thou assholes.
I live in N Florida, which is the southern tip of the BB. A nearby abortion clinic recently had to move after a lot of problems. It was bad enough that the protestors would scream at nearly every person who entered the plaza, even when they weren't going to the clinic (We often went to the post office there). But they also caused several accidents by distracting drivers and blocking their views with the signs. At one point, I tried to pull out of the plaza when some old guy held his sign directly in front of my window so I couldn't see the road. Two weeks later, they caused my wreck when they blocked the entrance.
Yeah, holier-than-thou assholes.
I'm pretty sure that there are federal laws that make this illegal. If you're obstructing the entrances, parking lots, or other facilities of an abortion clinic, then you're breaking the law.
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When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride,
He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside.
But the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail.
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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I love it. This reminds me of a character concept I have for a Vampire:the Requiem LARP.
The character belongs to a bloodline that is androgynous. I wear a goatee, and think I look about 12 when clean shaven. My fiancee said if I end up playing this character, I should keep my facial hair and wear a dress.
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5h4uhNEF31qdszo9o1_500.jpg)I think there were some extremists who killed Sikhs cause they wear turbans therefore uneducated people thought they were Muslim
“Before you ask any stupid questions: I am from India and a Sikh, so please just pay for your purchase and have a good day. NO B.S.”
They attacked Arabic Christians because they thought they were Muslim.(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5h4uhNEF31qdszo9o1_500.jpg)I think there were some extremists who killed Sikhs cause they wear turbans therefore uneducated people thought they were Muslim
“Before you ask any stupid questions: I am from India and a Sikh, so please just pay for your purchase and have a good day. NO B.S.”
They attacked Arabic Christians because they thought they were Muslim.(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5h4uhNEF31qdszo9o1_500.jpg)I think there were some extremists who killed Sikhs cause they wear turbans therefore uneducated people thought they were Muslim
“Before you ask any stupid questions: I am from India and a Sikh, so please just pay for your purchase and have a good day. NO B.S.”
I think there were some extremists who killed Sikhs cause they wear turbans therefore uneducated people thought they were MuslimThey attacked Arabic Christians because they thought they were Muslim.
Specifically, Arabic Christians who came to protest the establishing of a "mosque" "near" Ground Zero.
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I love it. This reminds me of a character concept I have for a Vampire:the Requiem LARP.
The character belongs to a bloodline that is androgynous. I wear a goatee, and think I look about 12 when clean shaven. My fiancee said if I end up playing this character, I should keep my facial hair and wear a dress.
It's a galloi, isn't it?
They attacked Arabic Christians because they thought they were Muslim.(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5h4uhNEF31qdszo9o1_500.jpg)I think there were some extremists who killed Sikhs cause they wear turbans therefore uneducated people thought they were Muslim
“Before you ask any stupid questions: I am from India and a Sikh, so please just pay for your purchase and have a good day. NO B.S.”
Specifically, Arabic Christians who came to protest the establishing of a "mosque" "near" Ground Zero.
They attacked Arabic Christians because they thought they were Muslim.(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5h4uhNEF31qdszo9o1_500.jpg)I think there were some extremists who killed Sikhs cause they wear turbans therefore uneducated people thought they were Muslim
“Before you ask any stupid questions: I am from India and a Sikh, so please just pay for your purchase and have a good day. NO B.S.”
Specifically, Arabic Christians who came to protest the establishing of a "mosque" "near" Ground Zero.
My understanding is that not only are there strip clubs closer to ground zero than the "mosque" but there was a mosque in the WTC!
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5h4uhNEF31qdszo9o1_500.jpg)Honestly, he looks like a fun dude.
“Before you ask any stupid questions: I am from India and a Sikh, so please just pay for your purchase and have a good day. NO B.S.”
Sikh males actually have to carry a tiny dagger in the same way Muslim women need to wear the hijab so that does make them cool(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5h4uhNEF31qdszo9o1_500.jpg)Honestly, he looks like a fun dude.
“Before you ask any stupid questions: I am from India and a Sikh, so please just pay for your purchase and have a good day. NO B.S.”
Sikh males actually have to carry a tiny dagger in the same way Muslim women need to wear the hijab so that does make them cool
Sikh males actually have to carry a tiny dagger in the same way Muslim women need to wear the hijab so that does make them cool
Now I am trying to remember about that one case I heard about where they actually found some successful compromise for a Sikh boy to bring such a dagger to school with him without violating any of the school’s safety policies. But I can’t remember the details.
Now if only they would find a similar compromise with the headdress because Sikh police officers and soldiers put themselves in danger by not wearing a helmet.
Sikh males actually have to carry a tiny dagger in the same way Muslim women need to wear the hijab so that does make them cool
Now I am trying to remember about that one case I heard about where they actually found some successful compromise for a Sikh boy to bring such a dagger to school with him without violating any of the school’s safety policies. But I can’t remember the details.
Curious now how much issues those cause now in schools and planes with zero tolerance and all.
There are several such cases, I think it was either dagger shaped jewelry or a really, really small dagger which while technically a real dagger is so small that the school does not consider it to be a "weapon."
Didn't a student once get in trouble for having nail clippers?
A kid got in trouble for a lego gunDidn't a student once get in trouble for having nail clippers?
Almost definitely. With 98,817 (according to a quick and dirty google search) public schools in the USA, there are bound to be examples of almost every permutation of reasonable and unreasonable policy enforcement.
Well, BIONICLE sure packs the heat.A kid got in trouble for a lego gunDidn't a student once get in trouble for having nail clippers?
Almost definitely. With 98,817 (according to a quick and dirty google search) public schools in the USA, there are bound to be examples of almost every permutation of reasonable and unreasonable policy enforcement.
Nostalgia coming back. Part of the issue is well they might find a Shek suspicious and suspend him for the toy dagger since with zero tolerance policies they are so broad that anything unusual can be a violation.Well, BIONICLE sure packs the heat.A kid got in trouble for a lego gunDidn't a student once get in trouble for having nail clippers?
Almost definitely. With 98,817 (according to a quick and dirty google search) public schools in the USA, there are bound to be examples of almost every permutation of reasonable and unreasonable policy enforcement.
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Why is Comic Sans hated more than that font?
Why is Comic Sans hated more than that font?
Because Comic Sans is more widely used, and it looks like something your kindergarten teacher uses to send out newsletters to parents about the upcoming PTSA school canned food drive fundraiser. It's insipid and looks condescending.
That font is pretty shitty too, though. I'm happy I don't have it on my computer. It looks like the kind of font used for Tex-Mex restaurants trying to look "authentic," and seems to remind me of playgroups for toddlers and infants for some reason.
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That is pretty sad, but does the Cold War really count? It wasn't really a war, I don't think. More of a 40-something year long impasse.
That is pretty sad, but does the Cold War really count? It wasn't really a war, I don't think. More of a 40-something year long impasse.
Yeah, I don't think it is fair to count both the Cold War and all the individual conflicts that arose from it. And The Civil War & World War II, while certainly wars, weren't exactly comparable to 'Nam or Iraq. No war is "good", but some wars are necessary.
Erm... I might be behind the times, but what's Operation Freedom Falcon? Libya?
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Oooh, and the guy's Welsh to boot.
Also the Cold War had skirmishes. But neither do you need to be sending troops off into battle for it to be a war.
Oooh, and the guy's Welsh to boot.
I was just think of what a Bagger would say, "Oh well, he is not a real American, he likes a hippy sport- Rugby."
Oooh, and the guy's Welsh to boot.
I was just think of what a Bagger would say, "Oh well, he is not a real American, he likes a hippy sport- Rugby."
And the other baggers would be all, “Rug-what?”
Oooh, and the guy's Welsh to boot.
I was just think of what a Bagger would say, "Oh well, he is not a real American, he likes a hippy sport- Rugby."
And the other baggers would be all, “Rug-what?”
Calling Rugby a hippie sport is like calling lumberjacking a hippie job.
They sleep all night and they work all day.They wear women's clothing and hang around in... bars?
All of your deaths.
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So, if I am reading that right, there is one place where white males are not on top. Interesting, if true.
(Yeah, the rest of it is pretty terrible, but not surprising at all.)
So, if I am reading that right, there is one place where white males are not on top. Interesting, if true.I'm amused that white male has apparently become a unit of measurement in this. Also annoyed with it due to some of the implications, but hey.
(Yeah, the rest of it is pretty terrible, but not surprising at all.)
So, if I am reading that right, there is one place where white males are not on top. Interesting, if true.
(Yeah, the rest of it is pretty terrible, but not surprising at all.)
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What is intersectionality? and why is it not optional?
What is intersectionality? and why is it not optional?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersectionality
tl;dr
When you acknowledge how sexism, racism, heterosexism, transmisogyny, ablism, and classism intersect each other. It's not optional because all these forms of oppression overlap each other and to only focus on sexism without taking to account how sexism plays into racism erases people's experiences. One of the real criticism of mainstream feminism is that it caters to cis straight able-bodied middle class white women while ignoring disabled women, very poor women, queer women, women of color, and transwomen. For these reason, intersectional feminism came into being to address all these issue.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s480x480/544650_427966477248279_1494110265_n.jpg)I don't like this, because a church shouldn't be getting involved in politics, even if it's for our side.
I don't even know why the churches are non-profit. They're involved regularly in politics now, and it doesn't help when politicians won't shut the fuck up about God, gawd, Angry Sky-Daddy, whatever.(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s480x480/544650_427966477248279_1494110265_n.jpg)I don't like this, because a church shouldn't be getting involved in politics, even if it's for our side.
True. Honestly that church and some of these mega churches seem to forget that your tax exempt status cant involve directly telling people how to voteI don't even know why the churches are non-profit. They're involved regularly in politics now, and it doesn't help when politicians won't shut the fuck up about God, gawd, Angry Sky-Daddy, whatever.(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s480x480/544650_427966477248279_1494110265_n.jpg)I don't like this, because a church shouldn't be getting involved in politics, even if it's for our side.
You want a voice in politics? Pay some fucking taxes.
Perhaps they want to lose their tax exempt status?
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More of a response to a sign and this is Madoka spoilers butI don't know much of the series, so should I ask or look for myself?(click to show/hide)
More of a response to a sign and this is Madoka spoilers butI don't know much of the series, so should I ask or look for myself?(click to show/hide)
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Not for nothing, but I doubt that the baby actually has an opinion on the issues at hand.
It would be useful if they actually said the issue. Otherwise their signs seem pretty useless.
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Was this done by Chic-fil-a workers?
When people mention the Kardashians, I immediately think of the race on Star Trek. I am a geek. :0
Those fucking Cardassians...always knew it was them.
When people mention the Kardashians, I immediately think of the race on Star Trek. I am a geek. :0
Yeah, I always think "Cardassians" too.
Why are they even famous anyway? Isn't it because one of them was in a sex tape or something? I hate these people that are famous for being famous.
Why are they even famous anyway? Isn't it because one of them was in a sex tape or something? I hate these people that are famous for being famous.
Essentially what you just said, it proves how some people will give a shit about the most stupid shit. It's the main reason why I can't stand those so called "entertainment shows".
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Hmmm sound like anyone we know????
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Hmmm sound like anyone we know????
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Technically, he is still 6 million shy of a proper doubling. :P
Technically, he is still 6 million shy of a proper doubling. :P
Give the markets a good solid week.
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Someone, give this person a fucking cake, stat! Or a beer. Or a stripper.
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Sadly, although the facts are spot on, the Tea Party will scream about the fact that they used profanity and point to how hostile the libruls are. Meaning that all of the truefax will be lost in the bawww'ingThat said, companies may be entitled to a tax refund if they over pay their proper tax rates. It's the deductions and subsidies we should be more concerned with. The less legitimate ways they have of securing larger refunds.
Sadly, although the facts are spot on, the Tea Party will scream about the fact that they used profanity and point to how hostile the libruls are. Meaning that all of the truefax will be lost in the bawww'ingThat said, companies may be entitled to a tax refund if they over pay their proper tax rates. It's the deductions and subsidies we should be more concerned with. The less legitimate ways they have of securing larger refunds.
(http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/417462_427415427310991_58391641_n.jpg)I may have to steal that rant the next time I get into an argument about welfare.
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(http://i700.photobucket.com/albums/ww9/Phoebe_Guillen_photos/agnostic1.jpg)I may start circulating a version of this with:
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An agnostic is an atheist who doesn't understand the burden of proof.
What is the difference between a Gnostic and a Theist?http://i700.photobucket.com/albums/ww9/Phoebe_Guillen_photos/agnostic1.jpg (http://i700.photobucket.com/albums/ww9/Phoebe_Guillen_photos/agnostic1.jpg)
An agnostic is an atheist who doesn't understand the burden of proof.
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Ohmygawd Karen you can't just ask people why they're against universal health care!!1!
A Theist believes in (a) god/s, while an atheist believes that there isn't. An Agnostic professes that they have not/cannot have definite knowledge, while a Gnostic claims to know (as opposed of just believe) whether there is/isn't (a) god/s.(http://i.imgur.com/Opxqw.png)What is the difference between a Gnostic and a Theist?
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A Theist believes in (a) god/s, while an atheist believes that there isn't. An Agnostic professes that they have not/cannot have definite knowledge, while a Gnostic claims to know (as opposed of just believe) whether there is/isn't (a) god/s.(http://i.imgur.com/Opxqw.png)What is the difference between a Gnostic and a Theist?
Gnostic also often refers to a specific flavor of Christianity, so don't mix these two definitions up.
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From a Ugandan Pride parade
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more photos and an article
http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/commentary/2012/08/08/see-photos-ugandans-both-proud-and-brave?page=0,0 (http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/commentary/2012/08/08/see-photos-ugandans-both-proud-and-brave?page=0,0)
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Hmm...that begs the question, would a person who's been fed nothing but the most top-class of foods taste good?
Hmm...that begs the question, would a person who's been fed nothing but the most top-class of foods taste good?
Hmm...that begs the question, would a person who's been fed nothing but the most top-class of foods taste good?
Well, hey, you know what they say - you are what you eat.
Hmm...that begs the question, would a person who's been fed nothing but the most top-class of foods taste good?
Well, hey, you know what they say - you are what you eat.
This is making me more hungry than it really should, I must admit.
Hmm...that begs the question, would a person who's been fed nothing but the most top-class of foods taste good?
(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s480x480/558311_416169271782484_837487998_n.jpg)I disagree with this. I am of the strong conviction that homophobia is always rooted in fear. Mostly, fear that the occasional twinge of bi-curiosity felt by the average man means he's being 'tempted' by homos/Satan/Liberals/Elton John/whatever. The logical response to getting that tingle in his dingle is turning into an asshat, of course.
The logical response to getting that tingle in his dingle is turning into an asshat, of course.sig'd
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When you see it you'll shit bricks...
The logical response to getting that tingle in his dingle is turning into an asshat, of course.sig'd
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When you see it you'll shit bricks...
(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s480x480/427445_510711562289446_769317258_n.jpg)Funny thing about that one is, liberals and conservatives would both like it, and think it applied to the other guys.
Nope. The Republicans have publicly announced that they are against critical thinking.(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s480x480/427445_510711562289446_769317258_n.jpg)Funny thing about that one is, liberals and conservatives would both like it, and think it applied to the other guys.
And yet, my Tea Partier supervisor says basically the same thing about liberals. I'm not saying it's true, just that it's what both sides think, so without any partisan context, that bumper sticker can be taken either way.But does you supervisor have any proof of liberals saying it? or implying it? or ????
It's "They don't agree with me, they must not be thinking" you can see it alot in places. Like go ask about why people are atheists over on CARM odds are it'll be one of the first responses.And yet, my Tea Partier supervisor says basically the same thing about liberals. I'm not saying it's true, just that it's what both sides think, so without any partisan context, that bumper sticker can be taken either way.But does you supervisor have any proof of liberals saying it? or implying it? or ????
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Anyone want to predict which state's next? I'm hoping FL is soon, especially considering how close the vote was last time.
That would be an enormous moral victory for the gay rights movement. Gay marriage has failed every single time that it has come up for a direct vote in the United States, even in progressive states like Hawaii and California. It has only ever been legalized through court rulings and legislative action.(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7jdqzonIh1r6hym4o1_500.jpg)
Anyone want to predict which state's next? I'm hoping FL is soon, especially considering how close the vote was last time.
Washington, since it's up for vote in November.
That would be an enormous moral victory for the gay rights movement. Gay marriage has failed every single time that it has come up for a direct vote in the United States, even in progressive states like Hawaii and California. It has only ever been legalized through court rulings and legislative action.
The polls seem to indicate that Washington is going to do it, too.
It seems somewhere there should be a law that prohibits voting on minority rights.Which is pretty much why it's been decided by the courts, they have the authority to point out that voting on the rights of a minority isn't constitutional. So every time some state passes a law to ban it, they open the issue up to the courts.
But then people opposed to same-sex marriage will just say it's not a rights issue, like they tend to do.
The Prop 8 trial will most likely reach the Supreme Court around summer of next year, which means that if we're lucky, the SCOTUS will rule it unconstitutional and their decision will be affective across the entire country.
http://www.prop8trialtracker.com/2011/11/23/where-things-stand-with-the-prop-8-trial/
The Prop 8 trial will most likely reach the Supreme Court around summer of next year, which means that if we're lucky, the SCOTUS will rule it unconstitutional and their decision will be affective across the entire country.
http://www.prop8trialtracker.com/2011/11/23/where-things-stand-with-the-prop-8-trial/
And what if they rule that it is constitutional?
The Prop 8 trial will most likely reach the Supreme Court around summer of next year, which means that if we're lucky, the SCOTUS will rule it unconstitutional and their decision will be affective across the entire country.
http://www.prop8trialtracker.com/2011/11/23/where-things-stand-with-the-prop-8-trial/
And what if they rule that it is constitutional?
The Prop 8 trial will most likely reach the Supreme Court around summer of next year, which means that if we're lucky, the SCOTUS will rule it unconstitutional and their decision will be affective across the entire country.
http://www.prop8trialtracker.com/2011/11/23/where-things-stand-with-the-prop-8-trial/
And what if they rule that it is constitutional?
Maybe I am too much of an optimist, but I cannot see that happening. Appeals courts (such as the USSC) do not, under normal circumstances, hear new evidence. (The exception is when there is a request for a new trial based on new evidence that was not available in the original trial. In that case, they are not retrying the case, only deciding if the new evidence is significant enough to warrant a new trial.) The only evidence appeals courts hear is what was brought up at trial, and evidence is only heard through the record. (Witnesses do not testify again.)
I followed the Prop 8 trial at the time, and I've read Judge Walker's opinion. The pro-Prop 8 side presented no real evidence in favor of banning SSM. Without such evidence, the appeals court does not have much of a basis to rule in favor of Prop 8.
As an aside, I am not sure that even if the USSC ruled against Prop 8, it would make SSM legal across the country. The 9th Circuit based their ruling on the fact that same-sex couples had marriage rights in CA before Prop 8 passed. It was more an issue of "taking away existing rights" rather than an equal protection issue.
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To be fair, the decent thing to do would be to put said beliefs down like a senile animal.(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s480x480/300478_463437670344770_1474476588_n.jpg)
Only 500 yards? You're being far too generous.
Not intentional, but I think it belongs here.
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I see what you did there.(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9sa23uJOb1rfyfe4o1_500.jpg)
That looks like Harry Potter...
He did go into the girls' bathroom in Chamber of Secrets, and he did get in a fight in the boys' bathroom in Half-Blood Prince.
who's this 'Brother Jed' chap, Kit?
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*just sorta stares in dumbfounded shock*
... wooooooooooow.
So is 47% the new 99%?
They make better posters than the "We are the 53%" crowd.
(http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/579681_495568030454180_1752649942_n.jpg)Part of me hopes this insinuates less voting and more women with weapons.
Population demographics being what they are either could be effective.http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/579681_495568030454180_1752649942_n.jpgPart of me hopes this insinuates less voting and more women with weapons.
The federal government’s fiscal year 2012 has come to a close, and CBO estimates, in the Monthly Budget Review, that the federal budget deficit for the year was about $1.1 trillion, approximately $200 billion lower than the shortfall recorded in 2011. The 2012 deficit was equal to 7.0 percent of gross domestic product, CBO estimates, down from 8.7 percent in 2011, 9.0 percent in 2010, and 10.1 percent in 2009, but greater than in any other year since 1947. CBO’s deficit estimate is based on data from the Daily Treasury Statements; the Treasury Department will report the actual deficit for fiscal year 2012 later this month.
binders full of women...
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Oh French lesbians...are there any better kind?
Oh French lesbians...are there any better kind?
Swedish
Oh French lesbians...are there any better kind?
Oh French lesbians...are there any better kind?
Redheads.
Oh French lesbians...are there any better kind?
Redheads.
Well, the good thing about lesbians is that there are at least 2... so one swedish, one redheaded french?
Oh French lesbians...are there any better kind?
Redheads.
Well, the good thing about lesbians is that there are at least 2... so one swedish, one redheaded french?
I'm in. Well, not literally. Literally speaking I'm on the sidelines leering creepily.
(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s480x480/530852_417652061635897_1368458119_n.jpg)You wanna bring down GS and Wall Street? Cut power to the Bloomberg data center. Seriously without their terminals they're like headless chickens.
I don't like Donald Trump or most of what he says
*Trump trashes Malkin*
But I'll hi-five him for this.
I don't like Donald Trump or most of what he says
*Trump trashes Malkin*
But I'll hi-five him for this.
I'm not so sure that's warranted, unless that Tweet is older than this week. Malkin recently blasted Ann Coulter for calling the president a "retard" and for willfully misinterpreting his "Romneysia" crack. (http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/10/26/wingnut-on-wingnut-crime-malkin-vs-coulter-2/)It is possible that Trump could be calling her out for "defending" the president.
HEY FIREFLY FANS - JOSS WEDON HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TiXUF9xbTo
This isn't really a protest sign, but it still could probably be placed here.Not showing
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This isn't really a protest sign, but it still could probably be placed here.Not showing
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HEY FIREFLY FANS - JOSS WEDON HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TiXUF9xbTo
HEY FIREFLY FANS - JOSS WEDON HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TiXUF9xbTo
I want to have a uterus transplanted into my belly just so I can have that man's baby.
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I was going to put this in political cartoons but this seems more like a protest to me.
Same goes for the people threatening to move to Canada, Brazil, and other countries they believe to be 'better than living under a commie president'.
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CEO and founder of Papa John's has said that Obamacare will likely force him to raise prices by fifteen to twenty cents.
CEO and founder of Papa John's has said that Obamacare will likely force him to raise prices by fifteen to twenty cents.
There is more to it than even that:
He has also publicly stated that he will be actively looking to cut employee hours at all locations so that all employees come in under the thresholds that will require the company (NOT him personally) to provide healthcare under the law.
On another note: who the fuck even eats this nasty fucking pizza?
Speaking of which (http://www.wearesmrt.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=10481)...
We all are.... we all are.....
Except for those two lucky women.
Damn it Diamanda. How dare you kill our hopes and dreams.
Ironbite-....WAIT DIAMANDA POSTED!?
Damn it Diamanda. How dare you kill our hopes and dreams.
Ironbite-....WAIT DIAMANDA POSTED!?
I don't know if that's THE Diamanda Hagan though.
Damn it Diamanda. How dare you kill our hopes and dreams.
Ironbite-....WAIT DIAMANDA POSTED!?
I don't know if that's THE Diamanda Hagan though.
Boo.
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I want this sticker....
(http://everysaturdaymorning.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/16117_499611023394101_586111_n1.jpg)Sorry, but...
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No general theme here, just stuff I thought was great
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No general theme here, just stuff I thought was great
That first one looks like it was at a tea party protest.
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That first one looks like it was at a tea party protest.
I agree. That lady on the left has a sign that looks like half of "Keep your government hands off my health care!"
While the intent behind the sign is stupid, the actual text of it is awesome. And would have been relevant at any point in the last 12 years. And most likely will be relevant indefinitely, since if the constitutional law professor isn't walking it back then no one's gonna.
I made myself sad.
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Absolutely not, being fast tracked in courts anywhere is hardly ever a good thing, and considering the state of the Indian police and court system, we are more likely to see poor people roughed up by the police and convicted for rape on shoddy evidence.
And taking important decisions about the justice system should really NOT be done when feelings are strong. Rational discourse right now would be... somewhat lacking.(http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr01/2012/12/29/11/enhanced-buzz-wide-14664-1356799493-3.jpg)
Absolutely not, being fast tracked in courts anywhere is hardly ever a good thing, and considering the state of the Indian police and court system, we are more likely to see poor people roughed up by the police and convicted for rape on shoddy evidence.
Unfortunately they are contending with a system that pretty much doesn't investigate or prosecute rape cases at all, blames the victims for their rapes because of their clothing, job, or even the fact that they have a boyfriend, harasses women who report assaults, and so on. A woman just died of internal injuries after an iron rod was shoved inside her after a gang-rape, and THEN the police began investigating, after loud public outcry (this is probably what the photo is from). Not that fast-tracking is a good idea, but feelings are strong right now.
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I fixed it
(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/184532_330582933717301_1637994077_n.jpg)And this is why that's not really awesome.
Canadian Mojo's quote may be misquote, but gun control does have a bit of a racist history (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/09/adam-winkler-gun-fight-author-on-gun-control-s-racism.html) behind it, and the NRA supported such measures that were motivated by racism of one form or another.Such as?
That quote is out of context
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Margaret_Sanger#Unsourced
"we do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members"
She didn't want people to think that because it wasn't true.
I know it's a misquote, but does it really matter? Even if they were her views what she said then is immaterial to what the organization is now. It's no different then making claims about how it was the Republicans who freed the slaves.
I know it's a misquote, but does it really matter? Even if they were her views what she said then is immaterial to what the organization is now. It's no different then making claims about how it was the Republicans who freed the slaves.
We're not saying that the current NRA is for gun control. It's more like this image
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Now it is true that I believe this country is following a dangerous trend when it permits too great a degree of centralization of governmental functions. I oppose this -- in some instances the fight is a rather desperate one. But to attain any success it is quite clear that the Federal government cannot avoid or escape responsibilities which the mass of the people firmly believe should be undertaken by it. The political processes of our country are such that if a rule of reason is not applied in this effort, we will lose everything -- even to a possible and drastic change in the Constitution. This is what I mean by my constant insistence upon "moderation" in government. Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are H. L. Hunt (you possibly know his background), a few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid.
That quote is out of context
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Margaret_Sanger#Unsourced
"we do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members"
She didn't want people to think that because it wasn't true.
She may not have been a racist, but she was a eugenicist. Needless to say, Planned Parenthood has distanced itself from those views.
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That quote is out of context
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Margaret_Sanger#Unsourced
"we do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members"
She didn't want people to think that because it wasn't true.
She may not have been a racist, but she was a eugenicist.
She may not have been a racist, but she was a eugenicist.
Perhaps she was. But it was at a time in history when eugenics was a strong pop-psyc thing. Like sort of the equivalent of a Dr. Phil. It wasn't like she was some sort of lone wackjob with out there beliefs at the time. Much like if you were to read the works of Sam Clements today. Pretty damn racist, right? But probably not for the time.
Sorry, I just hate to see the past being abused this way.
ETA: Sorry, that wasn't at you, Dragon.
And don't forget flag burning. Funny how flag burning and SSM should be covered under the First Amendment (I'm not sure where/if abortions are covered by an amendment), but those get ignored. So the First Amendment is open to interpretation but the Second must be followed to the letter.
Of course, considering those who say that usually say the same thing about their precious little bibles.
Not to mention that burning a flag is how you properly dispose of a worn flag to begin with. The real kicker is that the flag shouldn't even be used for advertising purposes.
U.S Flag Etiquette (http://www.usa-flag-site.org/etiquette.shtml)
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Not to mention that burning a flag is how you properly dispose of a worn flag to begin with. The real kicker is that the flag shouldn't even be used for advertising purposes.
U.S Flag Etiquette (http://www.usa-flag-site.org/etiquette.shtml)
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Yes, but that specifies that it be burned in a dignified manner. Burning a flag in a protest is not something some would call dignified.
Yeah, it does say in a dignified manner, but most of the time when it comes to writing the bills that try to ban it, they do a crappy job at it that it bans all flag burning. That being said the Supreme Court has upheld flag burning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_v._Johnson) as free speech.
Once again, why is the First Amendment open to interpretation, but the Second Amendment must be followed to the letter?
Once again, why is the First Amendment open to interpretation, but the Second Amendment must be followed to the letter?
Once again, why is the First Amendment open to interpretation, but the Second Amendment must be followed to the letter?
Because Thomas Jefferson and God himself intended for me to have a DL-44 heavy blaster pistol, damn it!!
(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/149558_522904184398953_441743096_n.jpg)Well, it probably has traces of cocaine on it, may as well.
(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/149558_522904184398953_441743096_n.jpg)Well, it probably has traces of cocaine on it, may as well.
(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/149558_522904184398953_441743096_n.jpg)Well, it probably has traces of cocaine on it, may as well.
And feces.
(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/149558_522904184398953_441743096_n.jpg)Well, it probably has traces of cocaine on it, may as well.
And feces.
Feces from those gay shit-eating orgies that we always here preachers and such talking about?
You know, the people who put that money into the collection plate aren't expecting it to be put towards that kind of stuff.
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HELL YES (pun intended)
That looks a wee bit photoshopped
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The Alabama plate is the best part. On a side note, is that a magnet?
(http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad220/mrtraffic97/555805_606598346033483_588288225_n_zpsb9e209c2.jpg)Makes me wonder about the military budget cuts, that could work both ways.
Makes me wonder about the military budget cuts, that could work both ways.
Makes me wonder about the military budget cuts, that could work both ways.
The U.S. accounts for 41% of all world military spending. Even if we cut that in half, we still be close to spending three times as much as the next biggest spender. If the U.S. Government decided to turn its military on its own people, the only prayer we would have are the people in the military refusing the orders.
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That is an enormous rocket launcher. Or a tiny aircraft carrier.
That is genius.(http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad220/mrtraffic97/555805_606598346033483_588288225_n_zpsb9e209c2.jpg)
That is an enormous rocket launcher. Or a tiny aircraft carrier.
It's the grenade bigger than a helicopter I'm worried about!
Shit, I was looking for that. I had seen it in a Google search and I told myself I'd go back and find it again...That is genius.(http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad220/mrtraffic97/555805_606598346033483_588288225_n_zpsb9e209c2.jpg)
That is an enormous rocket launcher. Or a tiny aircraft carrier.
It's the grenade bigger than a helicopter I'm worried about!
(http://i.imgur.com/c6m1GeW.jpg)I dunno that actually seems worst due to the demonization of iran general
There's a difference between demonizing Ahmadinejad and demonizing Iran. Ask my Middle Eastern History instructor. He's Iranian himself, but hates the current regime.
I like their hats o_o </useless post>
I like their hats o_o </useless post>
Wow....that must have been trying for him, to say the least. That he did not strangle Armanidinnerjacket proves he really is the better man.You know at this point maybe we should either come up with a new nickname for him or call him by his real name. Because the stuff we call him is longer than his given name :P
Wow....that must have been trying for him, to say the least. That he did not strangle Armanidinnerjacket proves he really is the better man.You know at this point maybe we should either come up with a new nickname for him or call him by his real name. Because the stuff we call him is longer than his given name :P
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Please don't quote yourself like that, especially when you have a huge picture. You can edit your post instead.
I call the Iranian President: "Immaneedajob."
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/06c2afb476ccb4a8f644831b94e4d552/tumblr_mgbko0veun1qzr04eo1_500.jpg)More people need to recognize this.
Those, I think you'll find, are called paragraphs.
Doesn't matter that was still rude dude.
Those, I think you'll find, are called paragraphs.
Hey, give me a break. I've done enough fucking reading this week of various things. Well, read AND write. I've been typing pretty prolifically, too.
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Those Daleks are FABULOUS!
No, wait, didn't do that right.
They're (http://img41.glitterfy.com/13065/glitterfy3075157T596B81.gif)
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Doesn't matter that was still rude dude.
This. It was highly uncalled for, B.
Doesn't matter that was still rude dude.
This. It was highly uncalled for, B.
Hey, I could've been a LOT more rude. You people need to remove the sticks from your butts. Seriously, chill out.
Doesn't matter that was still rude dude.
This. It was highly uncalled for, B.
Hey, I could've been a LOT more rude. You people need to remove the sticks from your butts. Seriously, chill out.
I think you need to apply that to yourself, in this case.
Doesn't matter that was still rude dude.
This. It was highly uncalled for, B.
Hey, I could've been a LOT more rude. You people need to remove the sticks from your butts. Seriously, chill out.
I think you need to apply that to yourself, in this case.
Maybe. I just think that the fact that I didn't want to immediately read something and otherwise withheld judgment on it (rather than attacking it's contents BLINDLY) needs to be recognized.
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I'm going with poor translation. I think the original was young not virgin.
Not impossible. A friend of mine told me that a friend of his worked at a pregnancy clinic, and that once a month or so they'd have a virgin birth--girls saving their physical virginity for marriage but still wanting penetrative sex would have anal sex, and sometimes the semen would leak out of the anus, into the vagina and cause impregnation, and, if carried to term, a virgin birth.
Not impossible. A friend of mine told me that a friend of his worked at a pregnancy clinic, and that once a month or so they'd have a virgin birth--girls saving their physical virginity for marriage but still wanting penetrative sex would have anal sex, and sometimes the semen would leak out of the anus, into the vagina and cause impregnation, and, if carried to term, a virgin birth.
(Hey, it has to be said...)
So Jeebuz was a butt-sex baby?
