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razorrozar posted:Yeah busting into someone's house with a gun seems like a great way to get yourself charged with B&E and/or assault. Also vigilantism if that's a separate charge. Murder maybe? When they shoot me thinking they're John Wayne coming to save the pilgrims?
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Defenestration posted:hm yes I wonder what could possibly be different about Japan and Japanese culture
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# ? Jan 22, 2015 15:02 |
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Hi grandma how are the booksquote:. So…what do you think of this?! Thanks grandma I'll make sure you to pick you up some James Patterson books for your tablet later
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# ? Jan 22, 2015 15:23 |
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So my grandfather died recently. He was a mostly great, kind person that perfectly exemplified media propaganda to me. He was a Canadian, but a Snowbird, so I could always watch his politics change over the course of the year. During the summer and fall, he'd have been watching lots of CBC, and was generally a pretty considerate, moderate Liberal during these times. When he goes to the States for the winter, however, he watches Fox News, in particular O'Reilly. He does this pretty much constantly. So if I visit him in the winter or spring he sounds like a hard line conservative ranting about entitlements and the welfare state. It was really hard to urge compassion toward folks, because he was kicked out of his house at the age of 16 with no support, robbing to get by, and eventually 'pulled himself up by his bootstraps', until he landed a job in the military and rose to the rank of Major over the course of a career. Managed to break into the millionaires club with smart investments and all assets combined. But he'd seemingly come back around to more left leaning politics every time he came back to Canada. Now I've never heard him say anything racist on its face. I've heard him repeat O'Reilly's 'welfare has made the black community in the US dependent on government handouts, dis empowering them', but that was as close as it ever got to expressed racism. Same with my grandmother... Very mild mannered, never really hateful... Except when he passed away (while in Florida), I visited my grandmother in Lakeland, Polk County and I must have heard her talk about how dangerous 'The Blacks' are a dozen times in the span of 4 days. How they'd beat you up, rob, or murder you if you were out after dark or simply looked like you had money. The truly baffling thing is these are my mainland, modern, urban, culturally-christian-atheist-in-practice, upper class grandparents. Kind of a bit WASPY but never church attending. My fathers' side, in contrast, were a bunch of rural, Protestant Newfoundlanders living in a large traditional family (11 kids, subsistence living/farming), and never once did I ever hear my grandparents on that side say anything negative, bigoted, or racist about a person. Who'd have guessed. Sorry, just needed to rant. I've encountered racist/homophobic aunts, uncles, and cousins before but I never suspected it of my grandparents. So that's my story of racist grannie.
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ZenVulgarity posted:Hi grandma how are the books nice to get that nazi comparison out there right away and then without a trace of irony tell us muslims are the problem and need to be dealt with
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Poizen Jam posted:So my grandfather died recently. He was a mostly great, kind person that perfectly exemplified media propaganda to me. He was a Canadian, but a Snowbird, so I could always watch his politics change over the course of the year. During the summer and fall, he'd have been watching lots of CBC, and was generally a pretty considerate, moderate Liberal during these times. When he goes to the States for the winter, however, he watches Fox News, in particular O'Reilly. This sounds like the basis for a study.
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Poizen Jam posted:So my grandfather died recently. He was a mostly great, kind person that perfectly exemplified media propaganda to me. He was a Canadian, but a Snowbird, so I could always watch his politics change over the course of the year. During the summer and fall, he'd have been watching lots of CBC, and was generally a pretty considerate, moderate Liberal during these times. When he goes to the States for the winter, however, he watches Fox News, in particular O'Reilly. He does this pretty much constantly. So if I visit him in the winter or spring he sounds like a hard line conservative ranting about entitlements and the welfare state. It was really hard to urge compassion toward folks, because he was kicked out of his house at the age of 16 with no support, robbing to get by, and eventually 'pulled himself up by his bootstraps', until he landed a job in the military and rose to the rank of Major over the course of a career. Managed to break into the millionaires club with smart investments and all assets combined. But he'd seemingly come back around to more left leaning politics every time he came back to Canada. Not to demonize your grandparents, but I hope I don't turn into this in my old age.
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# ? Jan 22, 2015 19:10 |
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Rick_Hunter posted:Not to demonize your grandparents, but I hope I don't turn into this in my old age. I'm loving terrified of turning old and not being able to recognize my own conservatism / general nuttery someday.
