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Kiwi Bigtree posted:NWA Hat lol 
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Kiwi Bigtree posted:NWA Hat lol That's what the kids are listening to nowadays, right? Right alongside having actual physical volumes of encyclopedias? 
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Jan 22, 2013 02:35
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Wasn't NWA also some pro-wrestling thing? And aren't the people who are complaining about a culture of violence the same people who use "disobeyed orders so,he could torture a man who was not, in fact, a terrorist" as a qualification.
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Jan 22, 2013 05:06
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Dr Christmas posted:Wasn't NWA also some pro-wrestling thing? Ha ha ha ha. There is a NWA but that is something that not a lot of people know about, but they are talking about this band. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.W.A
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Jan 22, 2013 05:09
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Kiwi Bigtree posted:Is that supposed to be a vulva on that woman's face or do I need a Freudian shrink badly? It's a parody of an artist named "Branco" who draws people in these frowny-faced protruding bottom-toothed sourpuss expressions all the time.
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Jan 22, 2013 05:10
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Dr Christmas posted:Wasn't NWA also some pro-wrestling thing?  quote:And aren't the people who are complaining about a culture of violence the same people who use "disobeyed orders so,he could torture a man who was not, in fact, a terrorist" as a qualification. edit: Beaten like a "terrorist"
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Jan 22, 2013 05:11
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Not to be too facetious, but there is a game that is almost literally just that: Payday: The Heist Habermann did a VLP of two of the maps. Art aside, I can't help but get a LDS vibe from it. "Do more than hug your children. "Isn't it about... time?" As a socialist, I hate to use the personal responsibility defense, but kids don't have disposable income unless a parent gives it to them. What loving parent gives their kids cash and doesn't ask/monitor what they're going to spend it on? Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 08:03 on Jan 22, 2013 |
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Jan 22, 2013 07:59
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Mister Macys posted:Not to be too facetious, but there is a game that is almost literally just that: Payday: The Heist Video games are just a scapegoat, though. Conservatives will do anything to keep from admitting that young white males might ever be bad people, always searching for a reason that otherwise "good kids" just suddenly snapped. Admitting that maybe you can't really profile who's going to be the violent maniac, and that gun control is necessary to keep guns out of the hands of the hidden spree killers among us, is too much to handle.
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Jan 22, 2013 08:15
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Cordyceps Headache posted:Video games are just a scapegoat, though. Conservatives will do anything to keep from admitting that young white males might ever be bad people, always searching for a reason that otherwise "good kids" just suddenly snapped. Admitting that maybe you can't really profile who's going to be the violent maniac, and that gun control is necessary to keep guns out of the hands of the hidden spree killers among us, is too much to handle. Indeed, also known as the 'No True White Man' argument.
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Jan 22, 2013 08:47
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Cordyceps Headache posted:Video games are just a scapegoat, though. Conservatives will do anything to keep from admitting that young white males might ever be bad people, always searching for a reason that otherwise "good kids" just suddenly snapped. Yeah, I know that part, but what parent buys things for their kids, or gives them money without knowing what's being purchased? In general, I mean. Not just games, everything: music, stupid t-shirts, junk food, toys, gifts for relatives... Parents easily have power to control that. It's their bank card after all. I dunno, I just really want to grab Ramirez by the scruff of his neck, give him the ol' skunk-eye  , and say, "This kid has all this  violent media eh? Well, who paid for it, you stupid gently caress! The person hugging him! For a guy who's every other cartoon is about debt, you sure have a limited loving grasp of where adolescent kids get cash!"  Is this reaction normal when viewing his comics? 
Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 09:25 on Jan 22, 2013 |
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Jan 22, 2013 09:19
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I'd be more inclined to listen to fingerpointing at a culture of violence and violent media if people demonstrated any kind of knowledge of what forms that actually took. In real life, the kid would probably being playing Call of Duty or something -- exactly the kind of media that indulges right-wing fantasies.Mister Macys posted:Is this reaction normal when viewing his comics? Yes, the normal reaction to Ramirez comics is wanting to seize him by the throat.