(Hey, it has to be said...)
So Jeebuz was a butt-sex baby?
Is it wrong that this made me almost die of laughter??
(Hey, it has to be said...)
So Jeebuz was a butt-sex baby?
Yanno, if we could firewall against them trolling us back, I would totally paste this page over at raptard ready XD.....just to watch them 'splode!
What would they use for lube in those times? Animal fat? ewww....
What would they use for lube in those times? Animal fat? ewww....
Probably, I mean both honey and dung were used as birth control methods way way back in the day so...
Wait how does that work? Do you like... lube with poo and honey and it prevents u from getting pregnant?
What would they use for lube in those times? Animal fat? ewww....
Probably, I mean both honey and dung were used as birth control methods way way back in the day so...
Wait how does that work? Do you like... lube with poo and honey and it prevents u from getting pregnant?
I always figured it was something his followers made up after the fact to make him look holier.
Within the story itself, I prefer the interpretation that Joseph loved Mary enough that he didn't care.
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This makes me wonder how many interracial couples have one or both partners opposing same-sex marriage.
Reminds me of the black lady (I think on a video shown on The Daily Show) who said, "Thank God for my right to vote away gay marriage!"
Reminds me of the black lady (I think on a video shown on The Daily Show) who said, "Thank God for my right to vote away gay marriage!"
I got mine, fuck everyone else!!
Reminds me of the black lady (I think on a video shown on The Daily Show) who said, "Thank God for my right to vote away gay marriage!"
Yanno, it never fails to boggle my mind how any minority group can be this stupid and bigoted. And it doesn't really matter how many times or how many ways it's explained to them--they refuse to see the issues are more or less the same and refuse to see how hypocritical it is. Just about every single solitary argument being used against gay marriage rights was used to deny racial minorities equal rights, to grant women equal rights, to allow mixed-race couples the right to marry. You could (and people HAVE) just replace the words for 'black' in any pre-integration speech or article or essay against equal rights and substitute 'gay' and have identical arguments to what's being used now. Arguments that the anti-equality crowd--including the minorities!!--will wholeheartedly agree with.
The mind, she boggles.
Reminds me of the black lady (I think on a video shown on The Daily Show) who said, "Thank God for my right to vote away gay marriage!"
Yanno, it never fails to boggle my mind how any minority group can be this stupid and bigoted. And it doesn't really matter how many times or how many ways it's explained to them--they refuse to see the issues are more or less the same and refuse to see how hypocritical it is. Just about every single solitary argument being used against gay marriage rights was used to deny racial minorities equal rights, to grant women equal rights, to allow mixed-race couples the right to marry. You could (and people HAVE) just replace the words for 'black' in any pre-integration speech or article or essay against equal rights and substitute 'gay' and have identical arguments to what's being used now. Arguments that the anti-equality crowd--including the minorities!!--will wholeheartedly agree with.
The mind, she boggles.
But are we really that surprised that these two young men [at Steubenville] didn’t think their actions were wrong?
Videos of men running up to women they don’t know just to grab their ass or stomach and run away are played for laughs on shows like Tosh.0. (The show is run by a comedian who garnered tremendous support after he “joked” about a woman in his audience being gang raped.) A “funny” montage of women’s breasts shown at the Oscars included rape scenes. We have handfuls of qualifiers—date, legitimate, forcible, gray—that we throw in front of “rape” because we want to know if an assault was a “real” rape or one of those non-rapes Republican politicians keep talking about.
And it’s not just rape that’s the joke—it’s women. Our very existence is presented to young men as fodder for sex and laughs, our humiliation and pain as goalposts for their masculinity. While mainstream culture fools itself into thinking that Americans take rape seriously, most women know better. We get the joke. We’re just tired of being the punchline.
Not a protest sign, but saw this on tumblr:Oh yay, another opportunity to derail a thread into a rape joke discussion.... >_>QuoteBut are we really that surprised that these two young men [at Steubenville] didn’t think their actions were wrong?
Videos of men running up to women they don’t know just to grab their ass or stomach and run away are played for laughs on shows like Tosh.0. (The show is run by a comedian who garnered tremendous support after he “joked” about a woman in his audience being gang raped.) A “funny” montage of women’s breasts shown at the Oscars included rape scenes. We have handfuls of qualifiers—date, legitimate, forcible, gray—that we throw in front of “rape” because we want to know if an assault was a “real” rape or one of those non-rapes Republican politicians keep talking about.
And it’s not just rape that’s the joke—it’s women. Our very existence is presented to young men as fodder for sex and laughs, our humiliation and pain as goalposts for their masculinity. While mainstream culture fools itself into thinking that Americans take rape seriously, most women know better. We get the joke. We’re just tired of being the punchline.
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From our friends across the pond:
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There's also a banner two runners at London Marathon held as they crossed the finish line but I can't find that one.
From our friends across the pond:
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/d2bb0384977a809428fad3b5186f2023/tumblr_mlmj6yLpiw1r1thtao1_500.jpg)
There's also a banner two runners at London Marathon held as they crossed the finish line but I can't find that one.
Ha, human race! I see what you did there.From our friends across the pond:
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There's also a banner two runners at London Marathon held as they crossed the finish line but I can't find that one.
If one good thing comes of tragedies, it shows how the human race can come together as a whole in its aftermath.
(If only we could do that with out atrocities being carried out first :( )
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(http://feministphilosophers.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/tumblr_lrecnkv6kg1qd5p7ho1_500.jpg)
Found this in a thread about rape on this very site.
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Found this in a thread about rape on this very site.
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Found this in a thread about rape on this very site.
Pure Awesome!
I'm not saying the ending invalidates the message, but I'm sensing bitterness against males from that ending.Patriarchy is a system, not a gender. Many females are doing their own part in upholding and supporting patriarchy and many males are criticizing and resisting it.
"OMG THEY DREW MOHAMMED!!!!"
*cue people responding to sign by behaving like psychopaths*
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Is it wrong that my first thought was, "Can I watch?"
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Yeah (http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/investor_governance_incorporation.aspx), those (http://www.monsanto.com/whoweare/Pages/certificate-of-incorporation.aspx) are (http://www.nestle.com/asset-library/Documents/Library/Documents/Corporate_Governance/Articles-of-Association-of-Nestle-SA.pdf) a (http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320187/000032018705000124/exhibit-3_1.txt) thing (http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45012/000004501206000247/restatedcertofincorp.htm).
We want the long form, with a raised seal and foot prints.(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/934848_649950091697172_474058329_n.jpg)
Yeah (http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/investor_governance_incorporation.aspx), those (http://www.monsanto.com/whoweare/Pages/certificate-of-incorporation.aspx) are (http://www.nestle.com/asset-library/Documents/Library/Documents/Corporate_Governance/Articles-of-Association-of-Nestle-SA.pdf) a (http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320187/000032018705000124/exhibit-3_1.txt) thing (http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45012/000004501206000247/restatedcertofincorp.htm).
But they're not BIRTH CERTIFICATES!
Not sure if anyone's posted this yet, but
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YES!
"OMG THEY DREW MOHAMMED!!!!"
*cue people responding to sign by behaving like psychopaths*
...Is it bad that this was my first thought too?
Me, too. But this Mohammed is AWESOME!
(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/72523_600102253342228_978445073_n.jpg)
MOAR WIN!
Spuki, edit your posts together, don't make three posts in a row like that, please.
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Y'know, as a broadcasting major, I resent this. Yes, corporate interests play a role in what gets on the air (we need sponsor money to live), but the biggest interest in deciding what gets on the air is what gets ratings. It's part of why "missing white woman syndrome" exists. And "rich" only really applies to the cable folks, but that's most likely who the person painting that was thinking of anyways.
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Excellent!Thanks, Newbie.
Do you have a link for sharing it on LJ?What do you mean?
Do you have a link for sharing it on LJ?What do you mean?
Sure. Here: http://files.abovetopsecret.com/files/img/dz4f5cdc06.jpgDo you have a link for sharing it on LJ?What do you mean?
I'm running off a tablet. I wanted to share that on LJ but I'd need a link, if you don't mind.
Here's one for all the people annoyed by weaboos.
(http://i.imgur.com/y8Hgvm8.png)
Sure. Here: http://files.abovetopsecret.com/files/img/dz4f5cdc06.jpgDo you have a link for sharing it on LJ?What do you mean?
I'm running off a tablet. I wanted to share that on LJ but I'd need a link, if you don't mind.
Could someone explain what a weaboo is please?
Could someone explain what a weaboo is please?
Could someone explain what a weaboo is please?
Someone who is so obsessed with Japanese culture (or their idea of it anyways) that they strive to adopt it in almost every fashion possible.
I got ninja'd but I'm posting it anyways because fuck you I'm bored.
Could someone explain what a weaboo is please?
Someone who is so obsessed with Japanese culture (or their idea of it anyways) that they strive to adopt it in almost every fashion possible.
I got ninja'd but I'm posting it anyways because fuck you I'm bored.
For those who think the term "weaboo" is overused.Does this mean weaboos are self-loathing?
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Depends as I hate my nationalityThat reminds me of a question. What's the opposite of a xenophobe? Is there a word for it?
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I have one but it's from a multinational in Kenya.We want the long form, with a raised seal and foot prints.(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/934848_649950091697172_474058329_n.jpg)
Yeah (http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/investor_governance_incorporation.aspx), those (http://www.monsanto.com/whoweare/Pages/certificate-of-incorporation.aspx) are (http://www.nestle.com/asset-library/Documents/Library/Documents/Corporate_Governance/Articles-of-Association-of-Nestle-SA.pdf) a (http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320187/000032018705000124/exhibit-3_1.txt) thing (http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45012/000004501206000247/restatedcertofincorp.htm).
But they're not BIRTH CERTIFICATES!
yeah....the we're all human defense doesn't always work
Being color blind doesn't work
I think the PC argument is similar to godwin you use it to shut down the argument
"Positive discrimination is still discrimination. Equality is all about being equal."...Why do you get that feeling?
Why do I get the feeling that this person wants all government aid to be cut off to education because of this line alone?
There's a difference between outright ignoring someone's race and not using it as a basis upon which to judge them.
Racism is a system of economic discrimination against people of a particular ethnicity and the ideas enforcing that system. It's almost impossible for an ethnic minority to be racist unless they're mercenary.Shouldn't you be writing a social justice tumblr?
Basically conservatives are saying "Would that the world treated everyone equally, but if you do anything to achieve that, you're a racist". Well, fuck you. Bet you didn't think of that, did you?
The point of the sign is that minorities can be racist too.They can, but that sign is a right shitty way of 'saying' it. Use actual examples rather than trying to tap into a kneejerk reaction and failing. When I look at that sign I don't see a racist, I see someone had the time to make a really lousy sign that fails to make it's point in any way other than assuming people will call white people racist on reflex, which isn't terribly true outside of tumblr SJWs.
Racism is a system of economic discrimination against people of a particular ethnicity and the ideas enforcing that system. It's almost impossible for an ethnic minority to be racist unless they're mercenary.
Basically conservatives are saying "Would that the world treated everyone equally, but if you do anything to achieve that, you're a racist". Well, fuck you. Bet you didn't think of that, did you?
THANK YOU! I've been saying that for years.Racism is a system of economic discrimination against people of a particular ethnicity and the ideas enforcing that system. It's almost impossible for an ethnic minority to be racist unless they're mercenary.
Basically conservatives are saying "Would that the world treated everyone equally, but if you do anything to achieve that, you're a racist". Well, fuck you. Bet you didn't think of that, did you?
Actually, racism is the idea that certain races are somehow inherently superior or inferior to others. You see this in the stereotypes that all blacks are either athletic or lazy, that all Asians are good at math but terrible drivers, and yes, in the idea that it's impossible for minorities to be racist.
Now, racism in attitude has often led to economic racism, even today, but that doesn't mean "racism=inflicted economic disadvantage". Having spent time in prison, I can tell you categorically that stereotyping and assumptions of superiority or inferiority are FAR from limited to whites.
Didn't Chris Rock have a bit about the most racist guy at work being an elderly black man?
For everyone sick of Social Justice idiots complaining about privilege:
(http://i.imgur.com/cDGTkNq.jpg)
For everyone sick of Social Justice idiots complaining about privilege:
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Likewise, just because a few SJW's have poisoned the term does not mean that it isn't a very real thing.This
Likewise, just because a few SJW's have poisoned the term does not mean that it isn't a very real thing.This
For everyone sick of Social Justice idiots complaining about privilege:
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I had dinner a little over a month ago with Diane Moore, a professor in ethics & devinity from Harvard, and she defined privilege really well. She said "Priviliege is the privilege to ignore injustice." We can all sit here and look at a photo of a white straight man who has it rough, and of course many do, but it doesn't do any good to ignore that various other groups in the aggregate have it worse off because they are black, or gay, or female. Of course there are homeless white men. However, let's not ignore that minorities, both racial and sexual, are for more likely to be homeless than the general population. Let's not ignore that we have people making rape apologies yet not apologies for male victims or other crimes. If we really are aiming for some sort of equality, then addressing underlying bigotries which cause these discrepancies is the first place to start.
Likewise, just because a few SJW's have poisoned the term does not mean that it isn't a very real thing.
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Racism is a system of economic discrimination against people of a particular ethnicity and the ideas enforcing that system. It's almost impossible for an ethnic minority to be racist unless they're mercenary.
Basically conservatives are saying "Would that the world treated everyone equally, but if you do anything to achieve that, you're a racist". Well, fuck you. Bet you didn't think of that, did you?
Actually, racism is the idea that certain races are somehow inherently superior or inferior to others. You see this in the stereotypes that all blacks are either athletic or lazy, that all Asians are good at math but terrible drivers, and yes, in the idea that it's impossible for minorities to be racist.
Now, racism in attitude has often led to economic racism, even today, but that doesn't mean "racism=inflicted economic disadvantage". Having spent time in prison, I can tell you categorically that stereotyping and assumptions of superiority or inferiority are FAR from limited to whites.
Racism is a system of economic discrimination against people of a particular ethnicity and the ideas enforcing that system. It's almost impossible for an ethnic minority to be racist unless they're mercenary.
Basically conservatives are saying "Would that the world treated everyone equally, but if you do anything to achieve that, you're a racist". Well, fuck you. Bet you didn't think of that, did you?
Actually, racism is the idea that certain races are somehow inherently superior or inferior to others. You see this in the stereotypes that all blacks are either athletic or lazy, that all Asians are good at math but terrible drivers, and yes, in the idea that it's impossible for minorities to be racist.
Now, racism in attitude has often led to economic racism, even today, but that doesn't mean "racism=inflicted economic disadvantage". Having spent time in prison, I can tell you categorically that stereotyping and assumptions of superiority or inferiority are FAR from limited to whites.
No, racism is basically structural. The ideas are very much secondary to the economics. How do I know? Racism is actually modern. It is not the case that racism is human nature. When, in around the 15th century, racism became economically vital for Europe (colonialism, ect) of course ideas arose to justify that.
For everyone sick of Social Justice idiots complaining about privilege:
(http://i.imgur.com/cDGTkNq.jpg)
I am really 9000% done with this idea that all social justice blogs are run by fucking whackjobs. Most of them are actually pretty good and I think most members of this forum would like the statistics they bring up.This
I am really 9000% done with this idea that all social justice blogs are run by fucking whackjobs. Most of them are actually pretty good and I think most members of this forum would like the statistics they bring up.That would have more weight if you were willing to offer MRAs the same benefit of the doubt.
I am really 9000% done with this idea that all social justice blogs are run by fucking whackjobs. Most of them are actually pretty good and I think most members of this forum would like the statistics they bring up.That would have more weight if you were willing to offer MRAs the same benefit of the doubt.
I am really 9000% done with this idea that all social justice blogs are run by fucking whackjobs. Most of them are actually pretty good and I think most members of this forum would like the statistics they bring up.This
Whether racism - or tribalism, originally - is innate or indoctrinated with humans, certainly "Kick 'em while their down"....is...too common a reflex :-[I had a running theory on what amounts to neo-tribal behaviors associated with highschool foot ball teams back in highschool. I'm starting to think that we never really left it and just started calling tribes different things.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/923291_618002524894659_1117247225_n.jpg)Reminds me of how many of the Confederate soldiers called the American Civil War "a rich man's war but a poor man's fight".
Been true since the first tribal war in prehistory. But riches back then were flints, furs and feathers, not gold.(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/923291_618002524894659_1117247225_n.jpg)Reminds me of how many of the Confederate soldiers called the American Civil War "a rich man's war but a poor man's fight".
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Black people can be heroic. I put it here because I had a black neighbor who actually did this.
That's the other reason I put it up here.(http://i.imgur.com/owsgLhK.png)
Black people can be heroic. I put it here partially because I had a black neighbor who actually did this.
A reference to those three women held captive as sex slaves for 10 years.
That's the other reason I put it up here.(http://i.imgur.com/owsgLhK.png)
Black people can be heroic. I put it here partially because I had a black neighbor who actually did this.
A reference to those three women held captive as sex slaves for 10 years.
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Black people can be heroic. I put it here because I had a black neighbor who actually did something like this.
(http://i.imgur.com/y2rForY.jpg)
This is the Awesome Protest Signs section. I didn't think about the context, I just put the picture there. My bad if I caused any confusion.(http://i.imgur.com/y2rForY.jpg)
I'm not sure why you posted that as an "awesome" protest sign, but I assure you it's not. Just because it snowed somewhere doesn't mean that global warming doesn't exist.
Ugh, I'm just sick of idiots saying, "Global warming isn't real!" in a smug tone when it snows a lot, then staying absolutely silent when the recent droughts we've had exceed, in most measures, the 1988-1989 North American drought, the most recent comparable drought, and is on track to exceed that drought as the costliest natural disaster in US history.
If your not against all that, my apologies.
This is the Awesome Protest Signs section. I didn't think about the context, I just put the picture there. My bad if I caused any confusion.(http://i.imgur.com/y2rForY.jpg)
I'm not sure why you posted that as an "awesome" protest sign, but I assure you it's not. Just because it snowed somewhere doesn't mean that global warming doesn't exist.
Ugh, I'm just sick of idiots saying, "Global warming isn't real!" in a smug tone when it snows a lot, then staying absolutely silent when the recent droughts we've had exceed, in most measures, the 1988-1989 North American drought, the most recent comparable drought, and is on track to exceed that drought as the costliest natural disaster in US history.
If your not against all that, my apologies.
This is the Awesome Protest Signs section. I didn't think about the context, I just put the picture there. My bad if I caused any confusion.(http://i.imgur.com/y2rForY.jpg)
I'm not sure why you posted that as an "awesome" protest sign, but I assure you it's not. Just because it snowed somewhere doesn't mean that global warming doesn't exist.
Ugh, I'm just sick of idiots saying, "Global warming isn't real!" in a smug tone when it snows a lot, then staying absolutely silent when the recent droughts we've had exceed, in most measures, the 1988-1989 North American drought, the most recent comparable drought, and is on track to exceed that drought as the costliest natural disaster in US history.
If your not against all that, my apologies.
I can't get theheatison.org to pop up, but the carbon coalition site is a stop-global-warming site. So the snowman isn't supposed to be ironic or anything.
(http://i.imgur.com/y2rForY.jpg)
I'm not sure why you posted that as an "awesome" protest sign, but I assure you it's not. Just because it snowed somewhere doesn't mean that global warming doesn't exist.
Ugh, I'm just sick of idiots saying, "Global warming isn't real!" in a smug tone when it snows a lot, then staying absolutely silent when the recent droughts we've had exceed, in most measures, the 1988-1989 North American drought, the most recent comparable drought, and is on track to exceed that drought as the costliest natural disaster in US history.
If your not against all that, my apologies.
(http://i.imgur.com/y2rForY.jpg)
I'm not sure why you posted that as an "awesome" protest sign, but I assure you it's not. Just because it snowed somewhere doesn't mean that global warming doesn't exist.
Ugh, I'm just sick of idiots saying, "Global warming isn't real!" in a smug tone when it snows a lot, then staying absolutely silent when the recent droughts we've had exceed, in most measures, the 1988-1989 North American drought, the most recent comparable drought, and is on track to exceed that drought as the costliest natural disaster in US history.
If your not against all that, my apologies.
It clearly says "Make Global Warming a priority" and "Save our seasons", thus indicating that we need to stop global warming in order to save Winter. How did you manage to misinterpret that so badly?
I feel like this was posted already... regardless:
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To me that connotation is actually spot on, in a good way. The Victory in Europe Day celebratory kiss photo happened 68 years ago, but it is so iconic a symbol of success after great struggle that I like it's use in this cartoon. Sure, the posture and act were sexist by today's standard, but in the day, that was the Hollywood Movie Romance kiss, and the actual man and woman were strangers to each other just goofing it up out of excitement and happiness. Here's a re-enactment, with the two original kissers reunited, sharing a more subdued display of affection.
(http://i.imgur.com/xE3dczZ.jpg)
To me that connotation is actually spot on, in a good way. The Victory in Europe Day celebratory kiss photo happened 68 years ago, but it is so iconic a symbol of success after great struggle that I like it's use in this cartoon. Sure, the posture and act were sexist by today's standard, but in the day, that was the Hollywood Movie Romance kiss, and the actual man and woman were strangers to each other just goofing it up out of excitement and happiness. Here's a re-enactment, with the two original kissers reunited, sharing a more subdued display of affection.
(http://i.imgur.com/xE3dczZ.jpg)
Funny, for some reason I had heard a story that she was being sexually harassed and didn't want to be kissed.
I'm not sure what this was for, but it made me laugh:;D Made me chuckle.
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Was that the counter-protest from the time Westboro decided to protest ComiCon?
(http://i.imgur.com/qP2OJrR.jpg)Kinda reminds me of this.
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My wife showed this to me.
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My wife showed this to me.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/487596_464985326922509_784564964_n.jpg)How ironic.
(http://i.imgur.com/ybiSu4X.jpg)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/374356_579356818753689_1412553982_n.jpg)These people need to understand one thing: homosexual marriage is still marriage. And fundies are supposed to be pro-marriage. If they really wanted to protect marriage, they'd go after divorce.
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(http://alwaysquestionauthority.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/dear-republicans.jpg?w=584)
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That kid clearly didn't make that sign, most likely doesn't understand the sign, and has no idea what they're protesting. Seriously, if people are going to a protest, get a babysitter.
I think this is the type of tea party being referenced in the sign she's holding:Yes, that's what is meant by "[her] Tea Party" but the "Crazy People" being mention in proximity to "tea party" leads me to believe that the sign is a dig at right wing Tea Party Protesters. Since I doubt this young lady has much of an opinion on healthcare reform, tax policy, or President Obama, I think it's a little gross that her parents are using her as a mouthpiece for their viewpoint.
*Child's Tea Party*
(http://i.imgur.com/ItKCaL8.jpg)Just goes to show how ludicrous Obama's harsher critics can be.
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/ea2ebe84d8559ded5dca63a5c876bec1/tumblr_mmy0uro58n1qj171uo1_1280.png)That was already posted in Best Political Cartoons, but I think it fits equally well here.
*snip*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DPKf7y1F-Q
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(http://i.imgur.com/dlNstb0.jpg)Great sign, newbie. Ever given http://www.racebending.com/v4/ (http://www.racebending.com/v4/) a visit? It's a real eye-opener.
No I haven't. But I think I'll check it out soon.(http://i.imgur.com/dlNstb0.jpg)Great sign, newbie. Ever given http://www.racebending.com/v4/ (http://www.racebending.com/v4/) a visit? It's a real eye-opener.
(http://i.imgur.com/dlNstb0.jpg)Great sign, newbie. Ever given http://www.racebending.com/v4/ (http://www.racebending.com/v4/) a visit? It's a real eye-opener.
Really seeing how they made Aang white it was obvious that it was gonna be a trainwreckNot only that, but they also mispronounced his name as "ung". Makes him sound like a caveman.
They also mispronounced Sokka's name as "Soak-a", which sounds like a foreigner trying to pronounce "soccer". They even misprnounced Iroh as "ee-row", which sounds like some kind of medical problem.Really seeing how they made Aang white it was obvious that it was gonna be a trainwreckNot only that, but they also mispronounced his name as "ung". Makes him sound like a caveman.
I read somewhere that he had the characters' names mispronounced because his own name was mispronounced when he was a kid. Is that true?I don't know... he said he was a fan of the TV show.
You wouldn't know it from the movie.I read somewhere that he had the characters' names mispronounced because his own name was mispronounced when he was a kid. Is that true?I don't know... he said he was a fan of the TV show.
Let's stop derailing this, shall we?Yeah, let's.
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Let's stop derailing this, shall we?
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Takei's a great guy.Yes, he is.
(http://www.advocacymonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Justice-Delayed-Is-Justice-Denied-2012-Protest-Sign.jpg)Hear, hear!
Thank you, thank you.(http://www.advocacymonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Justice-Delayed-Is-Justice-Denied-2012-Protest-Sign.jpg)Hear, hear!
Let's stop derailing this, shall we?
I'm sorry but...who the fuck are you?
Back to the Avatar talk; Shammallamadingdong wasn't the fan, his kids were. After they saw that, I wonder if they're talking to him now.
Ironbite-or do they just look at him with hurt and hate in their eyes?
It'd be great revenge for mispronouncing the characters' names.Let's stop derailing this, shall we?
I'm sorry but...who the fuck are you?
Back to the Avatar talk; Shammallamadingdong wasn't the fan, his kids were. After they saw that, I wonder if they're talking to him now.
Ironbite-or do they just look at him with hurt and hate in their eyes?
I chuckled at the "Shammallamadingdong". I think I'll call him that from now on.
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(http://i.imgur.com/IcUbKHx.jpg)Yeah! I hate being put on a pedestal!
(http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/4755/emptycage2.jpg)Trolling creationists... I love it!
So do I.(http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/4755/emptycage2.jpg)Trolling creationists... I love it!
Dynamic
Can you shrink those before posting? I have a pretty good resolution on this monitor, but both of the last ones you posted are completely unreadable due to size.
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One thing I find works is the following:
If you're using Firefox, right-click the image and choose "View Image", clicking the option with the scroll wheel. This will give you the image in a new tab, shrunken to fit.
If you're using Chrome, right-click the image and choose "Open image in new tab", which will do the same thing.
Accusing people of being Nazis and telling them to kill themselves counts as "awesome" now? Really? You have a strange definition of "awesome."I won't be shedding any tears for Neo-Nazis, anymore than I would if a tornado hit the WBC.
What, are you going to give it some context and tell me it was at an actual neo-nazi rally? Still a little disturbing...
Accusing people of being Nazis and telling them to kill themselves counts as "awesome" now? Really? You have a strange definition of "awesome."I won't be shedding any tears for Neo-Nazis, anymore than I would if a tornado hit the WBC.
What, are you going to give it some context and tell me it was at an actual neo-nazi rally? Still a little disturbing...
Yes, I have. I'm hoping that Okies come out in droves to counter-protest.Accusing people of being Nazis and telling them to kill themselves counts as "awesome" now? Really? You have a strange definition of "awesome."I won't be shedding any tears for Neo-Nazis, anymore than I would if a tornado hit the WBC.
What, are you going to give it some context and tell me it was at an actual neo-nazi rally? Still a little disturbing...
Off topic, but has anyone heard if WBC is going to be protesting the funerals of victims of the recent tornado?
(http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/486/371/578.jpg)That map is out of date.
Yes, I have. I'm hoping that Okies come out in droves to counter-protest.Accusing people of being Nazis and telling them to kill themselves counts as "awesome" now? Really? You have a strange definition of "awesome."I won't be shedding any tears for Neo-Nazis, anymore than I would if a tornado hit the WBC.
What, are you going to give it some context and tell me it was at an actual neo-nazi rally? Still a little disturbing...
Off topic, but has anyone heard if WBC is going to be protesting the funerals of victims of the recent tornado?
I don't, sadly. But I'm sure you can find it on Google.Yes, I have. I'm hoping that Okies come out in droves to counter-protest.Accusing people of being Nazis and telling them to kill themselves counts as "awesome" now? Really? You have a strange definition of "awesome."I won't be shedding any tears for Neo-Nazis, anymore than I would if a tornado hit the WBC.
What, are you going to give it some context and tell me it was at an actual neo-nazi rally? Still a little disturbing...
Off topic, but has anyone heard if WBC is going to be protesting the funerals of victims of the recent tornado?
Happen to know the when and where? Me and my friends would love to take a short trip down the road to give WBC a few words. I also have a few tarps we can put on poles and use to block WBC from the mourners. I might also have my friend bring a stereo so we can blast awesome music that WBC would hate.
(http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/486/371/578.jpg)That map is out of date.
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What if you're in a same-sex relationship with your first cousin?
(http://i.imgur.com/uTcql3e.jpg)I hope so, too.
Hope this goes viral.
(http://i.imgur.com/fnHmjdp.jpg)I've been saying that for years.
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There's quality anywhere. You just have to find it.(http://i.imgur.com/4jL6Rrv.jpg)
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Definitely going to use this when my kids become teenagers.
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(http://25.media.tumblr.com/92a3f01e1202d27e0de0c6df060780d2/tumblr_mn9el7eYYi1ss9srro1_1280.jpg)Beware the redditors.
(http://www.worldofstock.com/slides/PSO1228.jpg)Amen to that!
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/files/2013/01/proimmigration10000041H20432114_image_606w.jpg)I agree completely
(http://socialistorganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/Undocumented-Farm-Workers-Protest-Signs.jpg)I believe Tyler Durden said it best:
*snip*That should be the mantra of the Occupy movement.
I believe Tyler Durden said it best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEdgzndKuog
It really should.*snip*That should be the mantra of the Occupy movement.
I believe Tyler Durden said it best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEdgzndKuog
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Remember when Family Guy was actually funny?
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That's why the poster said "appropriate reason".(http://i.imgur.com/qoWfb24.png)
The last sentence of that does have a point. I'd defend myself against anyone trying to hurt me, someone I love, or any other innocent person while I'm around. Race, religion, and gender don't matter, if you threaten them, I'll defend them. With force, if necessary.
That said, hurting people simply out of anger is also wrong, regardless of gender or anything else.
Remember when Family Guy was actually funny?
Nope.
That's why the poster said "appropriate reason".(http://i.imgur.com/qoWfb24.png)
The last sentence of that does have a point. I'd defend myself against anyone trying to hurt me, someone I love, or any other innocent person while I'm around. Race, religion, and gender don't matter, if you threaten them, I'll defend them. With force, if necessary.
That said, hurting people simply out of anger is also wrong, regardless of gender or anything else.
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Remember when Family Guy was actually funny?
Nope.
Eh, even if 98% of the episode was just plain bland or disgusting, they manage to have 1 or 2 funny scenes.
Remember when Family Guy was actually funny?
Nope.
Eh, even if 98% of the episode was just plain bland or disgusting, they manage to have 1 or 2 funny scenes.
OK, I think we have a solution. Cancel family guy, and fold their writing staff into that of Robot Chicken.
Remember when Family Guy was actually funny?
Nope.
Eh, even if 98% of the episode was just plain bland or disgusting, they manage to have 1 or 2 funny scenes.
OK, I think we have a solution. Cancel family guy, and fold their writing staff into that of Robot Chicken.
Can we do the same thing with American Dad?
I tried to watch some episodes of that since everyone says it's better than Family Guy and found it to be even worse somehow.
Remember when Family Guy was actually funny?
Nope.
Eh, even if 98% of the episode was just plain bland or disgusting, they manage to have 1 or 2 funny scenes.
OK, I think we have a solution. Cancel family guy, and fold their writing staff into that of Robot Chicken.
Can we do the same thing with American Dad?
I tried to watch some episodes of that since everyone says it's better than Family Guy and found it to be even worse somehow.
True. I think it would have been better if it read 'turns to violence as a first resort' or something similar.
True. I think it would have been better if it read 'turns to violence as a first resort' or something similar.
i am so diametrically opposed to this idea i cannot help but take it as a snarky comment. there's just too much crud going on in this world to actually ask for moar violence :'(
True. I think it would have been better if it read 'turns to violence as a first resort' or something similar.
i am so diametrically opposed to this idea i cannot help but take it as a snarky comment. there's just too much crud going on in this world to actually ask for moar violence :'(
He means that the protest sign would be better if it pointed out that THE GOVERMENT turns to violence as a first resort, not that Booker would prefer to use violence as the first resort.
True. I think it would have been better if it read 'turns to violence as a first resort' or something similar.
i am so diametrically opposed to this idea i cannot help but take it as a snarky comment. there's just too much crud going on in this world to actually ask for moar violence :'(
He means that the protest sign would be better if it pointed out that THE GOVERMENT turns to violence as a first resort, not that Booker would prefer to use violence as the first resort.
I read somewhere years ago that a higher percentage of Mormons than the national average identify as LGBT (and many become ex-Mormon). Something to do with the water there in Salt Lake :P
Dynamic Dragon started the "Fuck Anti-Theists! (http://forums.fstdt.net/index.php?topic=4235.0)" thread, because apparently he doesn't like anti-theism. Some of us argued with him. At some point, Reality Warper showed up, agreeing with Dynamic Dragon (and re-starting the discussion every time DD "apologised"). After a while, it comes out that they are actually the same person (http://forums.fstdt.net/index.php?topic=4235.msg162490#msg162490). He gets temp-banned for that. Then he makes another sockpuppet account, Jack the Monster, and gets permabanned for ban-dodging (http://forums.fstdt.net/index.php?topic=3987.125). The he makes yet another sock, Emperor Maximilian. I think those are all.
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Apparently this billboard was put up by a Catholic organization that supports immigration reform.
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That is some FUNNY SHIT, right there!
