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« Reply #4260 on: March 22, 2018, 04:09:51 PM »
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"Free speech" is a dogwhistle in 90% of these sorts of arguments.

HAHA, we are at the point that anything someone says is some sort of dogwhistle. Amazing.

You did set yourself up for defeat though. Shunning and ignoring or mocking from a safe distance is the only way. Like how you deal with stormfront.

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« Reply #4261 on: March 22, 2018, 04:09:51 PM »


Yup, pushing up on the thumbstick as opposed to pushing up on the thumbstick. What a drag.

Movement felt clunky and unresponsive same for the combat. I got stuck on fences and the horse controls were just garbage.
Fallout 4 wasn't great but it did everything better than the Witcher gameplay-wise.

To be fair I played TW3 right after MGS V so maybe that's why I was so disappointed in TW3's gameplay.

it's the pad

even on pc the pad feels clunky compared to the kb


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« Reply #4262 on: March 22, 2018, 04:10:35 PM »
Fun fact, I graduated high school with Paul Ryan. He was voted biggest brown-noser class of '88

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« Reply #4263 on: March 22, 2018, 04:11:33 PM »
I just hate melee focused combat.

HATE SPEECH

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« Reply #4264 on: March 22, 2018, 04:12:09 PM »
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"Free speech" is a dogwhistle in 90% of these sorts of arguments.

HAHA, we are at the point that anything someone says is some sort of dogwhistle. Amazing.

Still blows my fucking mind people that see Free Speech as something negative.

Well you have to understand that quite a few groups don’t actually see all the benefits of free speech. Certainly a lot less than others. And people only seem to get fired up when certain free speech is attacked, not all of it, so it comes off hollow.

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« Reply #4265 on: March 22, 2018, 04:15:30 PM »
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"Free speech" is a dogwhistle in 90% of these sorts of arguments.

HAHA, we are at the point that anything someone says is some sort of dogwhistle. Amazing.

Still blows my fucking mind people that see Free Speech as something negative.

Well you have to understand that quite a few groups don’t actually see all the benefits of free speech. Certainly a lot less than others. And people only seem to get fired up when certain free speech is attacked, not all of it, so it comes off hollow.

What part of free speech is being attacked and not defended?

And also, what groups are these, and how are they not benefiting?



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« Reply #4266 on: March 22, 2018, 04:17:07 PM »
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"Free speech" is a dogwhistle in 90% of these sorts of arguments.

HAHA, we are at the point that anything someone says is some sort of dogwhistle. Amazing.

Still blows my fucking mind people that see Free Speech as something negative.

Well you have to understand that quite a few groups don’t actually see all the benefits of free speech. Certainly a lot less than others. And people only seem to get fired up when certain free speech is attacked, not all of it, so it comes off hollow.

What part of free speech is being attacked and not defended?

Just as one example:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/opinion/black-identity-extremism-fbi-trump.html

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« Reply #4267 on: March 22, 2018, 04:21:25 PM »
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"Free speech" is a dogwhistle in 90% of these sorts of arguments.

HAHA, we are at the point that anything someone says is some sort of dogwhistle. Amazing.

Still blows my fucking mind people that see Free Speech as something negative.

Well you have to understand that quite a few groups don’t actually see all the benefits of free speech. Certainly a lot less than others. And people only seem to get fired up when certain free speech is attacked, not all of it, so it comes off hollow.

What part of free speech is being attacked and not defended?

Just as one example:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/opinion/black-identity-extremism-fbi-trump.html

I'm not sure because TL:DR but glossing over it, it does look like a defense? Isn't it a defense?

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« Reply #4268 on: March 22, 2018, 04:23:20 PM »
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"Free speech" is a dogwhistle in 90% of these sorts of arguments.

HAHA, we are at the point that anything someone says is some sort of dogwhistle. Amazing.

Still blows my fucking mind people that see Free Speech as something negative.

Well you have to understand that quite a few groups don’t actually see all the benefits of free speech. Certainly a lot less than others. And people only seem to get fired up when certain free speech is attacked, not all of it, so it comes off hollow.

