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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #601 on: May 31, 2020, 12:33:40 AM »
some dipfuck attacked the crowd with a sword and i think they killed him
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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #603 on: May 31, 2020, 12:35:43 AM »
Honestly it’s a statistical miracle that gun violence has been restricted to shots heard at various locations, you’d think that someone, somewhere would have done something.

a lot of times there are people that get shot at these things but you don't end up hearing about it till later when the media has moved on. with bullets flying you don't usually know what happened till someone is down, and then they're quickly rushed away to a hospital
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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #605 on: May 31, 2020, 12:39:50 AM »
if you want a useless peaceful protest then stay the fuck home and work on a dance off flash mob or something
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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #607 on: May 31, 2020, 12:45:15 AM »
some dipfuck attacked the crowd with a sword and i think they killed him
He's alive. He was knocked out.

https://twitter.com/BriMalandro/status/1266947129387421696

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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #608 on: May 31, 2020, 12:46:13 AM »
some dipfuck attacked the crowd with a sword and i think they killed him

He's alive

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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #613 on: May 31, 2020, 01:04:42 AM »
After watching that video of a guy chasing a teenager around while swinging a sword I can safely say that qualifies as a meltdown

at this point I have to look very carefully at any posts talking about macing people
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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #614 on: May 31, 2020, 01:05:39 AM »


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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #615 on: May 31, 2020, 01:14:50 AM »
is the Chamber of Commerce on fire? the Business Roundtable? the Left-Wing Liberal Media? Paul Ryan? Wall Street?

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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #616 on: May 31, 2020, 01:15:08 AM »
Went to protest in downtown Madison. Got to yell at police, felt great to say "fuck the police" to their faces on the frontline, felt great being in a unified crowd. Tear gas fired, swat team van pulled up, got the fuck out when police in full gear were moving up.

Tons of unity, anger, cohesion. Shit was dope tbh
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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #617 on: May 31, 2020, 01:15:42 AM »
I will say, at a time like this they're essentially daring Trump to make a move.

One of the less cringe/cynical adoptions of a social cause by a corporation, though obviously this is done with the knowledge that a majority of their userbase will support/commend them.
yeah. it initially struck me as culture war posturing, but honestly, it feels like we just moved beyond that this week

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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #619 on: May 31, 2020, 01:18:03 AM »
Mandark: "c'mon, they're the richest bank in America, they can just afford a new building"
remember brehs, the coward mandark literally thinks that the Daughters of Confederacy building should still be standing :shh

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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #623 on: May 31, 2020, 01:32:34 AM »
www.twitter.com/RyanFaircloth/status/1266961134751449089

how the fuck are these maga cops this dumb and undisciplined?? america’s produced dystopian fiction about the fear of this shit for like 50 years now. how are they this stupid?

edit: people in the comments skeptical that it was live ammunition, think my overall point still stands

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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #624 on: May 31, 2020, 01:32:46 AM »
now burning down buildings to promote stimulus is fine but attacking websites is simply too far, I'm afraid I now have to side with the police

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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #625 on: May 31, 2020, 01:37:15 AM »
I assume with all the police they've managed to catch a good number of the outside agitators and prepared deportation procedures.

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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #628 on: May 31, 2020, 01:47:07 AM »
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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #629 on: May 31, 2020, 02:04:10 AM »
I'd love to protest (not riot) but I have a suspended six month sentence and contact with police violates my probation. 80 people got arrested here last night

Also I'm lazy

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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #630 on: May 31, 2020, 02:09:05 AM »
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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #633 on: May 31, 2020, 02:17:44 AM »
Doubt anyone here (besides Morma who has confirmed went to one) needs this, but just in case:

OPSEC during protests to protect yourself.

https://twitter.com/dualcoremusic/status/1266913543921627136

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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #634 on: May 31, 2020, 02:21:07 AM »
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« Reply #635 on: May 31, 2020, 02:27:31 AM »
Seen a couple instances of police defusing situations with symbolic gestures towards the protesters: a lieutenant in Baltimore (with a British accent?) reading off the names of victims from one of the signs, and the police chief in Flint joining and walking with the protesters.

Those are probably going to be seized on by people who want the lesson of the riots to be a generic "let's all get along with each other" story. But seeing police get positive results through a bit of basic human empathy really puts the lie to the thin blue line stuff.