I wonder, if a straight man was raped by a gay guy, would people be screaming "LOL THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR WEARING A THREE PIECE SUIT"?
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In all fairness, the entire 'does this mean we get to hit women now?' is actually 'does this mean we are allowed to hit back now?' because males are (were?) traditionally raised to never hit a female and some females exploit it to their advantage by acting in ways that would not be tolerated if they did not enjoy this protection.
I slapped my ex twice during our relationship. Once when he had me by the hair and another when he had me pinned to the wall by my throat. Both times the shock was enough for me to wiggle away, and put some sense in his head. By the logic a lot of people use he would have been justified in hitting me because technically I hit first.
I slapped my ex twice during our relationship. Once when he had me by the hair and another when he had me pinned to the wall by my throat. Both times the shock was enough for me to wiggle away, and put some sense in his head. By the logic a lot of people use he would have been justified in hitting me because technically I hit first.
I slapped my ex twice during our relationship. Once when he had me by the hair and another when he had me pinned to the wall by my throat. Both times the shock was enough for me to wiggle away, and put some sense in his head. By the logic a lot of people use he would have been justified in hitting me because technically I hit first.
If you're going my a completely strict definition of hit, in which only a quick strike counts, then yes. However, if we're using the "my *insert close loved one here* hits me" colloquial standard, I should think that holding you involuntarily by the hair or throat would count as the first move. What is meant by "you can hit back, regardless of gender" is "you can meet force with force in order to defend yourself, regardless of gender". Because by your same technicality, an abused man wouldn't be able to defend if his wife claws at him, throws things at him, chokes him, etc...because she didn't punch, kick, knee, elbow, slap, or headbutt.
This appears to be a Midwestern problem (I was going to say an Ohio problem but I've heard Michiganders use this logic too). Grappling with a woman, pulling her hair, pinning her in place, etc is viewed as okay as long as the strict definition of hit didn't come into play. A lot of people (including some in an abuse group) have told me that I can't call him physically abusive because he did not actually hit me. Hell, half the time I think that way. I catch myself justifying his actions because I can be difficult and he never actually struck me. In the same vein I've been told I could have been charged with domestic violence because I crossed "the line" for what's self defense and what's not.
This appears to be a Midwestern problem (I was going to say an Ohio problem but I've heard Michiganders use this logic too). Grappling with a woman, pulling her hair, pinning her in place, etc is viewed as okay as long as the strict definition of hit didn't come into play. A lot of people (including some in an abuse group) have told me that I can't call him physically abusive because he did not actually hit me. Hell, half the time I think that way. I catch myself justifying his actions because I can be difficult and he never actually struck me. In the same vein I've been told I could have been charged with domestic violence because I crossed "the line" for what's self defense and what's not.
Holy shit, seriously? That's insane! I just can't wrap my mind around what a huge double-standard that is!
I slapped my ex twice during our relationship. Once when he had me by the hair and another when he had me pinned to the wall by my throat. Both times the shock was enough for me to wiggle away, and put some sense in his head. By the logic a lot of people use he would have been justified in hitting me because technically I hit first.
In the same vein I've been told I could have been charged with domestic violence because I crossed "the line" for what's self defense and what's not.
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This appears to be a Midwestern problem (I was going to say an Ohio problem but I've heard Michiganders use this logic too). Grappling with a woman, pulling her hair, pinning her in place, etc is viewed as okay as long as the strict definition of hit didn't come into play. A lot of people (including some in an abuse group) have told me that I can't call him physically abusive because he did not actually hit me.
In the same vein I've been told I could have been charged with domestic violence because I crossed "the line" for what's self defense and what's not.
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Silly girl. Don't you know only women can be raped?Ironically, some of the SJWs believe that, too. They've gone so far left wing they've looped back around and gone right wing.
Ironbite-and only girl kids can be raped...no male can be raped ever!
Silly girl. Don't you know only women can be raped?Ironically, some of the SJWs believe that, too. They've gone so far left wing they've looped back around and gone right wing.
Ironbite-and only girl kids can be raped...no male can be raped ever!
I've heard it once described that the left and right wings are more like a circle. I'll use compass terminology to make it easier to picture.Huh. Makes sense to me.
at a starting point facing in (North), you can go left-wing or right-wing. At some point you hit the full definition. Left (East) and Right (West). However, after that, as you get more extreme (and become a wingnut), you start to lose that difference and eventually start to become the same (South).
^ The above image makes me sad and angry at the same time. In the backdrop is the capitol building of Austin, Texas (the stronghold of the Texas state, and ironically the most socially liberal city in all of Texas, which also seats some of the most reactionary, regressive zealots in all the United States). I will now just think about how the Dems of my home state promised a lawsuit against the passing of one of the most restrictive anti-abortion (and anti-sex) bills in all the United States, and nothing happens. Just Planned Parenthood clinics closing, and nobody putting a stop to it. These men (and even a few women) who run this state all pass so many unjust laws and reject any bills and proposal remotely beneficial to our state in the name of Free-market Capitalism and in Jesus Christ's name always want their way, and nobody outside Texas gives a damn. No body wants to help us because everybody thinks we're a bunch of rednecks and hillbillies, all the negative stereotypes of the Bible Belt, which much is mostly true in the rural parts of these states, but what about the urban Texans, even urban Louisianans, Oklahomans, Arkansans, Mississippians, Alabamans, Georgians, Floridians and Tennesseans? The poor and alienated population of those states? Nobody fucking cares about them, and that's fucking bullshit.Get out while you still can!
/rant
^ The above image makes me sad and angry at the same time. In the backdrop is the capitol building of Austin, Texas (the stronghold of the Texas state, and ironically the most socially liberal city in all of Texas, which also seats some of the most reactionary, regressive zealots in all the United States). I will now just think about how the Dems of my home state promised a lawsuit against the passing of one of the most restrictive anti-abortion (and anti-sex) bills in all the United States, and nothing happens. Just Planned Parenthood clinics closing, and nobody putting a stop to it. These men (and even a few women) who run this state all pass so many unjust laws and reject any bills and proposal remotely beneficial to our state in the name of Free-market Capitalism and in Jesus Christ's name always want their way, and nobody outside Texas gives a damn. No body wants to help us because everybody thinks we're a bunch of rednecks and hillbillies, all the negative stereotypes of the Bible Belt, which much is mostly true in the rural parts of these states, but what about the urban Texans, even urban Louisianans, Oklahomans, Arkansans, Mississippians, Alabamans, Georgians, Floridians and Tennesseans? The poor and alienated population of those states? Nobody fucking cares about them, and that's fucking bullshit.
/rant
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsx0liO8Tq1r426ugo1_500.jpg)Not that I really want to start another trans debate, but aren't one's genitalia a defining trait of their gender?
Not that I really want to start another trans debate, but aren't one's genitalia a defining trait of their gender?
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsx0liO8Tq1r426ugo1_500.jpg)Not that I really want to start another trans debate, but aren't one's genitalia a defining trait of their gender?
Damn, genetics, you scary.Not that I really want to start another trans debate, but aren't one's genitalia a defining trait of their gender?
Not necessarily. As I have a dear friend that's actually intersex (in her case, she has breasts, a cock half the size of normal, one half-functioning ovary and a partially-formed womb), genitalia isn't always the best outward identifier. A lot of folks hear her voice and assume male, but chromosomal structure actually landed her with what amounts to an XXY.
Damn, genetics, you scary.Not that I really want to start another trans debate, but aren't one's genitalia a defining trait of their gender?
Not necessarily. As I have a dear friend that's actually intersex (in her case, she has breasts, a cock half the size of normal, one half-functioning ovary and a partially-formed womb), genitalia isn't always the best outward identifier. A lot of folks hear her voice and assume male, but chromosomal structure actually landed her with what amounts to an XXY.
Awww. My point is, Genetics: they can fuck up your life before you're even alive.Damn, genetics, you scary.Not that I really want to start another trans debate, but aren't one's genitalia a defining trait of their gender?
Not necessarily. As I have a dear friend that's actually intersex (in her case, she has breasts, a cock half the size of normal, one half-functioning ovary and a partially-formed womb), genitalia isn't always the best outward identifier. A lot of folks hear her voice and assume male, but chromosomal structure actually landed her with what amounts to an XXY.
She's also a dear friend :3 I wouldn't trade her or her boyfriend for the world.
Awww. My point is, Genetics: they can fuck up your life before you're even alive.Damn, genetics, you scary.Not that I really want to start another trans debate, but aren't one's genitalia a defining trait of their gender?
Not necessarily. As I have a dear friend that's actually intersex (in her case, she has breasts, a cock half the size of normal, one half-functioning ovary and a partially-formed womb), genitalia isn't always the best outward identifier. A lot of folks hear her voice and assume male, but chromosomal structure actually landed her with what amounts to an XXY.
She's also a dear friend :3 I wouldn't trade her or her boyfriend for the world.
I guess I'm a terrorist now for wanting to stockpile food and ammo, and buy a few more guns like AKs, Saiga 12s, FAL, AR-15, 870 shotgun, 1911, and more, and expand my already sizable knife collection. Hmm, now where'd I put that dang turban? What? It's what I do that interests me. Guess other hobbyists like train enthusiast also get labelled terrorists. Guess I should hide those train magazines too while I'm at it...
I guess I'm a terrorist now for wanting to stockpile food and ammo, and buy a few more guns like AKs, Saiga 12s, FAL, AR-15, 870 shotgun, 1911, and more, and expand my already sizable knife collection. Hmm, now where'd I put that dang turban? What? It's what I do that interests me. Guess other hobbyists like train enthusiast also get labelled terrorists. Guess I should hide those train magazines too while I'm at it...
Maybe not a terrorist, but definitely wasteful.
How amusing that he thinks all terrorists are Muslim, AND that all Muslims wear turbans. I don't think I like him.
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I guess I'm a terrorist now for wanting to stockpile food and ammo, and buy a few more guns like AKs, Saiga 12s, FAL, AR-15, 870 shotgun, 1911, and more, and expand my already sizable knife collection. Hmm, now where'd I put that dang turban? What? It's what I do that interests me. Guess other hobbyists like train enthusiast also get labelled terrorists. Guess I should hide those train magazines too while I'm at it...
Maybe not a terrorist, but definitely wasteful.
Wasteful how?
I guess I'm a terrorist now for wanting to stockpile food and ammo, and buy a few more guns like AKs, Saiga 12s, FAL, AR-15, 870 shotgun, 1911, and more, and expand my already sizable knife collection. Hmm, now where'd I put that dang turban? What? It's what I do that interests me. Guess other hobbyists like train enthusiast also get labelled terrorists. Guess I should hide those train magazines too while I'm at it...
Maybe not a terrorist, but definitely wasteful.
Wasteful how?
For what reason are you stockpiling food and ammunition?
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That is the most beautiful thing I have seen today.
Nothing. It's never been common. People have always been shit.(http://24.media.tumblr.com/d137311a22c67b5f6faa098c37940629/tumblr_mocq8biptM1s7s0tto1_500.jpg)
That is the most beautiful thing I have seen today.
commoncourtesyhumanity is beautiful now? what has this poor world come to?
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That is the most beautiful thing I have seen today.
commoncourtesyhumanity is beautiful now? what has this poor world come to?
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That is the most beautiful thing I have seen today.
commoncourtesyhumanity is beautiful now? what has this poor world come to?
We're not in a post-rape culture society so... you tell me.
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That is the most beautiful thing I have seen today.
commoncourtesyhumanity is beautiful now? what has this poor world come to?
We're not in a post-rape culture society so... you tell me.
If those answers aren't satisfactory, how 'bout zombie apocalypse?
To build on what Shane said, "rape culture" isn't about the actual rapists per se so much as the environment that fosters them. The supposedly well-meaning bystanders. They are whom you want to target, because they can make it so that a rapist is more likely to be tried, convicted, & punished appropriately, & less stress is likely to be put on the victim. In some senses this is a ridiculously slow process, but in others we've come a long way in just a few decades.back after some sleep, and i reread my post. i maintain what i stated, but i was having a bit of a rizzo moment, there.
It is vanishingly unlikely that every injustice will be ended in your lifetime, so don't look for that. Focus your attentions so that you don't get burnt out.
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdujcsAXx41rbuoibo1_500.jpg)What is this even about?
I'm not sure there's a way to move from the currency economy with it so widespread now but it's wishful thinking.
Interestingly, if I had the room and time to invest, I'd have a garden. And I'd give away the extra.I have the room, but not the time, money, or skill. My family is notorious for killing unkillable plants.
I'd prefer bartering. You work at my store, I'll give you free clothing. You give help me garden, you get some crops. You run your own garden, you can use it for trading. Stuff like that.
This.I'd prefer bartering. You work at my store, I'll give you free clothing. You give help me garden, you get some crops. You run your own garden, you can use it for trading. Stuff like that.
Yeah, but the problem is that not everyone produces something that everyone needs. Currency is a more efficient system. And it allows for advanced and specialized professions which modern society needs.
Technically, we could also try communism again.Communism might work, but it requires devoting such an incredible amount of ressources to micro-managing every transaction in the community that applying it worldwide would be less than ideal. (Maybe by using AI once we get there, but for now, not really)
Otherwise money is pretty much needed in a society where people may work in a factory or space center rather than spend their days farming. (And you can't really use bartering with science related stuff. Unless you go like "give me food and my team will build the anti-meteor laser.")
*massages a pile of caps*
You need glass bottles and their caps. Any brand works, as shown since Sunset Sarsaparilla also works.*massages a pile of caps*
Guess I ought to start buying glass bottles, and saving the caps? Which brand do you think would be viable currency, or do they just have to be metal caps to work? Or would pull-tabs be more viable, considering they're more pervasive?
Technically, we could also try communism again.Communism might work, but it requires devoting such an incredible amount of ressources to micro-managing every transaction in the community that applying it worldwide would be less than ideal. (Maybe by using AI once we get there, but for now, not really)
Otherwise money is pretty much needed in a society where people may work in a factory or space center rather than spend their days farming. (And you can't really use bartering with science related stuff. Unless you go like "give me food and my team will build the anti-meteor laser.")
Technically, we could also try communism again.Communism might work, but it requires devoting such an incredible amount of ressources to micro-managing every transaction in the community that applying it worldwide would be less than ideal. (Maybe by using AI once we get there, but for now, not really)
Otherwise money is pretty much needed in a society where people may work in a factory or space center rather than spend their days farming. (And you can't really use bartering with science related stuff. Unless you go like "give me food and my team will build the anti-meteor laser.")
Yeah, communism only really works on a small scale. Once you scale up past a million people or so, your society is too large for pure communism to ever work.
Technically, we could also try communism again.Communism might work, but it requires devoting such an incredible amount of ressources to micro-managing every transaction in the community that applying it worldwide would be less than ideal. (Maybe by using AI once we get there, but for now, not really)
Otherwise money is pretty much needed in a society where people may work in a factory or space center rather than spend their days farming. (And you can't really use bartering with science related stuff. Unless you go like "give me food and my team will build the anti-meteor laser.")
Yeah, communism only really works on a small scale. Once you scale up past a million people or so, your society is too large for pure communism to ever work.
I don't think it can scale well past a hundred people, and that's pushing it. The only scale I've ever seen it work on effectively is on the scale of immediate family or other people who you inhabit the same dwelling place with.
Even in small new-agey communities where they share everything, the person leading it is often taking more than their share.
Cancer is not an excuse? I suppose this boss won't allow time off even for your OWN funeral.Works em to the bone ^_^
Cancer is not an excuse? I suppose this boss won't allow time off even for your OWN funeral.Works em to the bone ^_^
What a snappy comeback.Cancer is not an excuse? I suppose this boss won't allow time off even for your OWN funeral.Works em to the bone ^_^
You should whip yourself for such an abominable pun.
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I'm not sure there's a way to move from the currency economy with it so widespread now but it's wishful thinking.
Looks like an update to this story (http://gawker.com/infamous-boss-fires-back-at-former-staff-those-asshol-1251227786)(click to show/hide)
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Workers got tired of being mistreated by the boss. Posted this sign and didn't come into work.
Nope, still believe the employees.Looks like an update to this story (http://gawker.com/infamous-boss-fires-back-at-former-staff-those-asshol-1251227786)(click to show/hide)
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Workers got tired of being mistreated by the boss. Posted this sign and didn't come into work.
I once worked for a telemarketing company where I was told if I got one more perfect review I'd be up for a raise. The shift manager was supposed to listen to two phone calls and rate them. Which she did, and I got my perfect score. She then told upper management that she thought I could tell when she was listening to my calls so she "borrowed someone else's headset" *coughsbullshitcoughs* and listened to a third. She marked that one as 0% because a man asked to be put on the do not call list and I didn't read him the three page do not call disclaimer. "Oh, well, if you don't read that it's an automatic failure."Wow. That's horrible. Always immediately go as high as possible. No second chances.
I complained to upper management...and was promptly fired. Turns out the shift manager was the daughter in law of the general manager, and the general manager decided me threatening to contact corporate if she wasn't reprimanded was a "threat of violence" against a superior.
About a year out of date, but I'm not sure if anybody posted it here (and it's still relevant, say to the 2014 midterm elections):
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I think it's because they flow. Good things tend to flow. Flowing is nice.Unless you've had a bad curry.
Or you have a uterus.I think it's because they flow. Good things tend to flow. Flowing is nice.Unless you've had a bad curry.
Or you have a uterus.I think it's because they flow. Good things tend to flow. Flowing is nice.Unless you've had a bad curry.
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hiimdaisy's Persona 4 comic as dubbed by StrawberryCreme26.video
What the hell did I just watch?
Where do you get those? I have a library bathroom they need to go in.
Back story. I was at the public library on monday and noticed a giant red sign on the first floor women's restroom saying that the women's bathroom is for women only. I asked why it was there. One of the librarians told me that "some guy dressed like a woman" tried to use the restroom. Not having been there I don't know if it was part of the prank war the middle schools are having right now or if it's an actual LGBT issue. I still want the stickers.
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All the posters on this link are great. (http://www.upworthy.com/6-overused-creepy-sentences-that-i-wish-always-had-these-surprise-endings?c=bl3)Agreed.
All the posters on this link are great. (http://www.upworthy.com/6-overused-creepy-sentences-that-i-wish-always-had-these-surprise-endings?c=bl3)Agreed.
isn't that good guy gregAll the posters on this link are great. (http://www.upworthy.com/6-overused-creepy-sentences-that-i-wish-always-had-these-surprise-endings?c=bl3)Agreed.
Reminds me of the Ordinary Muslim Man (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ordinary-muslim-man) meme.
Come to think of it, we should start an "Actual Nice Guy" meme.
I guess it would be a more specific version of Good Guy Greg.
I question that map's veracity, since several conservatively theocratic Muslim nations are on there and I question how much of an issue this would really be there. I mean, it's not really accurate to say they have paid leave for mothers if other factors keep women almost entirely out of the workforce. Really easy to guarantee money for something that's not gonna happen.
(https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1380283_737695216257128_1541629590_n.jpg)Wow, that's powerful. I wonder if Americans as a whole would be less attuned to the myth of American exceptionalism if history classes were taught like that.
Let's also throw in Leonardo da Vinci and Julius Motherfucking Caesar. Da Vinci is widely speculated to have been gay, while Caesar was probably bi.
Let's also throw in Leonardo da Vinci and Julius Motherfucking Caesar. Da Vinci is widely speculated to have been gay, while Caesar was probably bi.
Not to mention Alan Turing, who practically gave us the modern computer and helped beat the Nazis.
(https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1380283_737695216257128_1541629590_n.jpg)Wow, that's powerful. I wonder if Americans as a whole would be less attuned to the myth of American exceptionalism if history classes were taught like that.
(https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1380283_737695216257128_1541629590_n.jpg)Wow, that's powerful. I wonder if Americans as a whole would be less attuned to the myth of American exceptionalism if history classes were taught like that.
While this is current, I want to bring up how every person in North and South America is descended from immigrants. This includes even the "natives". Remember, the "native" people of America only came here during the last ice age by crossing the land bridge. The only place humans can truly be native is Africa and maybe part of the Middle East.
Some people already know the US is made up mostly of immigrants, but almost everyone forgets that it's made entirely of immigrants when you go back far enough.
There have always been gay people,
there are some right now,
and there shall always be.
So, deal with it
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RISE, THREAD, RISE!
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Yes! Punish rapists in the name of the moon!
Yeah, I'll go with "first manned mission to the sun" as well.
I was thinking the first manned mission to Venus.
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Regarding people who maintain violent games make people violent - how do they reconcile the fact that the violent crime rate across most of the western world has been in decline since 1992, yet the popularity of games has been increasing since before that date and games haven't been getting less violent?
Regarding people who maintain violent games make people violent - how do they reconcile the fact that the violent crime rate across most of the western world has been in decline since 1992, yet the popularity of games has been increasing since before that date and games haven't been getting less violent?
Confounding factors, probably. I.e.: "There are some factors driving violent crime down that happen simultaneously with the increase in violent videogames which hide the increase in violence they cause. If video games hadn't been there, crime would've gone down even more".
Note: I don't actually believe this, merely pointing out that it's the obvious argument.
Meanwhile at boot camp:
Drill Sergeant: Boy, you better learn how to 360 no-scope or your n00b ass is gonna be pwned!
Meanwhile at boot camp:
Drill Sergeant: Boy, you better learn how to 360 no-scope or your n00b ass is gonna be pwned!
I did that once when I first started playing Splinter Cell years ago. I got Sam sneaking into the center of a dark warehouse full of idiot guards, then they all converged when one got too close, so I span Sam in a circle, spraying full auto from his SC (whatever the fuck his bullpup MP was called back then).
I found it. FN F2000, a bullpup assault rifle made in Belgium, renamed in the game as the SC 20K.
These same video game citers years ago held testimony in Congress where some idiot wank said kids were learning to become expert marksmen from playing FPS's....
Because physically mastering THIS thing below,
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Totally trains you to use THIS other thing like a well-oiled killing machine! :o...
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(https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1546260_735614946451048_1815024127_n.jpg)Gonna have to disagree with you on that. In my opinion, abortion is, at best, a necessary evil. However, I'm no fundie. You're entitled to your opinion, and while I may disagree with it, I won't belittle you for having it. I only ask that you do the same for me.
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"...but it does grow on bigger trees. Want lemons the size of footballs? Support our GM crop research."
*SNIP*
Also I point out to reiterate that most FPS with the exception of maybe CS or Arma or Americas Army the guns are not realistic since for most gamers that would be frustrating
We're all spooky skellingtons on the inside.
wait wait wait... he was told 'die cis scum' for asking what the different terms meant? okay, that's a militant shitbag, right there.Yup.
So what DOES it mean?Well, imagine if MLK went around saying "die, white scum".
No, I mean what does cis mean? I've only ever heard that term online and can't find a definition anywhere; it seems to be one of those words that everyone else assumes everyone knows.Basically, it means when somebody's gender identity matches their biological sex.
No, I mean what does cis mean? I've only ever heard that term online and can't find a definition anywhere; it seems to be one of those words that everyone else assumes everyone knows.
No, I mean what does cis mean? I've only ever heard that term online and can't find a definition anywhere; it seems to be one of those words that everyone else assumes everyone knows.
In general, taken as prefixes, cis- is the opposite of trans- (in chemistry, for example, you have cis-trans isomerism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cis%E2%80%93trans_isomerism)). In this particular context, cis is short for cisgender, which as UP says above means someone who is not transgender.
ITT: Ultimate Paragon whinges about his feelings being hurt over a minority within a minority venting their frustration.I wouldn't normally be so upset, except for the fact that they're venting it so poorly.
Perhaps you could offer some suggestions for new, creative venting terms for these folks? It seems kind of pointless to worry about the use of a ranty derogatory term by possible trolls and emotionally disturbed individuals. I don't like DIAF, either, because it gets used too often by overly high-strung people. And not many people, at all or ever, deserve to die a horribly painful and terrifying death, for that matter. But it's a waste of time to complain about the use of the term by it's users.ITT: Ultimate Paragon whinges about his feelings being hurt over a minority within a minority venting their frustration.I wouldn't normally be so upset, except for the fact that they're venting it so poorly.
The problem is that trans people are a tiny and frequently misunderstood minority. All this will do is feed transphobia, much like how the Black Power movement fed racism.Perhaps you could offer some suggestions for new, creative venting terms for these folks? It seems kind of pointless to worry about the use of a ranty derogatory term by possible trolls and emotionally disturbed individuals. I don't like DIAF, either, because it gets used too often by overly high-strung people. And not many people, at all or ever, deserve to die a horribly painful and terrifying death, for that matter. But it's a waste of time to complain about the use of the term by it's users.ITT: Ultimate Paragon whinges about his feelings being hurt over a minority within a minority venting their frustration.I wouldn't normally be so upset, except for the fact that they're venting it so poorly.
The problem is that trans people are a tiny and frequently misunderstood minority. All this will do is feed transphobia, much like how the Black Power movement fed racism.
I have a question.Okay then, I'll fix it.
I notice you say "cis person" and "cis people," but then you say "transsexuals" and "gays, lesbians and bisexuals." That offends me. Why can't you say "transsexual people," and "gay/lesbian and bisexual people?" It bugs me and you should stop. Because we totally have the right to be offended by what other people say, even if they didn't mean anything by it.
Don't.Let me refute your points.
I was using sarcasm to make a point, and clearly failed.
My point was, while words do have meaning, people do not have the right not to be offended. If cisgender people are aware of the hatred and discrimination transgender people face, then they will understand why transgender people are angry. If they are not aware, they should be educated, not attacked. For that reason, there are instances when "die cis scum" is a horrible thing to say. But I want to clarify that it's not always the case. And finally, if cisgender people are the source of the hatred transgender people face, then "die cis scum" is not a bad thing to say, as long as it's not meant literally, which it rarely is, I'm sure.
Because we totally have the right to be offended by what other people say, even if they didn't mean anything by it.
1. Sorry, I thought this: "Because we totally have the right to be offended by what other people say, even if they didn't mean anything by it" made it rather obvious.Okay. Apology accepted, and I see your point. I don't agree with it, but I understand why you have it.
2. True, I guess I should have said, people don't have the right not to be offended by what other people say, especially when it's a complete stranger. Granted, words do have power, but- well, for example, having my parents tell me I'm going to hell for being queer is a helluva lot more hurtful than when a stranger says it, but I have no right to ask either my parents or the stranger to not say it just because it's offensive and hurtful. At the end of the day, they're just words.
3. No, it's not inciting violence, any more saying "fuck you" is an actual invitation.
4. Maybe. You can use that phrase, if you'd prefer.
5. I don't know enough about those scenarios to say anything, and I'm not interested enough to go look them up right now. Maybe later, if I get bored.
5. White people have been the source of racism against black people, but the Selma movement didn't go around saying "kill whitey". Straight people have been the source of homophobia, but the Stonewall rioters didn't shout about killing heterosexuals.
1. That's why I said the Selma Movement, specifically. The "in your face types" did have an impact on civil rights: namely, in setting it back. Granted, Malcolm X got better after his Hajj, but he ended up getting shot for it.5. White people have been the source of racism against black people, but the Selma movement didn't go around saying "kill whitey". Straight people have been the source of homophobia, but the Stonewall rioters didn't shout about killing heterosexuals.
Your views of history are rather glossy. First, I've said before, movements need both peaceful and in your face types. The Civil Rights movement also had it's fair amount of "in your face types": Malcolm X, The Nation of Islam, The Black Panthers. Just because they aren't glorified by history to the extent Dr. King is doesn't mean they weren't influential to the ultimate end, civil rights.
Second, trannies were literally the people who started the stonewall riots. The only way in those days New York allowed homosexuality to be proven (a criminal offense at the time) was to be caught in the act or caught "cross-dressing." And they were fucking riots. It wasn't sitting peacefully singing kumbaya, patrons literally fought with the police and threw rocks, beer bottles, and bricks at police. It got so bad, police hid behind bystanders and hid where they could. Garbage was lit on fire. Police tried to use a fire hose against the cried, but being inept as the NYPD so often is, they failed. Someone very easily could have died that night.
Okay, that's your opinion. I'm not saying it's wrong, or that you're a lesser person for having. However, I strongly disagree with it. I value diversity of opinion, but that doesn't mean I have to agree with every opinion somebody says. I don't hate any of you, but I just need to get one of my opinions off my chest. It's not a personal attack against any of you, it's just something that I think I need to say.
Given the hyper-defensive nature of some of those who stand by the phrase “die cis scum”, I’m going to have to attempt to explain why I think it’s one of the most disastrous slogans in LGBT history.
Even if every cis person understood what “cis” meant in the first place (I didn’t until very recently), they’re probably going to be offended by it. Some say “Oh but this is directed at the scum so if you’re offended you’re cis scum DIE.” However, there’s a reason for this.
Let’s take the phrase “Die cis scum”. Those who use it frequently say that the word “scum” indicates cissexists (that is, cis people who discriminate, sometimes violently, against transsexuals). In their minds, the phrase ought to be interpreted as “Death to cissexist oppressors!”
However, most people reading it won’t read it that way. They will simply see the word ‘scum’ as an intensifier – a word that increases the meaning of something – and will be offended, regardless of their stance or actions towards transsexual people. I’m all for LGBT rights, and the phrase still bugs the crap outta me. In their minds, it will be rendered as “Death to cis people!”
To put it briefly, users of “Die Cis Scum” attempt to target cissexists, but they inadvertently offend the entire cissexual population. The vast majority of cissexuals are perfectly decent people, just like with any other group.
And another thing: many gays, lesbians, and bisexuals are cis, too…doesn’t this phrase also, by extension, put its users at odds with people who ought to be their strongest allies? Why would they want to alienate homosexual and bisexual people who would otherwise fully support their cause?
If I offended anybody with this, I sincerely apologize. This wasn't meant as an attack on you.
Are there any questions?
Honestly, I see little difference between "die cis scum" and "hang blacks." Venting is all well and good, but the line stops where you start calling for the death of an entire people. Just because a black man stole your television, or a cissexual shopkeep refused you business doesn't mean you get to go around spewing hate speech without repercussion. There's a vast difference between being an "in your face" activist and being a hatemonger. If you go around regularly saying "die cis scum" unironically, then you're as much a hatemonger as the Grand Wizard of the KKK. I'll defend to the death your right to say it, but I reserve the right to think of you as little better than your oppressors and call you an asshole as a result.Pretty much this.
Honestly, I see little difference between "die cis scum" and "hang blacks."
So "die cis scum" is closer to "kill whitey" than to "hang blacks". Sorry, doesn't make it better in my ear.Honestly, I see little difference between "die cis scum" and "hang blacks."
I can see at least one huge difference. The number of cis people killed for being cis is negligible (possibly zero), whereas the number of black people killed for being black is not.
^This. The reason I'm not bothered by "die cis scum" is because no one (or almost no one) has any intent of killing people they deem "cis scum". Somobe who says "die trannies" is much more likely to have genuine malicious intent behind his/her statement, because s/he is operating from a position of power.Are you really saying "having privilege makes you more likely to want to kill others"? Because that's what I'm reading here.
If a cis person murders a trans person (especially a trans woman, it seems), they are much more likely to be considered "justified" than the opposite.That has nothing to do with the fact that the phrase "die cis scum" is horrible and inappropriate.
Throw in what Sigma said, and it becomes increasingly clear that the people who get the most bent out of shape about "die cis scum" are the most likely to be cis scum.So, to respond the same way I responded to Sigma up there : a white guy offended at a black guy saying "kill whitey" must be a racist? Or at least, according to your own reasonning, white scum?
Before anyone gets the torches and pitchforks, let me clarify that most cis people are not cis scum. It's absolutely possible to be cis and benefit from cis privilege without being cis scum, just like it's absolutely possible to be white and benefit from white privilege without being racist. People who are simply curious/insensitive/uneducated are usually not cis scum, while people like the Cathy Brennan and the majority of the GOP are.I kinda agree with that last part.
So "die cis scum" is closer to "kill whitey" than to "hang blacks". Sorry, doesn't make it better in my ear.Honestly, I see little difference between "die cis scum" and "hang blacks."
I can see at least one huge difference. The number of cis people killed for being cis is negligible (possibly zero), whereas the number of black people killed for being black is not.
I say I hate cis people a lot but I dont mean it just i feel mad sometimes when I hear storiesIf you don't mean it, don't say it.
Having witnessed a transwoman friend go through some extreme, but unfortunately recurrent, bad experiences at the hands and mouths of ignorant cis people, I have complete sympathy for a trans* person who has gone through the same hell, day in and day out, all their lives. When you not only feel like you are struggling to survive in a sea full of assholes and bullies - but fucking well actually are - it's easy to understand that ya gotta vent now and then. Is it a polite term? Does it make people stop and think about changing their hateful attitudes? No. But so what....Cis people don't have to deal with this particular kind of shit. This kind of shit gets condoned or passively whitewashed by an awful lot of people who witness it, because they feel the same way, or just don't care enough to get involved. And so trans* people get insulted, discriminated against, harassed, beaten and killed every day. No wonder some scream "Die cis scum" online or IRL. If you as a cis person actually are more than maybe just a little annoyed by the term, you have some serious issues in re the lack of spinal resilience. It smacks of a "White Whine" reaction.
Cis people have no right to talk about trans peoples' "image" when they are just as violent, if not even more so, than trans people.
Ultimate Paragon, your snide comment to kefkaownsall is about to result in you being virtually curb-stomped by this entire forum.He's disabled? I'm sorry, I didn't know. If I did, I wouldn't have said that. Comment retracted.
Just a friendly warning, there, and to remind you that all kinds of people post here, some with disabilities, whether neural or physical, and that may affect there ability to post perfectly typed and spelt posts.