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# ? Jan 22, 2015 19:15 |
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Al Harrington posted:nice to get that nazi comparison out there right away and then without a trace of irony tell us muslims are the problem and need to be dealt with I noticed that too. I wonder if it's because we have a really whitewashed presentation of history. It's common knowledge that there was widespread antisemitism in Gemany, some people know that antisemitism was common even in the US. What I don't think is commonly known is that there were some Jewish people doing things that were really upsetting a lot of German people. This is important because if you don't know that, you might think that people were just arbitrarily mad at Jews and thus be unable to connect it to contemporary attitudes towards Muslims.
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# ? Jan 22, 2015 19:19 |
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Rick_Hunter posted:Not to demonize your grandparents, but I hope I don't turn into this in my old age. You will. Perhaps not about any of the issues alive and well today (Race, sexuality, transgender), but likely whatever social wedge issue is popular when you're 60. Robot rights? Robot marriage? That's the insidious thing- you won't perceive your transition.
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Poizen Jam posted:You will. Perhaps not about any of the issues alive and well today (Race, sexuality, transgender), but likely whatever social wedge issue is popular when you're 60. Robot rights? Robot marriage? That's the insidious thing- you won't perceive your transition. That's why all progressives should kill themselves at the age of 50
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:I noticed that too. I'm bewildered that Americans are throwing paranoid fits about Sharia Law but we've had Orthodox Jewish communities for decades that have been given permission to govern their communities by Talmudic law. Obviously, I'm not saying that the drat dirty Jews are the problem but if you're going to look for an example, look at home first before you get all paranoid over something that doesn't even exist. Poizen Jam posted:You will. Perhaps not about any of the issues alive and well today (Race, sexuality, transgender), but likely whatever social wedge issue is popular when you're 60. Robot rights? Robot marriage? That's the insidious thing- you won't perceive your transition. Robots are a pox on human civilization and I'll be a bacterium's uncle if I let mah daughter murry a robit. I ain't livin' in no hovel wit no robosexual.
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Rick_Hunter posted:I'm bewildered that Americans are throwing paranoid fits about Sharia Law but we've had Orthodox Jewish communities for decades that have been given permission to govern their communities by Talmudic law. Obviously, I'm not saying that the drat dirty Jews are the problem but if you're going to look for an example, look at home first before you get all paranoid over something that doesn't even exist. But jews are our biggest ally and we won't ever hear you talk against them. ...
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GODDAMN KOSHER FOR PASSOVER POTATO PANCAKES
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# ? Jan 22, 2015 20:32 |
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hallebarrysoetoro posted:GODDAMN KOSHER FOR PASSOVER POTATO PANCAKES I once hand made some latkes for an ex who was Jewish and those motherfuckers are goddamn delicious. I would make them more if they weren't so labor intensive.
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# ? Jan 22, 2015 20:34 |
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Poizen Jam posted:You will. Perhaps not about any of the issues alive and well today (Race, sexuality, transgender), but likely whatever social wedge issue is popular when you're 60. Robot rights? Robot marriage? That's the insidious thing- you won't perceive your transition.
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# ? Jan 22, 2015 20:41 |
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Fortunately I don't think PETA will ever be an issue within my lifetime.
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# ? Jan 22, 2015 20:43 |
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I honestly can't tell what this is parodying. Oh, gods, it's begun hasn't it. I'm turning... Also from "Only liberal in the office" files today: SOTU is power grab, Obama is "arrogant" for proposing policies. Michael Brown deserved it. Obama lifting Cuba Sanctions is because he's a communist. Also it will leave the US open to attack. Also, Cuba will be a hub of importing narcotics into the US by Mexican Cartels. ZorajitZorajit fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Jan 22, 2015 |
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ZorajitZorajit posted:Also, Cuba will be a hub of importing narcotics into the US by Mexican Cartels. They... they know we already trade with Mexico right?
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ZorajitZorajit posted:I honestly can't tell what this is parodying. One day, you will be the equivalent of the old union guy who supports leftist economics, workers' rights, and solid welfare, but complains about how the country is 80% Muslim and they want to force us to run our Quiznos under Shakira law.
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# ? Jan 22, 2015 21:29 |
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Guavanaut posted:Everyone gets old and everything that happens past a certain point in your life is new, scary, and therefore wrong. And you will tell everyone "You'll understand when you're older".