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« Reply #636 on: May 31, 2020, 02:27:47 AM »
"Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last? I lied."

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OPSEC part duex:

https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/1266977224319733761

https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/1266977759613591553

https://twitter.com/violetblue/status/1266690326250414081

Speaking of V.B.: I have her book due to Humble Bundle. If anyone wants to flip through it (which is mostly focused on women protecting themselves online), I'm willing to give a copy to "borrow"/lend. I remember telling EightBitNate about it and offering it, but he didn't take my offer. If anyone wants to read it: PM me.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25644910-the-smart-girl-s-guide-to-privacy

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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #637 on: May 31, 2020, 03:21:27 AM »
Honestly it’s a statistical miracle that gun violence has been restricted to shots heard at various locations, you’d think that someone, somewhere would have done something.

a lot of times there are people that get shot at these things but you don't end up hearing about it till later when the media has moved on. with bullets flying you don't usually know what happened till someone is down, and then they're quickly rushed away to a hospital

But it's still surprising there hasn't been any mass shootings. You'd think a far-right or far-left extremist would have killed some protestors/cops by now.


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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #639 on: May 31, 2020, 05:11:13 AM »
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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #640 on: May 31, 2020, 05:22:53 AM »
watching that i thought of kara as ralph fiennes makes his way around the streets of a riot ravaged LA, unable to leave the past, escaping into captured dreams 'til he drinks enough to pass out every night.
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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #643 on: May 31, 2020, 06:46:20 AM »
What an absolute mess
https://twitter.com/tkerssen/status/1266921821653385225

Not sure how this changes anything for the better, with all the burned cop cars I guess they'll pull up in bullet proof Tesla trucks next
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« Reply #644 on: May 31, 2020, 07:17:44 AM »
I don't know how America recovers from last night. The whole world saw the police being the agitators in 30+ major cities across the country, taking peaceful protests into violent riots, pepper spraying and assaulting people with their hands up or walking away from them, directly attacking the press repeatedly, running people over with cars and horses, live on TV for hours. The story is the same everywhere and documented on television: Peaceful protests all day until about 8 or 9PM local time cops exploded and started attacking people everywhere. National Guard deployed in 13 cities, on top of the already militarized police force.

This is a generational trauma being inflicted, who the fuck can ever trust the police/government again?

You’re telling me you don’t trust this government public servant?

https://twitter.com/_tayyybeautiful/status/1266388589635649542

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« Reply #645 on: May 31, 2020, 07:22:36 AM »
I don't know how America recovers from last night. The whole world saw the police being the agitators in 30+ major cities across the country, taking peaceful protests into violent riots, pepper spraying and assaulting people with their hands up or walking away from them, directly attacking the press repeatedly, running people over with cars and horses, live on TV for hours. The story is the same everywhere and documented on television: Peaceful protests all day until about 8 or 9PM local time cops exploded and started attacking people everywhere. National Guard deployed in 13 cities, on top of the already militarized police force.

This is a generational trauma being inflicted, who the fuck can ever trust the police/government again?

lol media people'll wake up and start talking about how the protesters are instigators and agitators while looping the same few minutes of footage showing windows being smashed in and everyone will get mad at them instead of the cops, the same as what they do after every single other protest
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« Reply #646 on: May 31, 2020, 07:23:17 AM »
well, aside from the right-wing and nazi protests. the cops are always so peaceful at those for some reason
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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #647 on: May 31, 2020, 07:32:10 AM »
well, aside from the right-wing and nazi protests. the cops are always so peaceful at those for some reason

Probably because they don't smash and burn random buildings and torch cop cars, just saying.

They know that if they did, the police would deliver violent reprisals (and be hailed heroes for it).

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« Reply #648 on: May 31, 2020, 07:39:17 AM »
yeah i'm sure that's the reason. thanks for another brilliant contribution to the thread.
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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #649 on: May 31, 2020, 07:40:38 AM »
I don't know how America recovers from last night. The whole world saw the police being the agitators in 30+ major cities across the country, taking peaceful protests into violent riots, pepper spraying and assaulting people with their hands up or walking away from them, directly attacking the press repeatedly, running people over with cars and horses, live on TV for hours. The story is the same everywhere and documented on television: Peaceful protests all day until about 8 or 9PM local time cops exploded and started attacking people everywhere. National Guard deployed in 13 cities, on top of the already militarized police force.