Fuck you and your pseudo "Christian" paragonism, you snide little trolling shit...
To be honest, neither are you.Cis people have no right to talk about trans peoples' "image" when they are just as violent, if not even more so, than trans people.
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You're really not helping your case, you know that?
How, exactly?To be honest, neither are you.Cis people have no right to talk about trans peoples' "image" when they are just as violent, if not even more so, than trans people.
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You're really not helping your case, you know that?
I'll let somebody more articulate than me handle this.How, exactly?To be honest, neither are you.Cis people have no right to talk about trans peoples' "image" when they are just as violent, if not even more so, than trans people.
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You're really not helping your case, you know that?
its less teh gmos and more the lack of labelling or monsanto suing peopleI know, but GMOs themselves aren't the problem.
Well, after reading all the posts here, weighing the arguments on both sides, and generally ignoring the local "Can't argue their way out of a paper bag" guy(s), I have come to a conclusion.Am I included in that group? I just don't feel like typing out an argument because a good 1/4 of the keys on my keyboard don't work, and I don't feel like stopping to click on the keys on an onscreen keyboard every five seconds, because each post of mine would take twice as long to make.
Well, after reading all the posts here, weighing the arguments on both sides, and generally ignoring the local "Can't argue their way out of a paper bag" guy(s), I have come to a conclusion.Am I included in that group? I just don't feel like typing out an argument because a good 1/4 of the keys on my keyboard don't work, and I don't feel like stopping to click on the keys on an onscreen keyboard every five seconds, because each post of mine would take twice as long to make.
Well, after reading all the posts here, weighing the arguments on both sides, and generally ignoring the local "Can't argue their way out of a paper bag" guy(s), I have come to a conclusion.Am I included in that group? I just don't feel like typing out an argument because a good 1/4 of the keys on my keyboard don't work, and I don't feel like stopping to click on the keys on an onscreen keyboard every five seconds, because each post of mine would take twice as long to make.
No, you are not included in the group :P
I'm not even sure it's a "group", to be honest.
My...equation was a tad skewed. As has been pointed out, "die cis scum" is more equatable to "kill whitey." Its still fucked up, indefensible, and bloody offensive. Again, you're well within your rights to say that shit, but I'm well within my rights to call you a complete dickhead if you say it seriously, or try to seriously defend it.Let's continue this discussion in Flame and Burn.
Does it make me fear for my life? No, of course not. That, however, doesn't make it any less fucked right the hell up. I hold everyone to a certain standard of basic conduct and simple human decency, from white men to black women, from homosexuals to transsexuals to every-fucking-thing between and outside. If the cause of your saying that shit is the result of abuse, then...its still not okay, in my eyes, but its understandable.
Yes, I have white privilege, I have male privilege, but I have every right to an opinion and to say what's on my mind as the most underprivileged person in the world does.
That about wraps up my contribution to this particular derail. If a thread for this is created...I might post there, then again, I might just link here and be done with it. I do so hate having to explain myself more than a couple of times.
Sick of fake stories being used to justify bigotry?
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So was whoever made this image.
Frankly that is an infinitely more legitimate reason to refuse service to somebody than most bigots have.Sick of fake stories being used to justify bigotry?
(http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/666/871/fe5.jpg)
So was whoever made this image.
Even if it was a true story, it's hardly fair to blame all Muslims for the actions of one arsehole.
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Even if it was a true story, it's hardly fair to blame all Muslims for the actions of one arsehole.
Yeah, if bigots were capable of logical thinking, they wouldn't be bigots.…..
Even if it was a true story, it's hardly fair to blame all Muslims for the actions of one arsehole.
Oddly bigots are not well known for their well reasoned arguments and dislike of logical fallacies.
Wrong thread, mate.Oh hai, Social Justice Sally.
was that intended to make fun of the people who cheer when rape victims lash back at their rapists?Why do you always assume the worst? No, it's intended to make fun of overzealous SJWs.
Wrong thread, mate.Oh hai, Social Justice Sally.
Paragon, this discussion was taken out of this thread and to a different thread once already for a reason. Posting the image here is one thing, but is you want to use it solely to antagonize people it belongs in the other thread. I agree with the picture, but if you want to trash talk, F&B is were it belongs.I didn't want to antagonize anybody! How was I supposed to know they'd react like this?
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/2ab395d6825387a8370fdb1d966ee7a6/tumblr_mlk9ejl6ra1qztglyo1_500.png)These are doubly good because I don't think trans rights get enough attention from the media.
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The quick and dirty explanation, as I've always understood it, is that trans means the genitalia you were born with does not match up to your perceived gender. A transman may have a vagina, but everything in his head tells him "I AM a guy, my body just got it wrong."
It doesn't necessarily have to be genitalia either, since many trans people don't actually go through with "bottom surgery."
The quick and dirty explanation, as I've always understood it, is that trans means the genitalia you were born with does not match up to your perceived gender. A transman may have a vagina, but everything in his head tells him "I AM a guy, my body just got it wrong."
It doesn't necessarily have to be genitalia either, since many trans people don't actually go through with "bottom surgery."
That's why I added the last part. Lots of transmen will have vaginas for the rest of their lives, it doesn't mean they aren't men. And lots of transwomen will always have their penis, but it doesn't make them any less a woman.
Also, highlight.
I have [a dream catcher] that was made by dead Indians.
The quick and dirty explanation, as I've always understood it, is that trans means the genitalia you were born with does not match up to your perceived gender. A transman may have a vagina, but everything in his head tells him "I AM a guy, my body just got it wrong."
It doesn't necessarily have to be genitalia either, since many trans people don't actually go through with "bottom surgery."
That's why I added the last part. Lots of transmen will have vaginas for the rest of their lives, it doesn't mean they aren't men. And lots of transwomen will always have their penis, but it doesn't make them any less a woman.
Also, highlight.
I have a lot of problems with Buck Angel but I complain enough about people I don't even know personally.
With that said, in the span of like a week I had three people on my dash being asked about their genitals. I just want to know what kind of person decides it's a good idea to ask about what's in someone else's pants like that.
I have a lot of problems with Buck Angel but I complain enough about people I don't even know personally.
With that said, in the span of like a week I had three people on my dash being asked about their genitals. I just want to know what kind of person decides it's a good idea to ask about what's in someone else's pants like that.
People who are very good friends lol?
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How about a salad instead?
All joking aside, a woman shouldn't be expected to serve a man.
The quick and dirty explanation, as I've always understood it, is that trans means the genitalia you were born with does not match up to your perceived gender. A transman may have a vagina, but everything in his head tells him "I AM a guy, my body just got it wrong."
It doesn't necessarily have to be genitalia either, since many trans people don't actually go through with "bottom surgery."
That's why I added the last part. Lots of transmen will have vaginas for the rest of their lives, it doesn't mean they aren't men. And lots of transwomen will always have their penis, but it doesn't make them any less a woman.
Also, highlight.
I guess a lot of my confusion comes from not really knowing any (at least, openly/as far as I know) trans people in person. I mean, what does it mean practically? I guess part of my confusion comes from blurred gender lines and gender roles.
About all I really seem to understand from my rather limited interaction with trans people is that it often seems to involve preferred physical appearance and preferred bathroom usage. I'm not sure if there's something that's more basic that I'm not grasping. Like I said though, I guess I have a hard time not viewing gender itself as a social construct with a blurred line separating things.
I suppose that what I'm saying is "the quick and dirty answer" only gives me a vague understanding. Probably just my human brain trying to put some kind of concrete/solid characteristic to what being trans means. Like I said though, even with a definition I feel like my understanding is poor.
To put it another way, could a trans person do something that makes them not "truly" trans? If so, what?
(http://coolpicsbro.com/fs/i/2014/01/21/08d427a962ba56e2bf5612bb2bd19c.jpg)I am so reposting that.
I hate that memeWhy?
Because it's used to strawman feminists. And it's not even a protest sign, it's a meme.You seem to have no problem with strawmen of:
And it "disappears" those men who actually are victims in abusive relationships with disturbed women.I hate that memeWhy?
Because it's used to strawman feminists. And it's not even a protest sign, it's a meme.
To play Devil's Advocate, to include them risks accusations of false equivalency.And it "disappears" those men who actually are victims in abusive relationships with disturbed women.I hate that memeWhy?
Because it's used to strawman feminists. And it's not even a protest sign, it's a meme.
Because it's used to strawman feminists. And it's not even a protest sign, it's a meme.You seem to have no problem with strawmen of:
-Conservatives
-Republicans
-Pro-Lifers
-MRAs
-Corporate Executives
-Libertarians
-Tea Partiers
-Hawks
-And probably a number of others I've missed.
If you're going to oppose strawmen, at least be consistent.
And just because it's a meme, doesn't mean it's not a protest sign. Memes have been used in protests.
You're being unfair. Certainly, some MRAs act like that, but most are perfectly normal people. It's just that the worst of them tend to be the loudest.Because it's used to strawman feminists. And it's not even a protest sign, it's a meme.You seem to have no problem with strawmen of:
-Conservatives
-Republicans
-Pro-Lifers
-MRAs
-Corporate Executives
-Libertarians
-Tea Partiers
-Hawks
-And probably a number of others I've missed.
If you're going to oppose strawmen, at least be consistent.
And just because it's a meme, doesn't mean it's not a protest sign. Memes have been used in protests.
The fact that you're implying that MRA isn't a "movement" of strawmen makes me wonder if you even think before you make a claim.
It seems to me as though you're taking a few rotten apples and then using them to claim that the barrel itself is rotten. However, we seem to be getting off-topic, so let's continue this discussion in another thread. I don't want this to end up like the "Die Cis Scum" thing.I dislike the wording ("transgenders" vs "transgender people") but I agree with the message. However, I think it's slightly off the mark in its goal of getting cis folk to give a damn about trans* folk's struggles. I think a more effective sign would say something like "If your brother/sister/best friend/spouse/son/daughter/etc was transgender, would you get involved?"
Anyway:
(http://www.urbancusp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/trans_protest1.jpeg)
Shut you up real fast.
I don't know if this was posted yet in the best of thread, but it fits the tone of the current conversation here.(http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/550/839/a5b.gif)
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(https://24.media.tumblr.com/0736ff6c4da72c74f30063976579965f/tumblr_mz4scqlEFA1s3sbzwo3_1280.jpg)QuoteShut you up real fast.
It seems to me as though you're taking a few rotten apples and then using them to claim that the barrel itself is rotten. However, we seem to be getting off-topic, so let's continue this discussion in another thread. I don't want this to end up like the "Die Cis Scum" thing.I dislike the wording ("transgenders" vs "transgender people") but I agree with the message. However, I think it's slightly off the mark in its goal of getting cis folk to give a damn about trans* folk's struggles. I think a more effective sign would say something like "If your brother/sister/best friend/spouse/son/daughter/etc was transgender, would you get involved?"
Anyway:
(http://www.urbancusp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/trans_protest1.jpeg)
BROKEN IMAGE! YOU FAIL!Want me to post an Imgur link?
Ironbite-*Rider Kicks UP in the gonads*
I don't know if these have been posted before but they're worth looking at.They have been posted before, but it's worth posting them again :)
Christians attending a pride parade in Chicago sometime in 2011 or 2012:
[img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal05/2012/6/19/13/enhanced-buzz-9656-1340127251-3.jpg[img]
And how at least one of the participants reacted:
[img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web05/2012/6/20/11/enhanced-buzz-2867-1340206104-3.jpg[img]
I agree.I don't know if these have been posted before but they're worth looking at.They have been posted before, but it's worth posting them again :)
Christians attending a pride parade in Chicago sometime in 2011 or 2012:
[img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal05/2012/6/19/13/enhanced-buzz-9656-1340127251-3.jpg[img]
And how at least one of the participants reacted:
[img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web05/2012/6/20/11/enhanced-buzz-2867-1340206104-3.jpg[img]
Clever.(http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4091/5191764863_c7afe89bb1_m.jpg)
Is there a name for this one?I think it's something like "Progressive Masculist Lion", but I'm not sure.
(http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-02/enhanced/webdr05/4/7/enhanced-buzz-11253-1391517118-13.jpg)Delicious irony.
Context (http://www.buzzfeed.com/tomphillips/brewery-launches-anti-putin-beer-in-protest-over-gay-rights): this is a protest beer regarding Russia anti-gay laws. The beer is marked "not for gays' and will be sent to Russia, where the profits will be used for LGBT rights. :P
"Transpeople" is a term, right? Because it seems a Hell of a lot easier than saying, "Transgender people."Yes, until "Transpeople" gets hijacked by the speshul snowflake imaginary issues crowd on Tumblr. And I even wonder if the use of "Transgender people" is maybe a conscious defense against that derp.
Just a warning for the future: Some people generally take offense to ponies being posted outside of their proper thread. It's a sore spot due to the fact that when the brony phenomena was still new, every thread got de-railed into talking about ponies.Okay, thanks for the heads-up.
Though lately it seems that the people who would be offended have relaxed a bit about it, probably due to time and infrequency. Still, best to avoid posting too many things like that outside of the pony thread.
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So would I. Considering that China's got a large computer-literate population, I'm surprised it hasn't already happened.(http://i.imgur.com/5iqHsAX.png)
I wish there was some sort of software that could unblock censored stuff. I'd LOVE to see a really gifted hacker use said program on the internet of China & other censor-happy nations.
So would I. Considering that China's got a large computer-literate population, I'm surprised it hasn't already happened.(http://i.imgur.com/5iqHsAX.png)
I wish there was some sort of software that could unblock censored stuff. I'd LOVE to see a really gifted hacker use said program on the internet of China & other censor-happy nations.
...Or maybe it has and we don't know about it yet.
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It's got to be easier than disregarding basic biology.(http://i.imgur.com/qmwML9r.png)
I'd argue that simplifying the tax code is not a "simple" process.
So would I. Considering that China's got a large computer-literate population, I'm surprised it hasn't already happened.(click to show/hide)
I wish there was some sort of software that could unblock censored stuff. I'd LOVE to see a really gifted hacker use said program on the internet of China & other censor-happy nations.
...Or maybe it has and we don't know about it yet.
I see what you did there! :o
I didn't know that. Thanks for telling me.So would I. Considering that China's got a large computer-literate population, I'm surprised it hasn't already happened.(click to show/hide)
I wish there was some sort of software that could unblock censored stuff. I'd LOVE to see a really gifted hacker use said program on the internet of China & other censor-happy nations.
...Or maybe it has and we don't know about it yet.
I see what you did there! :o
Plenty of people in China know ways to proxy spoof and get to see the real internet, and the government censors come up with spybots and malware to counter, and then civilian Chinese nerds come up with other simple, user-friendly ways to bypass that, and it goes back and forth, ad nauseum.
There is a documentary on Netflix and elsewhere called, 'High Tech Low Life" about two citizen journalists, bloggers, and how they get around the government to put there stuff where regular Chinese people can see it. Very enlightening and gives you a good idea at how very much people over there want freedom from government and industrial oppression, corruption and neglect.Maybe I'll check it out.
But when it goes viral on weibo, it makes it harder for the government to disappear a blogger without a shitstorm starting. Just check out that docu film. Really interesting. Also, China now is not like PDK, nor quite as bad as it was under Mao.
Yeah, the less is more rule applies to jokes, too.Exactly. There is such a thing as overselling humor.
I don't know if these have been posted before but they're worth looking at.
Christians attending a pride parade in Chicago sometime in 2011 or 2012:
(http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal05/2012/6/19/13/enhanced-buzz-9656-1340127251-3.jpg)
And how at least one of the participants reacted:
(http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web05/2012/6/20/11/enhanced-buzz-2867-1340206104-3.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/UuiYEyI.jpg)
That's a good amendment, yes.
I already did. Thanks for answering my question.That's a good amendment, yes.
Indeed. Also, people thinking they're right because they're offensive/offended is one of my pet peeves (although to be fair it's human nature and neither you or I are necessarily immune).
By the way, Ultimate Paragon: Check your PM box!
I'm probably being a bit thick but I don't get it.Have you heard about the "affluenza defense"?
I'm probably being a bit thick but I don't get it.Have you heard about the "affluenza defense"?
...Googled it. WTF? Claiming diminished responibility because you're rich actually worked? Fuck me sideways.Yeah, just ten years ago, that defense would have been laughed out of court. What is the world coming to?
...Googled it. WTF? Claiming diminished responibility because you're rich actually worked? Fuck me sideways.Yeah, just ten years ago, that defense would have been laughed out of court. What is the world coming to?
(http://theblot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/joffrey.jpeg)
Funny thing is, there are legitimate mental illnesses that can be caused by incest. So, yeah, Joffrey Baratheon has a more legitimate explanation for his douchebaggery than Ethan Couch. Says a lot, doesn't it?(http://theblot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/joffrey.jpeg)
No Joffery that'd be the incest.
While he's got an excuse for being an evil bastard, he's still an evil bastard and will get what's his.
Ironbite-I just wish I could twist the blade in his heart while I extract his soul.
REally dont try to apologize for Joffrey
He reminds me of Draco Malfoy. I'm none too keen on Malfoy the Younger, either. As in, if he were on fire, I'd be more likely to roast a marshmallow over him than piss on him to put him out.
I'm stealing that image.He reminds me of Draco Malfoy. I'm none too keen on Malfoy the Younger, either. As in, if he were on fire, I'd be more likely to roast a marshmallow over him than piss on him to put him out.
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I don't even think they're wrong, though. Clearly, if you're brought up with huge privilege, particularly in a society where your parents can run an organised crime outfit without accountability, you may well have trouble conceiving of the concept of punishment. But the solution to that isn't to not punish people like that when they do something wrong!
(http://0.tqn.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/j/B/4/jesus-said-gay-people.jpg)Gay people/abortion/Communism/democracy...
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Ali is basically a terrible person. If she didn't exist, it would be necessary to invent her.What has she done that is so horrible?
Ali is basically a terrible person. If she didn't exist, it would be necessary to invent her.What has she done that is so horrible?
Ali is basically a terrible person. If she didn't exist, it would be necessary to invent her.What has she done that is so horrible?
Consciously encouraged dangerous Islamopohiba for cash?
Ali is basically a terrible person. If she didn't exist, it would be necessary to invent her.What has she done that is so horrible?
Consciously encouraged dangerous Islamopohiba for cash?
Is that referring to a specific incident? As far as I can tell, her views on Islam are genuinely held and she'd gladly encourage Islamophobia for free.
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A little re-framing
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A little re-framing
I think she was the woman who pitched the muhammad was a pedo movieAli is basically a terrible person. If she didn't exist, it would be necessary to invent her.What has she done that is so horrible?
Consciously encouraged dangerous Islamopohiba for cash?
Is that referring to a specific incident? As far as I can tell, her views on Islam are genuinely held and she'd gladly encourage Islamophobia for free.
(http://0.tqn.com/d/politicalhumor/1/7/5/C/5/choose-to-be-aholes.jpg)
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The Bible would beg to differ.
Admittedly, this came from Liberal Logic 101, but ...
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Of course, it should be no surprise if a couple of those "clocks" supported the Patriot Act.Admittedly, this came from Liberal Logic 101, but ...
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Well, you know what they say about broken clocks...
Admittedly, this came from Liberal Logic 101, but ...
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Admittedly, this came from Liberal Logic 101, but ...
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There is a difference, of course. The CIA/NSA et al could reasonably suggest that they were trying to investigate terrorism in the PRISM program and other wire-tap programs. Obviously, you can't make that claim of their spying on the Senate, it's pure institutional corruption.
Admittedly, this came from Liberal Logic 101, but ...
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There is a difference, of course. The CIA/NSA et al could reasonably suggest that they were trying to investigate terrorism in the PRISM program and other wire-tap programs. Obviously, you can't make that claim of their spying on the Senate, it's pure institutional corruption.
You're just not trying hard enough.
They were investigating treason. They were classified investigating information leaks that could aid the enemy. They were investigating foreign nationals acting as lobbyists pushing for laws that would aid the enemy. They were investigating citizens working as lobbyists for foreign nationals. Since senators potentially have a great deal of contact with many individuals of interest and eye-witness testimony is unreliable they were recording everything just in case. It's all just a training exercise before trying it abroad and the data will be expunged. We have some very well places sources that know what's up but we need to protect them and are using this as a cover.
I knew I should have buried something obviously over the top like "the Koch brothers told us to" somewhere in the middle of that list. :-[Admittedly, this came from Liberal Logic 101, but ...
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There is a difference, of course. The CIA/NSA et al could reasonably suggest that they were trying to investigate terrorism in the PRISM program and other wire-tap programs. Obviously, you can't make that claim of their spying on the Senate, it's pure institutional corruption.
You're just not trying hard enough.
They were investigating treason. They were classified investigating information leaks that could aid the enemy. They were investigating foreign nationals acting as lobbyists pushing for laws that would aid the enemy. They were investigating citizens working as lobbyists for foreign nationals. Since senators potentially have a great deal of contact with many individuals of interest and eye-witness testimony is unreliable they were recording everything just in case. It's all just a training exercise before trying it abroad and the data will be expunged. We have some very well places sources that know what's up but we need to protect them and are using this as a cover.
Do you seriously believe this, or are you being sarcastic?
(http://freethoughtblogs.com/lousycanuck/files/2012/06/meme-feminist-corgi-decency.jpg)I propose that everyone on the internet should be made to learn that.
On a more general note, freedom of speech does not mean freedom from criticism. I wish more people understood that.
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Sadly, no, he's just a misogynist.(http://i.imgur.com/EQGEfne.jpg)
Maybe he meant that women stoners are destroying the way men roll joints? Or something...
Can we double tap Rick Perry?No. The last thing we want to do is make him into a martyr.
Sadly, he already ran this state down to the fucking ground. No other American wants to deal with us because apparently every Texan is the same."Over half"? Maybe where you live, but I don't think that's true for the state as a whole.
I am also not optimistic that Wendy Davis will be able to unfuck this state over because over half of the population of this state is horrid enough.
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m70cf41mkx1rp5jfvo1_500.png)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory)
How disappointing, I was hoping that the horseshoe theory involved putting a set of horseshoes in a burlap sack and beating dumbasses with it for the betterment of society. :((http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m70cf41mkx1rp5jfvo1_500.png)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory)
No, that is the job of the magical crowbar of justice.How disappointing, I was hoping that the horseshoe theory involved putting a set of horseshoes in a burlap sack and beating dumbasses with it for the betterment of society. :((http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m70cf41mkx1rp5jfvo1_500.png)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory)
...I want a magical crowbar of justice. Where can I get one?First, you have to become a Magical Girl with a talking cat, tsundere personality, and almost homoerotically-close group of friends (who should also be Magical Girls).
In that case, I'll just stick to my zweihänder....I want a magical crowbar of justice. Where can I get one?First, you have to become a Magical Girl with a talking cat, tsundere personality, and almost homoerotically-close group of friends (who should also be Magical Girls).
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While you are laughing lets have some fun with this stupid little fucker.(http://i.imgur.com/QLNIZ02.jpg)
I know I should be screaming something along the lines of "FUCK YOU UP THE ASS WITH A RUSTY CROWBAR!" at the top of my lungs, but all I can do is laugh.
I know I should be screaming something along the lines of "FUCK YOU UP THE ASS WITH A RUSTY CROWBAR!" at the top of my lungs, but all I can do is laugh.
So am I. That's why I put it here.I know I should be screaming something along the lines of "FUCK YOU UP THE ASS WITH A RUSTY CROWBAR!" at the top of my lungs, but all I can do is laugh.
I'm pretty sure this is poe mocking the "white people can't experience racism" thing.
So am I. That's why I put it here.I know I should be screaming something along the lines of "FUCK YOU UP THE ASS WITH A RUSTY CROWBAR!" at the top of my lungs, but all I can do is laugh.
I'm pretty sure this is poe mocking the "white people can't experience racism" thing.
Yup. Poe's law exists for a reason.So am I. That's why I put it here.I know I should be screaming something along the lines of "FUCK YOU UP THE ASS WITH A RUSTY CROWBAR!" at the top of my lungs, but all I can do is laugh.
I'm pretty sure this is poe mocking the "white people can't experience racism" thing.
Still, it's sometimes tough to tell.
I was wondering why this thing was in the AWESOME Protest Signs section.I can understand.
I was wondering why this thing was in the AWESOME Protest Signs section.The way I read it, it is parody of the "racism is prejudice+power" statements.
It's the (il)logical extreme of "prejudice plus power".I was wondering why this thing was in the AWESOME Protest Signs section.The way I read it, it is parody of the "racism is prejudice+power" statements.
They have pretty much just replaced a few words.
I'm going to be the shitdisturber here and say white racism is about as real as misandry.
im sooo speshul!!!!!!11!I'm going to be the shitdisturber here and say white racism is about as real as misandry.
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I'm going to be the shitdisturber here and say white racism is about as real as misandry.That... really, really depends on where you live. The whole world doesn't work lke the US, liz. Hell, the whole US doesn't work like the US.
And no, someone calling you a cracker once isn't the same as cops shooting you to death while you walk down the street.
Yeah, I'm basically referring to the US.I'm going to be the shitdisturber here and say white racism is about as real as misandry.That... really, really depends on where you live. The whole world doesn't work lke the US, liz. Hell, the whole US doesn't work like the US.
And no, someone calling you a cracker once isn't the same as cops shooting you to death while you walk down the street.
(http://i.imgur.com/wTOfvdG.gif)so this is now a shitdisturb-off.
What exactly is a "shitdisturb-off"?(http://i.imgur.com/wTOfvdG.gif)so this is now a shitdisturb-off.
Where we slather pudding all over are genitals, dress like sailors moon, then grab a duck and see who can eat the most strawberry ice cream.What exactly is a "shitdisturb-off"?(http://i.imgur.com/wTOfvdG.gif)so this is now a shitdisturb-off.
There's a world of difference between a white guy being insulted in the States by a bitter, bigoted black person than being murdered in cold blood by a roving group of zealots on a revenge rampage in Zimbabwe. So, yeah, dangerous color based bigotry against ethnic European whites in some parts of Africa is a thing, but it does not translate to the States....at all. I deal with bigots of any race the same way; I try to avoid them, and duck out of conversations with them as quickly as possible. Such people tend to get very aggressive if you do not respond to their shit, or nod your head in mock agreement. They are fractured, damaged, truncated people, and not worth wasting your energy on, because they will not consider anything that differs from their views. That kind of change can only happen from within their own minds, on their own time, if it ever happens at all.That's a bit of an exaggeration. It's true that the lurid tales of roving gangs of black thugs hunting whitey for sport are just plain dumb. However, black on white racism does happen in America, and sometimes it's just as bad as it would be the other way around.
The cartoon just posted is presumably aimed at a US audience. It's exaggerated, propagandistic, and very much describes a neocon point of view. There are so very few instances of race-based, hate crime murder against whites - outside of prison gang related murders, which typically have much more to do with turf and activity control than anything else, regardless of race - that the cartoon is pointless, and dissembling, and it annoys me a lot.
UP, I know this is your personal opinion, as is mine stated previously, but I can't help wondering if you are a little afraid of black people sometimes? I lived in Atlanta for 30 years. Not out in the suburbs, but consistently lived in neighborhoods within 3 miles of the downtown hub, surrounded by black people, along with other white people....and never once, in all my years there, mostly taking public transport because driving in Atlanta traffic is an act of masochism...never once did I witness black on white threats of violence because of race hatred. I saw muggings, I saw brawls, I saw all kinds of shit. I'm sure there were a few cases of racial hate crimes against white victims. But dude, I was living in a majority black city (55% black, 38% white, remainder Latino, Asian, etc.), with plenty of poverty, with a huge drug gang problem....and it just was not dangerous for me As A White Person - per se - to walk the streets there. It was dangerous to do as a small female, though, but that is the truth in all US cities.You're right, black-on-white hate crimes are very rare, as I have already pointed out. The vast majority of African-Americans are fundamentally decent folk, as is the case with just about any other demographic. I'm not afraid of black people. I'm not saying anybody should be afraid of black people. All I'm saying is that some black people are racist scumbags, just as some white people are racist scumbags.
(http://i.imgur.com/oPBDDbi.jpg)Everyone whos parents came from different families hates him.
I'm pro-gun, but I fucking hate Ted Nugent. He's a racist, a coward, and a hypocrite. Moreover, he makes the rest of us look bad.
All I'm saying is that some black people are racist scumbags, just as some white people are racist scumbags.
What country in Africa are you from? I think it depends.All I'm saying is that some black people are racist scumbags, just as some white people are racist scumbags.
As someone from Africa, this is a depressingly true statement. However, I would like to add a little to this. Even in Africa where whites are a tiny minority, they are still safer in general than your average black person. Even with extreme BEE policies whites are still favored for jobs, more likely to get an education, be protected and investigated by police and be protected by laws and economic policies.
Yes you get racist scumbag black people seething with hate at whites who were / are just waiting for an opportunity to exact violence against white people. However, despite that, whites still have more social power making actual racist acts against them very rare.
What country in Africa are you from? I think it depends.
South Africa struggled with Apartheid for decades. That doesn't just go away overnight.What country in Africa are you from? I think it depends.
I am from South Africa, but we get a lot of news and information from the rest of Africa. Despite a reasonably non violent transition from white rule in 1994. There is still a huge amount racism and animosity on both sides particularly amongst those who are older than 40.
The Horseshoe Effect in action:
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I'm pro-gun, but I fucking hate Ted Nugent. He's a racist, a coward, and a hypocrite. Moreover, he makes the rest of us look bad.
That graph is confusing.
That graph is confusing.
It's incredibly fucking confusing, in part because it's using two axes to discuss one-and-a-but issues that aren't completely aligned (social politics, mostly, with occasional economics).
Modern American liberalism is essentially the background radiation from the New Deal and the civil rights movement. Modern American conservatism is the increasingly distorted simulacra from the Reagan administration and the Moral Majority. Despite everything gobshite TV pundits will tell you, liberalism and conservatism in the US aren't exact opposites, so they don't map precisely (hence why some of those text labels are a bit tortured). And ironically enough, it's conservatism that is both newer and, in many respects, the more radical and transformative ideology.
It's probably because of these labels - "liberal" and "conservative", that suit neither side of the aisle well - that American political discourse seems to get so garbled. Some Republican voters are conservatives in the proper sense, but many are reactionaries. And sure, some Democrats are liberals, but some are moderates or centrists, and a few are (shock horror) democratic socialists.
(http://cdn-i.dmdentertainment.com/funpages/cms_content/17644/conspiracynew.jpg)I liked the part with the cats.
(http://cdn-i.dmdentertainment.com/funpages/cms_content/17644/conspiracynew.jpg)I liked the part with the cats.
I don't get it. What does the assembly-line robot or apple core have to do with anything?I think it's to show that some of us treat them with more dignity than they would treat a fast food worker or a homeless person.
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I don't get it. What does the assembly-line robot or apple core have to do with anything?
I don't get it. What does the assembly-line robot or apple core have to do with anything?
Whoops, wrong picture.But Gayz are the ones who keep adding sodomy-inducing chemicals in the water supply (aided by Obama and the socialist terror-Muslims, of course)
I meant to post this:
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The doctor being included obscures the point the cartoonist is making, I think. Most of us were raised to view doctors as authority figures, or at least worthy of our high regard and respect.
All the other humans represent people in positions that are likely to be treated like shit. A portion of the general public are known to treat them as less than worthy of respect and civility. Servers, the homeless, strippers, musicians (other than symphony orchestra members), and cashiers - all of them - are seen by the assholes in our midst as legitimate targets for scorn and a cold shoulder, or as verbal "punching bags" whenever such a fuckwad feels like venting. Any one of us on this forum who have worked in retail and in restaurants can attest to that.
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The doctor being included obscures the point the cartoonist is making, I think. Most of us were raised to view doctors as authority figures, or at least worthy of our high regard and respect.
All the other humans represent people in positions that are likely to be treated like shit. A portion of the general public are known to treat them as less than worthy of respect and civility. Servers, the homeless, strippers, musicians (other than symphony orchestra members), and cashiers - all of them - are seen by the assholes in our midst as legitimate targets for scorn and a cold shoulder, or as verbal "punching bags" whenever such a fuckwad feels like venting. Any one of us on this forum who have worked in retail and in restaurants can attest to that.
Actually, I think that putting the doctor first, it helps make the point: just like doctors deserve respect, so too does everyone else.
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Real Life Example;
A busy restaurant.
If the manager falls ill and has to leave - no problem, as long as the crew are professional. The restaurant will function fine.
If the bartender has to leave - no problem. A server or a manager can fill in. The restaurant will function fine.
If a server has to leave - no problem. The other servers will pick up the tables in their section. The restaurant will function fine.
If the chef has to leave - (see manager scenario, replace with line cooks)
If a line cook has to leave - (see server scenario, replace with line cooks)
If the dish washer (the human, and/or the machine) has to leave or stops working - big problem! It will take two to three or more people to fill in that position, depending on whether it is a machine breakdown, and/or the dish man or woman leaves. It takes a lot of practice to physically keep up with the processing of actual tons per shift of dirty pots, pans, dishes, glassware and flatware when a restaurant is busy.
The above is based on my 35 years of experience as a restaurant manager and co-owner, and as a bartender and a server. My worst ever experiences at work were when the dish pit broke down during a super busy shift.
Same. I gained a whole new respect for "menial workers" when I had to help take over dishwashing duty during a summer job at a diner.Real Life Example;
A busy restaurant.
If the manager falls ill and has to leave - no problem, as long as the crew are professional. The restaurant will function fine.
If the bartender has to leave - no problem. A server or a manager can fill in. The restaurant will function fine.
