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Serak The Preparer

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  1. So not trying to put words in your mouth, but is it fair to say then that you support a decision to tear gas a crowd that might get violent but has not actually gotten violent?
  2. It's been said over and over that there is no bottom. Then there is a gif of Pence being sad. And I laugh, but I shouldn't. Because there is no bottom.
  3. Don't worry. Slorch is well known for understanding other's view points and reacting well as new shit is brought to light. I am sure that he will be in here shortly to express an updated opinion based on new information.
  4. He fucking did publicly denounce the shootings you moron. He was in Europe when it happened and held a press conference in Warsaw, Poland shortly afterwords. He left Europe early to come back to the U.S. as a direct result of the shootings. I am sorry he didn't stop by your house to have a chat afterwords and discuss next steps, but it is simply laughable to suggest that Obama didn't publicly respond to the shootings.
  5. You know, fair enough. I still think you are reading waaay too much into his words, but I also know that I have felt aggrieved even when the other party didn't intend to. I get why you are pissed, while also thinking that it is not accurate to say that BT called posters "political terrorists" merely for expressing their opinion.
  6. No he didn't, at least not in what you quoted. He said there were political terrorist movements. That is not the same thing as calling you, me, or even random Joe Blow on the street a political terrorist. It's like saying is acting like an asshole, or said/did something racists. It doesn't mean that individual is an asshole or racist.
  7. Holy shit. That was your gotcha? Brisket not calling anyone out, not referring to a single poster? Not even calling non-Surly individuals a political terrorist? That is some extreme weaksauce.
  8. I would argue that the moral core of this country equates the looting and destruction with systemic racism. Being disgusted with the murder of Floyd doesn't DO anything. And it HASN'T done anything. The effects of systemic racism is just that - systemic. It is not just Floyd, and the solution to systemic racism is not to say, "ok, we'll shoot fewer of you". In that sense I think the center of the country needs to be torn apart, at least the complacency of it.
  9. This is like saying "All I did was put my finger on a piece of metal and pulled on it, and all of a sudden I'm getting charged with shooting a guy!". I don't know the post you are referring to, but I don't think it is the "audacity to voice their opinions" that leads to being called a political terrorist.
  10. I don't think anyone (or at least the large majority of people) are throwing accusations because of actions of ancestors. It is more acknowledgement that our ancestors did some really ahitty things and we benefit from it. Where we go from there can encompass anything from wealth redistribution / reparations to tearing down institutional policies to simple conversations. Maybe I am placing too much emphasis on your discomfort with the word accusation but I am coming to feel that as we (whites) think about our history that we start imagining more anger and accusation that actually exists to individuals.
  11. Not trying to be the proverbial snowflake, but are above posts by Johnny cool? If so, are replies cool?
  12. Understood, and apologies for my contributions to the derailment. Very sincere appreciation to Pancho for sharing his feelings. I think the discussion of "seeing race" vs "not seeing race" was interesting, especially as I also have younger kids who don't currently see race as important (but I don't see that staying the same forever). But even so that should be secondary to just listening and hearing before reacting.
  13. I wasn't complaining about your post, but if you honestly think saying that Obama was a shitty president is not a provocative statement, especially given the recent warning against political statements in multiple threads in DT, than I think your reading of other individuals is a little more suspect than you imagine.
  14. No, you did differentiate in your response. Wulaw called Omaba a shitty president. You replied (in this thread) without comment. Other posters said he was not shitty, and that perhaps other presidents were shitty. That is when you stepped in with your usual butthurt and crying. So why is it you had no problem with the first, provocative statement? Crybaby indeed.
  15. This of course completely ignores the incident that sparked all of these protests involved 4 cops! The problem with police force is not individual bad actors. It is system violence and illegal behavior.
  16. Let's just say I don't think revenue centers are numbers 1-5 on the top 5 issues impacting the protests across the country. Even if you were to draw indirect effects of how revenue management influences department behavior, the presence or absence of a union is not what is driving police behavior.
  17. Hey all, I don't want to be political in here, but the problem is Antifa and Unions!
  18. Oh fuck off you disingenuous ass. You seemed to have no problem with Wulaw calling Obama an incredibly shitty president, making a post afterwords with no comment. But people respond and you get the fucking vapors. You fool nobody.
  19. If standing for that national anthem is not political, why is it done? Just because something is not controversial for any of the paying customers does not make it not political. For crying out loud, it is claiming allegiance to our country which is, by definition, a political entity. You can't possibly claim that it is not inherently political unless there is some other utility. Does it help the performance of the athletes? Does it give extra time to coaches to game plan? For the refs to huddle and make sure they are up on rules? I do agree that employer generally gets to decide on player displays of political activity, but I also think that employers generally don't require displays of political allegiance. If my employer required me to sing to the national anthem at the beginning of my work day, I damn sure would think of that as a political statement. Hell, if it's not political and paying customers agree with it, why is this not generally accepted practice in every industry?
  20. What percent of employees do you estimate are required to Stand at attention during the Star Spangled Banner? That is engaging in political activity by its very nature, otherwise not being in a part of it is also not political activity.
  21. I am sure your dog is the best dog in the world and acts "on-leash" without one. I am also sure that 80% of dog owners would say the same thing. If you were walking around with your dog without in a leash in an area that was explicitly marked that dogs should be leashed, you'd be a dick. In this situation I imagine he would approach you in the same way. Now if you were just walking in your neighborhood, I doubt he would react the same way. I doubt he woke up that day thinking "I am going to cause a shit-storm at the first person I see walking a dog without a leash".
  22. Disagree. If I go to work for Trump I know he is going to utterly screw me whenever is most advantageous for him. As a result, I am going to grift as fast and hard as I can. I think Parscale is a shitty person but he did what he wanted to do, which is maximize his financial gain.
  23. Oh she's definitely odd. She likes deer and wears antlers on some videos. In others she prances about. But she doesn't claim to be a deer, want to be a deer, or "identify" as a deer. That's not weird enough for some people to react to, however, so they have to create even more of a caricature. Just like @workswithseed did a couple of posts above where he claims "She said every gamer is a racist and that voice chat is ableist." She has not claimed every game is a racist. It's lazy and fitting that people who rail against Fake News simply make things up to fit their own narratives. She does claim that voice chat is ableist. I don't have a strong opinion on this as I don't play multiplayer games and don't watch streams on Twitch. I have not seen these videos myself, I have just read about this in a couple of different places because I find gaming culture interesting and read about it a bit.
  24. Amazingly enough, The Blaze did not fully portray all of the subtle nuance of this kerfuffle. For example, Steph does not identify as a deer. Nor is she a Twitch moderator. She is a member of a new Twitch panel called the Safety Advisory Council. She cannot ban, silence, or you know, moderate any Twitch user That being said, she certainly carried herself as if she has more authority than she actually does, so this would take reading beyond a headline (or perhaps not The Blaze) to understand. Of course then you wouldn't get your full truth unvarnished with pesky facts. And, even if the article you quoted was correct, you make the further leap to "in charge of Twitch censorship" which is even more ludicrous. Physician, heal thyself.
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