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Terry Crews is a good man speaking common sense if you pay attention to his entire message.

The problem however is that we live in an age of soundbites where people will cherry pick statements and contextualize them in a way to support their narrative.

He's taking a stand against black supremacy. Black supremacy, like any other racial supremacy, is wrong. I think we can all agree to this statement. However, black supremacy is nowhere near as common or dangerous as white supremacy during the current political climate. On a pure philosophical standpoint, both are as bad as each others but on a practical standpoint in America in 2020, white supremacy is a much bigger problem.

In the same vein as #AllLivesMatter is taken as opposition to #BlackLivesMatter despite by itself being common sense, going after black supremacy in this context is taken as being opposed to the current movement.

I wish people going after Crews would try to understand his full intentions and I wish Crews was more mindful of the current political climate in how he's communicating his message.

That loading animation got me.

It's just a meme that caught on. Same thing as when people were wondering if "ok boomer" was offensive. Give it a few months and it'll go away.

I still have my first hotmail address that I use with friends.

A less cringy gmail.com for personal use.

And my professional address.

A two months delay during the time period where most games come out. The horror.

Unless you'd prefer it comes out rushed and full of bugs and when it's patched and functional a few months later its reputation is already ruined?

You know, people usually try to be at least a bit subtle when they're fearmongering for political gain...

I assume anyone old enough to vote is mature enough to take responsibilities for their decisions.

Whether they support him because they agree with him or because or some misguided pride that won't allow them to admit they were wrong does not matter. I believe it would be more insulting to baby them and absolve them of their faults because "they don't know better" or whatever else.

Fuparulez posted...

The thing with profiling is that... it works. Put it this way. If there's a criminal at large driving, say... a silver Honda Civic, do you pull over the green Ford Explorer? Or do you pull over the silver Honda Civic?

If there's a male criminal at large, do you pull over all males? Sometimes you gotta have something a bit more specific before you start pulling a good percentage of the population.

I had to reread your post a few times to make sure I didn't misunderstand. Your take on these events, that "Reddit helped get two kids killed" is incredibly bad.

The mother was obviously a terrible person. If anything, these events proved that Reddit's advice was right and it was better to get away from this woman. It would have been crazy to predict this would cause the mother to snap and kill her children. If, somehow, you did predict that, then the right thing to do would've been to get the children away from her, somewhere safe, not stay with her and hope she never snaps.

Didn't we already establish it was better to boil steak?

I didn't care about the man before, I won't care about him now. Pretty obvious that the statement was backtracking because his career would have greatly suffered otherwise and he didn't actually apologize or show any understanding why what he said was wrong.

And it was wrong. It was a peaceful protest for a real problem done in a way that was meant to be respectful but visible. But they never addressed the problem, did they? They created a narrative of disrespect to the flag and held on for dear life, never saying a word about the actual message. They ignored it, they dismissed it.

Now, the message has come back. In a more disruptive way and, in some places, in more violent ways. And still, you get the usual suspects ignoring the message and focus only on the looting. It will end the same way, the movement will lose steam, people who need to hear the message will only hear about riots and looting and when they look back that's all they'll remember. Until the next time.

This issue matters. Stop dismissing it and trying to change the narrative.

Allow? She's not my property.

I would certainly try to convince her not to and I doubt wed be married if she was the kind of person to do something like that.

A civilian pushing a cop, even if the cop did not get hurt would have been bum rushed and beaten up by a whole bunch of them.

Not. A. Single. One. touched him. This is what we're talking about when we say "good" cops protect the bad and therefore are not good at all.

Weren't Twitter supposed to fact check him now? They gave up quickly.

RadiantAdolin posted...

Not legally.

Any further action he took would've been a violation of the chain of command, and he was given no unlawful orders. He had no good options.

To serve and protect. He was told to back off. To back off and not save a man being executed before his eyes. That's very much an unlawful order.

Yes, he was put in a very shitty situation, no one is denying that. He certainly did not do the worst he could've done in this situation. But he ultimately watched as a man was killed in front of him. At the very least, that's not someone I want as a police officer.