If a server has to leave - no problem. The other servers will pick up the tables in their section. The restaurant will function fine.
If the chef has to leave - (see manager scenario, replace with line cooks)
If a line cook has to leave - (see server scenario, replace with line cooks)
If the dish washer (the human, and/or the machine) has to leave or stops working - big problem! It will take two to three or more people to fill in that position, depending on whether it is a machine breakdown, and/or the dish man or woman leaves. It takes a lot of practice to physically keep up with the processing of actual tons per shift of dirty pots, pans, dishes, glassware and flatware when a restaurant is busy.
The above is based on my 35 years of experience as a restaurant manager and co-owner, and as a bartender and a server. My worst ever experiences at work were when the dish pit broke down during a super busy shift.
I agree completely. When I was a host, I found that one good busser was equal to about three good servers.
Same. I gained a whole new respect for "menial workers" when I had to help take over dishwashing duty during a summer job at a diner.Real Life Example;
A busy restaurant.
If the manager falls ill and has to leave - no problem, as long as the crew are professional. The restaurant will function fine.
If the bartender has to leave - no problem. A server or a manager can fill in. The restaurant will function fine.
If a server has to leave - no problem. The other servers will pick up the tables in their section. The restaurant will function fine.
If the chef has to leave - (see manager scenario, replace with line cooks)
If a line cook has to leave - (see server scenario, replace with line cooks)
If the dish washer (the human, and/or the machine) has to leave or stops working - big problem! It will take two to three or more people to fill in that position, depending on whether it is a machine breakdown, and/or the dish man or woman leaves. It takes a lot of practice to physically keep up with the processing of actual tons per shift of dirty pots, pans, dishes, glassware and flatware when a restaurant is busy.
The above is based on my 35 years of experience as a restaurant manager and co-owner, and as a bartender and a server. My worst ever experiences at work were when the dish pit broke down during a super busy shift.
I agree completely. When I was a host, I found that one good busser was equal to about three good servers.
When you are a dish washer, you are like the heart in a body; everybody depends on you to do your job correctly and efficiently, but also take you completely for granted, as well. From an ethical standpoint, it qualifies as the most egregiously underpaid job, as are other essential and dangerous jobs like trash collection and highway maintenance work.Moral of the story: be nice to them.
When you are a dish washer, you are like the heart in a body; everybody depends on you to do your job correctly and efficiently, but also take you completely for granted, as well. From an ethical standpoint, it qualifies as the most egregiously underpaid job, as are other essential and dangerous jobs like trash collection and highway maintenance work.Moral of the story: be nice to them.
You don't have to. Tips in restaurants are often pooled and divided more-or-less equally among the workers.When you are a dish washer, you are like the heart in a body; everybody depends on you to do your job correctly and efficiently, but also take you completely for granted, as well. From an ethical standpoint, it qualifies as the most egregiously underpaid job, as are other essential and dangerous jobs like trash collection and highway maintenance work.Moral of the story: be nice to them.
I'd tip my dishwasher in a restaurant, if I could.
Does that say Race Mixing is Communism?Yes, it does. Ad hominem attacks are nothing new.
They were throwing that word around back then as well.
Does that say Race Mixing is Communism?
They were throwing that word around back then as well.
Russia Iran Disco SuckDoes that say Race Mixing is Communism?
They were throwing that word around back then as well.
Yep, the Transitive Property of Politics applied then as well.
I dislike A, I dislike B, therefore, A = B.
Ever notice how people in BOTH those pics are almost exclusively old, white people? Fucking old crackers are tryin to ruin it for the rest of us.Not always. There were some black and Latino protesters at a gay pride parade my cousin was in. I tried to point out the irony, but they didn't bite.
Ever notice how people in BOTH those pics are almost exclusively old, white people? Fucking old crackers are tryin to ruin it for the rest of us.Not always. There were some black and Latino protesters at a gay pride parade my cousin was in. I tried to point out the irony, but they didn't bite.
Ever notice how people in BOTH those pics are almost exclusively old, white people? Fucking old crackers are tryin to ruin it for the rest of us.
Time is on our side.Ever notice how people in BOTH those pics are almost exclusively old, white people? Fucking old crackers are tryin to ruin it for the rest of us.
It's both more subtle and darkly funnier than that; In the picture from the '50's or early '60's, about half of the bigots shown are young. In the picture from recent times...it's completely possible that some of those are the exact same people, now grown old. At the rate societal attitudes are improving, we really are seeing it as a matter of time before most of the bigots just die off.
Ever notice how people in BOTH those pics are almost exclusively old, white people? Fucking old crackers are tryin to ruin it for the rest of us.
It's both more subtle and darkly funnier than that; In the picture from the '50's or early '60's, about half of the bigots shown are young. In the picture from recent times...it's completely possible that some of those are the exact same people, now grown old. At the rate societal attitudes are improving, we really are seeing it as a matter of time before most of the bigots just die off.
I think you're mistaken. From my understanding, progress is not a straight line. It's more like a line graph.Ever notice how people in BOTH those pics are almost exclusively old, white people? Fucking old crackers are tryin to ruin it for the rest of us.
It's both more subtle and darkly funnier than that; In the picture from the '50's or early '60's, about half of the bigots shown are young. In the picture from recent times...it's completely possible that some of those are the exact same people, now grown old. At the rate societal attitudes are improving, we really are seeing it as a matter of time before most of the bigots just die off.
That's my feeling, too. Each generation is more progressive than the next. Love it!
I think you're mistaken. From my understanding, progress is not a straight line. It's more like a line graph.Ever notice how people in BOTH those pics are almost exclusively old, white people? Fucking old crackers are tryin to ruin it for the rest of us.
It's both more subtle and darkly funnier than that; In the picture from the '50's or early '60's, about half of the bigots shown are young. In the picture from recent times...it's completely possible that some of those are the exact same people, now grown old. At the rate societal attitudes are improving, we really are seeing it as a matter of time before most of the bigots just die off.
That's my feeling, too. Each generation is more progressive than the next. Love it!
Yeah. You're right about the big picture.I think you're mistaken. From my understanding, progress is not a straight line. It's more like a line graph.Ever notice how people in BOTH those pics are almost exclusively old, white people? Fucking old crackers are tryin to ruin it for the rest of us.
It's both more subtle and darkly funnier than that; In the picture from the '50's or early '60's, about half of the bigots shown are young. In the picture from recent times...it's completely possible that some of those are the exact same people, now grown old. At the rate societal attitudes are improving, we really are seeing it as a matter of time before most of the bigots just die off.
That's my feeling, too. Each generation is more progressive than the next. Love it!
Well, yeah....but I'm talking in rough generalizations.
Yeah. You're right about the big picture.I think you're mistaken. From my understanding, progress is not a straight line. It's more like a line graph.Ever notice how people in BOTH those pics are almost exclusively old, white people? Fucking old crackers are tryin to ruin it for the rest of us.
It's both more subtle and darkly funnier than that; In the picture from the '50's or early '60's, about half of the bigots shown are young. In the picture from recent times...it's completely possible that some of those are the exact same people, now grown old. At the rate societal attitudes are improving, we really are seeing it as a matter of time before most of the bigots just die off.
That's my feeling, too. Each generation is more progressive than the next. Love it!
Well, yeah....but I'm talking in rough generalizations.
You're welcome.Yeah. You're right about the big picture.I think you're mistaken. From my understanding, progress is not a straight line. It's more like a line graph.Ever notice how people in BOTH those pics are almost exclusively old, white people? Fucking old crackers are tryin to ruin it for the rest of us.
It's both more subtle and darkly funnier than that; In the picture from the '50's or early '60's, about half of the bigots shown are young. In the picture from recent times...it's completely possible that some of those are the exact same people, now grown old. At the rate societal attitudes are improving, we really are seeing it as a matter of time before most of the bigots just die off.
That's my feeling, too. Each generation is more progressive than the next. Love it!
Well, yeah....but I'm talking in rough generalizations.
Thanks! :)
Ever notice how people in BOTH those pics are almost exclusively old, white people? Fucking old crackers are tryin to ruin it for the rest of us.Not always. There were some black and Latino protesters at a gay pride parade my cousin was in. I tried to point out the irony, but they didn't bite.
Do you have a clip?Ever notice how people in BOTH those pics are almost exclusively old, white people? Fucking old crackers are tryin to ruin it for the rest of us.Not always. There were some black and Latino protesters at a gay pride parade my cousin was in. I tried to point out the irony, but they didn't bite.
Reminds me of an episode of The Daily Show where they showed some woman who spoke about growing up in the 60's and having to fight for all of her rights. She then ended it with, "And now, as a voting American, and Jesus-loving Christian, I thank God for my right to vote away gay marraige."
Ever notice how people in BOTH those pics are almost exclusively old, white people? Fucking old crackers are tryin to ruin it for the rest of us.
It's both more subtle and darkly funnier than that; In the picture from the '50's or early '60's, about half of the bigots shown are young. In the picture from recent times...it's completely possible that some of those are the exact same people, now grown old. At the rate societal attitudes are improving, we really are seeing it as a matter of time before most of the bigots just die off.
Most definitely, most older people can change their minds, but by my definition at least, that means they were not genuine bigots to begin with - just prejudiced and naïve, until experience and new knowledge led them to an attitude change.Yeah. There's little that can help genuine bigots, but those who are simply ignorant can change for the better much easily.
Do you have a clip?Ever notice how people in BOTH those pics are almost exclusively old, white people? Fucking old crackers are tryin to ruin it for the rest of us.Not always. There were some black and Latino protesters at a gay pride parade my cousin was in. I tried to point out the irony, but they didn't bite.
Reminds me of an episode of The Daily Show where they showed some woman who spoke about growing up in the 60's and having to fight for all of her rights. She then ended it with, "And now, as a voting American, and Jesus-loving Christian, I thank God for my right to vote away gay marraige."
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I fucking love wordplay, so from the bottom of my heart, thank you for this.
Thirded.(http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/ab5KW3r_700b.jpg)
I fucking love wordplay, so from the bottom of my heart, thank you for this.
I'm with you...GREATNESS!
That is indeed comforting.Just goes to show, there's good and bad in just about every religion. Of course, there are exceptions where the institution itself is terrible *cough*Scientology*cough*.
Incidentally, I've seen significant pockets of Norse Heathens that actively speak out against the racism and white supremacy that fester within the religious umbrella of "Norse Heathenism".
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/6p3tb6.jpg)Wrong vs less wrong.
I wish more people would look past arbitrary definitions.
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I wish more people would look past arbitrary definitions.
That's basically a case of "Haha, the left is wrong and the right is right"I don't see it that way. I see it as a case of "let's look past petty, artificial distinctions and worry about what's right".
That's basically a case of "Haha, the left is wrong and the right is right"I don't see it that way. I see it as a case of "let's look past petty, artificial distinctions and worry about what's right".
I thought so too. Then I saw that this is a New Zealand T-shirt.That's basically a case of "Haha, the left is wrong and the right is right"I don't see it that way. I see it as a case of "let's look past petty, artificial distinctions and worry about what's right".
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Did you even pay attention to the colors? Or the ... anything, really.
No offense, UP, but you're blatantly wrong on that interpretation.
I thought so too. Then I saw that this is a New Zealand T-shirt.That's basically a case of "Haha, the left is wrong and the right is right"I don't see it that way. I see it as a case of "let's look past petty, artificial distinctions and worry about what's right".
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Did you even pay attention to the colors? Or the ... anything, really.
No offense, UP, but you're blatantly wrong on that interpretation.
I thought so too. Then I saw that this is a New Zealand T-shirt.That's basically a case of "Haha, the left is wrong and the right is right"I don't see it that way. I see it as a case of "let's look past petty, artificial distinctions and worry about what's right".
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Did you even pay attention to the colors? Or the ... anything, really.
No offense, UP, but you're blatantly wrong on that interpretation.
What's your point? New Zealand still has Left vs. Right politics, and it wouldn't surprise me if the color associations were the same. In any case, the colors on the shirt clearly show that the shirt was designed to push right-wing politics. If they'd altered the colors for the words "wrong" and "right", then I might agree with your interpretation; as is, the colors used clearly try to link right and wrong specifically to whichever side of the political spectrum you're on.
I thought so too. Then I saw that this is a New Zealand T-shirt.That's basically a case of "Haha, the left is wrong and the right is right"I don't see it that way. I see it as a case of "let's look past petty, artificial distinctions and worry about what's right".
.........
Did you even pay attention to the colors? Or the ... anything, really.
No offense, UP, but you're blatantly wrong on that interpretation.
What's your point? New Zealand still has Left vs. Right politics, and it wouldn't surprise me if the color associations were the same. In any case, the colors on the shirt clearly show that the shirt was designed to push right-wing politics. If they'd altered the colors for the words "wrong" and "right", then I might agree with your interpretation; as is, the colors used clearly try to link right and wrong specifically to whichever side of the political spectrum you're on.
Interestingly, the US is the only country in, I think, the world that associates Red with the right. This is primarily because every other country's left-wing party began life as a socialist trade union - hence, red.
There you go.
I thought so too. Then I saw that this is a New Zealand T-shirt.
Apparently, either this is plagiarism, or my source was wrong.I thought so too. Then I saw that this is a New Zealand T-shirt.
Then I guess some New Zealanders should be pretty upset that American t-shirt website Patriot Shirt Works (http://patriotshirtworks.com/product/left-vs-right-wrong-vs-right-t-shirt/)* is selling their design and explicitly saying it's a shirt about how the left is wrong.
*Its tagline is "Made in the USA by Americans". Y'know, just in case someone confuses them for New Zealanders.
It was a blog. I don't remember very well. I got this a while back. I'll let you know if I find it.
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Glad to see Rudolph approves.It was a blog. I don't remember very well. I got this a while back. I'll let you know if I find it.
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Religious people get all bent out of shape about any criticism of their beliefs and they assume it's a personal criticism.
People who make it personal, like calling a believer an idiot, are stupidly rude.
It's just a civilized, social norm to be polite enough to not make harshly worded criticisms of their beliefs, and to respect that people a right to have and defend their own personal opinions and beliefs.
You have a right to believe, I have a right to not believe, and we both have the right to criticize one another. We do not, however, have the right to not be offended.
You have a right to believe, I have a right to not believe, and we both have the right to criticize one another. We do not, however, have the right to not be offended.
On the other hand, going out of your way to offend people is kind of a dick move. You have a right to it, but it's still a bad thing.
(Not that I'm saying YOU'RE doing it, just "you" in general)
That looks like a translated keyword list lifted from East Germany in the eighties.
http://www.businessinsider.com/stasi-talks-about-nsa-surveillance-state-2013-6#!J0FoQ (http://www.businessinsider.com/stasi-talks-about-nsa-surveillance-state-2013-6#!J0FoQ)
We named him Bob.
- It's not a good idea to use the equals sign as a symbol for equality right next to the greater than used as a comparator. It just ends up looking like a greater-than-or-equal-to.
(https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/10247212_798946256791983_5091366254978185942_n.jpg)Who is this guy?
...Oh, duh. I didn't recognize him. You ever have one of those moments?
Rand Paul.
Rand Paul has a very... unmemorable face.
Rand Paul has a very... unmemorable face.
By design...of the body snatcher race of pod people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRVfGMjdGh8Rand Paul has a very... unmemorable face.
By design...of the body snatcher race of pod people.
D:
He's really not getting math is he?Math is for communists!
...OH FUCK!
Rand Paul.
Only nerds do math.He's really not getting math is he?Math is for communists!
For some reason, I'm no longer able to see pics from scontent.com. Can someone tell me what it says?Maybe posting a tinypic version will help?
...OH FUCK!
Rand Paul.
I JUST RESIZED HIS NAMES A COMBINATION OF RON PAUL AND AYN RAND!
In 2007, my wife's cake shop did not offer a gluten-free option. Six years later, hardly a month goes by without a request for a gluten-free tasting. Thanks in part to celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey and Lady Gaga, nearly one-third of all consumers are now interested in gluten-free food, a multi-billion-dollar industry projected to exceed $10 billion by 2017. (Even children's play sand now comes with a gluten-free guarantee!)http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23851-what-if-your-gluten-intolerance-is-all-in-your-head.html#.U27zhWdOX3g (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23851-what-if-your-gluten-intolerance-is-all-in-your-head.html#.U27zhWdOX3g)
This is very perplexing, given that only 1 per cent of the population has coeliac disease and only 0.5 per cent is allergic to wheat. What could possibly be causing widespread reports of non-coeliac gluten intolerance, commonly blamed for a raft of symptoms including gas, bloating, diarrhoea, constipation, fatigue, goose bumps, dizziness, infertility, migraines, joint inflammation and even mood disorders?
Plenty of people are allergic to gluten, just 90% of the time those who say they are are self diagnosed.QuoteIn 2007, my wife's cake shop did not offer a gluten-free option. Six years later, hardly a month goes by without a request for a gluten-free tasting. Thanks in part to celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey and Lady Gaga, nearly one-third of all consumers are now interested in gluten-free food, a multi-billion-dollar industry projected to exceed $10 billion by 2017. (Even children's play sand now comes with a gluten-free guarantee!)http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23851-what-if-your-gluten-intolerance-is-all-in-your-head.html#.U27zhWdOX3g (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23851-what-if-your-gluten-intolerance-is-all-in-your-head.html#.U27zhWdOX3g)
This is very perplexing, given that only 1 per cent of the population has coeliac disease and only 0.5 per cent is allergic to wheat. What could possibly be causing widespread reports of non-coeliac gluten intolerance, commonly blamed for a raft of symptoms including gas, bloating, diarrhoea, constipation, fatigue, goose bumps, dizziness, infertility, migraines, joint inflammation and even mood disorders?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coeliac_disease (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coeliac_disease)
I take them about as seriously as people with "self-diagnosed" autism.Wow, ur ableist!
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/20zco6s.jpg)And divorce, I guess.
True. Would be... weird way to stimulate the economy. "Hey we heteros make our significant others miserable all the time, while married. Why should gay folks be left out?"(http://oi60.tinypic.com/20zco6s.jpg)And divorce, I guess.
It's a joke, and one that makes a good point.True. Would be... weird way to stimulate the economy. "Hey we heteros make our significant others miserable all the time, while married. Why should gay folks be left out?"(http://oi60.tinypic.com/20zco6s.jpg)And divorce, I guess.
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Cultural pride and "surviving oppression" pride is okay, though.And national pride. Provided it doesn't cross the line into jingoism, that is.
(http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/4/8/9/274489.jpg?v=1)I've always had a feeling some racists think that way because they are ashamed they have not done anything spectacular and thus have to piggyback on others.
Is there even an overlap between the two?Yes, there is. I know from personal experience.
Cultural pride and "surviving oppression" pride is okay, though.And national pride. Provided it doesn't cross the line into jingoism, that is.
Yeah, I've seen it too. It's a super stupid kind of sociological schizophrenia caused by people who really are completely scientifically illiterate, but will hop on a bandwagon cuz the other cool kids do. And they actually think they are genuine progressives. Total delusion. Mirror the extreme right derps.
Considering Russia has a large share of the world's goldmines, and actually planned, back in Soviet days, to flood the precious metals market with gold to disrupt the world's economy, yeah, not a good idea.It's official: Ron Paul is a shithead in every sense of the word.
She even supported his notion to reintroduce the Gold Standard, which will bankrupt our nation to Hell and back, like all of these lol-ibertarian proposals.
She even supported his notion to reintroduce the Gold Standard, which will bankrupt our nation to Hell and back, like all of these lol-ibertarian proposals.
That probably wouldn't bankrupt the nation so much. It'd just be regular dumb, not special dumb.
She even supported his notion to reintroduce the Gold Standard, which will bankrupt our nation to Hell and back, like all of these lol-ibertarian proposals.
That probably wouldn't bankrupt the nation so much. It'd just be regular dumb, not special dumb.
Wait, what? I thought being bankrupt was pretty much a binary thing: you either are bankrupt, or you're not bankrupt.
So, there's: not bankrupt, bankrupt, and "bankrupt?" (Yes, those are sarcasm quotes.) That...makes all kinds of no damned sense at all, but that's government for ya, I suppose.
So in other words, creative accounting.
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It's a rebuttal to people using the argument "she was a slut, so she was asking to be raped".(http://thumbs.policymic.com/vXLRapOoczWDDmdkFUIa9E0UnAk=/0x0:653x649/filters:quality(85):strip_icc(1)/s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpolicymic-images%2F6d7ed59dc998fc17a80afe43343980b0355079533754f46fdaf5094ee516e8ab.jpg)
I don't get this one. Explain please?
It's a rebuttal to people using the argument "she was a slut, so she was asking to be raped".(http://thumbs.policymic.com/vXLRapOoczWDDmdkFUIa9E0UnAk=/0x0:653x649/filters:quality(85):strip_icc(1)/s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpolicymic-images%2F6d7ed59dc998fc17a80afe43343980b0355079533754f46fdaf5094ee516e8ab.jpg)
I don't get this one. Explain please?
She even supported his notion to reintroduce the Gold Standard, which will bankrupt our nation to Hell and back, like all of these lol-ibertarian proposals.
That probably wouldn't bankrupt the nation so much. It'd just be regular dumb, not special dumb.
Wait, what? I thought being bankrupt was pretty much a binary thing: you either are bankrupt, or you're not bankrupt.
She even supported his notion to reintroduce the Gold Standard, which will bankrupt our nation to Hell and back, like all of these lol-ibertarian proposals.
That probably wouldn't bankrupt the nation so much. It'd just be regular dumb, not special dumb.
Wait, what? I thought being bankrupt was pretty much a binary thing: you either are bankrupt, or you're not bankrupt.
I was being nice. Adopting the gold standard could not possibly bankrupt the US. Nor could anything. The gold standard would be very bad for the economy and for people. It wouldn't even be much of a problem for the US government I don't think.
Other than tradition, gold really no longer has meaning as a value storage and exchange medium. The lolbertarians say, "But gold is King! Gold is solid and real! Gold is nigh on indestructible!". It's also cumbersome and wide open to speculation bubbles and busts, as is any physical commodity. It's in the same general class as tulips and Beanie Babies, although it at least has many practical uses in industry and retail goods.
Any monetary system of economics and trade is based on a tacit social contract; a hard and fast cultural belief that money is a value unit worth trading for goods and services. Fiat currencies do have the vulnerability of their intrinsic value being tied to confidence levels in their issuing governments' reliability and transparency, as well as what ever degree of trust in the reliability of the nation's population to be productive and inventive in practical, constructive ways. Fiat currencies also leave a country vulnerable to economic sanctions more so that a gold standard would for that very reason. However, in this day and age, no nation is a true, self-sustaining island unto itself. Gold based or not, if a country chooses to not play fair on a level field, it will ultimately wither away. Witness the PDRK. It only "survives" on luck and black market dealings with the outside world. Should Putin continue down his crazy warpath, and fight sanctions with gold, the already tattered and breaking Russian economy will become even more chaotic; panic hoarding and speculative price gouging galore. The people will end up eating him alive.
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The value of gold, like any metal, depends on what people put into it. Gold has no intrinsic value, just a bunch of yellow metal.
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Here's a resized version.
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Would this be it?It might be.
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(http://oi57.tinypic.com/2umtf.jpg)I reserve the right to feel yucky when I see ugly people together. I do not reserve the right to outlaw their marriage. (or to say anything to them about it)
I see nothing wrong with May-December romances, as long as they're not predatory.
(http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/516/134/f47.jpg)That took me a second to get.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/u8Z1iVO.png[img]Are you sure this is the right thread?
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I know it's a bit dated, but it's still relevant.
I've never understood this double standard:
I've never understood this double standard:
Straight guys seem to like it when "lesbians" are doing things because "twice the women twice the HOT."
This interest ends when said guys learn that said "lesbians" DON'T want to have sex with males, though.
On the other hand, seeing two guys do anything remotely homosexual with each other... they tend to take it personally for some strange reason.
This might be a bit offbeat for this thread, but...In fairness, McDonald's seems to be planning to pay its employees better.
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This might be a bit offbeat for this thread, but...
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This might be a bit offbeat for this thread, but...
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My only problem with it is that even if you get a 4.0 GPA in high school through college, pick a good degree, and apply yourself, you're still pretty likely to get a minimum wage job at McDonalds (though that news about it seems interesting)
Next time somebody says something like that, I'm going to call them a Social Darwinist.My only problem with it is that even if you get a 4.0 GPA in high school through college, pick a good degree, and apply yourself, you're still pretty likely to get a minimum wage job at McDonalds (though that news about it seems interesting)
"Well, those students are just entitled shits who expect great jobs to be handed to them. They need to work their way up like everyone else, even if starting wages are worth shit, because they're worth shit. And if they never work their way up, they're obviously at fault for not trying hard enough."
Next time somebody says something like that, I'm going to call them a Social Darwinist.My only problem with it is that even if you get a 4.0 GPA in high school through college, pick a good degree, and apply yourself, you're still pretty likely to get a minimum wage job at McDonalds (though that news about it seems interesting)
"Well, those students are just entitled shits who expect great jobs to be handed to them. They need to work their way up like everyone else, even if starting wages are worth shit, because they're worth shit. And if they never work their way up, they're obviously at fault for not trying hard enough."
(http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/740/280/ebc.jpg)You know, I personally find full grown dogs more fun than small ones.
http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_933_the-28-most-infuriating-true-statistics-you-dont-know/
There's (as the link indicates) 28 of them, so I'm not posting them here.
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EDIT:
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That is one thing for which the Witnesses ought to get credit. They always make their depictions of Jesus at least somewhat accurate.
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Still not totally accurate, but at least it makes more sense than Jesus looking like a modern metalhead.
I've often thought that strong people in ye olden days would not look like today's strong people, because of a lack of protein in their diets. The d00ds in 300 shouldn't have looked like body-building machines, they should have looked like Kenyan runners. Cause they wanted endurance, not burst strength.Exactly. That's why I said "toned".
I've often thought that strong people in ye olden days would not look like today's strong people, because of a lack of protein in their diets. The d00ds in 300 shouldn't have looked like body-building machines, they should have looked like Kenyan runners. Cause they wanted endurance, not burst strength.Exactly. That's why I said "toned".
It's okay, buddy.I've often thought that strong people in ye olden days would not look like today's strong people, because of a lack of protein in their diets. The d00ds in 300 shouldn't have looked like body-building machines, they should have looked like Kenyan runners. Cause they wanted endurance, not burst strength.Exactly. That's why I said "toned".
Touche. I overreacted.
So, basically, you wouldn't want to go into a boxing match against the Lord and Saviour?(https://historymaniacmegan.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/137208_v1.jpg?w=241&h=300)
So, basically, you wouldn't want to go into a boxing match against the Lord and Saviour?
I love the cop next to him just smirking like hell.I ship it.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.
CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION!
CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION!!!!!
How fucking loud do we have to repeat the first goddamn line of the Bill of Rights before it gets to these assholes?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.
CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION!
CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION!!!!!
How fucking loud do we have to repeat the first goddamn line of the Bill of Rights before it gets to these assholes?
"But Christianity isn't a religion, it's a personal relationship with JEEZUS!"
So this is more "dumb signs altered to be awesome"...Picture isn't working and I can't open the link if I paste it in the browser either.(click to show/hide)
So this is more "dumb signs altered to be awesome"...Picture isn't working and I can't open the link if I paste it in the browser either.(click to show/hide)
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.
CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION!
CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION!!!!!
How fucking loud do we have to repeat the first goddamn line of the Bill of Rights before it gets to these assholes?
"But Christianity isn't a religion, it's a personal relationship with JEEZUS!"
Oh wait, I remember now, it'sYes, because all white Christians are homophobic. Next time, I'd like you to say "fundie sods", okay?HomophobiaHeterosexual Awareness Month! A special month where White Christian sods preach their open homophobia and persecution complex.
If you seriously believe a marriage is between a man and a woman, you are still a bigot. I'm not even sorry.
Oh wait, I remember now, it'sYes, because all white Christians are homophobic. Next time, I'd like you to say "fundie sods", okay?HomophobiaHeterosexual Awareness Month! A special month where White Christian sods preach their open homophobia and persecution complex.
If you seriously believe a marriage is between a man and a woman, you are still a bigot. I'm not even sorry.
Sorry. But his choice of words was a bit... unfortunate.Oh wait, I remember now, it'sYes, because all white Christians are homophobic. Next time, I'd like you to say "fundie sods", okay?HomophobiaHeterosexual Awareness Month! A special month where White Christian sods preach their open homophobia and persecution complex.
If you seriously believe a marriage is between a man and a woman, you are still a bigot. I'm not even sorry.
He never said all white Christians are homophobic. He was talking about White Christian sods. That is, sods that are White Christians.
Stop being so over-sensitive.
Well stop being a White Christian then.
Ironbite-try being Mexican.
I'm a trans-racial who suffers from automotive bipolarism!Well stop being a White Christian then.
Ironbite-try being Mexican.
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Sorry. But his choice of words was a bit... unfortunate.Oh wait, I remember now, it'sYes, because all white Christians are homophobic. Next time, I'd like you to say "fundie sods", okay?HomophobiaHeterosexual Awareness Month! A special month where White Christian sods preach their open homophobia and persecution complex.
If you seriously believe a marriage is between a man and a woman, you are still a bigot. I'm not even sorry.
He never said all white Christians are homophobic. He was talking about White Christian sods. That is, sods that are White Christians.
Stop being so over-sensitive.
That word is one of my triggers!Sorry. But his choice of words was a bit... unfortunate.Oh wait, I remember now, it'sYes, because all white Christians are homophobic. Next time, I'd like you to say "fundie sods", okay?HomophobiaHeterosexual Awareness Month! A special month where White Christian sods preach their open homophobia and persecution complex.
If you seriously believe a marriage is between a man and a woman, you are still a bigot. I'm not even sorry.
He never said all white Christians are homophobic. He was talking about White Christian sods. That is, sods that are White Christians.
Stop being so over-sensitive.
His choice of words was fine. Sods was qualifying enough.
Okay, I found out that sod originally meant "Sodomite", but it's now a kinder way of saying "idiot" or "bastard". It's quite funny because YHWH demanded the people of Sodom and Gomarrah be eradicated not for "buggery" but for being a bunch of pricks.That is funny.
I'm a trans-racial who suffers from automotive bipolarism!Well stop being a White Christian then.
Ironbite-try being Mexican.
Join Tumblr and adopt a new identity today!
I'm a trans-racial who suffers from automotive bipolarism!Well stop being a White Christian then.
Ironbite-try being Mexican.
Join Tumblr and adopt a new identity today!
No. It means I sometimes undergo severe personality changes when I drive.I'm a trans-racial who suffers from automotive bipolarism!Well stop being a White Christian then.
Ironbite-try being Mexican.
Join Tumblr and adopt a new identity today!
Automotive bipolarism? Is that where you sometimes turn the wheel left, but sometimes turn right?
No. It means I sometimes undergo severe personality changes when I drive.I'm a trans-racial who suffers from automotive bipolarism!Well stop being a White Christian then.
Ironbite-try being Mexican.
Join Tumblr and adopt a new identity today!
Automotive bipolarism? Is that where you sometimes turn the wheel left, but sometimes turn right?
If only more people understood.No. It means I sometimes undergo severe personality changes when I drive.I'm a trans-racial who suffers from automotive bipolarism!Well stop being a White Christian then.
Ironbite-try being Mexican.
Join Tumblr and adopt a new identity today!
Automotive bipolarism? Is that where you sometimes turn the wheel left, but sometimes turn right?
Oh, I've got like a terminal case of that. That is the absolute worst imaginary mental condition.
UP and Fred are sharing a joke. UP AND FRED ARE FUCKING BEING LEGITIMATELY FUNNY. What is this violation of the natural order?! Has someone checked the temperature in Hell?
UP and Fred are sharing a joke. UP AND FRED ARE FUCKING BEING LEGITIMATELY FUNNY. What is this violation of the natural order?! Has someone checked the temperature in Hell?
Oh, it already froze solid when Ironchew and I started agreeing with each other.
I don't think it can freeze anymore.
Actually it looks like a right angle.You think the idiots who draft these policies will care?
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#NotAllDucks(http://d3dsacqprgcsqh.cloudfront.net/photo/adNmYyj_700b_v1.jpg)
That duck is a hypocrite (see paragraph 3). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard#Breeding)
(http://d3dsacqprgcsqh.cloudfront.net/photo/adNmYyj_700b_v1.jpg[img][/quote][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard#Breeding]That duck is a hypocrite (see paragraph 3).[/url][/quote]I'm pretty sure that's the joke of Mallard image macros.[quote author=Ultimate Paragon link=topic=18.msg239710#msg239710 date=1405178563][img]http://oi58.tinypic.com/1zv2ya1.jpg)Eh, I'm not impressed.
Who's the anti-white racist now?
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Thank you for making this, Spuki.
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I might need some context for the above picture.
I might need some context for the above picture.
Detroit shut off water to over 100,000 people.
I really find it hard to believe that that many people didn't pay their water bill.
Ironbite-any reason for the shut off?
It never occurs to CEOs that they could just switch to green energy instead of oil. Same for the military hardware companies making sure that there's always a war, switch to auto-making or computers!
It's like they're evil psi-vampire aliens from R'yleth who literally subsist on human suffering!
WHAT?! I just asked a legitimate question! No naivete at all! I just don't understand. If it's all about making lots of money why not just get into the same business you're against?! Why the needless war, pollution & destruction. You can't enjoy you're wealth, coke & whores if you live in a wasteland!