What part of free speech is being attacked and not defended?

Just as one example:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/opinion/black-identity-extremism-fbi-trump.html

I'm not sure because TL:DR but glossing over it, it does look like a defense? Isn't it a defense?

Yes, literally more than zero care, not the point. The overall point is that the injustices and rights violations committed against minorities are given FAR less attention or passion from most people, and all these free speech warriors suddenly charging in feels incredibly hollow as a result.

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« Reply #4269 on: March 22, 2018, 04:24:59 PM »
uh the 70s group were violent and there's been revisionism of it

I don't know of any current violent groups though.

Left leaning press isn't interested in discussing suppressed speech and only covers what they do because right leaning press has and found it gets attention. (Which left leaning press wants, too.) In the recent FIRE/Weinstein interview, the guy from FIRE said the last two cases of free speech rights violations were left leaning (an anti-capitalist flyer), but the left leaning press didn't cover it at all. If anything its the right leaning college watch sites that give it any attention.

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« Reply #4270 on: March 22, 2018, 04:26:50 PM »


Yup, pushing up on the thumbstick as opposed to pushing up on the thumbstick. What a drag.

Movement felt clunky and unresponsive same for the combat. I got stuck on fences and the horse controls were just garbage.
Fallout 4 wasn't great but it did everything better than the Witcher gameplay-wise.

To be fair I played TW3 right after MGS V so maybe that's why I was so disappointed in TW3's gameplay.

it's the pad

even on pc the pad feels clunky compared to the kb

Lmao I bitched about the combat in TW3 and a bunch of nerds here were like "why are you using kbm lol, use a controller dummy" and it still felt like ass. Gameplay is just clunky af

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« Reply #4271 on: March 22, 2018, 04:26:59 PM »
uh the 70s group were violent and there's been revisionism of it

I don't know of any current violent groups though.

Left leaning press isn't interested in discussing suppressed speech and only covers what they do because right leaning press has and found it gets attention. (Which left leaning press wants, too.) In the recent FIRE/Weinstein interview, the guy from FIRE said the last two cases of free speech rights violations were left leaning (an anti-capitalist flyer), but the left leaning press didn't cover it at all. If anything its the right leaning college watch sites that give it any attention.

You mean the right leaning press that does everything possible to paint non-violent groups as terrorists that hate whites, and innocent people killed by police as bad cases that deserve it?

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« Reply #4272 on: March 22, 2018, 04:27:30 PM »
Well you have to understand that quite a few groups don’t actually see all the benefits of free speech.
Yeah, but they're usually considered the bad guys not the heroes of the story.

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« Reply #4273 on: March 22, 2018, 04:27:34 PM »
uh the 70s group were violent and there's been revisionism of it

I don't know of any current violent groups though.

Left leaning press isn't interested in discussing suppressed speech and only covers what they do because right leaning press has and found it gets attention. (Which left leaning press wants, too.) In the recent FIRE/Weinstein interview, the guy from FIRE said the last two cases of free speech rights violations were left leaning (an anti-capitalist flyer), but the left leaning press didn't cover it at all. If anything its the right leaning college watch sites that give it any attention.

You mean the right leaning press that does everything possible to paint non-violent groups as terrorists that hate whites, and innocent people killed by police as bad cases that deserve it?

Did you read what I said?

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« Reply #4274 on: March 22, 2018, 04:27:50 PM »
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"Free speech" is a dogwhistle in 90% of these sorts of arguments.

HAHA, we are at the point that anything someone says is some sort of dogwhistle. Amazing.

Still blows my fucking mind people that see Free Speech as something negative.

Well you have to understand that quite a few groups don’t actually see all the benefits of free speech. Certainly a lot less than others. And people only seem to get fired up when certain free speech is attacked, not all of it, so it comes off hollow.