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Jan 22, 2013 12:04
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Kieselguhr Kid posted:Yes, the normal reaction to Ramirez comics is wanting to seize him by the throat. When libs get emotional that means conservatives won 
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Jan 22, 2013 14:26
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Growing up in Georgia with a conservative family meant being exposed to Boortz. I eventually became a fan (ugh) and had the "good" fortune of calling his program and being berated by him on air. Looking bad that was probably the seed for leaving the conservative radio world and its accompanying mindset. Now that Obama's second term has kicked off, it's a little hard to believe that Boortz has just sailed into the sunset with his "Happy Ending" sendoff at the several thousand capacity Fox Theater in Atlanta. Thumbing through the photos of the event I saw what I expected, a bunch of old rich guys (Hannity, Cain, various other conservative personalities - Rush phoned in I think). What was most fascinating to me, but not shocking, was the monochrome crowd in attendance. A sea of obedient white dots.
Rip Testes fucked around with this message at 01:34 on Jan 23, 2013 |
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Jan 22, 2013 16:17
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Mister Macys posted:Yeah, I know that part, but what parent buys things for their kids, or gives them money without knowing what's being purchased? Are you really expecting American parents to pay attention to what media their 10-year-olds consume? They're too busy screaming obscenities about how Obama is sending them to the poor house with his tiny tax increase on their 650,000$ family income! Political Whores fucked around with this message at 16:38 on Jan 22, 2013 |
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Jan 22, 2013 16:35
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Cordyceps Headache posted:Are you really expecting American parents to pay attention to what media their 10-year-olds consume? They're too busy screaming obscenities about how Obama is sending them to the poor house with his tiny increase on their 650,000$ family income! Also how can Obama have time to care about the economy when he is busy doing this? 
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Jan 22, 2013 16:48
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Good Citizen posted:We actually have one of those already Did this guy never play cops and robbers as a kid? Did he never grab sticks and sword fight as a kid? I killed plenty of pretend cops before I ever did so in a video game. And just a little before my time I know kids roleplayed the massacre of the Indians by "cowboys." Violence in children's games is nothing new, but now that pretend has gone high tech its suddenly completely different from what they did and is the cause of all of society's ills.
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Jan 22, 2013 16:54
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The boy's bedsheets are an American flag. This is Ramirez' way of equating America with violent video games, and 1980s rap. Ramirez is clearly anti-American, and letters should be sent to any paper that published this cartoon condemning his blame-America first attitude.
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Jan 22, 2013 17:08
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Cordyceps Headache posted:Video games are just a scapegoat, though. Conservatives will do anything to keep from admitting that young white males might ever be bad people, always searching for a reason that otherwise "good kids" just suddenly snapped. Admitting that maybe you can't really profile who's going to be the violent maniac, and that gun control is necessary to keep guns out of the hands of the hidden spree killers among us, is too much to handle. They're also going to be forced to admit that the proportionate majority of violent AND sexual crime both per capita and as a sum total is overwhelmingly committed by whites. Yet somehow black people and other minorities get stereotyped as the crime-prone ones. The privilege of the white majority is you can sweep crimes committed by your group under the carpet (and also thusly fail to address them) while everyone else gets your microscopic paranoid over-scrutiny, resulting in jails disproportionately overcrowded with minorities. Spacedad fucked around with this message at 17:52 on Jan 22, 2013 |
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Jan 22, 2013 17:48
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The other thing about the video game poo poo is that conservatives (and many liberals) already went tooth and nail over this stupid issue to slap ratings on movies, music and games anyway. Like others have pointed out, there's already a big old "M", "NC-17" or "XXX" label on pretty much everything telling any parent who takes 5 minutes out of their day to learn about it that some of these things Are Not for Children. Just card kids/parents buying games and movies that children shouldn't be playing or watching and the problem's already solved for the most part. Just treat these things like liquor and cigarettes. On the one hand, you've got them crying about freedom, personal responsibility and parental involvement, and on the other you've got them seriously arguing that their children have more of a constitutional right to an AK-47 than they do a copy of GTA4.