WHAT?! I just asked a legitimate question! No naivete at all! I just don't understand. If it's all about making lots of money why not just get into the same business you're against?! Why the needless war, pollution & destruction. You can't enjoy you're wealth, coke & whores if you live in a wasteland!
Two reasons.
1. They still make MORE money this way.
2. (They think) the world won't be that bad until after they're dead, so, fuck you, got mine.
Exactly. They're stuck in their ways. But there's a Chinese proverb: "the tree that does not sway with the wind will be toppled". They'll have to change eventually. It's either that or oblivion.WHAT?! I just asked a legitimate question! No naivete at all! I just don't understand. If it's all about making lots of money why not just get into the same business you're against?! Why the needless war, pollution & destruction. You can't enjoy you're wealth, coke & whores if you live in a wasteland!
Two reasons.
1. They still make MORE money this way.
2. (They think) the world won't be that bad until after they're dead, so, fuck you, got mine.
It's often just a lot more mundane than that. These people are are involved in old well established businesses that have been doing things one way for an incredibly long time. They are not young adventurers, they are very careful, conservative people who have figured out a way to do things that works and it is only natural that they are going to do what they can to keep themselves in their comfort zone. To make matters worse, they tend to surround themselves with people who think like they do so the entire organization thinks one way which makes it even more resistant to change.
Green energy is a new scary unknown that they don't know how to deal with. They would have to learn an entirely new system, and, very importantly, they would have to play catch-up with organizations that are already experts in the field. Not only do they not know how to do this due to the nature of the organizations, but a good conservative tactician will not engage in a reckless head to head confrontation with a superior foe unless absolutely forced to so rather than learn and hope for the best they go with what they are good at.
Exactly. They're stuck in their ways. But there's a Chinese proverb: "the tree that does not sway with the wind will be toppled". They'll have to change eventually. It's either that or oblivion.WHAT?! I just asked a legitimate question! No naivete at all! I just don't understand. If it's all about making lots of money why not just get into the same business you're against?! Why the needless war, pollution & destruction. You can't enjoy you're wealth, coke & whores if you live in a wasteland!
Two reasons.
1. They still make MORE money this way.
2. (They think) the world won't be that bad until after they're dead, so, fuck you, got mine.
It's often just a lot more mundane than that. These people are are involved in old well established businesses that have been doing things one way for an incredibly long time. They are not young adventurers, they are very careful, conservative people who have figured out a way to do things that works and it is only natural that they are going to do what they can to keep themselves in their comfort zone. To make matters worse, they tend to surround themselves with people who think like they do so the entire organization thinks one way which makes it even more resistant to change.
Green energy is a new scary unknown that they don't know how to deal with. They would have to learn an entirely new system, and, very importantly, they would have to play catch-up with organizations that are already experts in the field. Not only do they not know how to do this due to the nature of the organizations, but a good conservative tactician will not engage in a reckless head to head confrontation with a superior foe unless absolutely forced to so rather than learn and hope for the best they go with what they are good at.
I do have a question. Why is Ironbite always so contrarian? Has Ironbite ever endorsed any hope & positive stuff?
You know, in Ancient Rome, a triumphant general had a servant standing behind him, saying "remember you will die". That kind of reminds me of Ironbite's role.
I think that would be a good idea.You know, in Ancient Rome, a triumphant general had a servant standing behind him, saying "remember you will die". That kind of reminds me of Ironbite's role.
We should institute a law for something similar, applied to politicians and anyone with the power to set policy in a company. Something like, "Are you sure that's a good idea?" A professional Devil's Advocate.
True. That said, I still believe in hope & humanity's better half.Unfortunately, all too many in the current business class seem to be too focused on the short-term. That, and the fact that they only care about lining their pockets. Say what you will about the 19th Century robber barons, but at least they were genuinely invested in their businesses. These guys, however, seem only concerned with enriching themselves as much as possible, and if their businesses collapse, they can just lazily drift to the ground on their golden parachutes.
But I agree with a "Devil's Advocate" for authority figures.
As for wee peons like ourselves, we need all the more we can get.
Also, I doubt the water protests will get the automotive companies back but it might start something.
I'm not sure but I'm hopeful.
Well, we'll vote the wingnuts out of office this Fall then PRESSURE them to to bring back manufacturing to America. They don't need to neglect India, China, etc. In fact, having more manufacturing in both the U.S. & those other countries would mean MORE money, wouldn't it? Why should it be "either or"?
There should be HUGE taxes for outsourcing. Or an amendment or act that states that if a company expands to other countries, they are not to close down the home branch! There must be some manufacturing here! If the CEOs are too el cheapo to pay the extra money for regulations & decent pay then they should be FORCED TOO!
We need an amendment to keep plants open here! I can't see why they can't just be open here & in other countries. More plants mean more money made!
True. That said, I still believe in hope & humanity's better half.Unfortunately, all too many in the current business class seem to be too focused on the short-term. That, and the fact that they only care about lining their pockets. Say what you will about the 19th Century robber barons, but at least they were genuinely invested in their businesses. These guys, however, seem only concerned with enriching themselves as much as possible, and if their businesses collapse, they can just lazily drift to the ground on their golden parachutes.
But I agree with a "Devil's Advocate" for authority figures.
As for wee peons like ourselves, we need all the more we can get.
Also, I doubt the water protests will get the automotive companies back but it might start something.
I'm not sure but I'm hopeful.
Well, we'll vote the wingnuts out of office this Fall then PRESSURE them to to bring back manufacturing to America. They don't need to neglect India, China, etc. In fact, having more manufacturing in both the U.S. & those other countries would mean MORE money, wouldn't it? Why should it be "either or"?
There should be HUGE taxes for outsourcing. Or an amendment or act that states that if a company expands to other countries, they are not to close down the home branch! There must be some manufacturing here! If the CEOs are too el cheapo to pay the extra money for regulations & decent pay then they should be FORCED TOO!
We need an amendment to keep plants open here! I can't see why they can't just be open here & in other countries. More plants mean more money made!
Of course, not all businesspeople are like this. Look at Warren Buffet, or W. Craig Jelinek. But there seems to be a depressingly large number of businesspeople who took all the wrong lessons from Oliver Stone's Wall Street.
I'm starting to think this explosion of regressivism is like a snake in its death throes.True. That said, I still believe in hope & humanity's better half.Unfortunately, all too many in the current business class seem to be too focused on the short-term. That, and the fact that they only care about lining their pockets. Say what you will about the 19th Century robber barons, but at least they were genuinely invested in their businesses. These guys, however, seem only concerned with enriching themselves as much as possible, and if their businesses collapse, they can just lazily drift to the ground on their golden parachutes.
But I agree with a "Devil's Advocate" for authority figures.
As for wee peons like ourselves, we need all the more we can get.
Also, I doubt the water protests will get the automotive companies back but it might start something.
I'm not sure but I'm hopeful.
Well, we'll vote the wingnuts out of office this Fall then PRESSURE them to to bring back manufacturing to America. They don't need to neglect India, China, etc. In fact, having more manufacturing in both the U.S. & those other countries would mean MORE money, wouldn't it? Why should it be "either or"?
There should be HUGE taxes for outsourcing. Or an amendment or act that states that if a company expands to other countries, they are not to close down the home branch! There must be some manufacturing here! If the CEOs are too el cheapo to pay the extra money for regulations & decent pay then they should be FORCED TOO!
We need an amendment to keep plants open here! I can't see why they can't just be open here & in other countries. More plants mean more money made!
Of course, not all businesspeople are like this. Look at Warren Buffet, or W. Craig Jelinek. But there seems to be a depressingly large number of businesspeople who took all the wrong lessons from Oliver Stone's Wall Street.
There needs to be a counter "Wall Street". One with a "Gordon Gecko" character who's uncool through & through and who fails miserably along with an "anti-Gecko" who's pure cool & is able to shrewdly surf the waves of the business world without being a psychopath.
I think the saying "Power Corrupts" is a poisonous saying that does more harm than good. It prevents good ethical people from seeking positions of wealth, power & influence.....things one needs in this day to make stuff happen. We need the enlightened on both "Powerful" & "Little Guy" fronts. However, people don't seek power, wealth & influence because they feel they will suddenly turn into pure evil. Frankly, for someone to be corrupted, they need to have had those tendencies deep within to begin with.
No, the saying SHOULD be "Power corrupts...but only if you let it".
And if the system won't change, start your own! I can't see why people can't start their own comic book/movie studio/music production company/etc. You'll be amazed what a bit of finesse, creativity, some software, the internet, fundraising, etc. can do.
Where there's a will, there's a way & traditional channel's aren't the only way to go.
The Digital/Cyber path is the future!
Most regressive are old & will die out soon.
Each generation is generally more progressive than the last.
This latest explosion of reactionaries will eventually die out....in fact it's a sign that progressivism is WORKING! It's like a medicated zit that explodes before it disappears. The backwards gunk is coming to a head so it can be wiped out.
I'm starting to think this explosion of regressivism is like a snake in its death throes.True. That said, I still believe in hope & humanity's better half.Unfortunately, all too many in the current business class seem to be too focused on the short-term. That, and the fact that they only care about lining their pockets. Say what you will about the 19th Century robber barons, but at least they were genuinely invested in their businesses. These guys, however, seem only concerned with enriching themselves as much as possible, and if their businesses collapse, they can just lazily drift to the ground on their golden parachutes.
But I agree with a "Devil's Advocate" for authority figures.
As for wee peons like ourselves, we need all the more we can get.
Also, I doubt the water protests will get the automotive companies back but it might start something.
I'm not sure but I'm hopeful.
Well, we'll vote the wingnuts out of office this Fall then PRESSURE them to to bring back manufacturing to America. They don't need to neglect India, China, etc. In fact, having more manufacturing in both the U.S. & those other countries would mean MORE money, wouldn't it? Why should it be "either or"?
There should be HUGE taxes for outsourcing. Or an amendment or act that states that if a company expands to other countries, they are not to close down the home branch! There must be some manufacturing here! If the CEOs are too el cheapo to pay the extra money for regulations & decent pay then they should be FORCED TOO!
We need an amendment to keep plants open here! I can't see why they can't just be open here & in other countries. More plants mean more money made!
Of course, not all businesspeople are like this. Look at Warren Buffet, or W. Craig Jelinek. But there seems to be a depressingly large number of businesspeople who took all the wrong lessons from Oliver Stone's Wall Street.
There needs to be a counter "Wall Street". One with a "Gordon Gecko" character who's uncool through & through and who fails miserably along with an "anti-Gecko" who's pure cool & is able to shrewdly surf the waves of the business world without being a psychopath.
I think the saying "Power Corrupts" is a poisonous saying that does more harm than good. It prevents good ethical people from seeking positions of wealth, power & influence.....things one needs in this day to make stuff happen. We need the enlightened on both "Powerful" & "Little Guy" fronts. However, people don't seek power, wealth & influence because they feel they will suddenly turn into pure evil. Frankly, for someone to be corrupted, they need to have had those tendencies deep within to begin with.
No, the saying SHOULD be "Power corrupts...but only if you let it".
And if the system won't change, start your own! I can't see why people can't start their own comic book/movie studio/music production company/etc. You'll be amazed what a bit of finesse, creativity, some software, the internet, fundraising, etc. can do.
Where there's a will, there's a way & traditional channel's aren't the only way to go.
The Digital/Cyber path is the future!
Most regressive are old & will die out soon.
Each generation is generally more progressive than the last.
This latest explosion of reactionaries will eventually die out....in fact it's a sign that progressivism is WORKING! It's like a medicated zit that explodes before it disappears. The backwards gunk is coming to a head so it can be wiped out.
Context?It's about Detroit's water shutoffs. Those affected are asking for help from others.
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Daddies can't cook without water either, although in fairness this may be adding needless complexity to the immediate argument.
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Daddies can't cook without water either, although in fairness this may be adding needless complexity to the immediate argument.
Let's be fair, though. What she said is, by all rights, true. Mothers cannot cook without water. The fact that fathers also cannot cook without water is unrelated to her statement.
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I never liked that Ben Franklin quote. What's so bad about preferring safety to freedom? Isn't it kind of contradictory to say you have to pick freedom over safety or you don't deserve either? "Everyone should be free to pick what they want, but you have to pick what I want you to pick." Yeah yeah I know that plenty of people make up threats to justify limiting others freedom, but if a genuine conflict does exist there's nothing wrong with saying "I'd rather be alive then free."
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Just one of many reasons I've been wanting to move to Northern Europe for a while now. Would our resident Finn care to disillusion me of the no-doubt rose-colored view I currently have?
Am I seeing a different picture or did you guys understand the picture from Cataclysm completely differently?
That is basically a parody of what the Libertards are saying. They complain about any power the goverment has (taxation=slavery claim is something that really makes me furious) but would allow corporations to have the same powers.
They want companies to be allowed to exploit workers (because if you work for company X then you should obey their rules or hit the road) and have total freedom from laws (some make exception for property laws or something I think) but bitch when goverments have any power over companies (because if you put your company in country X then you should obey their laws or hit the road or face punishment.)
#NotAllLibertariansAm I seeing a different picture or did you guys understand the picture from Cataclysm completely differently?
That is basically a parody of what the Libertards are saying. They complain about any power the goverment has (taxation=slavery claim is something that really makes me furious) but would allow corporations to have the same powers.
They want companies to be allowed to exploit workers (because if you work for company X then you should obey their rules or hit the road) and have total freedom from laws (some make exception for property laws or something I think) but bitch when goverments have any power over companies (because if you put your company in country X then you should obey their laws or hit the road or face punishment.)
INCOMING PRETENSION! BRACE FOR COVER!
While the man-god worshipers in the party may think that, the ones like me have little to no opposition to regulation. After all, the free market hallowed be it's name needs to policed in order to keep it fair for everyone.
Thus, I have no opposition as a Libertarian philosophe to regulation.
#NotAllLibertariansAm I seeing a different picture or did you guys understand the picture from Cataclysm completely differently?
That is basically a parody of what the Libertards are saying. They complain about any power the goverment has (taxation=slavery claim is something that really makes me furious) but would allow corporations to have the same powers.
They want companies to be allowed to exploit workers (because if you work for company X then you should obey their rules or hit the road) and have total freedom from laws (some make exception for property laws or something I think) but bitch when goverments have any power over companies (because if you put your company in country X then you should obey their laws or hit the road or face punishment.)
INCOMING PRETENSION! BRACE FOR COVER!
While the man-god worshipers in the party may think that, the ones like me have little to no opposition to regulation. After all, the free market hallowed be it's name needs to policed in order to keep it fair for everyone.
Thus, I have no opposition as a Libertarian philosophe to regulation.
#NotAllLibertariansAm I seeing a different picture or did you guys understand the picture from Cataclysm completely differently?
That is basically a parody of what the Libertards are saying. They complain about any power the goverment has (taxation=slavery claim is something that really makes me furious) but would allow corporations to have the same powers.
They want companies to be allowed to exploit workers (because if you work for company X then you should obey their rules or hit the road) and have total freedom from laws (some make exception for property laws or something I think) but bitch when goverments have any power over companies (because if you put your company in country X then you should obey their laws or hit the road or face punishment.)
INCOMING PRETENSION! BRACE FOR COVER!
While the man-god worshipers in the party may think that, the ones like me have little to no opposition to regulation. After all, the free market hallowed be it's name needs to policed in order to keep it fair for everyone.
Thus, I have no opposition as a Libertarian philosophe to regulation.
Says the one who has to pay taxes to the Protestants every quarter.
I don't know about you but from what I have seen the only reason not to live in the nordic countries is because they are covered in ice all the time.
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Just one of many reasons I've been wanting to move to Northern Europe for a while now. Would our resident Finn care to disillusion me of the no-doubt rose-colored view I currently have?
Seriously. At least its consistent year-round. Unlike Georgia, where in the summer its 90°F+ every day, and so humid I'm suprised people aren't drowning on the air, but it gets down to the low 20s in the winter on a semi-regular basis. And its still humid....Umm no.
Seriously. At least its consistent year-round. Unlike Georgia, where in the summer its 90°F+ every day, and so humid I'm suprised people aren't drowning on the air, but it gets down to the low 20s in the winter on a semi-regular basis. And its still humid....Umm no.
Finland can have temperatures as high as +30°C during summer or as low as -30°C per winter. The temperature variation is really big.
Which is a good thing in my mind. We actually get four separate seasons rather than "slightly warmer vs sligthly colder" or "warm and dry vs warm and rainy" etc.
Seriously. At least its consistent year-round. Unlike Georgia, where in the summer its 90°F+ every day, and so humid I'm suprised people aren't drowning on the air, but it gets down to the low 20s in the winter on a semi-regular basis. And its still humid....Umm no.
Finland can have temperatures as high as +30°C during summer or as low as -30°C per winter. The temperature variation is really big.
Which is a good thing in my mind. We actually get four separate seasons rather than "slightly warmer vs sligthly colder" or "warm and dry vs warm and rainy" etc.
-Finns may seem distant and rude due to small talk not being customary here.Oh man, that sounds like a dream come true. There are few things I find more tedious than small talk.
-Finns may seem distant and rude due to small talk not being customary here.Oh man, that sounds like a dream come true. There are few things I find more tedious than small talk.
Exactly how difficult is Finnish to learn for an English native speaker? Because assuming Finland is part of the EU (and I'm pretty sure it is), I'm now extremely temped to move there.
-We cook our meat rather than eat it raw. (This seems to be a sign of HERESY to the yankees.)
I will drink the blood of my prey, drinking the blood of the animal that YOU personally hunted and killed is a tradition.-We cook our meat rather than eat it raw. (This seems to be a sign of HERESY to the yankees.)
I was born and raised in the South, and yet I cringe every time someone orders a steak rare. I know its technically safe, but I always order my beef, at minimum, medium or medium-well. I don't mind consuming my own blood, since I had frequent nose bleeds as a child and am quite familiar with how my blood tastes, but the blood (or blood-looking fluid) of other critters? I'll pass, thank you. You can decry it as "carbonized" all you want, but when the prions come a-knocking, they'll be turning your brains into sponges, and not mine.
I will drink the blood of my prey, drinking the blood of the animal that YOU personally hunted and killed is a tradition.-We cook our meat rather than eat it raw. (This seems to be a sign of HERESY to the yankees.)
I was born and raised in the South, and yet I cringe every time someone orders a steak rare. I know its technically safe, but I always order my beef, at minimum, medium or medium-well. I don't mind consuming my own blood, since I had frequent nose bleeds as a child and am quite familiar with how my blood tastes, but the blood (or blood-looking fluid) of other critters? I'll pass, thank you. You can decry it as "carbonized" all you want, but when the prions come a-knocking, they'll be turning your brains into sponges, and not mine.
Cooking meat is ALSO A TRADITION. Yea, I also know that with proper hygienic handling and safety measures raw steaks aren't dangerous but I just prefer well cooked meat anyway. And the traditional cuisines have the meat well cooked. AND it is safer just in case somewhere down the line something went wrong with the hygienie or something.
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Not to shit on a good thing, but...am I the only one that saw the flag on the left there and immediately thought "that's one MASSIVE condom?"
Trojans weren't the ones inside the wooden horse.Not to shit on a good thing, but...am I the only one that saw the flag on the left there and immediately thought "that's one MASSIVE condom?"
you know trojans. Little guys in a disguise. I think that's why they adopted that symbol: passing as boneheads to better smack them, but that's pure speculation on my part. Still funny, though.
Trojans weren't the ones inside the wooden horse.Not to shit on a good thing, but...am I the only one that saw the flag on the left there and immediately thought "that's one MASSIVE condom?"
you know trojans. Little guys in a disguise. I think that's why they adopted that symbol: passing as boneheads to better smack them, but that's pure speculation on my part. Still funny, though.
While we're on the subject, let's talk about Ramses condoms. Who the hell names a birth control device after a guy who had over a hundred kids?
Trojans weren't the ones inside the wooden horse.Not to shit on a good thing, but...am I the only one that saw the flag on the left there and immediately thought "that's one MASSIVE condom?"
you know trojans. Little guys in a disguise. I think that's why they adopted that symbol: passing as boneheads to better smack them, but that's pure speculation on my part. Still funny, though.
I know, but for all intents and purposes, the rest of the world thinks so.
...Where do you live and what happened to the education system there?
...Where do you live and what happened to the education system there?
Southern France, where most people take 300 (the first movie) as a historical documentary. As for the education system, well... When you push math, physics, and biology under the guise that growing up to be an engineer is better than anything, you tend to get disastrously low results in subjects like history, french (and all other language courses), and anything cultural. Yeah, it's really too bad.
...Where do you live and what happened to the education system there?
Southern France, where most people take 300 (the first movie) as a historical documentary. As for the education system, well... When you push math, physics, and biology under the guise that growing up to be an engineer is better than anything, you tend to get disastrously low results in subjects like history, french (and all other language courses), and anything cultural. Yeah, it's really too bad.
Any seasoned Civ player can tell you that sacrificing culture for a purely science-and-tech approach is a bad play.
Wait, are you saying they're adding literacy and philosophy into science programs? I can understand literacy, that's important no matter where ya go, but PHILOSOPHY? Philosophy is about as close to the exact god damned opposite of science as you can get.You have mandatory philosophy classes to pass to get your baccalaureat (if you're in one of the "main" path, those being scientific, litterary or social-eco). I for one consider that a good thing, even though it's not always handled well.
Wait, are you saying they're adding literacy and philosophy into science programs? I can understand literacy, that's important no matter where ya go, but PHILOSOPHY? Philosophy is about as close to the exact god damned opposite of science as you can get.I can very well see how understanding for example epistemology and formal logic are useful to a scientist (or anyone for that matter).
Apologies, I must've misunderstood. When I hear "philosophy," I don't think science, I think navel gazing. Also, formal logic? Unless that's some special sort of logic I'm not aware of, the basics are usually covered in high school Algebra II courses and pretty much any science class you'd want to take. I...really don't understand why you'd need a college course, let alone a philosophy course, to teach you the rudiments of logic.
Wait, are you saying they're adding literacy and philosophy into science programs? I can understand literacy, that's important no matter where ya go, but PHILOSOPHY? Philosophy is about as close to the exact god damned opposite of science as you can get.
Apologies, I must've misunderstood. When I hear "philosophy," I don't think science, I think navel gazing. Also, formal logic? Unless that's some special sort of logic I'm not aware of, the basics are usually covered in high school Algebra II courses and pretty much any science class you'd want to take. I...really don't understand why you'd need a college course, let alone a philosophy course, to teach you the rudiments of logic.
Yeah, philosophy teaches you counterarguments to help along discourse. Too bad most teenagers go into rage-mode instead of debating.
Yeah, philosophy teaches you counterarguments to help along discourse. Too bad most teenagers go into rage-mode instead of debating.
I'm not a fan of the formal debate structure. It's not focused on who's closer to the truth; instead, it's about who presents their argument with more style. This is why we see creationists desperately trying to "destroy" evolution using formal debate -- techniques like the Gish gallop play on cognitive biases and attempt to force the opponent to focus on rapid-fire non-truths and a formal debate does nothing to address this. The only formats I've seen that address the Gish gallop are asymmetrical in nature (e.g. a call-in show) where a hopefully rational host can easily cut off the caller and force them to go one point at a time, not getting to present their whole argument if anything in it is blatantly false.
Science is the best tool we presently have to find the truths of nature, but it's hardly ever a performance art. The evidence and theories needed to overturn a consensus can't be presented in one debate but instead move along at the glacial pace of peer review, figuring out the math, and repeating experiments.
You don't *need* a college course to learn formal logic, but unless you had a math Nazi of an Algebra II instructor, I wouldn't expect most high schoolers (or really anyone except math and philosophy majors) to be writing out formal proofs using the notation of formal logic.
Not all philosophy is postmodern. Most of it has a similar rigor as math.
I dunno, in the top photo, the kid in the middle is pointing his gun at the kid to his left. Everyone could use a gun safety course, just in case.
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Perfectly agreeable. Except that it needs a big, fat "YET" in there, somewhere. Its only a matter of time.
Perfectly agreeable. Except that it needs a big, fat "YET" in there, somewhere. Its only a matter of time.
What energy source/propulsion method would you suggest that would get us all the way to another habitable star system? Granted that, how would you evacuate more than a tiny sliver of Earth's population?
For almost all of us, this is the only planet we've got.
Ya know, for someone so big on their own perceived intellect, you really need to work on your reading comprehension.
Ya know, for someone so big on their own perceived intellect, you really need to work on your reading comprehension.
I took issue with the "Its only a matter of time." part. It's entirely possible that we may never be able to evacuate the Earth. I figured you would be able to figure that out on your own, but hey, reading comprehension.
Ya know, for someone so big on their own perceived intellect, you really need to work on your reading comprehension.
I took issue with the "Its only a matter of time." part. It's entirely possible that we may never be able to evacuate the Earth. I figured you would be able to figure that out on your own, but hey, reading comprehension.
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You continue to make baseless assumptions. The only one I would agree with is Number 1, and the rest is utter bullshit. Please go back to your hole, where you and your plebian thoughts belong. And when you are ready for civilized discussion, come out.
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This #Gamergate stuff is confusing as balls.I have some reading material for you:
I have some reading materiel for you.https://isotropic.org/papers/chicken.pdf (https://isotropic.org/papers/chicken.pdf)This #Gamergate stuff is confusing as balls.I have some reading material for you:
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/gamergate (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/gamergate)
*snipped the NSFH part*
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From a Canadian...
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Trouble with that second one - those gears aligned like that? Won't turn.
(http://img-9gag-lol.9cache.com/photo/aBQ0xgD_700b.jpg)Ironically enough, those gears can't ever work, interacting as they are. Hidden message, maybe?
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The following needs to become a thing; People just need to stand up, stare, and walk right back outside whenever a group of these open carry morons enter a restaurant. It's political demonstration street theatre, ruined bypissing onmissing the point. It's like "exercising" your right to free speech by screaming about it in a movie theatre or at a funeral.
It's a perfect example of what is wrong in society here, lately - "I'm so right, that you are wrong, so fuck you. I got mine, and you can't have any". And by "any", they mean they don't care if they spoiled your lunch.
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http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Protest-global-warming-prevention-725075_500_333.jpgYour image wasn't showing (at least for me) but the link works. What are those (books? pamphlets?) that they have built the letters from?
Remember, a woman is only a slut if she'll have sex with people who aren't you.
*bangs head against wall*
Remember, a woman is only a slut if she'll have sex with people who aren't you.
*bangs head against wall*
No, no, the joke is, "A slut will sleep with anyone. A bitch will sleep with anyone but you."
Which is, I know, even worse.
There is an edit button, dude.
There is an edit button, dude.
Okay, sorry. Old habits die hard.
But anyway:
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Speaking of which:.
In fairness, I'm pretty sure most black men who get murdered are killed by other black men.
Speaking of which:.
In fairness, I'm pretty sure most black men who get murdered are killed by other black men.
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Just so you know that wasn't directed towards you, I just like it cuz it's a great response to the "black people kill themselves more often than cops do!" Talking point.
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(http://oi58.tinypic.com/14kazo6.jpg)If they left out the second line, it'd be great. We don't like people instrumentalizing their kids, why should pets be different?
Children will someday grow up and hold their own views, and should be allowed to develop them without brainwashing or fear of judgement. A dog will never hold political beliefs because he's a dog. Besides, indoctrinating your kids with your own worldview is much more likely to end horribly than putting a sign in your dog's mouth and giving him a treat so he'll sit still long enough for you to take a picture.(http://oi58.tinypic.com/14kazo6.jpg)If they left out the second line, it'd be great. We don't like people instrumentalizing their kids, why should pets be different?
Children will someday grow up and hold their own views, and should be allowed to develop them without brainwashing or fear of judgement. A dog will never hold political beliefs because he's a dog. Besides, indoctrinating your kids with your own worldview is much more likely to end horribly than putting a sign in your dog's mouth and giving him a treat so he'll sit still long enough for you to take a picture.(http://oi58.tinypic.com/14kazo6.jpg)If they left out the second line, it'd be great. We don't like people instrumentalizing their kids, why should pets be different?
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It might sound conspiracy-like, but it seems to me that conservative parties like to make their policies to temporarily quash GDP, depress stock prices and prime rates, cause layoffs from industries in the transition phase to greater automation, so that the one percenters can scoop up stocks and troubled businesses at deep discount prices. It only seems obvious when things go a bit overboard or they just fuck up, as happened when long term tax policies and lack of financial law enforcement occurred, leading to the crash of '08-'10.
Now that Kokoomus...
During this term we have had to cut expenses and raise taxes significantly. This tightening of the finance policies has also weakened the economical growth.
Finland has now tried stimulation for years. Since 2009 we have doubled our national debt from ca. 20 billion euros to ca. 100 billion euros. Despite that we are hanging around zero growth for the seventh consecutive year.I wonder if the situation in Greece and the rising pressure towards actual stimulation economics has anything to do with his... eh... shall we say new perspective. Fuck that party.
I get their point, but I think for a lot of people the answer is "yes" to both cases. Rape jokes aimed at men are not limited to prisoners.
I get their point, but I think for a lot of people the answer is "yes" to both cases. Rape jokes aimed at men are not limited to prisoners.
Indeed, but in my experience, I've found that prison rape jokes are considerably more common than man rape jokes, even among those supposedly more enlightened.
Um, Barb, those were the ones burning bras, getting Roe v Wade, and generally fighting for the rights you and I take for granted. Also, remember that was backlash to the hippies' general treatment of women.
Aren't the hippies the ones responsible for the nuclear power panic that's with us to this day?
And screwing us over on much more efficient and cleaner alternatives to shit-spewing dinosaur burner plants.
It's kinda like how birds are genetically similar enough to dinosaurs that they are still part of the same genus. (which means that chicken gyro I had a few minutes ago was a dinosaur gyro.)
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That's not how vaccines work.
Some vaccines are less effective than others, and a very tiny percentage of the population doesn't get vaccinated because of actual life-threatening reactions to the vaccine. Everyone has a chance of getting these diseases and that chance is higher because pathogens now have anti-vax reservoirs.
So no, they aren't perfectly fine. That's why anti-vax nuts are a public health problem.
I think that is what it was trying to say.-snip-
That's not how vaccines work.
Some vaccines are less effective than others, and a very tiny percentage of the population doesn't get vaccinated because of actual life-threatening reactions to the vaccine. Everyone has a chance of getting these diseases and that chance is higher because pathogens now have anti-vax reservoirs.
So no, they aren't perfectly fine. That's why anti-vax nuts are a public health problem.
I read that more as a screw you to the antivaxers. Know what? Me and millions like me have been vaccinated and we don't have any cancers or autism or whatever it is they're saying now.
Yes, that's straight from the book. No, it's not "consensual non-con".
With the Fifty Shades of Grey movie coming out soon, there are edited posters showing how awful and misogynistic the books are.
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Yes, that's straight from the book. No, it's not "consensual non-con".
With the Fifty Shades of Grey movie coming out soon, there are edited posters showing how awful and misogynistic the books are.
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Yes, that's straight from the book. No, it's not "consensual non-con".
Hm. On the one hand, there's nothing wrong with non-con porn (it's fiction, not like anyone is getting hurt). On the other, apparently the book is not trying to be non-con, it's trying to be BDSM and failing miserably.
On the metaphorical third hand, I don't intend to read the book, watch the movie, or otherwise interact with the thing at all, so why do I care?
Whatever Grey is supposed to be, he completely fails at it. If he's supposed to be a romantic hero, he's a terrible one because he's an awful person, a sexual predator who treats his girlfriend appallingly. He also completely fails at being charming. Really, Zapp Brannigan would make a better romantic male lead than him. If he's supposed to be a tortured soul, that doesn't work either because he's too unlikable to be sympathetic. The thing about the Byronic Hero is that you're supposed to like them, or failing that, at least feel sorry for them. And if he's supposed to be a villainous sadist, he's still not a very good one because, to put it bluntly, he's really not all that threatening. Luring a naïve doormat of a woman into an abusive relationship under the guise of BDSM is despicable, but he'd never have gotten anywhere if Ana had a brain and/or a spine. Ramsay Snow would kick his ass to the moon and back.
The only thing these books are any good for is a study-aid in how not to write.
Whatever Grey is supposed to be, he completely fails at it. If he's supposed to be a romantic hero, he's a terrible one because he's an awful person, a sexual predator who treats his girlfriend appallingly. He also completely fails at being charming. Really, Zapp Brannigan would make a better romantic male lead than him. If he's supposed to be a tortured soul, that doesn't work either because he's too unlikable to be sympathetic. The thing about the Byronic Hero is that you're supposed to like them, or failing that, at least feel sorry for them. And if he's supposed to be a villainous sadist, he's still not a very good one because, to put it bluntly, he's really not all that threatening. Luring a naïve doormat of a woman into an abusive relationship under the guise of BDSM is despicable, but he'd never have gotten anywhere if Ana had a brain and/or a spine. Ramsay Snow would kick his ass to the moon and back.
The only thing these books are any good for is as standard fanfiction.net fare.
Whatever Grey is supposed to be, he completely fails at it. If he's supposed to be a romantic hero, he's a terrible one because he's an awful person, a sexual predator who treats his girlfriend appallingly. He also completely fails at being charming. Really, Zapp Brannigan would make a better romantic male lead than him. If he's supposed to be a tortured soul, that doesn't work either because he's too unlikable to be sympathetic. The thing about the Byronic Hero is that you're supposed to like them, or failing that, at least feel sorry for them. And if he's supposed to be a villainous sadist, he's still not a very good one because, to put it bluntly, he's really not all that threatening. Luring a naïve doormat of a woman into an abusive relationship under the guise of BDSM is despicable, but he'd never have gotten anywhere if Ana had a brain and/or a spine. Ramsay Snow would kick his ass to the moon and back.
