Current Events > Serious or Satire?: Twitter User is triggered over Playmobile police sets.

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https://twitter.com/ScottHech/status/1066874736561582081

Cache of weapons that came with @playmobils police helicopter/motorcycle given to my son by very well-meaning relatives. 1 gas mask. 3 handguns. 1 Machine gun. 1 baton. 1 asp. 1 set of handcuffs. 1 flashlight. Loves the helicopter. I confiscated the rest. Why are these included?

Approximately 2900 people have been shot dead by police in America since Michael Browns killing in 2014.



An asp is a retractable metal baton used to subdue people with brute force. When an officer broke into my clients house in 2015 & couldnt get his asp open, he jabbed him in the back repeatedly w/ the sharp base, taking chunks of skin out of his back. Wounds havent healed.



After Rodney Kings horrific assault, the baton became a symbol of law enforcement abuse. Its use has declined dramatically. In 1990, it was used 741 times by LAPD. By 2015, that number declined to 54. Still necessary for these toys though. Someone might need a beating, I guess.



This image. This gas mask. This anonymous officer. In light of what weve seen with violent suppression of peaceful protest historically & what were hearing & seeing now on the border with @CBP agents hurling poisonous gas at unarmed women and children seeking asylum. Too much.



Even the more benign common items are all-too-familiar tools of capture & invasion of privacy my clients face everyday. Early morning home raids with the strobe light effect of officer flashlights bounding off bedroom walls. Too-tight cuffs on young black men up against walls.



These officers are militarized. Armed to exact violence. To injure. To terrorize. To suppress voice, violate rights. In many ways, theyre a reflection of the reality of police forces, force & violence. But Dont think its meant as a political statement. Nor would 3 y/o get it.



Oh man. Went down the rabbit hole. They have a prison too. Its bad.

4 handguns. 2 machine guns. 2 sniper rifles. 2 battons. 1 weapons locker.



Here is a sociopathic smiling guard holding a sniper rifle in his torture chamber full of weapons & handcuffs with a prisoner already missing half his body.

Youngster_Joey Note: All Playmobile figures have that smile I'm pretty sure.

But at least theyre only locking up real bad guys like this crazed monster with what looks like bloody shanks attaches to his legs.

He ended it by posting this after everyone called him a dumbass

Ive been thinking a lot about where the anger, ad hominem attacks on my masculinity & capacity as a father, & general classic bullying behavior in the majority of these comments comes from. Kept coming back to insecurity. This study came out today:

And then he linked to that masculinity study.

So, is this serious or just elaborate satire?

Just another day on twitter.
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a prisoner already missing half his body.

Here's the subtle "this is satire" hint you were looking for.
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DarkTransient posted...

a prisoner already missing half his body.

Here's the subtle "this is satire" hint you were looking for.

It's CE, how many people here actually know what satire is?
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only cops should have fake plastic guns
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DarkTransient posted...

a prisoner already missing half his body.

Here's the subtle "this is satire" hint you were looking for.

Judging from his other posts, uhh, I dunno. The whole account would have to be satire.

Seems like he's being serious, TC
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Asp? Never heard that before, I always called it a Tonya Harding stick.
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It actually is kind of weird that those things are so detailed. Is that a special rainbow six siege playset or something? Since when do little LEGO things have shotguns with attachable flashlights on the barrel and shit
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@DarkTransient posted...

Here's the subtle "this is satire" hint you were looking for.

It's not satire, which is why it is funny.

He's a verified user and apparently an attorney, so if his entire twitter account is meant to be satire...I dunno, maybe that's okay these days?
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ultimate reaver posted...

It actually is kind of weird that those things are so detailed. Is that a special rainbow six siege playset or something? Since when do little LEGO things have shotguns with attachable flashlights on the barrel and shit

I think playmobile stepped their game up in recent years after acquiring a bunch of licenses.

Megabloks also has really detailed weapons since getting the Halo/Call of Duty/Anthem licenses.
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AlecSkorpio posted...

@DarkTransient posted...

Here's the subtle "this is satire" hint you were looking for.

It's not satire, which is why it is funny.

He's a verified user and apparently an attorney, so if his entire twitter account is meant to be satire...I dunno, maybe that's okay these days?

Well... fuck.
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People always like to be like "it's just one crazy guy on twitter"

But I think it says something when a lot of these guys seem to be verified users, which mean they have to have some sort of large enough presence outside of twitter, right?

Or does it take absolutely fuck all to get verified or something? I really don't understand twitter.
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White cop has guns. Black cop doesn't.

I think it's satire.
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008Zulu posted...

White cop has guns. Black cop doesn't.

I think it's satire.

He set those pics up tho lol
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008Zulu posted...

White cop has guns. Black cop doesn't.

I think it's satire.

The black cop is the family friendly version

By which I mean *insert essay about how pathetic those edits to Spielberg films were*
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My sides, they hurt so badly reading this. It has to be a goddamn parody.
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Imagine if GI Joes were still a thing.

my wife's son got a gi joe from his dad last christmas

i was literally shaking as he unwrapped it
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Youngster_Joey_ posted...

Imagine if GI Joes were still a thing.

That hasbro movie with that guy from magic Mike somehow wasn't enough to kill the product
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gunplagirl posted...

Youngster_Joey_ posted...

Imagine if GI Joes were still a thing.

That hasbro movie with that guy from magic Mike somehow wasn't enough to kill the product

They haven't made GI Joe product for over a year now and haven't announced anything.

I know cause I used to collect them.

I think Hasbro is just hoping people forget about GI Joe.