Except that this groups are seeing the benefits just by virtue of having the right to express their discontent. Or you think minorities were always able to have a voice or that didn’t suffer in societies were Speech was limited. I get it, there is a difference between this and hate speech, but still pretty shitty that people try to dismiss free speech because scumbags as Richard Spencer use it as a shield.

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« Reply #4275 on: March 22, 2018, 04:28:00 PM »
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"Free speech" is a dogwhistle in 90% of these sorts of arguments.

HAHA, we are at the point that anything someone says is some sort of dogwhistle. Amazing.

Still blows my fucking mind people that see Free Speech as something negative.

Well you have to understand that quite a few groups don’t actually see all the benefits of free speech. Certainly a lot less than others. And people only seem to get fired up when certain free speech is attacked, not all of it, so it comes off hollow.

What part of free speech is being attacked and not defended?

Just as one example:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/opinion/black-identity-extremism-fbi-trump.html

I'm not sure because TL:DR but glossing over it, it does look like a defense? Isn't it a defense?

The pdf summary..........

UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE
UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE
2
IntelligenceAssessment_FY17
(U) Executive Summary
(U//FOUO) The FBI assesses it is very likelya
 Black Identity Extremistb (BIE) perceptions of
police brutality against African Americans spurred an increase in premeditated, retaliatory lethal
violence against law enforcement and will very likely serve as justification for such violence.
The FBI assess it is very likely this increase began following the 9 August 2014 shooting of
Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and the subsequent Grand Jury November 2014
declination to indict the police officers involved. The FBI assesses it is very likely incidents of
alleged police abuse against African Americans since then have continued to feed the resurgence
in ideologically motivated, violent criminal activity within the BIE movement. The FBI assesses
it is very likely some BIEs are influenced by a mix of anti-authoritarian, Moorish sovereign
citizenc ideology, and BIE ideology. The FBI has high confidenced in these assessments, based
on a history of violent incidents attributed to individuals who acted on behalf of their ideological
beliefs, documented in FBI investigations and other law enforcement and open source reporting.
The FBI makes this judgment with the key assumption the recent incidents are ideologically
motivated.

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« Reply #4276 on: March 22, 2018, 04:28:05 PM »
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"Free speech" is a dogwhistle in 90% of these sorts of arguments.

HAHA, we are at the point that anything someone says is some sort of dogwhistle. Amazing.

Still blows my fucking mind people that see Free Speech as something negative.

Well you have to understand that quite a few groups don’t actually see all the benefits of free speech. Certainly a lot less than others. And people only seem to get fired up when certain free speech is attacked, not all of it, so it comes off hollow.

What part of free speech is being attacked and not defended?

Just as one example:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/opinion/black-identity-extremism-fbi-trump.html

I'm not sure because TL:DR but glossing over it, it does look like a defense? Isn't it a defense?

Yes, literally more than zero care, not the point. The overall point is that the injustices and rights violations committed against minorities are given FAR less attention or passion from most people, and all these free speech warriors suddenly charging in feels incredibly hollow as a result.

I don't want to make a distinction personally, because i think everyone should be able to enjoy free speech without fear of intervention from the government but since you do make a distinction:
Are you a free speech warrior for both minorities and for whitey? Or for neither? Or just for the one side that's important to you?

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« Reply #4277 on: March 22, 2018, 04:29:03 PM »
Also I played through it and let me tell ya if you aren't in after the first few hours you probably aren't gonna be into it for the next 60. It's got great graphics and writing, but if you like actually playing games instead of watching them rest assured that it is not 'totally worth it'

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« Reply #4278 on: March 22, 2018, 04:30:21 PM »
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"Free speech" is a dogwhistle in 90% of these sorts of arguments.

HAHA, we are at the point that anything someone says is some sort of dogwhistle. Amazing.
Quite honestly, complaining about this kind of thing is a dogwhistle at least 96.5% of the time.

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« Reply #4279 on: March 22, 2018, 04:30:31 PM »
I used light sword attacks and some fire magic, then buffed the magic shield. The fast sword skills carve up most enemies. Then you cna toss in a fire wave which will insta-gib many enemies.