The only thing these books are any good for is a study-aid in how not to write.
That's probably BECAUSE it's a glorified Twilight fanfic. From what I understand, there's a lot of overlap between "Twilight moms" and women who like the "Fifty Shades" trilogy.That says several things about my grandmother.
Awww...I wanna snuggle him!
Shouldn't that be in the "Dumbest Protest Signs" thread?Yeah. Anyone who thinks that a housewife with children and no hired help isn't working at least equal hours to an office worker is divorced from reality. If the spouse with a wage job isn't helping with the chores even when at home it's even more work for her.
Shouldn't that be in the "Dumbest Protest Signs" thread?Yeah. Anyone who thinks that a housewife with children and no hired help isn't working at least equal hours to an office worker is divorced from reality. If the spouse with a wage job isn't helping with the chores even when at home it's even more work for her.
Shouldn't that be in the "Dumbest Protest Signs" thread?Yeah. Anyone who thinks that a housewife with children and no hired help isn't working at least equal hours to an office worker is divorced from reality. If the spouse with a wage job isn't helping with the chores even when at home it's even more work for her.
Anyone who thinks doing chores for 2 hours and playing video games and watching daytime television is equivalent hours to an office worker is divorced from reality.
My sister is a housewife. And let me tell you, you're the one divorced from reality.
My sister is a housewife. And let me tell you, you're the one divorced from reality.
Unless your sister is part of the quiverfull cult and pops babies every year, she has no real excuse to be a homemaker other than severe disabilities.
You know, that's really misogynistic. Then again, what do I expect from a eugenics supporter?
You know, that's really misogynistic. Then again, what do I expect from a eugenics supporter?
You're a misogynist for saying women staying home doing chore should get as much respect as women who grow up like adults and support their family financially.
So, pigeonholing and stereotyping women is feminist now? Must've missed the memo. If you think demeaning women for their own life choices is feminist, you're in desperate need of a reality check.
So, pigeonholing and stereotyping women is feminist now? Must've missed the memo. If you think demeaning women for their own life choices is feminist, you're in desperate need of a reality check.
If their life choices are poor then, yes they should be demeaned. If you think we should treat women like children and not call them out when they make decisions that causes their family to be less financially stable, and act as a poor role model to their children by being lazy and not getting a job, then they should be demeaned just like any man who makes poor decisions.
Peter Griffin: Gloria, this is my life partner, Lois.
Lois Griffin; I'm his wife.
Gloria Ironbachs: His "wife." Yes.
Gloria Ironbachs: Peter tells me you don't have a career of your own.
Lois Griffin: No.
Lois Griffin: Life outside my kitchen is so bright and scary.
Lois Griffin: I'm just here because you caught me between pregnancies.
Gloria Ironbachs: I'm sorry you're so hostile toward someone who's fighting so a woman like you can become more than just a housewife.
Lois Griffin: Oh, just a housewife?
Lois Griffin: Look, I'm all for equality but if you ask me, feminism is about choice.
Lois Griffin: I choose to be a wife and mother.
Lois Griffin: And now I'm choosing to end this conversation.
Cataclysm, have you ever spent a day at home alone with even one young child or baby? Do you and the guy who wrote that polemic against housewives think that little kids just hold still like plants and absorb food and knowledge from the Ether? What the fuck, dude. Running a household and being a stay home mother is exhausting, crazy-making hard work. Ask any stay-at-home dad, if you don't believe me.Silly non-libertarian, Cataclysm doesn't have time for that. He's too busy RAH RAH FIGHTING THE POWER of the "monopoly on force" to care about such things like children.
Would it still be a poor life choice if a man decided to be a stay-at-home dad?
Also, you're starting to sound really materialistic, what with your focus on earning money. Not everything revolves around the wallet. If you want to worship the Almighty Dollar, be my guest, but don't call other people "defective" for not centering their lives around their bank accounts.
And in my book, telling women what lifestyles are "acceptable" infantilizes them more than giving them freedom to choose what they want to do for a living. Why don't you read some Simone de Beauvoir?
Let me ask you something: have you ever tried being a homemaker? It's probably much harder than you think. Try it for a while, then talk to me about how "lazy" housewives are.
Although things have gotten better for most, typically in two income households, women also do the majority of child rearing work and household maintenance.
Although things have gotten better for most, typically in two income households, women also do the majority of child rearing work and household maintenance.
Well if some men's ego's weren't so fragile that they thought their balls would drop off if they cleaned the dishes this wouldn't be an issue.
FQA's been way too agreeable lately. It's good to see Cataclysm stirring shit up.Don't waste your time, I already made some Crackerjacks for the two of us.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go make buckets of popcorn.
Lexi, you're a fucking moron. Seriously, it's hilarious how unbelievably blind you are. You have no idea how difficult it is to take care of children on a daily fucking basis, along with maintaining a home. You know what kids do? They cry, shit everywhere, break furniture, eat everything, throw tantrums, shit some more, eat some more... the list is endless.
Do you know how expensive childcare is in the US? So expensive that returning to work is often utterly pointless for the mom because childcare costs would be roughly equal to what she's earning.
Maybe one parent plans to stay at home with the child until he enters school, at which point they will return to the workforce.
Whatever the reason, it's their goddamn choice.
Lexi, you're a fucking moron. Seriously, it's hilarious how unbelievably blind you are. You have no idea how difficult it is to take care of children on a daily fucking basis, along with maintaining a home. You know what kids do? They cry, shit everywhere, break furniture, eat everything, throw tantrums, shit some more, eat some more... the list is endless.
And yet working parents manage them as well as stay at home ones despite having a job.QuoteDo you know how expensive childcare is in the US? So expensive that returning to work is often utterly pointless for the mom because childcare costs would be roughly equal to what she's earning.
The average cost of Daycare is $11,666. The salary a full time minimum wage worker makes is $15,080 a year. Even if someone works minimum wage they still have enough money to cover daycare,. And even if it was the same cost, then they would still be making a net positive after the child goes to school for the next 13 years.
Ironically enough, it's people who have low incomes who are more likely to have two income houses since they need it to make ends meet.QuoteMaybe one parent plans to stay at home with the child until he enters school, at which point they will return to the workforce.
The post was clearly referring to those who stay at home even after the child doesn't need rearing.QuoteWhatever the reason, it's their goddamn choice.
A lot of actions are choices. Doesn't mean they're good ones.
Also there is evidence that it is better for the kids to be at home longer rather than being sent to kindergarten as soon as possible. Some people consider that the well being of their children is more valuable than money.
The average cost of Daycare is $11,666. The salary a full time minimum wage worker makes is $15,080 a year. Even if someone works minimum wage they still have enough money to cover daycare,. And even if it was the same cost, then they would still be making a net positive after the child goes to school for the next 13 years.
This is Lexi, dude. I remind you that this is a kid who thought keeping himself from going into puberty (or further into it, I forget which) was a good idea. Motherfucker's got a skull so thick it could be considered battleship plating.
I thought he had to joking when he first posted that thing. I can't believe this argument is seriously going on.This is Lexi, dude. I remind you that this is a kid who thought keeping himself from going into puberty (or further into it, I forget which) was a good idea. Motherfucker's got a skull so thick it could be considered battleship plating.
When and where was this? How do you even go about doing such a thing, and why?
I thought he had to joking when he first posted that thing. I can't believe this argument is seriously going on.This is Lexi, dude. I remind you that this is a kid who thought keeping himself from going into puberty (or further into it, I forget which) was a good idea. Motherfucker's got a skull so thick it could be considered battleship plating.
When and where was this? How do you even go about doing such a thing, and why?
This is Lexi, dude. I remind you that this is a kid who thought keeping himself from going into puberty (or further into it, I forget which) was a good idea. Motherfucker's got a skull so thick it could be considered battleship plating.
When and where was this? How do you even go about doing such a thing, and why?
Holy fuck I've never seen Cataclysm go this far up his own ass.
Holy fuck I've never seen Cataclysm go this far up his own ass.
Odd you find this worse than sterilizing prisoners. But then again you stated it would be best if people were unable to have children until they were willing and able, which might have been subtle agreement.
This is Lexi, dude. I remind you that this is a kid who thought keeping himself from going into puberty (or further into it, I forget which) was a good idea. Motherfucker's got a skull so thick it could be considered battleship plating.
When and where was this? How do you even go about doing such a thing, and why?
It was amongst his first posts on the old Proboards forum, when he was known as Lexikon. If memory serves, he basically wanted to use hormone blockers to stop his voice from becoming deeper, body hair from growing, and other such things oft associated with the advancement of puberty. Basically everyone told him that was a critically fucked up idea unless he was transgender (which I don't believe he is) and his posts on that topic, from then on, were basically "BUT, LEG HAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRR!," only with his trademark overly pompous, quasi-intellectual tone.
Well...until we drove him off about sugar.
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Meanwhile in the comment section half the people are bragging over how they are doing perfectly fine since they WORK FOR A LIVING rather than whine about needing "handouts" to survive and how "lions don't concern themselves with the opinions of sheep."
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Meanwhile in the comment section half the people are bragging over how they are doing perfectly fine since they WORK FOR A LIVING rather than whine about needing "handouts" to survive and how "lions don't concern themselves with the opinions of sheep."
Well, obviously they would need to have TWO jobs or should move in with someone or something.
Do they not realize that minimum wage counts as work?
That's somewhere between a very creative interpretation of "afford" and a lie, actually. This is a more complete analysis, (http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/04/lies-damned-lies-and-facebook-part-1-of-%E2%88%9E/) but the basic idea is that, for the purposes of that statistic, "afford" is defined as "be able to pay for rent using no more than 30% of your income". And it only counts one person's earnings when you're talking about a two-bedroom apartment. And it assumes average prices, while someone on minimum wage would be renting something on the lower end of the scale.Ah, didn't know that. Still, it means that single parent can't afford a sizeable apartment.
This is Lexi, dude. I remind you that this is a kid who thought keeping himself from going into puberty (or further into it, I forget which) was a good idea. Motherfucker's got a skull so thick it could be considered battleship plating.
When and where was this? How do you even go about doing such a thing, and why?
It was amongst his first posts on the old Proboards forum, when he was known as Lexikon. If memory serves, he basically wanted to use hormone blockers to stop his voice from becoming deeper, body hair from growing, and other such things oft associated with the advancement of puberty. Basically everyone told him that was a critically fucked up idea unless he was transgender (which I don't believe he is) and his posts on that topic, from then on, were basically "BUT, LEG HAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRR!," only with his trademark overly pompous, quasi-intellectual tone.
So he stunted his own growth? Well, that explains a lot.
Well, obviously they would need to have TWO jobs or should move in with someone or something.
Do they not realize that minimum wage counts as work?That's somewhere between a very creative interpretation of "afford" and a lie, actually. This is a more complete analysis, (http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/04/lies-damned-lies-and-facebook-part-1-of-%E2%88%9E/) but the basic idea is that, for the purposes of that statistic, "afford" is defined as "be able to pay for rent using no more than 30% of your income". And it only counts one person's earnings when you're talking about a two-bedroom apartment. And it assumes average prices, while someone on minimum wage would be renting something on the lower end of the scale.Ah, didn't know that. Still, it means that single parent can't afford a sizeable apartment.
...That reminds me that a buddies of mine can't get a loan for an apartment because according to the calculations the banks use they can't afford to pay it back, despite currently being able to pay even more money for the rental apartment they have... The banker tried to explain that they can't afford their current lifestyle and when proven wrong simply explained that they can't give the loan because they computer program disagrees with the reality.
Well, obviously they would need to have TWO jobs or should move in with someone or something.
Do they not realize that minimum wage counts as work?That's somewhere between a very creative interpretation of "afford" and a lie, actually. This is a more complete analysis, (http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/04/lies-damned-lies-and-facebook-part-1-of-%E2%88%9E/) but the basic idea is that, for the purposes of that statistic, "afford" is defined as "be able to pay for rent using no more than 30% of your income". And it only counts one person's earnings when you're talking about a two-bedroom apartment. And it assumes average prices, while someone on minimum wage would be renting something on the lower end of the scale.Ah, didn't know that. Still, it means that single parent can't afford a sizeable apartment.
...That reminds me that a buddies of mine can't get a loan for an apartment because according to the calculations the banks use they can't afford to pay it back, despite currently being able to pay even more money for the rental apartment they have... The banker tried to explain that they can't afford their current lifestyle and when proven wrong simply explained that they can't give the loan because they computer program disagrees with the reality.
GAH! It's like they don't want people to own homes!
But presumably most banks don't get money from renting apartments, and do get money from people taking out loans?
But presumably most banks don't get money from renting apartments, and do get money from people taking out loans?
This is true. However, apartments may have their own, far larger debts from which the banks get more money. Also, homes can end up being paid off, apartment rent is constant.
(Working mothers vs stay at home mom's crap that Cata was displaying ignorance on) The only other person on this board I would really like to hear from now is Mrs. Rookie. Prepare for legitimate righteous indignation from her.
Burn!
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uh.... what?
uh.... what?
Basically, it's a fairly accurate portrayal of the "white genocide" assholes.
I'm seeing that fucking rhetoric all over Twitter tonight. I'm so fucking sick of it. It really shows how completely out of touch white America is with the issues of race in this country.
And way to show that you're just as out of touch.
Here's the thing: NO ONE IS EXCUSING THE RIOTS. There is no justification. There is no one trying to offer a justification. You say "there can be an explanation for these riots, but there can be no justification." GOOD THING NO ONE SAID THERE WAS.
The people that repeat the "MLK didn't need to riot" rhetoric are out of touch because they don't care about the cause of the violence. Baltimore's mayor tried to give the protestors a "safe space to destroy property." The people don't want that. They want the police to STOP KILLING THEM.
The media is going on about "how will the community recover" and about the collateral damage and how horrible the violence is. You know what they're NOT talking about? The cause. WHY the people have taken to violence.
Don't sit there and lecture me about there being no excuse for the riots because I ALREADY FUCKING KNOW THAT.
Okay, so how many ounces will it take to prevent BPD from giving fatal or crippling "rough rides" in the paddy wagons ever again? That tradition with that PD goes back for decades. It's just one part of the toxic culture of BPD. Grey is just the latest victim they've murdered, and the first one to really get a lot of media attention - only because of residents with phone cameras initiating the focus. It's sure as shit not hard to understand why rage riots happen. Maybe whittle away and fire the entire PD over time and start over from scratch. Recruit vets from within the community to train at police academy. Just like Ferguson, BPD is a preponderantly white force policing a predominantly black city.
I'm of the opinion that a toxic PD is just the most obvious symptom of a corrupt/toxicFTFYlocalgovernment - the good ol' boy system devolved into it's penultimate form. Wealthy business people with ruthless contempt of the underclasses get elected, run the place into the ground via good old fashioned graft, and mold the police department into their praetorian guard.
Poverty, while not the only reason the situation has reached a boiling point, is a pretty big symptom of the problem black America faces.I know that, what I'm saying is that it's useless to focus on poverty if you don't fix institutionalize racism first.
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Actually, Staffies and Pits are different breeds and the bite strength Pits have is actually less (http://www.pbrc.net/mediacenter/mediaqa.html) than German Shepherds and Rottweilers.
Hey Barb, against my better judgment, is like to give you a ray of hope. Once upon a time German shepherds were getting this exact kind of treatment. Then it was doberman pinchers. After that, the rottweiler. Now it's the pit bull. Suburban housewives with nothing better to do will always be scared of perceived threats.Based on sheer numbers I see around here, I'm thinking Boxers might be the next ones. They're awesome dogs but so popular (if my corner of the world is any indication) that it is only a matter of time before the breed goes for a shit thanks to puppy mills. At that point they've got the size, power, and looks to make them public enemy number one because of a few bad apples.
Tl:Dr version: this too shall pass. It'll be another breed in a few years.
Hey Barb, against my better judgment, is like to give you a ray of hope. Once upon a time German shepherds were getting this exact kind of treatment. Then it was doberman pinchers. After that, the rottweiler. Now it's the pit bull. Suburban housewives with nothing better to do will always be scared of perceived threats.
Tl:Dr version: this too shall pass. It'll be another breed in a few years.
They don't see that. They see a poor little blonde haired girl mauled by the kind of dog the drug dealer had in the movies their husbands like. It's true that a "correct" pit (based on breed standards set forth by various dog enthusiast clubs, most notably the American Kennel Club) calls for a friendly dog who absolutely dotes on children. But let's be honest. You and I both know that ain't always the case. Popularity and the piss poor breeding practices it leads to have destroyed a reputation. But again, this too shall pass. Sanctimommy will move onto other issues du jour.
I want you to appreciate two facts. First good pit bulls are wonderful dogs. I've met so many pitties I wouldn't hesitate to call Good [dog's gender]. But I don't dig them. I'm more into hounds and bird dogs. Never had a pit, never will. But a beagle isn't for everyone. Nor a chessie nor a springer spaniel.
Second, I've never in my life worked this hard to make a nouveau hippie feel better. Ever.
But a beagle isn't for everyone.
But a beagle isn't for everyone.
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Noisy, willful, bed hogging little monsters who egg their younger brothers on so they get in trouble and just kiss you more when you say "eww, yuck! Doggie kisses."
Wouldn't change them for the world.
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Chairwoman Pao is going to kill Reddit.
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Chairwoman Pao is going to kill Reddit.
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Chairwoman Pao is going to kill Reddit.
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Chairwoman Pao is going to kill Reddit.
THANK YOU!
And any of these idiots who are complaining about the first amendment being violated, guess what. It doesn't extend to the cyberworld.
Ironbite-you're at the whims and wishes of a dictator known as the site owner.
Ok, I'm glad that got settled.(http://oi59.tinypic.com/20r79kk.jpg)(http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/a/ae/free_speech.png)
Chairwoman Pao is going to kill Reddit.
Actually, I did a little more research, and found out that it was (supposedly) being banned because of harassment and brigading. I guess that's fair... or it would be, if they also went after SRS. But they're not, so it's not.
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Have I mentioned that I hate Ted Nugent?
Ummmmmm.....?
Ummmmmm.....?
The point is that White Supremacists ramble on about how blacks are violent brutes, then proceed to threaten blacks & everyone else, including fellow whites who disagree with their bigotry with over-the-top violence.
Ummmmmm.....?
The point is that White Supremacists ramble on about how blacks are violent brutes, then proceed to threaten blacks & everyone else, including fellow whites who disagree with their bigotry with over-the-top violence.
Yeah, it's a meme dedicated to mocking White Nationalists, especially their doublethink.
Another example:
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(http://oi60.tinypic.com/2zs1g7a.jpg)Didn't the Confederate military have over 50% of their troops desert before the US civil war was over? And that is before counting the units that surrendered when the war ended.
But it's heritage!(http://www.thepaincomics.com/Heritage%20Not%20Hate.JPG)
re: the confederate flags.
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re: the confederate flags.
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How dare you all deny towel power!Do you know where your towel is?
How dare you all deny towel power!Do you know where your towel is?
"I know, let's compare just two things and claim causality without even thinking about all the other things that might affect them."
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The difference is that white power is pure hate, wheras black power is a response to an actual thing.
Malcom X was not Bull Connor.
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The difference is that white power is pure hate, wheras black power is a response to an actual thing.
Malcom X was not Bull Connor.
Because that completely justifies the Black Power movement's naked racism. Or the voter intimidation done by the New Black Panthers. Or the murders committed by the Nation of Islam.
He who fights monsters and all that...
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The difference is that white power is pure hate, wheras black power is a response to an actual thing.
Malcom X was not Bull Connor.
Because that completely justifies the Black Power movement's naked racism. Or the voter intimidation done by the New Black Panthers. Or the murders committed by the Nation of Islam.
He who fights monsters and all that...
Do you think the two groups are comparable?
That is - do you think the Black Panthers were as bad as the state of Alabama, or the FBI?
Obviously I mean the State as an institution - the State Government in the 1960s.
Would you consider the institutions of the FBI and the government of Alabama to be comparably bad to the Black Panthers? Whether or not they're exactly on par, do you think the two institutions broadly were similar and similarly bad? Your little meme seems to suggest so. Yes or no?
Obviously I mean the State as an institution - the State Government in the 1960s.
Would you consider the institutions of the FBI and the government of Alabama to be comparably bad to the Black Panthers? Whether or not they're exactly on par, do you think the two institutions broadly were similar and similarly bad? Your little meme seems to suggest so. Yes or no?
You're asking me to compare apples and oranges. Let me ask you this: do you think David Duke is as bad as Robert Mugabe?
Besides, it's talking about modern movements. The original Black Panthers aren't relevant anymore. You might as well be asking me about the Yippies.
70% of all racial hate crimes in the U.S. are committed but only 18 percent were committed against whites, to say that anti-white hate crimes are equally as pressing as anti-black hate crimes seems dishonest. In addition to that the Black Panthers are nowhere near as bad as the KKK as they never achieved the same body count or the same level of widespread terror.Obviously I mean the State as an institution - the State Government in the 1960s.
Would you consider the institutions of the FBI and the government of Alabama to be comparably bad to the Black Panthers? Whether or not they're exactly on par, do you think the two institutions broadly were similar and similarly bad? Your little meme seems to suggest so. Yes or no?
You're asking me to compare apples and oranges. Let me ask you this: do you think David Duke is as bad as Robert Mugabe?
Besides, it's talking about modern movements. The original Black Panthers aren't relevant anymore. You might as well be asking me about the Yippies.
70% of all racial hate crimes in the U.S. are committed but only 18 percent were committed against whites, to say that anti-white hate crimes are equally as pressing as anti-black hate crimes seems dishonest. In addition to that the Black Panthers are nowhere near as bad as the KKK as they never achieved the same body count or the same level of widespread terror. The meme also seems really corny, sure the message is fine but it presents it in a really bad way and sounds cheesy.Obviously I mean the State as an institution - the State Government in the 1960s.
Would you consider the institutions of the FBI and the government of Alabama to be comparably bad to the Black Panthers? Whether or not they're exactly on par, do you think the two institutions broadly were similar and similarly bad? Your little meme seems to suggest so. Yes or no?
You're asking me to compare apples and oranges. Let me ask you this: do you think David Duke is as bad as Robert Mugabe?
Besides, it's talking about modern movements. The original Black Panthers aren't relevant anymore. You might as well be asking me about the Yippies.
As for your question:
Would you say the prime minister of Estonia was ever comparable to Stalin's chef?
70% of all racial hate crimes in the U.S. are committed but only 18 percent were committed against whites, to say that anti-white hate crimes are equally as pressing as anti-black hate crimes seems dishonest. In addition to that the Black Panthers are nowhere near as bad as the KKK as they never achieved the same body count or the same level of widespread terror. The meme also seems really corny, sure the message is fine but it presents it in a really bad way and sounds cheesy.Obviously I mean the State as an institution - the State Government in the 1960s.
Would you consider the institutions of the FBI and the government of Alabama to be comparably bad to the Black Panthers? Whether or not they're exactly on par, do you think the two institutions broadly were similar and similarly bad? Your little meme seems to suggest so. Yes or no?
You're asking me to compare apples and oranges. Let me ask you this: do you think David Duke is as bad as Robert Mugabe?
Besides, it's talking about modern movements. The original Black Panthers aren't relevant anymore. You might as well be asking me about the Yippies.
As for your question:
Would you say the prime minister of Estonia was ever comparable to Stalin's chef?
You're missing the point. It's not about body counts, it's about division.
70% of all racial hate crimes in the U.S. are committed but only 18 percent were committed against whites, to say that anti-white hate crimes are equally as pressing as anti-black hate crimes seems dishonest. In addition to that the Black Panthers are nowhere near as bad as the KKK as they never achieved the same body count or the same level of widespread terror. The meme also seems really corny, sure the message is fine but it presents it in a really bad way and sounds cheesy.Obviously I mean the State as an institution - the State Government in the 1960s.
Would you consider the institutions of the FBI and the government of Alabama to be comparably bad to the Black Panthers? Whether or not they're exactly on par, do you think the two institutions broadly were similar and similarly bad? Your little meme seems to suggest so. Yes or no?
You're asking me to compare apples and oranges. Let me ask you this: do you think David Duke is as bad as Robert Mugabe?
Besides, it's talking about modern movements. The original Black Panthers aren't relevant anymore. You might as well be asking me about the Yippies.
As for your question:
Would you say the prime minister of Estonia was ever comparable to Stalin's chef?
You're missing the point. It's not about body counts, it's about division.
And which group is responsible for racism - its defenders Alabama, the FBI, parts of the Federal Government, etc - or people who, in fighting against it, act in a way that is strategically or morally imperfect?
Or are they both equivalently responsible for racism?
Racism long predates the founding of the United States. Your question is complete nonsense.They were reffering to racism in modern America, that should be pretty fucking obvious.
Racism long predates the founding of the United States. Your question is complete nonsense.They were reffering to racism in modern America, that should be pretty fucking obvious.
Racism long predates the founding of the United States. Your question is complete nonsense.They were reffering to racism in modern America, that should be pretty fucking obvious.
Considering how childishly simplistic Fred's views on race relations are, can you blame me for misunderstanding him?
And to answer his question, racism in American predates its independence.
If you want to blame anybody, blame the plantation owners who wanted cheap labor.
I blame elements of the establishment for perpetuating racism against non-whites, while I blame the Nation of Islam and similar groups for continuing anti-white racism.
Because both forms of racism have centuries-old roots, and both have blood on their hands. It's true that anti-white racism was caused by racism perpetrated against non-whites, but it accomplished nothing except feeding into "establishment racism". For example, Nat Turner's rebellion (which killed almost every white person it encountered) led to brand-new discriminatory laws against African-Americans, both free and enslaved. It's a vicious cycle, and you can't condemn one without condemning the other.
So, let's recap.
First you insult me in an attempt to be holier than thou and dodge the question. This fails due to a bunch of other people calling you on it.
Then you continue with another scam: deliberately misreading me.Racism long predates the founding of the United States. Your question is complete nonsense.They were reffering to racism in modern America, that should be pretty fucking obvious.
Considering how childishly simplistic Fred's views on race relations are, can you blame me for misunderstanding him?
And to answer his question, racism in American predates its independence.
Utterly and characteristically irrelevant.
QuoteIf you want to blame anybody, blame the plantation owners who wanted cheap labor.
Deliberate, intentional misunderstanding of my point.
QuoteI blame elements of the establishment for perpetuating racism against non-whites, while I blame the Nation of Islam and similar groups for continuing anti-white racism.
Both sides do it!
I'm sure those millions of white people kept in slavery by black people for three centuries by the threat and use of force suffered in your bizarro world just the same as the millions of black people in the real world.
This is insane false equivalence. Absolutely off the wall crazy.
QuoteBecause both forms of racism have centuries-old roots, and both have blood on their hands. It's true that anti-white racism was caused by racism perpetrated against non-whites, but it accomplished nothing except feeding into "establishment racism". For example, Nat Turner's rebellion (which killed almost every white person it encountered) led to brand-new discriminatory laws against African-Americans, both free and enslaved. It's a vicious cycle, and you can't condemn one without condemning the other.
You can't condemn Bull Connor and Richard Nixon without condemning the people who literally tried to prevent those people from doing the things that they did that were wrong.
Equally, you certainly can't blame the white British for murdering millions of Africans without blaming those Africans - equally! - for trying to stop them from doing that. Trying to prevent a crime is just as bad as committing it.
This is the clearest racist false equivalence I've seen on this site, and you should be ashamed of yourself.
Oh and you finish with a lie.
Absolutely great performance. 10/10. Couldn't have written it better myself.
Quote from: Lt. FredThis is insane false equivalence. Absolutely off the wall crazy.
I never said it was equal. Stop putting words in my mouth.
Thankyou Svata. This is what he does.
Edit to add: I also like the impression that Nat Turner killed a bunch of the people responsible for enslaving him out of racism. His beef wasn't with the colour of their skin, but this minor disagreement over whether or not he was a person. Same with Malcom X.
Fred? UP?
Could you two hatefuck and get it over with already?! The rest of the board is sick of your shit!
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i lol because fox doesn't get it.
That's not the nice way to form your hand for a "fisting", lube all you want, ouch!Pleb
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...I do wonder though. If two very drunk people have sex, which one is the rapist?
...I do wonder though. If two very drunk people have sex, which one is the rapist?
If persons A and B are drunk and A says no to sex but B forces themselves onto A then B is a rapist even though they were drunk.
If both A and B said yes to sex because they were so drunk but regret it later... That gets more difficult and I think it would be fair to say that both are equally to blame for a stupid decision.
The main deal about having sex with someone who is too drunk is that a sober person who is (presumably) able to think clearly makes a conscious choice to take advantage of a defenseless person. If both (or all in case of an orgy) people are completely wasted then it's not that clear (or at least it is not as easy to prove in court) that there is someone who decided to put another person into a defenseless state and take advantage of their vulnerability.
Furthermore, a person who is too drunk to even say no is generally unconscious. It's never a good idea to have sex with an unconscious person.Well, that one is obvious. But generally speaking if you get someone so drunk that they say yes (or "yessh") when they would not have done so while sober then it is still iffy. Some people complain about the "she was willing but then got regrets in the morning and accuses him of rape" but honestly I think there are cases where it really is rape even if she was barely conscious but not in proper set of mind (regardless of genders of the individuals involved.)
...I do wonder though. If two very drunk people have sex, which one is the rapist?
If persons A and B are drunk and A says no to sex but B forces themselves onto A then B is a rapist even though they were drunk.
If both A and B said yes to sex because they were so drunk but regret it later... That gets more difficult and I think it would be fair to say that both are equally to blame for a stupid decision.
The main deal about having sex with someone who is too drunk is that a sober person who is (presumably) able to think clearly makes a conscious choice to take advantage of a defenseless person. If both (or all in case of an orgy) people are completely wasted then it's not that clear (or at least it is not as easy to prove in court) that there is someone who decided to put another person into a defenseless state and take advantage of their vulnerability.
That's all very well and good, and I don't disagree with any part of this. But, focusing on that second situation, if both parties have willing but highly drunken sex, and both parties regret it once they sober up, isn't it the case that both parties are legally guilty of rape?
I guess it just depends on who decides to prosecute first, person A or person B.
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I prefer this image:
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I believe it's a picture of polio patients inside Iron lungs. Polio which has now almost been entirely eradicated due to vaccination.
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What is that an image of exactly? It looks interesting, but I dont understand anything about it, so it lacks any significance to me.
Really, it speaks for itself.
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A lot of people who got polio got it so bad that it basically paralyzed them to the point where they lost the ability to breathe on their own. They would be put in this Iron Lung contraption that would help them breathe.
Here's more about the Iron Lung....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_lung
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or, you know. civil disobedience, because if idiots are running the show, might as well live your life according to your moral compass rather than comply with unjust laws. something about free will and all that.
i only live by the laws that i deem just, not by all. else, i couldn't look myself in the mirror.
why do i drive according to the speed limit? because i deem any faster i could lose control of the vehicle, etc...
besides. all over the world, it really seems like voting for politicians is trying to choose which std is right for you. if you're fucked either way, might as well not force which pain you get over another.
oh, wait. it takes moral integrity to do that? guess we're all fucked, because it takes a bit of personnal introspection to do that, and most people don't have that kind of self-understanding.
or, you know. civil disobedience, because if idiots are running the show, might as well live your life according to your moral compass rather than comply with unjust laws. something about free will and all that.
i only live by the laws that i deem just, not by all. else, i couldn't look myself in the mirror.
why do i drive according to the speed limit? because i deem any faster i could lose control of the vehicle, etc...
besides. all over the world, it really seems like voting for politicians is trying to choose which std is right for you. if you're fucked either way, might as well not force which pain you get over another.
oh, wait. it takes moral integrity to do that? guess we're all fucked, because it takes a bit of personnal introspection to do that, and most people don't have that kind of self-understanding.
At this point it's easier to admit that you don't vote because you don't want to.
Digging around for the reason you're morally superior to the voting sheeple is increasingly absurd.
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An organization that is fighting against gay marriage set up this protest banner in front of a church (The Lutheran Church of Finland has officially stated that they are not on the side of these morons. Individual priests are divided with some openly supporting marriage equality and others against it but the organization itself variously keeps it mouth shut, talks about how Jesus told us to love anyone or state that they will obey the law of the land.)
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The text says that apparently according to this organization a "proper family has: Mother, Father, son and a hammerhead shark."
What the fuck do those symbols even mean
What the fuck do those symbols even mean
First one looks like it has goat horns... rights for trans goats!
What the fuck do those symbols even mean
What the fuck do those symbols even mean
I can figure it out, but to be honest, those symbols just look frightening.
Like something out of a bad hentai.
What the fuck do those symbols even mean
I can figure it out, but to be honest, those symbols just look frightening.
Like something out of a bad hentai.
Maybe the one on the left is for transgender people who were assigned male at birth and have a face-tentacle?
What the fuck do those symbols even mean
I can figure it out, but to be honest, those symbols just look frightening.
Like something out of a bad hentai.
Maybe the one on the left is for transgender people who were assigned male at birth and have a face-tentacle?
What the fuck do those symbols even mean
I can figure it out, but to be honest, those symbols just look frightening.
Like something out of a bad hentai.
Maybe the one on the left is for transgender people who were assigned male at birth and have a face-tentacle?
I see! Its clearly for the often marginalized trans*Cthulhu community.
Cthulhu / Nyarlathotep 2016
Why vote for the LESSER evil?
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...But, he's using the (other) N-word! Can they do that?
