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But if you believe that "The Democrats are the problem", and not the guy who's now literally gassing minorities in camps I'm not dealing with this shit. DR5. Quote the sentence where I said anything exculpatory about Trump. , then tell me: what is your alternative? Give me another option....

You know, when the Democrats are at least trying to do something in response that isn't an authoritarian crackdown, and some local governments have in fact taken some steps toward structural reform, and poll numbers indicate that the Democrats are benefiting as a result, it seems pretty disingenuou...

Christ almighty, kente cloth and kneeling? Are the democrats trying to look like they're pandering? Have you met the chairman of the house police brutality committee? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EOr3xzWUUAAaURt.jpg In seriousness, the democratic ineptitude on this is a fucking travesty. I'd try to ...

Walk me through how you connect the dots on that last sentence.

"The Trump Regime Is Beginning to Topple" If I had a nickel... This also has nothing to do with Trump. The names of victims of police violence go back through the ages of the United States. In living memory Rodney King, Amadiou Diallou, Trayvon Martin, and Michael Brown all come to mind. ...

A pretty good video about what's going on in the US and the rhetoric we use around the cops and protests:

A friend of mine who does serious organizing and advocacy work in Baltimore has been sharing this chart explaining the difference between surface level reforms of the police and methods to abolish their power and rein them in. I highly recommend it.

At first I couldn't tell why the guy went up to the police, I see now he had a helmet in his hand. Guy thought he was doing a good thing. "Their actual argument is that they were just following orders." Ahh, the Nuremberg defense. I didn't see this stated in the article. Maybe I am blind ...

Oregon Police conspired with the Proud Boys to let them avoid curfew and so they didn't need to answer the tough question of "Why arrest black people but not white people?"

ACAB.

The Romulan Republic wrote: ↑2020-06-05 06:40pm Glad they resigned. That's 57 less entitled wannabe Gestapo in uniform.

They're still in uniform. Just not on the SWAT Force.

In Buffalo a 75 Year Old Peace Activist tried to return a lost SWAT Helmet to the police. The police flipped him on his back, smashing his head into the concrete, and walked around him while he bled out on the sidewalk. The police claimed he tripped. Video was posted that showed that was, absolutely...

I was under the false impression that De Blasio was also obscenely wealthy. I stand corrected. De Blasio has been a career elected official after doing campaign management stuff early on (he worked for Charlie Rangel and Hillary Clinton when she ran for the Senate). He actually spent some time in N...

Imperial Overlord wrote: ↑2020-06-03 10:41am The billionaire mayor and the aggressively anti-progressive governor? They understand exactly what they're saying.

De Blasio isn't a billionaire. A tremendous disappointment right now? Absolutely. But not a billionaire. You're thinking of Bloomberg.

So, straight up, you just haven't watched any of their criticism post the sequels, have you? So, everytime you try to attack what they're saying you're either speaking from straight up ignorance and/or lying about even claiming to know what they're talking about? Yiiiikes. All I can say is I was re...

Please tell me how this review praises TFA for giving them 'all the nostalgia they wanted'. I do not want to give the channel any additional clicks, so I am not watching it. So, straight up, you just haven't watched any of their criticism post the sequels, have you? So, everytime you try to attack ...

Okay, and how does that invalidate the critiques they made of both the prequels and sequels? Their fundamental critique is based on how much of a departure the prequels were to the OT, and it essentially becomes nothing more than fanboy gate-keeping rather than to recognise the fact that the preque...

Except Trump really isn't a dramatic escalation of those tendencies, but rather, the result of a prior escalation - one that rapidly unfolded during the Bush and Obama years. That's what you don't seem to grasp: Trump didn't just 'happen' by surprise (even though yes, it blindsided even most of us ...

That their criticism is rooted in the same fanboyism that led to the sequel trilogy, mostly notably ROS's flaws. Okay, and how does that invalidate the critiques they made of both the prequels and sequels? So, to be clear, you're painting a direct line of responsibility from RLM and Mike Stoklasa t...

Simple but effective set-up. On the other hand, the set up for the sequels is convoluted without giving any useful context. What, exactly, is your argument? Because as far as I can tell it's "The sequels sure did suck!" which... sure? But that's not a response to anyone but Ralin. No. Wha...

Here's what we can gather about the political situation using just dialog and visual cues from the original Star Wars. 1. There's an Empire and a Rebellion. The Empire is a galaxy-spanning totalitarian regime. This is all spelled out in the opening crawl, and deliberately reinforced by having Imper...

One of my paragraphs was put into a quote block by accident. Whoops.

Then, bluntly, I think you didn't comprehend what was said. At no point did they 'keep pushing' for JJ Abrams as the saviour of Star Wars. They said, entirely accurately, that JJ Abrams' style of directing is in-congruent with the history of Star Trek (while praising his technical chops) but much m...

Then, bluntly, I think you didn't comprehend what was said. At no point did they 'keep pushing' for JJ Abrams as the saviour of Star Wars. They said, entirely accurately, that JJ Abrams' style of directing is in-congruent with the history of Star Trek (while praising his technical chops) but much mo...

How, pray tell, are they to blame for the mess that is the sequel trilogy? They were part of the chorus that keep pushing for JJ Abrams as this saviour of Star Wars? And their repeated attempt on how the only "true" Star Wars is all about the gritty outskirts on the edge of civilisation a...