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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
It's actually an old one, I think. Or a weather app.
And the weather app, yes. Apparently the app references the group, so that’s interesting.
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One Winged Egret
While "Attack and Dethrone God" is the obvious winner for hilarity, I'm not actually sure why identifying and organizing the victim class is supposed to be a clearly bad thing that their viewers will be repulsed by.
Unless "identify" is meant in the most sarcastic way possible?
Edited by Clarste on Jun 5th 2020 at 11:24:32 AM
The “victim class” is people they don’t like, and I believe the guy was being sarcastic when he said “victim”.
He said police racism was a Communist thing, it’s not much of a leap if he thinks systemic racism is Communist as well. Since the U.S. is not communist, clearly systemic and police racism do not exist, therefore the “victim” class are not victims at all.
Edit: Checking back, the guy said “police racism then (in the 1960s) and police racism now is a phony issue”. So he just thinks it doesn’t exist. Again, I wouldn’t be surprised if he thinks systemic racism doesn’t exist as well. Same line of thought at the end, though - systemic and police racism do not exist, therefore the “victim” class are not victims.
Edited by Altris on Jun 5th 2020 at 11:35:11 AM
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This isn't the first time they've done something like this. The other one I remember was when they were trying to make AOC to be some type of bogeyman, but all the things they (correctly, might I add) said she wanted were all unambiguously good lol
someone pointed out that the whole thing could read like a death metal song.
Destroy capitalism,
Systemic racism,
Police racism,
Identify the victim classes,
Organize the victim classes,
Engage!
In international solidarity,
With the global movement,
Attack!
And dethrone god!
- Load dishwasher
- Destroy capitalism
- Identify the victim
- Be the victim
- vacuum
- Organize the victim
- Laundry
- Attack and dethrone God
- Water garden
- Unload dishwasher
- Engage in International solidarity
- Bake cupcakes?
- Soros stuff
Edited by megaeliz on Jun 6th 2020 at 2:07:31 PM
Happiness is a cup of tea
I've seen a bunch of people referencing Kirby with the "Attack and Dethrone God" bit lol.
Somebody once told me the world was macaroni, I took a bite out of a tree
He does end up killing a bunch of things that could be considered gods, yes.
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This Won't End Well...
...you know, I'm beginning to wonder if Trump regrets being president since Month 1...
Yep, I'm still here.
Possibly, but if he does, he probably holds a rally or tweets out something to get his ego boosted by his fans until the feeling passes.
Edited by nova92 on Jun 6th 2020 at 4:40:07 AM
Oh, bother.
Trump's very much a Hates the Job, Loves the Limelight type of person. He doesn't want to do any of the actual work, but he loves the prestige of being POTUS. That's why he golfs as much as possible. The only part of the job he genuinely enjoys are the rallies.
Edited by M84 on Jun 6th 2020 at 7:31:28 PM
Disgusted, but not surprised
Face me now, Bitch!
@ astrokitty: I referenced Asura myself.
Also JRPG's are referenced a lot, too. For somewhat obvious reasons.
Watch Symphogear
So apparently we live in Shin Megami Tensei, now.
Dibs on Shiva.
Redmess
Yeah, this is just using chemical weapons, no more, no less, and it should be banned.
Oh, and it makes the effects of coronavirus worse as well.
Scientists know little about how CS affects the general public. The most comprehensive studies were conducted by the US military on thousands of recruits who were exposed to tear gas during training exercises. Afterward, it left them at higher risk for contracting influenza, pneumonia, bronchitis and other respiratory illnesses.
The soldiers were generally healthier than the average person, with fewer underlying conditions like asthma or heart disease. Studies of civilians in Turkey found that people who are repeatedly exposed to tear gas are more likely to have chronic bronchitis or chest pains and coughing that can last for weeks. It may also be linked to miscarriages.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, severe tear gas poisoning, particularly if the gas was released in an enclosed space — can blind or kill people through chemical burns and respiratory failure. Prisoners with respiratory conditions have died after inhaling tear gas in poorly ventilated areas. On Wednesday, an inmate at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn died after guards sprayed him with pepper spray, another kind of tear gas that causes similar health effects as CS.
Edited by Redmess on Jun 6th 2020 at 2:57:33 PM
Optimism is a duty.
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That seems pretty obvious: COVID-19's most serious symptoms are caused not by the virus itself but by the immune system's overreaction to it. Tear gas and other irritants also provoke inflammatory responses and would aggravate those symptoms.
As for Lindsey Graham, I am not at all shocked, nor even surprised, but this seems a little too good to be true. I was going to post about it but thought better due to what I felt was the risk of spreading rumors, but that ship has clearly sailed. If it is true... man. It would be ironic for him to lose his job because of homophobic white men.
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I'm waiting for a reputable news source to carry it. Once burned twice shy.
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Redmess
Its insane that this stuff that is banned for international warfare gets used for riot control.
Edited by Redmess on Jun 6th 2020 at 2:59:57 PM
Optimism is a duty.
Oh, bother.
And it is used everywhere for crowd control.
Disgusted, but not surprised
Redmess
And given how it causes people to tear off their masks and cough violently, it is going to spread coronavirus like wildfire amongst those crowds.
Optimism is a duty.
The way police use chemical agents has a lot of issues, but that they’re “banned for war” isn’t one of them. Expanding bullets are similarly banned, yet they’re used by pretty much every kind of armed law enforcement worldwide due to the fact that they’re less likely to overpenetrate. As it happens, the same treaty that banned tear gas in warfare has language specifically permitting it for domestic use.
The issue isn’t that police are using tear gas and other chemical agents, the issue is how they’re using them. They’re doing so indiscriminately, and often in ways that pose a risk of serious, permanent bodily harm to the people they’re using them on, such as spraying mace in people’s eyes at point blank range or hitting them directly with a gas grenade. Chemical agents have a role in law enforcement, but only if they’re used appropriately.
They should have sent a poet.
Tear gas is banned in warfare not because it's considered excessively dangerous or cruel, but because it could easily lead to actual WMD deployment in the confusion of battle.
That said, it and other less lethal domestic policing weapons have serious issues. But I'm not sure what the alternatives are at this point, said options have their place. They are just being misused now.
Edited by Rationalinsanity on Jun 6th 2020 at 10:34:08 AM
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Redmess
You don't see a problem with using a chemical weapon on civilians that would be a war crime if you used it on soldiers during war?
Also, like the article notes, this stuff has a lot of collateral damage on non-protesters as well.
Edited by Redmess on Jun 6th 2020 at 3:22:36 PM
Optimism is a duty.
I think tear gas is better than guns. I support the greater proliferation of non-lethal weapons.
I don't think tear gas should be used on peaceful protestors.
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