As a police officer, he has a duty to help people whose lives are in danger. His own actions clearly show he had concerns about Floyd's safety but ultimately, did nothing to help him.

Of the four, he is clearly the most sympathetic and I assume will be the one who'll be punished the least. That does not clear him of all wrong doing however.

Following unlawful orders has long been established to not be a legitimate defense.

Candace Owens with another bad take completely missing the point. I am shocked.

What even is your point now TC?

That some people who have used the name Antifa have been part of violence in some protests? No shit? An open group centered around protests have had some people claiming the name going too far. How completely unexpected.

What then? Do you agree with Trump that Antifa should be declared a terrorist organization despite not even being an organization? Do you think all the peaceful protesters that have nothing to do with those violent individuals should be condemned because they both identify themselves as anti-fascists?

Antifa is not an organization. You cannot pressure leaders that do not exist to control members that do not exist. You can only judge individuals. Someone taking advantage of the protests to loot and destroy is scum, no matter if they identify themselves as Antifa, alt-right or nothing at all.

Dismissing a whole ideology as uncontroversial as "fascism is bad" because of a few unrelated individuals taking things too far is ridiculous.

Veggeta X posted...

Are you two really gonna act like you dunno what being militant means? Good lord the things people will do for their agenda.

You're the one who talked about militant atheism. I very specifically said By that definition. If you choose to use multiple different definitions depending on which one makes you look better, that's a you problem.

Veggeta X posted...

Militant doesn't literally mean using military weapons. For example, militant Atheists unless of course you believe they literally use guns and shit.

By that definition, anyone going to a protest, even a peaceful one, is militant.

Veggeta X posted...

Oh lord what makes you think anyone is free from this?

You still haven't realized that Antifa is merely a "brand" some people choose to associate themselves with and that all it really mean is you're against fascism. That's it.

There are no leaders. There is no set of rules or code of conduct. There is nowhere to sign up. You, a random Joe, are anti-fascist and choose to use that name for a protest? That protest is now as much Antifa as any other that chose to use that name.

This is why attacking or defending Antifa is ridiculous and pointless. Some will be peaceful, some will be violent. The only link is they are both protesting fascism. Hell, they might even disagree on what fascism is!

It is incredibly disingenuous to dismiss a peaceful protest that decided to use the name Antifa because another completely unrelated protest that also used that name turned violent.

Veggeta X posted...

Okay, but I'm not going to use any form of violence to get my message across. I'm not even going into the streets. And I sure as fuck don't want to be grouped up with the people who are.

Then you should start by not grouping them up yourself.

Veggeta X posted...

So this turns into a "protestors don't need to condemn each other but cops need to condemn each other" argument. You're right, cops should be held to the highest of standards and they definitely need to call each other out if one of theirs is doing wrong. But protestors should also know how to differentiate themselves from the extremists. Are they held to the same standard as cops to do so? No, but they should if they want to be more credible.

I've seen plenty of videos of peaceful protesters condemning looting and protecting stores.

When a protest turns violent, I have no issue with the police reacting accordingly. Arresting violent looters is fine. Charging and hitting everything in sight, including the press is not.

I have also seen videos of police doing the right thing. I don't feel like searching for it, but I remember a video a cop hitting a protester for no reason then getting pulled aside and getting yelled at by what I assume was his superior officer. That's good. But there are many, many examples of a cop doing something terrible in plain sight of his fellow officers and them doing nothing about it. Unlike civilians, cops have a duty to intervene when they see their fellows acting terribly.

This is a protest against police brutality and their lack of accountability. No matter how you stand on these issues, you have to realize that responding to these protests with brutality and not doing anything when a cop is caught on video is not doing anyone any favor.

LostForest posted...

So in other words, not all cops should be held accountable for a few cops that do terrible things?

According to you, cops should be held to the same standards as civilians? This IS fun, I can see why you guys love doing this.

There are good cops. A cop watching another abuse their power and who does nothing is not a good cop. Law also applies to the enforcers of said law and if you turn a blind eye, you're part of the problem.

Veggeta X posted...

