Board 8 > Politics Containment Topic 357: Insurrection Lasting More than 4 Hours

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StealThisSheen posted...

They just deleted the tweets on his

Ah, ok

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This week feels like a year

Remember the Georgia call? That was LESS THAN A WEEK AGO
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Another video of the terrorists attacking Capitol Police:

https://twitter.com/joshscampbell/status/1347749675777011714

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LordoftheMorons posted...

Another video of the terrorists attacking Capitol Police:

https://twitter.com/joshscampbell/status/1347749675777011714

I'm so fucking pissed off right now.
Goddamn.

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Twitter should put a captcha-type 'puzzle' on the next account Trump tries to use. "To prove you're not a seditionist, enter the winner of the 2020 US presidential election."
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Allen shut down the MAGA community board shortly after the attack on the Capitol and made this post:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/79226621/949266774

The board was locked down relatively quickly after the terrorist attack on the Capitol. We didn't wipe out the board completely because it would make moderation of posts on the board impossible. The board was first simply locked down to keep the content accessible for the moderation staff. Since we didn't really have a protocol for such things, our tools to lock it down weren't perfect, so users could still be invited in. We'll be working on our CB tools in case something like this ever happens again in the future.

Today, we've made manual edits to the board to keep all users out so we can still see the posts for moderation purposes but for all intents and purposes, it's all gone.

To answer a few questions I saw while skimming the topic.

Why did we allow a MAGA board in the first place? When the board was first created, the group and name were certainly different than they are today. We also generally try to stay politically neutral when possible, so it seemed fitting to allow a pro-Trump/conservative board at the time. As things escalated over the years, we did have to step in a few times and get the board back in line, but there weren't any more posts on that board in particular vs the rest of the site that were inciting violence or celebrating it, and those users were handled unilaterally. After the terrorist attack on the Capitol and the fact that there were celebratory posts about it (all users of which were indeed banned), the board could no longer be justified.

Is it fair to ban a conservative board? Is that GameFAQs taking a political stand? It is not. Our political beliefs are never taken into account when handling site moderation. When a group is tied to terrorism, regardless of political spectrum, we aren't going to allow there to be a board for that group.

Why didn't GameFAQs post a BLM statement when the other ViacomCBS sites did? We were told not to, and that a post would be made on all sites. For reasons unknown to me, that message was not pushed to GameFAQs. I don't know if there was a technical error or if they just forgot to include us since we're on a sub-domain, but the fact of the matter is that I was explicitly told to let the company make the statement and they failed to do so. I'm not sure how political RV wants its product managers to be, but to be brief and upfront about it, I have been and always will be very pro-BLM. I'm leaving it at that.

If you have any other questions, I can try to answer them quickly, but I have a lot on my plate today so I can't monitor this topic all day and reply to it.

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I don't want to link it because of past misidentifications like the reddit boston bomber fuckup, but there are claims that the ziptie guy has been IDed.

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Shock of shocks, Cawthorn doesnt understand the Constitution

https://twitter.com/cawthornfornc/status/1347720235047133184?s=21
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https://twitter.com/StevenTDennis/status/1347762562679648257

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Yeah, nice try Mark Kelly wearing a fake mustache. You cant serve two states at the same time.

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https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/1347780799387598848?s=21

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My calculator is CENSORING me from dividing by 0

Orwellian!!
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Yeah but guys my calculator says boobs

heheheheh suck it government

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StealThisSheen posted...

Yeah but guys my calculator says boobs

heheheheh suck it government

Im sorry, but we have to ban you from Gamefaqs. Dont blame me; were controlled by antifa now!

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Meltdown.

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LordoftheMorons posted...

https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/1347780799387598848?s=21

I cant be the only person who sees Sean Davis and thinks its Smuffin, right?

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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

I cant be the only person who sees Sean Davis and thinks its Smuffin, right?

lmao

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LordoftheMorons posted...

Im sorry, but we have to ban you from Gamefaqs. Dont blame me; were controlled by antifa now!

