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Serak The Preparer

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  1. I agree 100% that you can tell people "on day 1 that under these circumstances, the expectation is that you go in and attempt to neutralize the threat, and at the very least draw their attention and fire away from the kids." I can also look at cops behavior or Parkland, at Uvalde, and at other non-school shootings. They don't do what they're supposed to. That's bad - full stop. Yes they should go in. But they don't, not with actual training. I am not arguing with you or @Brisketexan about what cops SHOULD do. I am arguing about what I think realistic expectations are for poorly-trained bullies who aren't used to actually being fired upon. The cops here weren't exceptionally bad - this should be viewed as just the baseline shitty behavior that should be expected, which is why the solution isn't more cops at more schools. It won't work. Anyway, I've said my piece on this - can agree to disagree.
  2. Do you want cops to go through marine training? Because I sure as hell don't want MORE militarization of police.
  3. I don't think anyone is condoning the cops' collective behavior. I at least am saying it's to be expected. I have 100% sincere respect for firemen rushing in to save a building. I've never done it and don't know what my reaction would be. But I do strongly suspect that I would be less likely to freeze and panic running into a fire than running into a building where someone was shooting me. This is not about firefighters vs cops, it's about a dangerous environment versus being specifically targeted. I suspect almost ANYONE is more likely to freeze or hold off on entry when faced with targeted gun fire. This is my main point - cops aren't the answer because, regardless of right vs wrong, they aren't likely to make the right decision because they're human and scared. This isn't being said as a defense of cops - I think they are almost exclusively power-hungry assholes who get off on abusing people. It's because of this that I have lowered expectations of their behavior when confronted with something like a school shooting.
  4. I keep reading these threads and am going more and more insane. @Immaculate Vibes asking why it's possible to be ashamed to be a Texan. @Bevo joining @Skipper as well-off straight middle-aged white dudes who either have the luxury of not paying attention to politics or not seeing the structural rot within the GOP because it doesn't directly impact them. @Trey3216, @BabaYaga and countless others saying "I don't support murdering kids" when they really mean "I support not-murdering-kids LESS THAN I support lower taxes". And now we, as a nation, are going to spend the next precious moments of potential sanity arguing about the action of shitty cops in Uvalde, who realistically are no more or no less shitty than any cops in other fucking city in this country, and whether we could have celebrated only having, say, 12 dead kids, or 10 dead kids, or maybe getting super duper lucky and having 8 dead kids. These cops were just cops. They want to live - which makes total sense - it's a natural reaction. So surely we can all pivot to "oh, maybe more cops in schools aren't the solution because it turns out THEY FUCKING SUCK" and actually work to solve the problem. Yeah, I'll hold my breath on that last point and see what happens.
  5. Hey does anyone know if @Jshep34usually sends from his SM-G960U using Tapatalk? It's a real mystery.
  6. @statsman after further seeing your posts in the Uvalde theads I am pretty impressed. In this thread and that you are arguing for things that nobody is arguing against while arguing against things nobody is arguing for. I can't go so far as to say you have it all figured out but you sure have a lot figured out.
  7. For anyone wondering who was actually happy about the events a couple of days ago, now we know. @MirrOlure saw this, thought "hmm, that's a good start", and (allegedly) financially supported the Republic Mayor to continue his bang-up job.
  8. This is made ever better when you realize that this was really hauling ass for a sloth This is almost a pic that makes you say Holy Shit.
  9. My man, the police literally do not owe a specific duty to provide police services. They get all of the perks of power abuse, sexual assault, discrimination, practical immunity from liability, etc., but have fuck all obligation to actually apprehend anyone. It's abhorrent but not criminal at all. Hell, it's a good gig if you can get it.
  10. He wanted to be more creative than @immortal14. That is who you are dealing with.
  11. A straight middle-aged white dude looking around at awful the Republican party is and being surprised. Dude - it's been this bad for years, you're just now seeing.
  12. This would all be super relevant if people said Durant was a bad guy.
  13. I stand corrected, I did some skimming of the thread and misread your posts.
  14. I don't think that many people are against farm subsidies, but it is a little rich when those that benefit from such subsidies are also the loudest about screaming "SOCIALISM!" and "HANDOUTS" to others who receive money from the government.
  15. You forgot "Now is not the time to discuss politics" in that chart.
  16. @HeHateMe @BabaYaga @Immaculate Vibes and others who keep talking about hardening or reimaging schools - it is nonsensical. As @TXSG8R put it in another thread: A voluntary 1% increase in tax (as HeHateMe) suggested doesn't even begin to approach a solution. Anyone suggesting the solution is hardening schools is the equivalent of Michael Scott screaming "I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY". Either we do something about access to guns or we say killing kids is the price of freedom.
  17. Ah yes Libertarians. The party noted for things like <checks notes> background checks and gun control. Jesus, Gary Johnson was booed for supporting the need for driver's licenses at the Libertarian Presidential Debate. Again you are not happy about dead kids but you are ok with it. It is the price of doing business.
  18. @Vegas64 - you have posted excerpts from articles many times over the last couple of weeks without linking to the source. Can you please add a link when you do so? I am not in any way trying to imply you are selectively editing or misleading but it would be nice to read more of what any given article says.
  19. No shit. @Trey3216 - believe it or not you are not some great mystery. You can couch your classical liberal all you want but you have literally never made a post that is slanted in any way to be pro-democrat or anti-republican. Maybe you just don't vote. Frankly that would be ideal. Because you sure as shit aren't pulling any (D) levers.
  20. Nobody thinks you're happy about this. But you're ok with it.
  21. On your list of things not to like you left off: acts like an insecure petulant bitch a lot of the time and fled to super-team (that had just beat his team) rather than try to build someting. I'm not out to convince anyone not to like Durant. I don't hate him, I'm just ambivalent about him. But it's also silly not to acknowledge actual reasons people aren't Durant fans. And to be clear, none of this has to do with his actual talent, which is absurd.
  22. Yes, we should definitely take this action, really reinforce the message. It needs to be in front of everybody, no exception. Except, of course, the Daily Texan on this fucking website which you specifically have control of.
  23. It's also telling how much of a Cult of Personality he has by Struggle conflating Elon Musk with "the top EV company in the world". Elon Musk is not Tesla. People can like the battery / storage technologies that Tesla is driving (no pun intended) while also pointing out what a shitty person Elon Musk is.
  24. Just got the same one. Let's make it a thing.
  25. Ah so we should be more like <checks notes> India or China.
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