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« Reply #4280 on: March 22, 2018, 04:31:13 PM »
we did just see a dog get a man arrested for the dog's Nazi behavior and yet you're all crackin jokes about dogwhistles

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« Reply #4281 on: March 22, 2018, 04:31:30 PM »
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"Free speech" is a dogwhistle in 90% of these sorts of arguments.

HAHA, we are at the point that anything someone says is some sort of dogwhistle. Amazing.

Still blows my fucking mind people that see Free Speech as something negative.

Well you have to understand that quite a few groups don’t actually see all the benefits of free speech. Certainly a lot less than others. And people only seem to get fired up when certain free speech is attacked, not all of it, so it comes off hollow.

What part of free speech is being attacked and not defended?

Just as one example:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/opinion/black-identity-extremism-fbi-trump.html

I'm not sure because TL:DR but glossing over it, it does look like a defense? Isn't it a defense?

Yes, literally more than zero care, not the point. The overall point is that the injustices and rights violations committed against minorities are given FAR less attention or passion from most people, and all these free speech warriors suddenly charging in feels incredibly hollow as a result.

I don't want to make a distinction personally, because i think everyone should be able to enjoy free speech without fear of intervention from the government but since you do make a distinction:
Are you a free speech warrior for both minorities and for whitey? Or for neither? Or just for the one side that's important to you?

Fair is fair. If the rights of minorities are going to continuously be violated, and they are, then I can at least understand apathy when it happens with racism.

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« Reply #4282 on: March 22, 2018, 04:34:16 PM »
They aren’t though, you’re just a crazy person if you aren’t a joke character... which, of course you fucking are.

Yes they are, and the evidence is overwhelming.

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« Reply #4283 on: March 22, 2018, 04:34:49 PM »
You can say that free speech violations of those on the left get less attention, but "The overall point is that the injustices and rights violations committed against minorities are given FAR less attention or passion from most people" doesn't add up when BLM got so much attention.

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« Reply #4284 on: March 22, 2018, 04:36:16 PM »
Free speech is the best.

You can say anything.

Like.. errr....

Phil Spencer is a fat hobo who ruined Xbox.
Apples are dicks

I think the end of the Matrix caused 9/11

There, Free Speech. Fuck your gulags motherfuckers

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« Reply #4285 on: March 22, 2018, 04:37:05 PM »
I choose to side with Dijsktra over the others because he was a competent asshole, a corrupt asshole, but at least competent about it. Still feel bad about the resolution of that Quest requires throwing Roche under the bus.

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« Reply #4286 on: March 22, 2018, 04:37:27 PM »
You can say that free speech violations of those on the left get less attention, but "The overall point is that the injustices and rights violations committed against minorities are given FAR less attention or passion from most people" doesn't add up when BLM got so much attention.

Yes, NEGATIVE disingenuous attention that makes them out to be something they are not specifically as an excuse to ignore their concerns!

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« Reply #4287 on: March 22, 2018, 04:38:28 PM »
The overall point is that the injustices and rights violations committed against minorities are given FAR less attention or passion from most people, and all these free speech warriors suddenly charging in feels incredibly hollow as a result.
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« Reply #4288 on: March 22, 2018, 04:41:00 PM »
You can say that free speech violations of those on the left get less attention, but "The overall point is that the injustices and rights violations committed against minorities are given FAR less attention or passion from most people" doesn't add up when BLM got so much attention.

Yes, NEGATIVE disingenuous attention that makes them out to be something they are not specifically as an excuse to ignore their concerns!

The attention wasn't disingenuous. The negative attention is the result of people's actions. The Toronto Gay parade thing falls upon the actions of those that interrupted and made demands.

When I say people are divisive on unconscious levels, I am basing it on watching it happen over and over. You shouldn't blame that on anyone other than those doing the divisive act.

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« Reply #4289 on: March 22, 2018, 04:42:49 PM »
You can say that free speech violations of those on the left get less attention, but "The overall point is that the injustices and rights violations committed against minorities are given FAR less attention or passion from most people" doesn't add up when BLM got so much attention.