Huh? So you mean to tell me antifa doesn't use violence and extreme militant tactics to send their message?

Why do you ask people a question then ignore their answer in order to make a terrible strawman?

The "group" name stands for anti-fascism. That's literally the only constant about it. Some will use it and protest peacefully. Some will use it and do terrible stuff. As it is about anti-fascism it will usually trend toward caring for people and going against authority.

If you ignore a peaceful message because the protesters use that name and at another time and in another city some other protesters using that name broke some windows, you're just looking for excuses to conveniently ignore whatever you want.

Antifa is an open group, just like Anonymous. There is no structure, no membership. If you claim yourself to be Antifa, you represent it just as much as anyone else. In other words, it is meaningless.

The "group" is not good or bad, it simply is whatever the people currently claiming it at that one particular place are.

Phantom36 posted...

Trump can be criticized for 10 million things, but,

it's a huge leap to say he's responsible for the rioting. Nothing Trump tweets is affecting the severity of the riots.

There is not one thing you can point out as responsible for the riots, it's a combination of factors and Trump is one of them.

Trump went hard after Kaepernick, never bothering to address the message. That was a peaceful protest and it was ignored completely.

Now that the riots are happening, he's not trying to calm things down, he's calling for violence and had a peaceful protest attacked to do a terribly tone-deaf photo-op. He tear gassed the members of the Church he was going to. You can't make this up.

Sounds like an edgy teenager.

So long as it ain't healthcare.

BakonBitz posted...

...The hell is this?

A few years back, there was a bit of a controversy about JonTron who started Game Grumps with egoraptor. It should be noted that Jontron left Game Grumps long before that controversy and it had nothing to do with egoraptor.

I have mixed opinions on this.

I'm old enough to have been on the internet long before social media caught on. The idea that what you say on the internet might come back and affect you in real life is still one that's strange to me. I'm so used to think that people are assholes on the internet because of anonymity then I see posts after stupid posts of people saying the dumbest thing with their name and face right next to it.

This is the world we live in now, if people really want to, they're going to be able to find stuff about you in real life from your posts on the internet. No need for hacking most of the time even. I'm not sure if I feel this is better as people are more accountable (though, sadly, it doesn't seem to have lessened shit posting) or if I preferred having a separation between both lives.

In the end, I guess I wouldn't go to the trouble of identifying or reporting those people but, so long as no actual laws are broken, I won't feel too horrible if their words come back to haunt them.

Omega Hunter posted...

As shocked as people are to watch a video of a 4 person CNN camera crew being arrested live on TV without cause this is exactly what black people go through everday. The police have tooo much power, they know it, and they abuse it. Even if they have no charge that would hold up in a court of law, if they don't like you they will put you in jail and ruin your next few days/week. Its blatantly unconstitutional and an abuse of power and it needs to fucking end. I grew up seeing it all the time. I would see someone be rude to a cop and the response would be "do you want to go to jail?", and I remember thinking...but he didn't break any law. I soon realized that it didn't matter if you broke a law or not.

The people need to arm themselves and fight back its the only way. When someone has a gun and is authorized to use it and you don't, you will never be treated with respect. They have ALL the power and they know it.

Are you seriously advocating that people get in shoot-outs with the police? Maybe, just maybe, it'd be better to hold them more accountable instead?

I know that FFIX is beloved on the internet but to me it's always been incredibly meh. It's fine. Just, nothing more.

Gameplay-wise, I prefer VI and VII, in no particular order. Overall, I'd give a very slight edge to VII. While the story and characters can be incredibly stupid at times, the presentation (at the time) honestly wowed me a few times.

FortuneCookie posted...

If it was meant to be pronounced like gift, it would have a t at the end of it.

Hence why we pronounce .gif as gift without the t.

FortuneCookie posted...

This is how I feel about people who pronounce .gif as gift without the t.

If it was meant to be pronounced jif, it would be written as jif.

I prefer to play many different games rather than invest the time necessary to become great at one. As such, I'm usually not very interested in highly competitive games such as fighting games, real-time strategy or online shooters.

I might enjoy the single player mode but unless I got some friends who are also interested in the game and we can compete (terribly) against each others, I will then move on to something else.