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Not really a protest sign, but THIS is how religious leaders should be. I know the Dalai Lama has his own regressive beliefs, but I think being willing to say "We might not have everything figured out and should embrace new discoveries" instead of "BELIEVE EVERYTHING IN THIS BOOK OR GO TO HELL!!!!1111ONEONE!!!" is a huge step up from most prominent religious leaders. Hell, he even willingly abdicated his position as the leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile in favor of a democratically-elected one, has said that he would be open to his followers electing his successor before he dies, rather than relying on the cycle of reincarnation and has said that if Tibet's independence is ever restored, the lamas shouldn't enjoy the political power they did before.
With the 2nd sign, a lot of the voter apathy is due the fact that people vote in people who don't want to even fucking govern from the get go and then they complain about nothing being done. I know, I've been there with the voter apathy, I wasn't even going to vote in the election last year, because of my apathy, until my friends guilt tripped me into doing so(turns out it felt good sticking it to the corporate Democrat Cuomo, and helping the Green party move up on the ballot in my state).
Another sign since the U.S. is gearing towards the 2016 Presidential election:
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The sign isn't really wrong.
This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have.
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hey, that's not fair! how is rookie gonna find the dog breed he wants without racial profiling?!
if somebody needs me, i'll be missing the point over there.
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hey, that's not fair! how is rookie gonna find the dog breed he wants without racial profiling?!
if somebody needs me, i'll be missing the point over there.
That dogs a pit bull, right? Lots of people want to write them off as savage, dangerous and uncontrollable, but they can be lovable pets if raised right.
It's the same concept. People and animals are being judged based on a stereotype.
The fact that the human victims are considered more important than the animals does not change the fact that both suffer due to the same reason and you can have sympathy for more than one group of victims at the same time.
It's the same concept. People and animals are being judged based on a stereotype.
The fact that the human victims are considered more important than the animals does not change the fact that both suffer due to the same reason and you can have sympathy for more than one group of victims at the same time.
I'm not trying to argue that there isn't an issue with stereotyping pit bulls. I just don't think the issue should be equated to racial violence and I think it's demeaning to victims of racial violence to do so. Regardless of them being similar in concept, there are major differences in importance.
The parallels most certainly are there. Honestly for the same reasons (environment/nurture). However the comparison does cheapen the human racial issue a bit.
Actually, you are closer to the truth than the image. "Racially" profiling dog breeds is different than doing it with humans since unlike humans the dogs have been artificially bred to have certain characteristics. The problem with pitbulls' reputation is that their breed characteristics are misunderstood, not the "profiling" in itself.(http://oi60.tinypic.com/chlie.jpg)
hey, that's not fair! how is rookie gonna find the dog breed he wants without racial profiling?!
if somebody needs me, i'll be missing the point over there.
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I think we all know that it is the Pomeranians that are truly to blame.
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I think we all know that it is the Pomeranians that are truly to blame.
No! It's those Chihuahuas! Those little bug-eyed yappy little stinkers are behind everything!
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I think we all know that it is the Pomeranians that are truly to blame.
No! It's those Chihuahuas! Those little bug-eyed yappy little stinkers are behind everything!
Seriously, who decided that Chihuahuas got promoted to "dog" from "mutated sewer rat"? Who made that decision?
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I think we all know that it is the Pomeranians that are truly to blame.
No! It's those Chihuahuas! Those little bug-eyed yappy little stinkers are behind everything!
Seriously, who decided that Chihuahuas got promoted to "dog" from "mutated sewer rat"? Who made that decision?
The Toltecs, I think.
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Seriously...most of the naturally sweetest dogs I've known have been from "dangerous" breeds. It's the yappy little lapdogs you have to watch.
Except for pugs. Pugs are awesome.
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What if I really hate Atheists, but I'm cool with the other four, can I still be a not-asshole?
What if I really hate Atheists, but I'm cool with the other four, can I still be a not-asshole?
What if I really hate Atheists, but I'm cool with the other four, can I still be a not-asshole?
Of course. It's one of those know-your-place-atheists kind of signs -- made in that finest tradition of telling uppity minorities to stop rocking the boat.
What if I really hate Atheists, but I'm cool with the other four, can I still be a not-asshole?
Of course. It's one of those know-your-place-atheists kind of signs -- made in that finest tradition of telling uppity minorities to stop rocking the boat.
Really? The sign doesn't seem to call any one group out. The worst interpretation I got out of this picture is that the poster is proud of themself for finding a way to feel superior to the Christians, the Jews, the Pagans, the Muslims, and the Atheists all at once.
What if I really hate Atheists, but I'm cool with the other four, can I still be a not-asshole?
Of course. It's one of those know-your-place-atheists kind of signs -- made in that finest tradition of telling uppity minorities to stop rocking the boat.
Really? The sign doesn't seem to call any one group out. The worst interpretation I got out of this picture is that the poster is proud of themself for finding a way to feel superior to the Christians, the Jews, the Pagans, the Muslims, and the Atheists all at once.
The problem is "not an asshole" all too often means not breaking existing social conventions. In the United States, at least, devout displays of religiosity are a social convention and atheists are supposed to sit there and nod their heads when it happens.
It's the kind of message that might sound nice unless you've experienced the flipside of that culture.
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*snip*
John Oliver's Last week tonight is an awesome show.
But the celebration is about the time when the settlers came in and took over the place. ...The fact that the natives welcomed them into the country without realizing that they signed their own death warrants just means that it is the perfect example for the racists who claim that liberals are doing the same now that Muslims are "invading" the west.*snip*
John Oliver's Last week tonight is an awesome show.
Thanksgiving was about cooperation between the settlers and the natives though...
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I never understood the war on christmas thing at all.
Shouldn't christians be against using the birth of Jesus as an excuse to sell crap in an orgy of commercialism? seems sacriligous to me.
I never understood the war on christmas thing at all.
Shouldn't christians be against using the birth of Jesus as an excuse to sell crap in an orgy of commercialism? seems sacriligous to me.
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What? That doesn't follow at all. There are more Africans and Asians that white people. Therefore do police kill more of them?
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What? That doesn't follow at all. There are more Africans and Asians that white people. Therefore do police kill more of them?
In America, it meant.
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What? That doesn't follow at all. There are more Africans and Asians that white people. Therefore do police kill more of them?
In America, it meant.
Yeah. If I remember right it is something like 10% of the population is black but they account for close to, but less than, 50% of the people killed by police. This doesn't stop some people with a very particular axe to grind from playing with numbers to point out that most of the victims are white.
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What? That doesn't follow at all. There are more Africans and Asians that white people. Therefore do police kill more of them?
In America, it meant.
Yeah. If I remember right it is something like 10% of the population is black but they account for close to, but less than, 50% of the people killed by police. This doesn't stop some people with a very particular axe to grind from playing with numbers to point out that most of the victims are white.
You mean like how about 10% of the US population is black but the account for somewhere around 40% of the violent crimes?
Or is posting inconvenient crime figures (https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-43) a hatecrime punishable by cyber-violence these days?
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What? That doesn't follow at all. There are more Africans and Asians that white people. Therefore do police kill more of them?
In America, it meant.
Yeah. If I remember right it is something like 10% of the population is black but they account for close to, but less than, 50% of the people killed by police. This doesn't stop some people with a very particular axe to grind from playing with numbers to point out that most of the victims are white.
You mean like how about 10% of the US population is black but the account for somewhere around 40% of the violent crimes?
Or is posting inconvenient crime figures (https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-43) a hatecrime punishable by cyber-violence these days?
~90% of genocides are committed by people who look like you. Perhaps we should shoot you on a street corner without trial?
Wanna try again?
- The alleged modern genocides committed by ethnic Africans in Africa don't erase systemic ethnic inequalities in the West.
- Crime statistics don't exist in a vacuum. The systemic, centuries-long disenfranchisement and marginalization of an ethnic group can logically lead to a larger number of the members of said group descending into crime or being tried for said crime more frequently than the privileged ethnic group precisely because of said marginalization (which is not to say that the marginalized ethnic group committing crimes is excusable or justified or that members of marginalized ethnic groups only commit crime because of their marginalization, just to nip that in the bud before it blossoms). Again, crime statistics don't exist in a vacuum.
- Contextless crime statistics aren't an argument for one ethnic group being inherently more violent than another one. By saying otherwise, one implies that arson, vandalism, sex offences, drunkenness and breaking liquor laws are inherent to the white condition in the USA (and by pulling other nations into it, one further implies that the same is true of all white people, everywhere).
- None of what I just wrote will stop TheContrarian from being a deliberately obtuse wanker.
Am I in the ballpark?
What about Bosnian genocide? Do the participants count as white/european ethnically? Honestly I'm not sure how people draw these lines, but it was a genocide and the victims were chosen by ethnicity and/or religion.
Funnily enough you decided to ignore the Bosnian genocide while talking about shifting goals.What about Bosnian genocide? Do the participants count as white/european ethnically? Honestly I'm not sure how people draw these lines, but it was a genocide and the victims were chosen by ethnicity and/or religion.
I'm not actually convinced Serbia is a real thing. I think it's an elaborate practical joke Russians have been playing on the world since about 1448.
Funnily enough you decided to ignore the Bosnian genocide while talking about shifting goals.What about Bosnian genocide? Do the participants count as white/european ethnically? Honestly I'm not sure how people draw these lines, but it was a genocide and the victims were chosen by ethnicity and/or religion.
I'm not actually convinced Serbia is a real thing. I think it's an elaborate practical joke Russians have been playing on the world since about 1448.
Yep. The troubles. Obviously genocide.
I mean put it side by side with Rwanda, Sierra Leone and the war in the Congo and you can see the immediate similarity. ^_^
Yep. The troubles. Obviously genocide.
I mean put it side by side with Rwanda, Sierra Leone and the war in the Congo and you can see the immediate similarity. ^_^
pardon my latin, but in a stricto sensu definition of genocide, it is the targetting of victims based both on race, origin, and religious beliefs. meaning that by a technicality, the troubles count, since it was targetting the irish by the irish, based on their faith. hell, it's that technicality that allowed the nazis to indiscriminately target ashkenazi, sefardic, falasha, and other ethnicities of jews.
i'll give you that race was not the primary factor in the troubles, thus my questionning it based both on political and religious reasons, as others have said before me.
also, i'm not gonna expound on it, but have we mentionned the armenian genocide here, yet? just out of curiosity and completionism.
Yep. The troubles. Obviously genocide.
I mean put it side by side with Rwanda, Sierra Leone and the war in the Congo and you can see the immediate similarity. ^_^
pardon my latin, but in a stricto sensu definition of genocide, it is the targetting of victims based both on race, origin, and religious beliefs. meaning that by a technicality, the troubles count, since it was targetting the irish by the irish, based on their faith. hell, it's that technicality that allowed the nazis to indiscriminately target ashkenazi, sefardic, falasha, and other ethnicities of jews.
i'll give you that race was not the primary factor in the troubles, thus my questionning it based both on political and religious reasons, as others have said before me.
also, i'm not gonna expound on it, but have we mentionned the armenian genocide here, yet? just out of curiosity and completionism.
1. If you suddenly decide to classify every period of sectarian violence in history as genocide your list becomes so long as to basically become meaningless.
2. The initial accusation was that white people commit 90% of all genocides. Ottoman Turks are now...white? Bit of a stretch, why don't we include the rape of the nanking aswell if we're going for completionism eh?
Yep. The troubles. Obviously genocide.
I mean put it side by side with Rwanda, Sierra Leone and the war in the Congo and you can see the immediate similarity. ^_^
pardon my latin, but in a stricto sensu definition of genocide, it is the targetting of victims based both on race, origin, and religious beliefs. meaning that by a technicality, the troubles count, since it was targetting the irish by the irish, based on their faith. hell, it's that technicality that allowed the nazis to indiscriminately target ashkenazi, sefardic, falasha, and other ethnicities of jews.
i'll give you that race was not the primary factor in the troubles, thus my questionning it based both on political and religious reasons, as others have said before me.
also, i'm not gonna expound on it, but have we mentionned the armenian genocide here, yet? just out of curiosity and completionism.
1. If you suddenly decide to classify every period of sectarian violence in history as genocide your list becomes so long as to basically become meaningless.
2. The initial accusation was that white people commit 90% of all genocides. Ottoman Turks are now...white? Bit of a stretch, why don't we include the rape of the nanking aswell if we're going for completionism eh?
1. i never said that. i didn't stress the point that for a genocide to occur, the be-all end-all goal is to kill as many as possible. the crusades weren't a genocide. there was a goal behind it. the killing of europeans/muslims was incidental.
2. once again, i believe you misinterpreted a remark. there was a mention of "90% of genocides are committed by people that resemble you", but once again, i insist that that was a general "you". meaning that no, there's no "90% of genocides are committed by whites"(assuming you're white), more like "90% of genocides are committed by people that look alike/share a background/culture". at least, that's what i'm talking about. i don't know for the rest of the board. so based on my interpretation, the troubles counts (irish vs. irish), rwanda counts (hutu vs. tutsi), and nazis count sort of (in the case of the ashkenazi).
but since you brought up the rape of nanking, it's asian vs. asian (granted, not chinese vs. chinese, but vs. japanese). i believe the 90% figure is a pidooma, but there is an undeniable pattern. off the top of my head, the only counter-example i can think of is regarding native americans. there's more i'm sure, but let's face it, i'm only giving this discussion cursory interest.
There is the point that "white" only refers to pale Caucasians of northern European ancestry. Turks are most assuredly included in the old school description of the Caucasian Group of "races", just like the Persians/Iranians, the Greeks and Italians, Semites, and peoples from northern India (who were thought to have migrated there from the Steppes).
2. The initial accusation was that white people commit 90% of all genocides. Ottoman Turks are now...white? Bit of a stretch, why don't we include the rape of the nanking aswell if we're going for completionism eh?
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What? That doesn't follow at all. There are more Africans and Asians that white people. Therefore do police kill more of them?
In America, it meant.
Yeah. If I remember right it is something like 10% of the population is black but they account for close to, but less than, 50% of the people killed by police. This doesn't stop some people with a very particular axe to grind from playing with numbers to point out that most of the victims are white.
You mean like how about 10% of the US population is black but the account for somewhere around 40% of the violent crimes?
Or is posting inconvenient crime figures (https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-43) a hatecrime punishable by cyber-violence these days?
~90% of genocides are committed by people who look like you. Perhaps we should shoot you on a street corner without trial?
Nothing much since my great-grandad's generation.
There's been a fair few in african nations since independence though.
Wanna try again?
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The Facebook group isn't exactly sane, but the sign is still spot on.
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I don't fully agree with every part of it, but I'm to this day baffled by how so many Republicans sincerely think Trump believes everything he says despite a history of supporting both sides when it suits him.
And I'd accept even a weirdly worded law that says it is illegal to be named Martin Shkreli as long as it hurts him on most conceivable levels.
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I'd say the point of contention here isn't "organizations are mandated to pay the water bills of everyone in need" but rather "if you actually gave a shit about the people, you'd give them the charity without imposing a condition they may not even be able to follow".
Aren't things like tofu and beans generally cheaper than meat?I'd say the point of contention here isn't "organizations are mandated to pay the water bills of everyone in need" but rather "if you actually gave a shit about the people, you'd give them the charity without imposing a condition they may not even be able to follow".
Exactly. Let's keep in mind that going vegan and staying healthy, especially if you're not a meticulous planner about it, can be really expensive. Possibly significantly more expensive than just paying the water bill yourself. And that's not even bringing in how you'd monitor such a promise... like, if PETA dug through your trash and found an empty bacon wrapper, would they then suspend the payments? How would you even keep track of that?
Aren't things like tofu and beans generally cheaper than meat?I'd say the point of contention here isn't "organizations are mandated to pay the water bills of everyone in need" but rather "if you actually gave a shit about the people, you'd give them the charity without imposing a condition they may not even be able to follow".
Exactly. Let's keep in mind that going vegan and staying healthy, especially if you're not a meticulous planner about it, can be really expensive. Possibly significantly more expensive than just paying the water bill yourself. And that's not even bringing in how you'd monitor such a promise... like, if PETA dug through your trash and found an empty bacon wrapper, would they then suspend the payments? How would you even keep track of that?
Not sure about dairy goods.
I'd say the point of contention here isn't "organizations are mandated to pay the water bills of everyone in need" but rather "if you actually gave a shit about the people, you'd give them the charity without imposing a condition they may not even be able to follow".
I'd say the point of contention here isn't "organizations are mandated to pay the water bills of everyone in need" but rather "if you actually gave a shit about the people, you'd give them the charity without imposing a condition they may not even be able to follow".
You can give a shit about people and about other things, though?
I mean, PETA's job is to turn as many people into vegans as possible (among other things). If someone hears of this offer and can't or don't want to accept it, then they are no worse than before. If someone hears of this offer and can and want to accept it, then they and PETA are both better off.
...so what's the bad part?
I'd say the point of contention here isn't "organizations are mandated to pay the water bills of everyone in need" but rather "if you actually gave a shit about the people, you'd give them the charity without imposing a condition they may not even be able to follow".
You can give a shit about people and about other things, though?
I mean, PETA's job is to turn as many people into vegans as possible (among other things). If someone hears of this offer and can't or don't want to accept it, then they are no worse than before. If someone hears of this offer and can and want to accept it, then they and PETA are both better off.
...so what's the bad part?
The part where PETA takes advantage of a bad situation to force people to go vegan. Once you get thirsty enough, you don't have a choice.
It shows that PETA doesn't actually give a shit about the people of Flint. They only want vegan converts. I don't see anything wrong with them helping people while encouraging them to go vegan because, well, regardless of methods, that is their goal here, but as is, they're effective holding the water hostage with a ransom of "conform to our lifestyles or else you have to choose between thirst and drinking lead water."
PETA, as usual, are just being opportunistic dicks and exploiting an unrelated tragedy to further their agenda with the full knowledge that they won't actually have to lift a finger or write a cheque to help anyone because the hurdle to receive their help is too high.I'm more convinced that they are utterly out of touch with the economical realities of the poor people. Hanlon's razor.
PETA, as usual, are just being opportunistic dicks and exploiting an unrelated tragedy to further their agenda with the full knowledge that they won't actually have to lift a finger or write a cheque to help anyone because the hurdle to receive their help is too high.I'm more convinced that they are utterly out of touch with the economical realities of the poor people. Hanlon's razor.
PETA, as usual, are just being opportunistic dicks and exploiting an unrelated tragedy to further their agenda with the full knowledge that they won't actually have to lift a finger or write a cheque to help anyone because the hurdle to receive their help is too high.I'm more convinced that they are utterly out of touch with the economical realities of the poor people. Hanlon's razor.
When the bulk of their publicity campaigns seem to center around shock and anger the public for the sake of raising awareness of the cause, and they have a demonstrated history of genocidal levels of callousness (notably in regards to the animals they are 'protecting') I'm not so sure it's a simple case of Hanlon's razor.
Just for the record: He got thrown out of the event because...Working heart, brain and/or spine?
I suppose it is possible that he blocked a fire exit tackled people to the ground and tried to strangle someone with his underwear but it is also possible that simply not supporting hatred was a reason enough to get rid of him. It would of course be immature to assume the worst out of people like Trump without having enough evidence to support these claims...Just for the record: He got thrown out of the event because...Working heart, brain and/or spine?
I've gotta get to work but just a quick MOD action:
And for the rest of you:
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Enough with the joke, the jury is still out whether Lana is just UP dogding ban again but focus on the debate rather than the person.
I am really torn by the Nazi getting punched in the face. My position on violence has fluctuated over the years and generally I am against it but I can't help the visceral humour I find in seeing that Nazi cuck punched. There are videos of him getting punched to various songs including Hollaback Girl, Won't get fooled again and Ode to joy.
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I fully support educating people about consent, but "teach men not to rape" is wrongheaded and counterproductive.
1. Falsely assumes that every man is a rapistEr, how?
unless taught otherwise.
2. Teaches people not to defend themselvesHow does it do this again?
from predators.
Forces male rape victims to be "taught" notHTELF? (How The Ever Loving Fuck)
to rape.
4. Erases female rapists and abusers.How does "Steve don't rape" = "Suzie, rape away"?
5. Assumes that rapists will change whenUh huh. (http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/vio.2014.0022?journalCode=vio)
they're reminded it's illegal to rape, which
they already know.
6. Blames all men for rape.How?
7. Enforces an idea of paranoia and hysteriaThe idea of teaching dudes to respect boundaries makes women more prone to paranoia, OK!
in women.
8. Teaches women to look down upon men.HOW MOTHERFUCKER, EXPLAIN YOURSELF. FU. CK. ING. HOW???!!!
Richard Spencer, what a cuck.
Because its a neo-Nazi...? Seriously this isn't like hitting a Republican, its hitting a person that, if they either had the balls or opportunity, would happily become a bonafide, active domestic terrorist.
QuoteRichard Spencer, what a cuck.
Nope, nope, nope. Don't use violence, even against scum like Spencer. Because when you do, you a) put yourself on the wrong side of the law, b) beget violence in return, and c) are admitting that you can't win an argument with him on the merits and have to resort to violence to shut him up. And you a) want to be on the right side of the law, b) don't want them committing violence against you and your supporters, and c) can defeat Spencer or any of his asshole cronies in an argument on the merits.
And anyway, what if you reverse the roles and it's someone you respect being belted by a neo-Nazi? Are you going to laugh at it then? No? Then why are you laughing at it now?
QuoteRichard Spencer, what a cuck.
Nope, nope, nope. Don't use violence, even against scum like Spencer. Because when you do, you a) put yourself on the wrong side of the law, b) beget violence in return, and c) are admitting that you can't win an argument with him on the merits and have to resort to violence to shut him up. And you a) want to be on the right side of the law, b) don't want them committing violence against you and your supporters, and c) can defeat Spencer or any of his asshole cronies in an argument on the merits.
And anyway, what if you reverse the roles and it's someone you respect being belted by a neo-Nazi? Are you going to laugh at it then? No? Then why are you laughing at it now?
What Ravy said. Plus, go back over what I said. I specifically said that I do not condone violence, but why waste a golden opportunity to ridicule Spencer in front of his followers and potential followers? Authoritarians do not stop being authoritarians because of facts or reasoning (see: 2016 Presidential elections). However, authoritarians really like to give off the appearance of being normal and like everyone else. Therefore, when authoritarian views (like Spencer's) are ridiculed, shunned, and dismissed, or when he is made to look like a fool, then it dissuades those would may otherwise be inclined to give credence to his nazi-propaganda. So, while I do not condone that violence, I will happily laugh and contribute to making him a meme.
are admitting that you can't win an argument with him on the merits and have to resort to violence to shut him up.
And anyway, what if you reverse the roles and it's someone you respect being belted by a neo-Nazi?
c) can defeat Spencer or any of his asshole cronies in an argument on the merits.
1. Unfortunately, white nationalism has, in the US, been legitimized already. The Overton window has shifted. The aim of argument is to delegitimize it.
2. Authoritarians are violent, but by punching Richard Spencer, they no longer have to invent fig leaves of justification for their violence. They have a real grievance to which they can point and say, "See? They're the violent ones! We're just defending ourselves!" Never make your opponent the victim, especially when they're already predisposed to violence.
3. See point 1. Mock their nonsense, ridicule their insanity, shoot down all their bullshit, and shift the Overton window so that their odious views are outside it again. Punching them doesn't accomplish any of that, and instead allows them to make themselves look morally equivalent, if not superior, to you.
1. Unfortunately, white nationalism has, in the US, been legitimized already. The Overton window has shifted. The aim of argument is to delegitimize it.
2. Authoritarians are violent, but by punching Richard Spencer, they no longer have to invent fig leaves of justification for their violence. They have a real grievance to which they can point and say, "See? They're the violent ones! We're just defending ourselves!" Never make your opponent the victim, especially when they're already predisposed to violence.
3. See point 1. Mock their nonsense, ridicule their insanity, shoot down all their bullshit, and shift the Overton window so that their odious views are outside it again. Punching them doesn't accomplish any of that, and instead allows them to make themselves look morally equivalent, if not superior, to you.
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I oppose unnecessary violence and this was not a situation that required violence.
1. Unfortunately, white nationalism has, in the US, been legitimized already. The Overton window has shifted. The aim of argument is to delegitimize it.
2. Authoritarians are violent, but by punching Richard Spencer, they no longer have to invent fig leaves of justification for their violence. They have a real grievance to which they can point and say, "See? They're the violent ones! We're just defending ourselves!" Never make your opponent the victim, especially when they're already predisposed to violence.
3. See point 1. Mock their nonsense, ridicule their insanity, shoot down all their bullshit, and shift the Overton window so that their odious views are outside it again. Punching them doesn't accomplish any of that, and instead allows them to make themselves look morally equivalent, if not superior, to you.
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I oppose unnecessary violence and this was not a situation that required violence.
To clarify, I think we can say violence is bad, while making fun of him in every way possible to delegitimize him in front of followers and potential followers. Using this instance (which we did not wish for, but fell into our hands), and making a meme out of it, is simply a way to humiliate him and make him look weak in front of people who may be inclined to follow him.
1. Unfortunately, white nationalism has, in the US, been legitimized already. The Overton window has shifted. The aim of argument is to delegitimize it.
2. Authoritarians are violent, but by punching Richard Spencer, they no longer have to invent fig leaves of justification for their violence. They have a real grievance to which they can point and say, "See? They're the violent ones! We're just defending ourselves!" Never make your opponent the victim, especially when they're already predisposed to violence.
3. See point 1. Mock their nonsense, ridicule their insanity, shoot down all their bullshit, and shift the Overton window so that their odious views are outside it again. Punching them doesn't accomplish any of that, and instead allows them to make themselves look morally equivalent, if not superior, to you.
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I oppose unnecessary violence and this was not a situation that required violence.
To clarify, I think we can say violence is bad, while making fun of him in every way possible to delegitimize him in front of followers and potential followers. Using this instance (which we did not wish for, but fell into our hands), and making a meme out of it, is simply a way to humiliate him and make him look weak in front of people who may be inclined to follow him.
Or it creates sympathy for him and makes us look like the bad guys for cheering assault--and I hope that whoever it was who punched Richard Spencer is charged and prosecuted. I'd rather humiliate him--and his movement--in ways that do not involve blatantly illegal acts.
1. Unfortunately, white nationalism has, in the US, been legitimized already. The Overton window has shifted. The aim of argument is to delegitimize it.
2. Authoritarians are violent, but by punching Richard Spencer, they no longer have to invent fig leaves of justification for their violence. They have a real grievance to which they can point and say, "See? They're the violent ones! We're just defending ourselves!" Never make your opponent the victim, especially when they're already predisposed to violence.
3. See point 1. Mock their nonsense, ridicule their insanity, shoot down all their bullshit, and shift the Overton window so that their odious views are outside it again. Punching them doesn't accomplish any of that, and instead allows them to make themselves look morally equivalent, if not superior, to you.
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I oppose unnecessary violence and this was not a situation that required violence.
To clarify, I think we can say violence is bad, while making fun of him in every way possible to delegitimize him in front of followers and potential followers. Using this instance (which we did not wish for, but fell into our hands), and making a meme out of it, is simply a way to humiliate him and make him look weak in front of people who may be inclined to follow him.
Or it creates sympathy for him and makes us look like the bad guys for cheering assault--and I hope that whoever it was who punched Richard Spencer is charged and prosecuted. I'd rather humiliate him--and his movement--in ways that do not involve blatantly illegal acts.
Yeah, read The Authoritarians. They don't sympathize well, and they really look for a strong guy to say "Look at me, I'm loud and strong." I lurked on some alt-right sites, and they're tearing into him pretty hard for not Ramboing out on the assailant.
But yes, I agree that the assailant ought be prosecuted.
There are situations that call for.violence. Spencer's vile beliefs alone aren't one of them.I'm not saying I disagree with you... but when is the right time to get violent towards neo-nazis?
At least we agree that there's no easy answer here, I guess...I think we can all agree Shia LaBeouf's shuttdown of this little Nazi twerp was awesome to the infinite power. And he didn't even have to use his fists.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised, since the very idea behind FSTDT epitomizes "educated liberal" smugness to an almost caricatural extent. Don't get me wrong, back at the height of its notoriety during the Bush-era heydays of religious conservatism, this attitude used to be in tune with the rising tide of public opinion, most particularly among the mob of primarily nerdy young white males that is Internet culture.
I'm not sure the same can be said today. I would even so as far as to say that the pendulum has flung far to the other side, with our nerd-cred intellectual-superiority rhetorical mojo beingstolenreclaimed first by vacuous Internet personalities such as Amazing Atheist or Thunderf00t, then by a topical variety of reactionary hate mobs, before finally condensing between the hands of literal fascists.
Yes, I'm going there. As far as I am concerned, the alt-right is nothing more than a dark, twisted mockery of the decaying "rationalist" community, of the very kind of smug self-satisfied assholes that we used to be... and, to a large extent, still are.
I think the best course of action is to stand up to these types, but don't get violent unless they start.Lana, for once I agree with you 100%.
promoting non-nazi ideologies and politics is just as powerful
LeTipex, replace neo-Nazi with a commie in your rant and think about it. And then try replacing it with a Muslim or Jew and think some more.
Of course. More specifically, though, it basically grew out of /pol/, who modeled it after a mixture of /b/ and LessWrong. FSTDT is also closely related to LW, and other mockery sites like NotAlwaysRight.
I'm not sure where you get the idea that the leftiesphere has gotten less smug over the years, though. The most you can say is that it's less influential. Still pretty self-satisfied.
I will write more after work but I just want you all to know that
a) I still stand by my ridiculously high standards of when I will support violence.
b) Trump just crossed that line by saying that he is going to bring back torture and illegal CIA prisons.
b) Trump just crossed that line by saying that he is going to bring back torture and illegal CIA prisons.
More than the punch my beef is with the current theme of "Nazis cannot be won over with words or reasoned with they must be destroyed" theme when I have seen examples of the opposite.
Besides, punching a Nazi in the facec in USA is silly simply because you could always say that you "felt threatened by them and were in fear of your life" and shoot them in the face.
With a gun.
Such as those that you are allowed to bear and shoot thanks to 2nd amendment and stand your ground laws. (Try to find a lawyer who can claim that Neo-Nazis are not a threat, I dare you.)
Pointing out that this is corporate welfare, that raising the minimum wage would eliminate this problem, and that Walmart spends a fraction of those profits on lobbying the government to keep the food stamp program going.
Hilarity to follow.
Pointing out that this is corporate welfare, that raising the minimum wage would eliminate this problem, and that Walmart spends a fraction of those profits on lobbying the government to keep the food stamp program going.
Hilarity to follow.
Don't raise the minimum wage. Walmart just raises the prices of everything when you do that, and it basically just causes inflation.
Walmart might, but other businesses don't necessarily, which would drive consumers away from Walmart and toward other businesses, thus forcing Walmart to lower its prices to recapture those customers.
Walmart might, but other businesses don't necessarily, which would drive consumers away from Walmart and toward other businesses, thus forcing Walmart to lower its prices to recapture those customers.
That's the theory. The practice is that everybody raises their prices, because everybody is already operating at a satisfactory profit margin, and they don't want it to drop.
Except that a unilateral decrease in prices by one retailer will lead consumers to shop there in preference to other stores, so that its volume of sales makes up for any decrease in profit on any individual sale,
forcing all other retailers to drop prices to compete and recover lost customers and profits.
In the long term, once all the other retailers drop the prices to match yours, the result is that everyone's getting the same volume of sales at lower profit margins. Business people aren't stupid; they're already running at the profit margins they want to run at before the minimum wage hike. If they were willing to go at a lower profit margin, they would have already done so before.Prices do indeed rise with minimum wage increases, but not quite at the 1:1 ratio you seem to think it does. Overall, it does result in a higher share of wealth for the lower classes. History has shown that time and time again, not to mention it's why businesses fight tooth and nail against minimum wage increases. If minimum wage hikes did indeed make no difference to their profit margins, then you could raise it to six figures for all they care.
then you could raise it to six figures for all they care.
then you could raise it to six figures for all they care.
Heeelllloooo Weimar-style inflation!
On punching Nazis: http://thoughtsonthedead.com/on-the-propriety-of-punching-nazis-an-faq/ (http://thoughtsonthedead.com/on-the-propriety-of-punching-nazis-an-faq/)
What if you think you’re punching a Nazi, but you just hit a white guy with a shitty haircut?
Run.
2) "We" didn't stop killing Germans after world war two ended (at least depending on the definition of we). Mass Expulsions of German Civilians from Poland. Czechoslovakia and other parts of Eastern Europe saw the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. Plus you've got all the unjustifiable stuff that happened during the war (bombings, Japanese internment etc). That a mindset of "our enemies are just evil so any violence on our part is justified" can led you to do horrible things is very well supported by history.
Oliver follows through with his stunts. Like the time he bought a huge amount of student loans and forgave them all.
Oliver follows through with his stunts. Like the time he bought a huge amount of student loans and forgave them all.Or the time he proved how easy it is to get a religious tax exemption... by successfully getting his studio declared a church (Our Lady of Perpetual Exemptions, with first Mega-Reverend Oliver).
Oliver follows through with his stunts. Like the time he bought a huge amount of student loans and forgave them all.
Wasn't that medical debt, some of which was already past the date by which it could, by law, be collected?
I assumed this had only gone viral locally, but I guess it's gone global now. Kinda surreal.
It's one of the busiest intersections outside of the downtowns, it's on the light rail line, and it's a heavily poor & minority neighborhood, so this was well-placed.
Oliver follows through with his stunts. Like the time he bought a huge amount of student loans and forgave them all.Or the time he proved how easy it is to get a religious tax exemption... by successfully getting his studio declared a church (Our Lady of Perpetual Exemptions, with first Mega-Reverend Oliver).