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Cloud Potato posted:Telegraph: Do I have to have terminal Tory brain to see this as anything but "Scotland good and also smart".
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Jul 24, 2020 22:54
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"no, i can't tell you what's being censored, just trust me that it's unfair!"~little black girl~white adult man who writes for a living
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Jedit posted:But on the other hand, at least Biden's war and six figure body count weren't both inflicted on the people who voted for him. This seems like a morally bankrupt attitude to take, that violence inflicted on people outside of a state is somehow less wrong than violence inflicted on the states own citizens.
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Discendo Vox posted:It's still the former, I think - though over time propagandists usually have trouble separating themselves from their talking points. Still, Rall's produced a variety of other written material in line with their issue frames, e.g., etc. That suggests there's likely a deliberate element to it. As my grandmother would say, "He who pays the piper calls the tune." Or, as the Clash would say, "He who fucks nuns will later join the church." I think Rall's Sputnik money is part of Russia's attempt to throw the 2020 election. He's an "active measure."
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Tobermory posted:So is Rall actively trying to push Russian propaganda talking points, now that he's working for Sputnik? Or did he get hired by Sputnik because his independent output was indistinguishable from Russian talking points, and he's too broke-brained to notice? I'm just going to re-state that cities across America are seeing massive uprisings against the police state and structural racism and all Rall does is make weak "Biden is old!" jokes.
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Jul 24, 2020 23:57
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Grape posted:Do I have to have terminal Tory brain to see this as anything but "Scotland good and also smart". I don't see how it's ambiguous; he's saying "Little Sturgeon doesn't do anything other than parrot the decisions Johnson makes, also her accent is funny". It's pigheaded, pointlessly rude and bears no resemblance to reality but it's not easy to misinterpret.
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Jul 25, 2020 00:10
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NRVNQSR posted:I don't see how it's ambiguous; he's saying "Little Sturgeon doesn't do anything other than parrot the decisions Johnson makes, also her accent is funny". It's pigheaded, pointlessly rude and bears no resemblance to reality but it's not easy to misinterpret. Oh what? I read it as "Scotland is always one step ahead", with mophead just barely starting to talk before they already established the thing in Scotland. edit: And that Scotland tries a little too hard I guess? But distinctly in a positive way. Thoughtless fucked around with this message at 00:18 on Jul 25, 2020 |
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Jul 25, 2020 00:14
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Thoughtless posted:Oh what? I read it as "Scotland is always one step ahead", with mophead just barely starting to talk before they already established the thing in Scotland. Look how she’s drawn
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Jul 25, 2020 00:45
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Stultus Maximus posted:I'm just going to re-state that cities across America are seeing massive uprisings against the police state and structural racism and all Rall does is make weak "Biden is old!" jokes. This one notably wasn't a "Biden is old!" joke, though
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Apple Pie Hubbub posted:
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Jul 25, 2020 02:45
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Those masks are gonna make it real hard for Kelly to enjoy his whiskey sours 
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Jul 25, 2020 02:59
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"The harshest possible ways"!!! By which we mean, people will laugh at them on Twitter and encourage others not to buy from them. Doesn't get harsher than that! No way you'll see any kind of harsher repercussions in modern day America for trying to voice your opinion in legal ways, that's definitely for sure!!!
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Songbearer posted:Those masks are gonna make it real hard for Kelly to enjoy his whiskey sours No way, Kelly is drinking those in the comfort of home and living his best possible life.
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Jul 25, 2020 08:51
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I would argue that for a lot of men Rambo 3 is more fitting: completely shed all vestiges of functioning socially in favour of brute force, ally with religious fanatics to kill socialists and everything will magically work out for the best and you're a HERO.
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Jul 25, 2020 09:00
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I just watched Rambo 2 and 3 again recently and it's still really amazing how the first movie turned into them.
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Jul 25, 2020 09:11
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Speaking of insane jingoistic movies: was the original red dawn ever reviewed by a military expert? I noticed many goofs but I would be interested in a further analysis of just how stupid it all is.
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By popular demand posted:Speaking of insane jingoistic movies: was the original red dawn ever reviewed by a military expert? I noticed many goofs but I would be interested in a further analysis of just how stupid it all is.
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Jul 25, 2020 10:36
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Samurai Sanders posted:I assumed that any kind of serious analysis of it would just begin and end with "this kind of invasion would never ever happen". Yeah, it's just straight-up a fairy tale.
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Jul 25, 2020 10:41
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JustaDamnFool posted:This seems like a morally bankrupt attitude to take, that violence inflicted on people outside of a state is somehow less wrong than violence inflicted on the states own citizens. The Iraq War was prosecuted under false pretenses so that the US could take the moral high ground while slipping large sums to the MIC, but Saddam Hussein was a piece of poo poo and his sons were no better. What Trump is doing now in America is being Saddam Hussein. So, yes: regardless of the motives, I do consider it less wrong to overthrow a dictator than to install one.