Back in high school, I used to play a lot of Soul Calibur with some friends. We were no doubt horrible by tournament standards but it was fun and we were improving together.

The prequel trilogy was greatly inspired by the Bush administration. His famous "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists" in this case.

Truck-kun strikes again! I wonder in which Isekai that woman ended up?

If pigs didn't want to get eaten, they wouldn't be made of bacon. Checkmate.

cjsdowg posted...

I hate rat ass Kylo, and I am going to support his character on this one. When you walk into someone's room and pull a weapon on them and almost kill them with it, that is attempted murder. This is like Batman having a bad dream about Robin talking to Joker. In place of helping him, he goes into the Robin's nest and puts a gun to his head and cocks it back. And it took Luke over 12 seconds before he was like oops, that is not a moment. So even if you think it fine that a true hero (because of his heart) almost kills someone while they are sleeping. Just write that off. Next he didn't do anything to fix the situation. That makes it even worse.

And all this was because Johnson had a love affair with Kylo and wanted to give him an excuse to be evil. Every single horrible actions done to other characters' character. Was done so they can push up Kylo.

Finn and Rey are connecting and people like that. Make Finn into a fool, make his injuries nothing and make sure he stays away from Rey.
Rey is a strong and independent, make her forget everything and make all her actions center just on bring back Kylo to the detriment of everything else.
Hux: Was a scared Red headed Nazi analog, make up a joke of character who gets thrown around like a cartoon.
Everything to make Kylo look better.

I liked Kylo in TFA. The trailers made it seem like he was the new Vader. His first actions were framed that way. But, as the audience, there's a disconnect. No you're not cool like Vader, you're just a wannabe.

Then... turns out he IS a wannabe in-story. He worships a burned out helmet, throws tantrums and gets embarrassed by a complete newbie. He's a mess and it's interesting.

Then TLJ happens and we're supposed to take him seriously.

Derwood posted...

We need to stop using -gate as a suffix meaning crime or scandal. The Watergate scandal wasn't about crimes relating to water

I agree we should rename it to Watergategate.

Trump is great because he tells it like it is!

Pelosi is mean because she used a medical term to accurately describe his weight!

It's not the complete assassination some people claim but it is quite a departure from his attitude in the original trilogy. Add that TFA was all about finding Luke like he was some kind of messiah and you get some whiplash.

Never dismiss your own side shortcomings. Always strive to improve.

However, don't ever dismiss truly appalling behavior from the opposition because your side is not perfect.

Democrats leadership kinda sucks. Republican's is awful. To say "both sides" and treat them to same is insanity.

DanSmithK7 posted...

he MUST have some sort of economic interest on this compound.

He mostly is unable to admit being wrong on anything.

It's about who you identify with.

Is your first instinct to sympathize with the "normal guy" trying to protect his community that only wanted to talk but had to take precautions when confronting a potential criminal who did turn out to be violent and tried to take his gun and likely kill him and his son?

Or do you sympathize with a guy, just jogging and minding his business, being chased by people with guns who refused to just let him go who likely was terrified at this point?

While I can imagine the mindset of the murderers, the fact is they're the one who created this situation. They initiated the confrontation, they refused to let Ahmaud go, they're the ones who brought weapons and they're the ones who did shoot in the end. Even if we assume they had the best intentions in the world, they fucked up.

Silent Hill: Alley, school locker and hospital elevator
Half-Life 2: Gravity Gun upgrade
Mass Effect 3: Citadel DLC
Witcher 3: Settling down at Corvo Blanco with Yen
Many games : Finally beating that One Boss

I don't get the whole making a post about a topic on another discussion forum. You might want to discuss it there?

As for your hot take, I'd prefer if no one got sick/died from Covid-19. This is why I support an intelligent reopening schedule based on local numbers rather than a blanket let's reopen as fast as possible because muh economy.

However, despite all the warnings, some people still disregard any caution. If such a person get sick and die, how do you want me to react? They know the risks, they choose to put themselves in danger. I can only hope others can learn from their mistakes and be more cautious.

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