Yeah but guys my calculator says boobs

heheheheh suck it government

You can't keep me down big tech

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And I've got atleast 2 more accounts where that came from

Checkmate, libs

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Jakyl25 posted...

Shock of shocks, Cawthorn doesnt understand the Constitution

https://twitter.com/cawthornfornc/status/1347720235047133184?s=21

"Ought to." "Calling for." He understands.

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But he should not be using Twitter. He should stop posting there!

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Get ready for new Twitter user rea1dona1dtrump

edit: oh wait I forgot reaidonaidtrump with capital i's, what a fool I was

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Somehow I missed the part where he logged into Melania's Twitter. Those tweets are gone of course, lol.

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I look forward to the days where I can just be embarrassed by some of the president's policy decisions.

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MMXcalibur posted...

I'm so fucking pissed off right now.
Goddamn.

You absolutely should be. I also hope you have been equally pissed off when officers had rocks thrown at them, fireworks shot at them, were physically assaulted, laser pointers used to try and blind them, and etc.

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Show me a video that's anywhere near as bad as that one, or else kindly go stick your bullshit up your ass, Corrik.

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The rioters at the capital literally killed a cop which is actually something police freak out about. I wanna see the arrests for this.

kevwaffles posted...

Show me a video that's anywhere near as bad as that one, or else kindly go stick your bullshit up your ass, Corrik.

Are you serious? How about the guy who took a rock and smashed a cops face in and knocked a cop literally out instantly? Day 1 of the BLM protests this summer. Do you even know what you are talking about?

And, you shouldn't even need videos of violence on cops to be appalled by it either. That's disgusting that you are even going to defend violence on cops when convenient to your cause. Disgusting.

Edit: sorry it was a brick and at kenosha.

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I never said violence was okay.

But at this point one of three things is about to happen.

• You admit that your "both sides-ism" is completely imbalanced and therefore a bullshit attempt to normalize and/or defend what happened at the Capitol this week.
• You show me some actual evidence that it's not.
• We part ways forever.

Your choice. Ball is in your court.

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And to be clear, I'm not trying to get you to say that no one ever did a bad thing at a BLM protest. I want you to acknowledge that there is a fucking difference.

And if you are having this little exchange having not watched that video, just stop now and watch it first.

Edit: Or admit you don't want to watch it. I get why you might not, but if you haven't then you need to back down right now.

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kevwaffles posted...

And to be clear, I'm not trying to get you to say that no one ever did a bad thing at a BLM protest. I want you to acknowledge that there is a fucking difference.

And if you are having this little exchange having not watched that video, just stop now and watch it first.

Edit: Or admit you don't want to watch it. I get why you might not, but if you haven't then you need to back down right now.

I did watch it. It's fucking disgusting. There is no dispute to that. I don't pick and choose when violence on cops is acceptable or not. That's the problem with you. And feel free to block me. I could give two shits if someone is going to act like violence against cops when at their own political ideological riots is not as bad as violence as others. It's ridiculous.

Every single person who stormed the capitol should be charged with terrorism. Every single one. I don't give a fuck who they were or what their reasoning was.

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Like, I will probably get warned for this post, but if you watched that video and didn't think they had justification to fire their weapons there, then I don't know how to see on your level.

Yes, if they fired their guns there quite a few lives would have been lost by the shots and the ensuing trample. But, this was a violent attack on our nations capitol and the justification was plain as day. It's sorry to say that lives being lost in that number would be justified, but you are also talking about a literal terrorist attack and violence against people defending our nations capitol.

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GuessMyUserName posted...

there's right-wing versions of like every major social media platform

I think the only one I don't know an alt-right spin-off is YouTube? at least as far as I know?

bitchute is the alt-right youtube.

but yeah, i'd never heard of parler before this topic, but seems like that's the alt-right twitter.

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Corrik7 posted...

I did watch it. It's fucking disgusting. There is no dispute to that. I don't pick and choose when violence on cops is acceptable or not. That's the problem with you. And feel free to block me. I could give two shits if someone is going to act like violence against cops when at their own political ideological riots is not as bad as violence as others. It's ridiculous.