This is a generational trauma being inflicted, who the fuck can ever trust the police/government again?

You’re telling me you don’t trust this government public servant?

https://twitter.com/_tayyybeautiful/status/1266388589635649542

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look like 213372bu to me  :cop
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« Reply #650 on: May 31, 2020, 08:01:43 AM »
yeah i'm sure that's the reason. thanks for another brilliant contribution to the thread.

You really think the reason is because cops love Nazis and right-wingers, rather than the fact that right-wingers rarely give them an excuse to whip their ass (because the right-wingers are pro-cop)? How is that a controversial belief in any way?

Glad transhuman is proving me right. Physically incapable of not saying something stupid and contrarian as if it's enlightening.

"But I said I am FOR the protests" we know, we know. Just kindly shut the fuck up.

Just because i'm not posting "ACAB" "Fire all police" like some braindead resetera user? Jesus.

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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #651 on: May 31, 2020, 08:09:05 AM »
lads bois m8s, meltdown may is almost over.

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« Reply #652 on: May 31, 2020, 08:14:31 AM »
nazis are well-known for their calm demeanor and extreme aversion to violence. i can't remember any right-wing protest where they got violent or murdered people in recent years. not a one. and i certainly don't remember any police departments being exposed for feeding info to hate groups or otherwise helping them out, not at all. thank you again for another brilliant post transhuman.
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« Reply #653 on: May 31, 2020, 08:17:01 AM »
Justified or not, ultimately the cost of continuing these riots will be:

- More law enforcement in those communities
- Tax increases / austerity to replace all the damaged vehicles and government buildings
- Ruined small business owners who watched their stores go up in flames
- Dwindling public support

I get the general sentiment is: "FUCK ALL THOSE PEOPLE BURN IT ALL DOWN THEY ARE COMPLICIT".
But with public opinion still being on the side of the protesters now is the time to turn this into a political movement and make clear what the demands are.
Night after night of rioting and looting with the National Guard cracking down is not going to lead to the best outcome.

Now is the time to use this momentum for a powerful message.
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Re: Is the world burning?
« Reply #654 on: May 31, 2020, 08:18:35 AM »
I was always of the burn it all down, to build something better mindset.

But then I saw what happened when we burned down neogaf.

Now I am alt right.

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« Reply #656 on: May 31, 2020, 08:27:22 AM »
Oh no, I sound like a resetera poster? I said fire all police? I must be truly braindead. Unlike the idiot who keeps posting about shit he clearly doesn't understand with authority.

I didn't say you were! Jesus. Can you two just lay off the personal attacks? You two seem to think i'm pro-cop because i'm not vocally anti-cop, which isn't the case at all, and the only reason i'm responding to you is because that idea is so offensive to me.

nazis are well-known for their calm demeanor and extreme aversion to violence. i can't remember any right-wing protest where they got violent or murdered people in recent years

That's not what i'm talking about, i'm saying right-wingers generally don't throw bricks at cops, because they're far more interested in directing shit at the counter protestors, so cops don't escalate that much with them.

You two have built some crazy inaccurate portrait of me in your minds, and i'm sick of it. I know it sucks to be at home when you'd rather be out protesting, but direct your pent up anger elsewhere.

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« Reply #657 on: May 31, 2020, 08:36:01 AM »
It's okay I know you're worked up right now.

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« Reply #658 on: May 31, 2020, 08:40:11 AM »
yeah i'm sure that's the reason. thanks for another brilliant contribution to the thread.

You really think the reason is because cops love Nazis and right-wingers,

...I mean, are you really gonna ignore this, Trashy? :hmm

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« Reply #659 on: May 31, 2020, 09:07:38 AM »
yeah i'm sure that's the reason. thanks for another brilliant contribution to the thread.

You really think the reason is because cops love Nazis and right-wingers,

...I mean, are you really gonna ignore this, Trashy? :hmm

Yeah tons of cops are trash people (way more than average population) but it's not like they are twiddling their thumbs as right wingers tear shit up. There's no "fascist riot" equivalent to what's happening now, and why would there be. Things would only get worse for them politically. Whereas with BLM, this rioting has already made things better. I can't see a second Trump term anymore unless he appeases some demands that he's never going to appease, and I can't see the result of this being no reform.