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Al Harrington posted:nice to get that nazi comparison out there right away and then without a trace of irony tell us muslims are the problem and need to be dealt with I call her out on that and she just stammers It's okay grandma just vote for weed next time and I'll forget you sent me this bad email
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I can't wait to be a roboracist
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Guavanaut posted:Everyone gets old and everything that happens past a certain point in your life is new, scary, and therefore wrong. Stop depressing me... In other news, one of my dad's facebook friends doesn't understand what the difference between a deficit and debt is. and then he linked to a blank page labeled "Obama's accomplishments as the first black president", but he doesn't think it's racist because it's just 'stating facts'
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# ? Jan 22, 2015 21:43 |
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Guavanaut posted:Everyone gets old and everything that happens past a certain point in your life is new, scary, and therefore wrong. I will welcome our Muslim overlords if they replaced most fast food joints with Halal döner/shwarma.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:I will welcome our Muslim overlords if they replaced most fast food joints with Halal döner/shwarma. Yeah I'll take a hundred lashes for that
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Absurd Alhazred posted:I will welcome our Muslim overlords if they replaced most fast food joints with Halal döner/shwarma. Thats a slippery slippery slope man. Youll start with nice little wraps. Then youll eat burrito thickness shawermas. Then at the end of your days you will be eating two giant shawermas the length of your arm a day. Also louisiana hot sauce is the best thing to happen to shawermas since they were made. Everyone eats shawemas with a splash of the old Crystal in. So have pride knowing that the shawerma was made better with an American invention.
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Thats a slippery slippery slope man. If it's Cajun rhen it's French.
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Thats a slippery slippery slope man. I don't see the reason to revolt yet. Now, if it was five-star French cuisine that could fit an entire course in a tomato soup can I could see people raging. Y'know aside from the fact that a DIRRTY FOREGHNIER IS TRYING TO TELL ME WHAT TO DOOOO.
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Thats a slippery slippery slope man. Man, if you didn't start out eating burrito-thickness shwarmas, you weren't doing it right. quote:Also louisiana hot sauce is the best thing to happen to shawermas since they were made. Everyone eats shawemas with a splash of the old Crystal in. So have pride knowing that the shawerma was made better with an American invention. I doubt it's better than the spicy sauce they use in the Middle East. They only tone it down because y'all Americans can't deal with flavor.
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GreyPowerVan posted:and then he linked to a blank page labeled "Obama's accomplishments as the first black president", but he doesn't think it's racist because it's just 'stating facts' Tell him you think his link is broken and send him this http://whattheheckhasobamadonesofar.com/
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Absurd Alhazred posted:I doubt it's better than the spicy sauce they use in the Middle East. They only tone it down because y'all Americans can't deal with flavor. Funny thing is it really is the hot sauce most places will have in the Middle East. Ive kind of lived there all my life. I also might not be American but shhh.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Man, if you didn't start out eating burrito-thickness shwarmas, you weren't doing it right. That's what we Americans say about the German döner's hot sauce and the "spicy" currywurst.
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Funny thing is it really is the hot sauce most places will have in the Middle East. Jerry Manderbilt posted:That's what we Americans say about the German döner's hot sauce and the "spicy" currywurst. Okay, let me drop my bluster and faux cultural superiority: I eat pretty mild stuff myself, to the point that other Israelis will mock me.
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Spice is an acquired taste; if you don't regularly eat spicy foods your tolerance will decline, and on the other side if you do regularly eat spicy foods your tolerance will increase. So it doesn't really matter where you're from or what your heritage is; if you stop eating spicy food regularly you'll lose your ability to tolerate the spice and foods that in the past were quite tasty transform into edible lava. That said, tastes differ from person to person so some people really just can't tolerate large amounts of spice regardless.
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I can't believe I just had the argument again over facebook about why the John Crawford shooting was not justified. People will ignore a thousand videos so long as they get to do some good old fashioned 'Merican cop worship.
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# ? Jan 23, 2015 05:41 |
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Just remember, if it was a white gun owner, people would be up in arms about cops shooting a man for exercising his second amendment rights.
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Poizen Jam posted:Just remember, if it was a white gun owner,
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Alkydere posted:Am just I bad at reading twitter, or are the replies/retweets/whatever the gently caress related to that post almost nothing but an incomprehensible gibberish of hateful, spiteful hashtags? Mostly made by the same people, one with a Disney Mermaid av, and the other with some "patriotic XTREME" skull? It gets worse though. That last tweet. This is how the revolution starts, people. Not with a bang, but with a bunch of weird delusional folks in a twitter echo chamber.
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Poizen Jam posted:Just remember, if it was a white gun owner, people would be up in arms about cops shooting a man for exercising his second amendment rights. I know it may be futile, but does anyone have a good link to the chain of events that happened in the John Crawford incident (does this even exist). Now I'm only trying to convince him that the police were negligent in their actions. But for my own benefit, did the police know they were looking for a big, bad, dangerous black man? Right now I believe the guy who made the phone call was racist, but the police just thought a man with a gun was a danger to the Walmart, and they came in guns blazing without actually assessing the situation. So they were just negligent and stupid. Any good links would be appreciated. I found a few lame ones.
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