Yes, NEGATIVE disingenuous attention that makes them out to be something they are not specifically as an excuse to ignore their concerns!

The attention wasn't disingenuous. The negative attention is the result of people's actions. The Toronto Gay parade thing falls upon the actions of those that interrupted and made demands.

When I say people are divisive on unconscious levels, I am basing it on watching it happen over and over. You shouldn't blame that on anyone other than those doing the divisive act.

Let me just make sure I understand you correctly.

Are you saying that the fact that 57% of people have a negative view of Black Lives Matter is entirely the fault of Black Lives Matter?

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« Reply #4290 on: March 22, 2018, 04:43:02 PM »
We all suffer under the white supremacy
The white supremacy
The white supremacy

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Black people certainly do yes.

Oh er uh...

Hay how about that ERA post right guys lol

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« Reply #4291 on: March 22, 2018, 04:43:29 PM »
bork pls

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« Reply #4292 on: March 22, 2018, 04:46:35 PM »
You can say that free speech violations of those on the left get less attention, but "The overall point is that the injustices and rights violations committed against minorities are given FAR less attention or passion from most people" doesn't add up when BLM got so much attention.

Yes, NEGATIVE disingenuous attention that makes them out to be something they are not specifically as an excuse to ignore their concerns!

The attention wasn't disingenuous. The negative attention is the result of people's actions. The Toronto Gay parade thing falls upon the actions of those that interrupted and made demands.

When I say people are divisive on unconscious levels, I am basing it on watching it happen over and over. You shouldn't blame that on anyone other than those doing the divisive act.

Let me just make sure I understand you correctly.

Are you saying that the fact that 57% of people have a negative view of Black Lives Matter is entirely the fault of Black Lives Matter?

Despite so many people having a negative view of them, it's probably a good thing that they could benefit from their free speech and say whatever they wanted anyway, yeah?




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« Reply #4293 on: March 22, 2018, 04:47:52 PM »
You can say that free speech violations of those on the left get less attention, but "The overall point is that the injustices and rights violations committed against minorities are given FAR less attention or passion from most people" doesn't add up when BLM got so much attention.

Yes, NEGATIVE disingenuous attention that makes them out to be something they are not specifically as an excuse to ignore their concerns!

The attention wasn't disingenuous. The negative attention is the result of people's actions. The Toronto Gay parade thing falls upon the actions of those that interrupted and made demands.

When I say people are divisive on unconscious levels, I am basing it on watching it happen over and over. You shouldn't blame that on anyone other than those doing the divisive act.

Let me just make sure I understand you correctly.

Are you saying that the fact that 57% of people have a negative view of Black Lives Matter is entirely the fault of Black Lives Matter?

It's the fault of bad actions surrounding BLM. The group had some bad actors. The group has no proper structure to contain its less desirables and create a leadership-like voice.  It has too many "allies" which are black bloc groups who are violent. It can't wrestle down its message because its a social media phenomena, so there's a ton of ugliness online.

It's amorphous nature and the bad people that latch onto it create the opportunity for negative acts and negative attention.

Hell, "black lives matter" is not even a good slogan for what you want to accomplish. Lack of competence leads to self destruction.

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« Reply #4294 on: March 22, 2018, 04:49:29 PM »
It's about ethics in protest movements.

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« Reply #4295 on: March 22, 2018, 04:49:36 PM »
I find it hilarious when people on ERA don't believe that I'm a bleeding heart lib. I've probably done more ACTUAL real world activism to make society better than they will ever do.

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« Reply #4296 on: March 22, 2018, 04:49:48 PM »
we did just see a dog get a man arrested for the dog's Nazi behavior and yet you're all crackin jokes about dogwhistles

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« Reply #4297 on: March 22, 2018, 04:50:06 PM »
So, minorities totally have free speech to complain about how they are treated?

But if they complain then it’s their fault we get Trump, so stop complaining?

