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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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The so called "Greatest Generation" had found that something. In fact, it had the same effect on most of the Western world, including the Soviet Block. Especially the Soviet Block.
I finally understand. It all makes sense now.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.That's it in a nutshell. These dopes believe themselves to be John Wayne and are really upset when the banditos don't show up at High Noon for their heroic shootout scene.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"That too. They want Obama to personally drive out to their neighborhood with an army of tanks and a million black helicopters behind him, blaring the words "SURRENDER ALL FIREARMS OR BE DESTROYED" from their sirens. They want to tell their grandchildren about the day they heroically defeated Obama bin Laden's tyrannical hordes and defended freedom at the 11th hour, when the pussy Democrats had already rolled over and surrendered to the new king.
edited 12th Jan '16 2:07:23 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Conspiracy Theorists had a narrative that since FEMA was the agency responsible for managing catastrophic events and preparing the mass graves and such, they'd be able to push an executive order able to trump over the legislative and judiciary to enforce any draconian measure the president or whoever is pulling the strings want.
Also the conspiracy theorists usually claim FEMA would stage an event like a major disease outbreak as a cover for their covert neutering of the "resistance" nuttbags would form.
But like any other conspiracy theory, the FEMA focus doesn't make much sense beyond how scary they can be.
Like people who claim the HAARP is a secret super weapon able to cause earthquakes, hurricanes and down airliners.
edited 12th Jan '16 2:12:13 PM by AngelusNox
Inter arma enim silent legesIf the government was controlling the population with a super-secret mind control device, they wouldn't be letting people posit elaborate theories about the government's super-secret mind control device.
The thing about the First Amendment is that it actually undermines most people's attempts to accuse the government of violating it.
edited 12th Jan '16 2:25:52 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I keep imagining these types of douches showing up in Washington armed for Obama's last few days in office, claiming that any minute he's gonna issue an executive order suspending democracy to make himself president for life. Then when Obama doesn't do that and leaves they'll claim responsibility for stopping him, which will just embolden them to be even more obnoxious in the future.
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I'm starting to worry about these guys. They were offering to leave if the town asked them to, but then the town started asking them to in droves and they retracted the offer. They are no longer pretending to abide by the wishes of the people whose land they're occupying.
They're also being ridiculed by care packages filled with dildos, which is hilarious but also worrisome because humiliation tends to exacerbate a problem, not resolve it. This is not going at all the way they planned but they may be too deep in the Sunk Costs Fallacy to just give up and go home. I don't know if their pride will allow them to just go, "My bad. We fucked up. We're leaving."
This might get worse before it gets better.
edited 12th Jan '16 5:00:49 PM by TobiasDrake
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Yep, but of course we can't really do anything major lest we kick off a domestic insurgency.
Oh really when?