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Jan 22, 2013 20:02
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Spacedad posted:They're also going to be forced to admit that the proportionate majority of violent AND sexual crime both per capita and as a sum total is overwhelmingly committed by whites. Do you have a good, concise source for this? I'd love to have that link on hand.
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Jan 22, 2013 21:09
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Unzip and Attack posted:Do you have a good, concise source for this? I'd love to have that link on hand. Seconding this because cursory research on my part says no.
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Jan 22, 2013 21:14
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Spacedad posted:They're also going to be forced to admit that the proportionate majority of violent AND sexual crime both per capita and as a sum total is overwhelmingly committed by whites. Yet somehow black people and other minorities get stereotyped as the crime-prone ones. The privilege of the white majority is you can sweep crimes committed by your group under the carpet (and also thusly fail to address them) while everyone else gets your microscopic paranoid over-scrutiny, resulting in jails disproportionately overcrowded with minorities. http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/table-43/10tbl43a.xls Black offenders are disproportionally large segment of offenders for every crime listed except DUI and "liquor laws". I think crime demographics by income level would more telling though.
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Jan 22, 2013 21:25
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eggsovereasy posted:http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/table-43/10tbl43a.xls Doesn't necessarily disprove his claim, since an arrest doesn't establish guilt. But I'd be shocked if there weren't also a racial bias on odds of conviction after arrest, harshness of sentencing, and so on.
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Jan 23, 2013 00:03
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Rip Testes posted:Growing up in Georgia with a conservative family meant being exposed to Boortz. I eventually became a fan (ugh) and had the "good" fortune of calling his program and being berated by him on air. Looking bad that was probably the seed for leaving the conservative radio world and its accompanying mindset. Now that Obama's second term has kicked off, it's a little hard to believe that Boortz has just sailed into the sunset with his "Happy Ending" sendoff at the several thousand capacity Fox Theater in Atlanta. Thumbing through the photos of the event I saw what I expected, a bunch of old rich guys (Hannity, Cain, various other conservative personalities - Rush phoned in I think). What was most fascinating to me, but not shocking, was the monochrome crowded in attendance. A sea of obedient white dots. Haven't seen that many sad ofays since Friends ended.
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Jan 23, 2013 01:18
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watt par posted:Haven't seen that many sad ofays since Wrong decade, regardless of what "ofays" are.
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Jan 23, 2013 01:22
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BiggerBoat posted:Wrong decade, regardless of what "ofays" are. Honkey, 1920s slang, possibly earlier.
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Jan 23, 2013 01:39
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BiggerBoat posted:Wrong decade, regardless of what "ofays" are. MASH owns and is antiwar as gently caress. Hawkeye please stop sexually harassing the nurses.
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Jan 23, 2013 02:10
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Rip Testes posted:Growing up in Georgia with a conservative family meant being exposed to Boortz. I eventually became a fan (ugh) and had the "good" fortune of calling his program and being berated by him on air. Looking bad that was probably the seed for leaving the conservative radio world and its accompanying mindset. Now that Obama's second term has kicked off, it's a little hard to believe that Boortz has just sailed into the sunset with his "Happy Ending" sendoff at the several thousand capacity Fox Theater in Atlanta. Thumbing through the photos of the event I saw what I expected, a bunch of old rich guys (Hannity, Cain, various other conservative personalities - Rush phoned in I think). What was most fascinating to me, but not shocking, was the monochrome crowd in attendance. A sea of obedient white dots. I'd be interested to hear what he berated you about (since he does it to people all the time and it's always so condescending and terrible) if you don't mind sharing.