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Jul 25, 2020 10:56
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Vib Rib posted:What way? Oh, you know. *racist wink*
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Samurai Sanders posted:I just watched Rambo 2 and 3 again recently and it's still really amazing how the first movie turned into them. I know it's the same character and all, but seriously First Blood seems to bear zero relationship to anything in the Rambo franchise beyond the title character having the same name and being played by the same actor. I haven't watched the last one but supposedly it's horrifically bad and incredibly racist. Apple Pie Hubbub posted:
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Jedit posted:The Iraq War was prosecuted under false pretenses so that the US could take the moral high ground while slipping large sums to the MIC, but Saddam Hussein was a piece of poo poo and his sons were no better. What Trump is doing now in America is being Saddam Hussein. So, yes: regardless of the motives, I do consider it less wrong to overthrow a dictator than to install one. The point had nothing to do with dictatorships. It was about deaths. You're windmilling. His vote for the Iraq War, which killed hundreds of thousands of civilians, is a fine reason not to vote for Biden.
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Jul 25, 2020 13:12
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Vib Rib posted:What way? Whatever vile opinion Eric Allie feels unempowered to speak these days, I guess? But I'm posting this as an excuse to say that it's not clear to me that Scott Stantis actually has creative control of the strip at this point; the last few political cartoons he's posted have been unequivocally critical of Trump and the American right, and while going back through his recent work he's still got some both-sides cartoons, he weirdly seems to be drifting leftward. It would not surprise me if he's given control over to Allie and is just allowing the credit to stand. (That said, it would also not surprise me if his next comic takes a hard right-hand turn, so take this post with a shaker of salt.)
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They show the barest bit of empathy only for people to be surprised a few days later as they delve right back into right-wing sociopathy How is this still surprising?
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Samurai Sanders posted:I just watched Rambo 2 and 3 again recently and it's still really amazing how the first movie turned into them. Rambo one still has a ton of right wing ideology in it. Rambo blames the peace movement and spreads the myth of Vietnam soldiers were called baby killers and spat upon by peace protestors. He blames government officials for not letting "us" win. Its not quite so overtly jingoistic as the later films but it's still a very hawkish movie.
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So, public service announcement about Portland's mayor: the national news narrative about him stinks. TLDR: "Tear Gas Ted" is not throwing any bricks and the protestors hate his guts. Portland has had protests continuously for the past 57 days. They started with a big scary night where a lot of windows were smashed in the wake of George Floyd's murder. The city instituted a curfew for the next week which gave the police a chance to use crowd control measures. And the Portland police looove to use crowd control measures. They live it so much that a federal judge had to tell them to knock it off and use less tear gas unless it was really dangerous and there was a riot. Their response? Start declaring riots at the slightest opportunity. "Six or more people engaging in tumultuous and violent conduct" is legal justification to start firing impact munitions into a crowd and deploying tear gas into a residential neighborhood. As you might expect, when people are protesting police brutality and the police response is additional brutality, it gives them more reason to protest. This article gives a great summary of how the protests escalated over two months and set the stage for Trump to "restore order" with federal officers because "the police couldn't handle it". Portland's mayor Ted Wheeler also holds the role of police commissioner. He earned the nickname "Tear Gas Ted" because he refuses to rein in his police department. Unmarked DHS squads black-bagging his citizens is the best thing that ever happened to him because it allowed him to put on a strong front against Donald Trump and be interviewed by CNN as a #resistance hero. He's up for re-election this year and needs every scrap he can get. On Wednesday he attended a protest for the first time, amid chants of "gently caress Ted Wheeler" and demands to resign. He said that he would help hold the line against the feds and stick around even once the tear gas came out. When it did (like it does every night) he got a faceful and made national headlines. He said there was no justification for the feds to use this brutal, indiscriminate weapon. But then he went back inside, and an hour later his own police department (not the feds) gassed the crowd themselves. Thanks, Ted. A picture is worth a thousand  though, so if you don't want to read all that then watch this perfectly edited video by Sunrise Movement:https://twitter.com/sunrisemvmt/status/1286331119923802117
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How could you write "...harshest possible ways" and not pause for a second and think "hang on, I'm talking about losing your highly paid platform for public speech, not getting your neck knelt on until you die".
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^^^Collins is such a treat. https://twitter.com/5five0oh4four/status/1286846840676257792?s=19
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Samurai Sanders posted:I assumed that any kind of serious analysis of it would just begin and end with "this kind of invasion would never ever happen". What are you talking about? The Cubans could paratroop into rural Colorado ANY DAY NOW.
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The Artificial Kid posted:How could you write "...harshest possible ways" and not pause for a second and think "hang on, I'm talking about losing your highly paid platform for public speech, not getting your neck knelt on until you die".
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Fister Roboto posted:What are you talking about? The Cubans could paratroop into rural Colorado ANY DAY NOW. Will they bring those tasty sandwiches I heard about?
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