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by Joun_Lord
2017-08-18 12:30am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally
Replies: 301
Views: 68601

Re: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally

See, this is the standard mouth noise to make regarding freedom of speech, and I get that... But it's kind of beside the point. What's at stake really, really is not their right to have discourse and a voice. What's at stake is their ability to win the argument. The reason letting Nazis win the arg...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-14 10:33pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally
Replies: 301
Views: 68601

Re: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally

I've been a bit out of the loop on things. What do "the SJWS" believe and what have "the SJWs" done which is so harmful? Atleast some (with emphasis on that) believe in various toxic things about race, over reliance on identity politics that further divide people, and an emphasi...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-14 08:46pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally
Replies: 301
Views: 68601

Re: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally

As a white guy coming into this conversation and learning what happened, my own takeaway is "fuck, we need to stop laying down ANY damn kind of covering fire for these fuckers." I mean, imagine that there is a battle for the future of America, and the battle is over whether the greatest p...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-13 02:17pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally
Replies: 301
Views: 68601

Re: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally

The owner and driver of the car was documented via photograph as being with the American Vanguard group during the rally. Yes, he has been confirmed as "related to the protests". I wasn't aware of this yet, though a new article I just picked up seems to confirm this but my point still sta...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-13 01:43pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally
Replies: 301
Views: 68601

Re: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally

Heather Heyer. The dead has a name, now. You're welcome to come out of your hole and try your hand at saying how vile scum like the nazis being able to spew their evil is more important than her life. I expect your attempts will be more of the slippery slope fallacy moral cowards always trot out to...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-13 01:09pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally
Replies: 301
Views: 68601

Re: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally

Free speech is generally not curtailed in Europe even if they have stricter rules regulating hate speech. I think it is possible to have a clearer definition of what constitutes hate speech than the US approach. There's a difference between unpopular opinions and hate speech. If the US public has n...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-12 11:07pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally
Replies: 301
Views: 68601

Re: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally

This is when I felt US laws on free speech is probably not as good as laws in Germany and etc in confronting hate speech. Extremist groups that cannot really appear in public are far weaker than those that can. I'd personally disagree with that. I believe (and this is just my opinion so clearly cor...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-12 10:05pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally
Replies: 301
Views: 68601

Re: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally

It does feel like white supremacists groups are remarkably persistent in the US. For an ideology that is supposedly discredited for a long time, it seems quite resilient in the US relative to other western liberal democracies. Neo-Nutzies and White Supremacists aren't exactly dead in Europe but I t...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-12 09:20pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally
Replies: 301
Views: 68601

Re: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally

Yeah. I posted when I was in a bad mood. I really need to work on getting a grip. I apologize for being emo... again. :oops: Nothing to apologize about. This is VERY upsetting even for me who has an inkling of the history of the white supremacist movement. If you don't realize how active white supr...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-12 07:57pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally
Replies: 301
Views: 68601

Re: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally

Yes, but I doubt he will. Can't piss off the base. His response was absolutely horrible. By employing the false equivalency narrative and blaming it on people on both sides, he is implicitly equating the white supremacists with their opponents, legitimizing them while giving a superficial appearanc...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-12 03:14pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally
Replies: 301
Views: 68601

Re: Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally

It's come to the point where being a bigoted piece of shit who thinks "Hitler had the right idea" can comfortably be out and about doing Nazi Salutes Not to excuse it, but do you honestly think thats anything new? Are you not aware that Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists have been out and g...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-12 02:27am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Poll says half of Republicans would support postponing 2020 election if Trump did it.
Replies: 56
Views: 12443

Re: Poll says half of Republicans would support postponing 2020 election if Trump did it.

Its discussing Trump bitching about widespread voter fraud, while Trump might be a complete and utter moron I doubt he is complaining about HIS voter fraud, hence it stands to reason his concerns are about Hillary's antics during the election.
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-12 01:54am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Poll says half of Republicans would support postponing 2020 election if Trump did it.
Replies: 56
Views: 12443

Re: Poll says half of Republicans would support postponing 2020 election if Trump did it.

Honestly I could believe atleast some Republicans (not saying all or a majority) would be totally fine with Trump suspending elections because they have it in their dang fools heads that Trump is the greatest thing since sliced bread and that there was absurdly massive voter fraud. Some Republicans ...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-11 05:50pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Need Some Assistance Locating Post-Apocalypse Movie
Replies: 12
Views: 9135

Re: Need Some Assistance Locating Post-Apocalypse Movie

The first movie sounds a bit like Screamers starring Peter Weller. Its been forever since I saw that movie but I remember there being little robots in the ground and I think it was set on a ice planet. The second movie definitely sounds like Nemesis 2 starring Sue Price. The whole Nemesis series is ...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-10 07:54pm
Forum: Pure Star Trek
Topic: Worst Star Trek Movie?
Replies: 55
Views: 32391

Re: Worst Star Trek Movie?