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Jan 23, 2013 11:36
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Hillary is supposed to testify at 9 ET. The final Benghazi showdown will begin soon. edit Visual aid:  I'm always suspicious when Drudge uses a complimentary picture of Hillary, he's probably up to something. Either that or it's intended to show her as defiant in the face of "intense Congressional questioning". Sir Tonk fucked around with this message at 16:21 on Jan 23, 2013 |
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Jan 23, 2013 15:58
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Sir Tonk posted:Hillary is supposed to testify at 9 ET.
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Jan 23, 2013 16:08
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In a shocking turn of events, Bill O'Reilly predicted that the president will have an unproductive second term unless if he has "a radical change in [his] thinking". Let's check out Billy's first term predictions: quote:Page 24: “Along with national health care (which illegal aliens will receive, you watch), the immigration issue could wind up badly damaging Mr. Obama’s political future.” If only Obama was as awesome as Carter.  Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2013/01/21/an-obama-second-term-defies-oreilly-book/
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Jan 23, 2013 16:12
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http://politicker.com/2013/01/country-music-star-takes-twitter-shots-at-cuomo/ This just in, irrelevant Tennessean complains about NY governor. Also, 55 million zygotes. Ghost of Reagan Past posted:And it'll be as anticlimactic as we all expected, Well sure, but it'll lead to a nice chorus of complaining on AM. And at least I won't have to hear them complain about her avoiding testifying anymore. They can complain about her hiding the facts instead.
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Jan 23, 2013 16:18
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:And it'll be as anticlimactic as we all expected, I admit I am curious how exactly the dialogue will change so that they can still pretend that Benghazi is the biggest scandal ever.
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Jan 23, 2013 16:32
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Rush is frothing at the mouth over Hillary Clinton. Apparently she was promised the presidency because she stuck it out with Bill in the 90s. But then the party snubbed her for the young black guy. And this 15 minute rant is finally wrapped up with, her campaign debt was paid off last week therefore she testified today. Now the Democratic Party circled the wagons, cleaned her slate for 2016. She is finally getting paid back for moving to Arkansas with Bill. But only of Obama decides to abdicate, and then he points to the Queen of England making Prince Charles wait 85 years to be king.
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Jan 23, 2013 18:21
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BiggerBoat posted:The other thing about the video game poo poo is that conservatives (and many liberals) already went tooth and nail over this stupid issue to slap ratings on movies, music and games anyway. Like others have pointed out, there's already a big old "M", "NC-17" or "XXX" label on pretty much everything telling any parent who takes 5 minutes out of their day to learn about it that some of these things Are Not for Children.
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Jan 23, 2013 18:28
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Bill O'reily posted:Page 53: “Al-Qaeda civilian trials. No question about it — POTUS was a major Pinhead for allowing this atrocity to take place. Nothing good will come of it, just wait and see. When the underwear guy was taken off the plane on Christmas and sent to a federal prison to see his lawyer, you could hear the gnashing of teeth all the way to Waikiki. Such coddling of terrorists could very well be the undoing of Barack Obama.” I didn't realize that our criminal justice system "coddled" anyone. Especially brown people accused of terrorism. God forbid they get something approaching a fair trial.
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Jan 23, 2013 18:46
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Radish posted:I admit I am curious how exactly the dialogue will change so that they can still pretend that Benghazi is the biggest scandal ever. Which is reasonable, because as tragic as it was, there really isn't any case to be made for it being a scandal. But since Obama is involved it must be nefarious!
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Jan 23, 2013 18:46
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Videogame censorship is as dead as a door nail. All that is left for politicians to do is to talk about "the tone" and means of creating financial incentives to conform to whatever their preferred content is, but SCOTUS voted 7-2 that censoring or banning videogames is seriously stupid. Much as I like many things about Clinton and Spitzer, they were seriously dense on this subject.
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Jan 23, 2013 18:47
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Don't forget everyone's favorite, Senator Droopy Dog. He hammered on vidya games for at least two decades. Even more so after Columbine.
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Oh for fucks sake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x8fkDQBlxE Fox News guy claiming 'lie of the century' as 'true.' Bright.
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