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« Reply #4298 on: March 22, 2018, 04:50:45 PM »
You can say that free speech violations of those on the left get less attention, but "The overall point is that the injustices and rights violations committed against minorities are given FAR less attention or passion from most people" doesn't add up when BLM got so much attention.

Yes, NEGATIVE disingenuous attention that makes them out to be something they are not specifically as an excuse to ignore their concerns!

The attention wasn't disingenuous. The negative attention is the result of people's actions. The Toronto Gay parade thing falls upon the actions of those that interrupted and made demands.

When I say people are divisive on unconscious levels, I am basing it on watching it happen over and over. You shouldn't blame that on anyone other than those doing the divisive act.

Let me just make sure I understand you correctly.

Are you saying that the fact that 57% of people have a negative view of Black Lives Matter is entirely the fault of Black Lives Matter?

It's the fault of bad actions surrounding BLM. The group had some bad actors. The group has no proper structure to contain its less desirables and create a leadership-like voice.  It has too many "allies" which are black bloc groups who are violent. It can't wrestle down its message because its a social media phenomena, so there's a ton of ugliness online.

It's amorphous nature and the bad people that latch onto it create the opportunity for negative acts and negative attention.

Hell, "black lives matter" is not even a good slogan for what you want to accomplish. Lack of competence leads to self destruction.

Wtf dude...

I don’t even know where to start...

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« Reply #4299 on: March 22, 2018, 04:51:19 PM »
I find it hilarious when people on ERA don't believe that I'm a bleeding heart lib. I've probably done more ACTUAL real world activism to make society better than they will ever do.
okay jack

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« Reply #4300 on: March 22, 2018, 04:53:01 PM »
Let me just make sure I understand you correctly.

Are you saying that the fact that 57% of people have a negative view of Black Lives Matter is entirely the fault of Black Lives Matter?

Despite so many people having a negative view of them, it's probably a good thing that they could benefit from their free speech and say whatever they wanted anyway, yeah?
Absolutely not, the near supermajority has spoken, they are to be deplatformed immediately. Negative minority views (as proven by their being minority views) can only harm the interests of the majority. The quicker we can have them all deplatformed the safer we'll all be from their criminal speech.

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« Reply #4301 on: March 22, 2018, 04:53:10 PM »
I am telling you that having a good goal is not enough. You can't carebear stare the world. You have to have competence in how you go about things and if you don't then people will see the bad stuff and remember it. We are predisposed to emphasize negative response and negative experience.

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« Reply #4302 on: March 22, 2018, 04:55:42 PM »
I am telling you that having a good goal is not enough. You can't carebear stare the world. You have to have competence in how you go about things and if you don't then people will see the bad stuff and remember it. We are predisposed to emphasize negative response and negative experience.

So how would you suggest tackling the problem of a total disregard for the discrepancy and disproportionate treatment of black people by the law? And what should that group be called?

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« Reply #4303 on: March 22, 2018, 04:55:45 PM »
I am telling you that having a good goal is not enough. You can't carebear stare the world. You have to have competence in how you go about things and if you don't then people will see the bad stuff and remember it. We are predisposed to emphasize negative response and negative experience.

Etiolate... why the fuck you can think like that and still support places like KiA where competence goes to die.

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« Reply #4304 on: March 22, 2018, 04:56:43 PM »
And just so I'm not deliberately misunderstood and my words are all twisted by you dishonest cretin postmodernists.

By "deplatformed" I mean shot and their bodies dumped in a roadside ditch.

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« Reply #4305 on: March 22, 2018, 04:56:48 PM »
There are 43% of people with a neutral or positive view of BLM?  That high?  Despite how shitty they are?

If bork bans Cream again but not your racist antagonistic ass I'm gunna riot

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« Reply #4306 on: March 22, 2018, 04:57:21 PM »
So, minorities totally have free speech to complain about how they are treated?

But if they complain then it’s their fault we get Trump, so stop complaining?

I think nobody (except voat like posters like Assimilate) has said that.

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« Reply #4307 on: March 22, 2018, 04:57:54 PM »
So, minorities totally have free speech to complain about how they are treated?

