Varinn posted:

Fluoride Jones posted:

I swear a not insignificant number of people in this dead gay board think you can kill whoever you want if you have a Trump sticker on your car

Fluoride Jones posted:

Certainly, but if you're a government official in the midst of a public health crisis making GBS threads your pants over a bunch of strapped grandads doing the electric slide on your capitol building's steps because you're thinking about doing a stay at home order is at best bitchmade poo poo and at worst a dereliction of duty

Varinn posted:

Slanderer posted:

who talks like this?

Ringo Roadagain posted:

this is dumb and delusional and Im too lazy to have to go over everything that happened in april and may

there is a wikipedia article though if you want to read. Im not going to because I remember what happened but may be good for you to refresh you memory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_anti-lockdown_protests

its of course also kind of pointless in the end to lock down when you are dealing with american many of who refuse to quarantine and cooperate with contact tracing lol.

quote:

On April 15, 2020, an estimated 3,000 people took part in a protest they called "Operation Gridlock" in the area surrounding the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing.[40] Most protestors remained in their vehicles, jamming the streets around the capitol building, although around 150 protested on the capitol lawn.[19] The protest lasted eight hours.[41] The protest caused delays during a shift-change at Sparrow Hospital.[42] Police described the protesters as respectful, with most trying to maintain social distancing; no arrests were made.[43]

Protesters complained of loss of work and other economic hardship caused by the state government's coronavirus response. Some felt that if they were not sick, that they should have the freedom to continue with their normal routine.[44] Others claimed violation of their civil liberties or expressed opposition to Governor Gretchen Whitmer's administration.[45] Some protesters lived in more rural areas of Michigan that had not seen as many coronavirus cases as the cities of Detroit or Flint.[46]

On April 30, a second protest occurred when hundreds of protesters, many carrying firearms, gathered at the Michigan Capitol. Many protesters were able to enter the building. The demonstration was organized by the conservative group American Patriot Council .[47] The protest was much smaller than the one on April 15, but the show of firearms and the violent tone of some of the signs indicated that things were changing.[48] Some protesters compared the Governor to Adolf Hitler while children danced in masks of Donald Trump and Barack Obama on the steps of the Capitol.[49][50] Governor Whitmer extended the state of emergency regardless.[51]

On May 14, more armed protesters, organized by the group Michigan United for Liberty, gathered outside the Michigan State Capitol.[52] The organization's Facebook group was deleted over death threats against Governor Whitmer and a fight broke out over a doll tied to a noose at the protest.[53] The Michigan Legislature closed its scheduled session to avoid the possibility of another armed confrontation inside the chamber.[54]

On May 20, seven hairdressers were ticketed for cutting hair on the steps of the Michigan State Capitol because they were intentionally violating social-distancing orders.[55]

A peaceful demonstration of prayers organized by the religious non-profit Transformation Michigan was performed on the Capitol lawn on May 28.[56]

Slanderer posted:

who talks like this?

Fluoride Jones posted:

poo poo man you're right this is terrifying. Eight whole hours of protests

Ringo Roadagain posted:

its of course also kind of pointless in the end to lock down when you are dealing with american many of who refuse to quarantine and cooperate with contact tracing lol.

crepeface posted:

i don't know, maybe australia is too culturally different from america but we had a few protests and people refusing to wear masks. everyone yelled at them and they went away eventually. we don't have guns but we do have 2/3rs of our media owned by murdoch who were trying real hard to smear (mostly) labor government officials who were proponents of strict lockdowns

Ringo Roadagain posted:

good point but I feel like americans are exceptional assholes. No one was really yelling at these people. They were being encouraged if anything.

Ringo Roadagain posted:

yes? I mean Id probably pretty scared if people came into the building I worked in or something with guns but I dont know maybe you are more badass than me or something and arent afraid of people with guns.

Fluoride Jones posted:

I would think, especially if you were a legislator in michigan, that you would be pretty used to protestors and people in general open carrying seeing as how they have one of the most liberal open carry laws

Ringo Roadagain posted:

I figure if that was the case it wouldn't be that big of a deal then? But it seemed like it was a big deal. I dont think people enter the a state capitol building with fire arms like that very often. I mean, when the black panthers did it in cali in the 70s or whatever that seemed like it was a pretty big deal. probably also had something to do with them being black yeah, but still, armed protesters occupying a state capitol doesnt seem something very normal. I doubt the people who worked there are used to it.

Varinn posted:

Farm Frenzy posted:

GAY SEX

Gio posted:

thinking about stav saying the poo poo they say on the podcast is funny when they do it and not when others try to imitate it rn

Kunster posted:

It was like, the first case he addressed on his "Stavvy solves your problems" show as well.

Taintrunner posted:

or you could be mad at both instead of being a loving moron making excuses for the gently caress it let’s go hog wild superspreader dipshits who have been told time and time again how to not contribute to uncontrolled spread for the past nine loving months, you illiterate cad

Farm Frenzy posted:

"im barack obama and i'm ryan schutt and i'm gay"

a Loving Dog posted:

taintrunner should have to pay everyone itt to be able to post

Varinn posted:

THS posted:

the go outside advice applies to a lot of people here

Taintrunner posted:

this rules lmao just photoshop it so the straps actually fit

and it’s a Rift S instead of the CV1