Every single person who stormed the capitol should be charged with terrorism. Every single one. I don't give a fuck who they were or what their reasoning was.

Okay, let me ask you this first. What is the point of playing the "a guy/some guys assaulted a cop in multiple protests" card right now in comparison to a coup attempt that you (rightfully) consider literal terrorism with actual deaths of cops? Because it's so incredibly imbalanced that there is no reason to bring it up right now as anything short of a "both sides" defense.

Admitting that these are not equivalent doesn't make other instances of violence against cops "justified" in any way. Murder and terrorism can be worse than assault without making assault "okay".

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Corrik7 posted...

Like, I will probably get warned for this post, but if you watched that video and didn't think they had justification to fire their weapons there, then I don't know how to see on your level.

Yes, if they fired their guns there quite a few lives would have been lost by the shots and the ensuing trample. But, this was a violent attack on our nations capitol and the justification was plain as day. It's sorry to say that lives being lost in that number would be justified, but you are also talking about a literal terrorist attack and violence against people defending our nations capitol.

Fucking what?

No seriously, I'm not mad by what you said here right now. I just have no idea why you pivoted to this.

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kevwaffles posted...

therefore a bullshit attempt to normalize and/or defend what happened at the Capitol this week.

Looks like you pivoted. I have been hard 100% since the beginning on this. No normalization or defense coming from me.


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Mr Lasastryke posted...

bitchute is the alt-right youtube.

but yeah, i'd never heard of parler before this topic, but seems like that's the alt-right twitter.

You can stop using the term alt-right now. All factions of the right (that haven't abandoned Trump) now blend together as a singular cult movement, binded by their adherence to the cult leader. Ideological differences between the traditional right and the white nationalist alt-right are distractions from serving the figurehead.

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jesus christ why are we talking about BLM again

this is reaching "BUT HER EMAILS" levels of ridiculousness

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Corrik7 posted...

Looks like you pivoted. I have been hard 100% since the beginning on this. No normalization or defense coming from me.

I'm not entirely sure what you think I pivoted to.

You went from initially saying, at my most generous interpretation, that isolated assault incidences should be viewed as just as bad as what was happening in that video. You're definitely not doubling down on that at least, but now I'm not really sure why you lead with it given the direction you're taking this conversation now.

You're actual opinions don't seem to be as atrocious as I thought you were initially getting at, so I'm willing to stop this exchange for now if you are.

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Mr Lasastryke posted...

jesus christ why are we talking about BLM again

this is reaching "BUT HER EMAILS" levels of ridiculousness

Yeah I dunno why this got brought up, but hopefully we're done here.

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https://youtu.be/Z8mb66RssxA

This happened.

TL;DW: it's divisiveness of the media that is to blame for the attempted overthrowing of American democracy, no mention of Trump and his cronies

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Lectern guy has been arrested:

https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1347923225913815040

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LordoftheMorons posted...

Lectern guy has been arrested:

https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1347923225913815040

And faces a maximum of one year in prison, wtf

https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1347652588704034818

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MrGreenonion posted...

And faces a maximum of one year in prison, wtf

https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1347652588704034818

Different guy, but also wtf

(The guy I posted about was this dude:
https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1347902869173903367 )

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Every time Don Jr. or some other far-right nutter tries to invoke 1984/Orwell, you should probably remind them that Orwell was a socialist who volunteered to go and fight against the fascists in the Spanish Civil War. I doubt he would be happy about a fascist head of state having a platform to manipulate people into violently attempting to overthrow an elected government.

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https://twitter.com/cableknitjumper/status/1347782420737626112

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The grift continues

https://twitter.com/bryanwmills/status/1347926655856209922?s=21
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Going to be honest, if there isnt evidence that the people in the capitol didnt destroy, hurt or steal anything, one year in prison seems appropriate.

Like obviously lets lock up the rioters and bombers forever, but one year in prison is still a hell of a consequence for hopping in a window someone else broke

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I dont really support prison for most of these people instead of community service, but just to clarify, that guy did steal stuff
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