But if they complain then it’s their fault we get Trump, so stop complaining?

I think nobody (except voat like posters like Assimilate) has said that.

Etiolate definitely does.

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« Reply #4308 on: March 22, 2018, 04:58:03 PM »
There are 43% of people with a neutral or positive view of BLM?  That high?  Despite how shitty they are?

Nothing says libertarian like support for state violence.

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« Reply #4309 on: March 22, 2018, 04:58:36 PM »
how have you not learned to ignore etoilet yet? the dude likes guild wars 2 ffs

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« Reply #4310 on: March 22, 2018, 04:59:36 PM »
I thought that was clear.  👌
Not everyone here works 24/7 to be on the right side of history like you do.

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« Reply #4311 on: March 22, 2018, 04:59:44 PM »
how have you not learned to ignore etoilet yet? the dude likes guild wars 2 ffs

I really tried with GW2. I wanted to like it.

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« Reply #4312 on: March 22, 2018, 05:01:17 PM »
So, minorities totally have free speech to complain about how they are treated?

But if they complain then it’s their fault we get Trump, so stop complaining?

I think nobody (except voat like posters like Assimilate) has said that.

Etiolate definitely does.

Well, Etiolate can be voat like at his worst.

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« Reply #4313 on: March 22, 2018, 05:01:31 PM »
I really tried with GW2. I wanted to like it.
now imagine the mindset of someone who not only likes it, but likes it enough to defend it.

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« Reply #4314 on: March 22, 2018, 05:01:36 PM »
I am telling you that having a good goal is not enough. You can't carebear stare the world. You have to have competence in how you go about things and if you don't then people will see the bad stuff and remember it. We are predisposed to emphasize negative response and negative experience.

So how would you suggest tackling the problem of a total disregard for the discrepancy and disproportionate treatment of black people by the law? And what should that group be called?

I know! I know! We ban the sales of frozen peaches! That would help, surely!


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« Reply #4315 on: March 22, 2018, 05:04:42 PM »
I am telling you that having a good goal is not enough. You can't carebear stare the world. You have to have competence in how you go about things and if you don't then people will see the bad stuff and remember it. We are predisposed to emphasize negative response and negative experience.

So how would you suggest tackling the problem of a total disregard for the discrepancy and disproportionate treatment of black people by the law? And what should that group be called?

I would say that first you have to make sure it is just a black issue, because the racialized approach to an issue that impacts many (lack of proper police procedure) immediately creates a divide. Your goal should be to improve policing. In fact, you would find more groups willing to help you and gain a higher standing in the public as something more than a hashtag. Hashtags struggle to be competent.

Get a proper organization with a proper hierarchy. Find your leaders. Kick out the troublemakers. Disconnect from black blocc. Be a grown ass movement with achievable goals. You can't "end racism" because that's unacheivable. "End the war on blacks" is vague and implies something negative about others that doesn't fit them. However, "improve accountability for police in courts" is attainable and is far more specific.

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« Reply #4316 on: March 22, 2018, 05:06:07 PM »
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look at mr "i don't watch the promos or entrances on thunder" over here :gurl

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« Reply #4317 on: March 22, 2018, 05:07:47 PM »
BLM would have higher support if it started out as "black lives matter too".  It would completely destroy the narrative of "white lives don't matter" that dumb people push and make that one comic with the burning house completely unnecessary.

But above all else, BLMT kind of looks like BLT.  People would start associating progress with delicious sandwiches.  That's a double positive right there.  The movement would take off with far less pushback and eventually there would be actual marketing deals involved, like with Subway.  BLMT would be the new Jared, just you know, without the pedophilia.

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« Reply #4318 on: March 22, 2018, 05:07:54 PM »
And Guild Wars 2  :rejoice


You fuckers playing broken ass old ass mmos that are entirely outlcassed  :nope

great combat, tons of builds and classes, beautiful visuals, raids, dungeons, large scale pvp, free updates and an active open world  :ohyeah