It was incredibly boring. When I was 7 the day care center took us to see it and I fucking fell asleep. I'm fairly positive I fell asleep watching Empire Strikes Back when I was 5 and that movie didn't even have dancing multi-titted cat ladies. It might be the worst example of Star Trek as a dumb a...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-08 12:57pm
Forum: Pure Star Trek
Topic: New star trek discovery info at SDCC
Replies: 76
Views: 49028

Re: New star trek discovery info at SDCC

I actually like the explanation of the stupid looking spikey Klingons being a sub-species from presumably the thousands (hundreds) of years of space exploration. One complaint alot of people has is just how same looking the cultures we met are. Everyone wears the same clothes, everyone has the same ...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-07 09:34pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Deadpool 2's Cable
Replies: 8
Views: 4718

Re: Deadpool 2's Cable

Not bad. Not enough pouches but still not bad. Josh Brolin is no Keira Knightley but he'll do. I'm more interested in whats up with that gun. Its clearly a Kriss Vector as the base but with what looks like a Thompson buttstock with a dial on it, a M203 grenade launcher (which is awesome, I love SMGs...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-05 03:46pm
Forum: Pure Star Trek
Topic: Worst Star Trek Movie?
Replies: 55
Views: 32391

Re: Worst Star Trek Movie?

Final Frontier was atleast entertaining. Stupid as all hell? Only in the Mirror Universe its not. A nonsensical plot I think was made solely to stroke Shatner's ego? You better believe it? Boring? Oh hell nah. And I don't even think the Enterprise series finale was the worst, I think Voyager finale ...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-05 11:47am
Forum: Pure Star Trek
Topic: Worst Star Trek Movie?
Replies: 55
Views: 32391

Re: Worst Star Trek Movie?

I gotta echo Eternal Freedom, its a tossed salad up between Insurrection and Nemesis. Insurrection is terribly written, insulting, and feels like some episode (some bad episode) idea they stretched into a movie. The plot was just soooooooo stupid, set during the Dominion War and they focus on these ...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-04 12:03am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Ghost in the Shell LiveMovie
Replies: 6
Views: 6134

Re: Ghost in the Shell LiveMovie

I actually enjoyed the movie though not exactly the biggest fan of the anime. Watched the movie and enjoyed it even if it got weird and watched an enjoyed the first series or season of the anime (with the Laughing Man and the Major being boom headshotted but not really) and bits and pieces of later ...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-02 07:31pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Are variations in English by region accents or dialects
Replies: 13
Views: 7794

Re: Is variations in English by region accents or dialects

I've heard it referred to as 'mumbling' but that may, again, have been a regional or individual thing. Like... really deep-in-the-mountain regional. What threw me off is I've never heard it called mumbling, I'm assuming thats an "outsider" appellation. There is certainly a regional accent...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-02 12:21pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Are variations in English by region accents or dialects
Replies: 13
Views: 7794

Re: Is variations in English by region accents or dialects

Elheru Aran wrote: 2017-08-02 11:47amAppalachian mumble.
What is that? Is that like in reference to the deep accent some Mountaineer Americans have?
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-02 11:24am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: A bunch of Nazis on Mars (RAR!)
Replies: 38
Views: 18357

Re: A bunch of Nazis on Mars (RAR!)

What changes there might be might be limited. They would probably be sacrificing much for survival, hence using weapons old enough to retire to Florida, but I think most of the sacrifice would be on the bottom rungs. The elite and the military would probably be fat and happy....ish while everyone el...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-01 12:55pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Marvel vs Wonder Woman and Bathos
Replies: 9
Views: 5670

Re: Marvel vs Wonder Woman and Bathos

I think WW worked better then MoS and BvS or SS because it felt more like Marvel movie then anything DC. It had some moments of levity and had moments where despite it being the middle of war it still felt relatively light. A better fit tone-wise for the DC movie verse Wonder Woman would be the Wond...
by Joun_Lord
2017-08-01 12:20pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: A bunch of Nazis on Mars (RAR!)
Replies: 38
Views: 18357

Re: A bunch of Nazis on Mars (RAR!)

That actually is a really good question, how would the world recognize them either for purposes of trial or trade? They are a direct descendant of Nazi Germany and consider themselves the last of the true Germany. Clearly Germany would dispute that....... greatly. They are descended from a more or l...