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Brute Squad
Dec 20, 2006

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race



https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1035820521810747392

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Brute Squad
Dec 20, 2006

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race


:chloe:


Mmmm, those are some good replies.
https://twitter.com/NerdPyle/status/1035919372370436096
https://twitter.com/RadicalPelican/status/1035883906707476480
https://twitter.com/Nick_Motz/status/1035932306257731584

Also, a pro follow:

https://twitter.com/realGulDukat/status/1035955948853051392

Brute Squad
Dec 20, 2006

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

Sacrist65 posted:

this owns.

The fact that Jim Jefferies is keeping a straight face through most of this is impressive.

Brute Squad
Dec 20, 2006

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

From C-SPAM

UFOTacoMan posted:



you know i've been to lots of fairs and stuff and not once has anyone ever been like hey let's take a pic right here in the line for whole chickens

Zoom in on his belt buckle.

Brute Squad
Dec 20, 2006

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

CoffeeQaddaffi posted:

Skull and bones but its the SS Totenkopf skull?

That's what I saw, but probably from some III% website or something.

Brute Squad
Dec 20, 2006

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

Fallom posted:

Is the Minecraft guy still spouting white supremacist poo poo on Twitter from his $100 million house?

https://twitter.com/notch/status/1038202327767736320

https://twitter.com/notch/status/1027871577780547584

Brute Squad fucked around with this message at 03:23 on Sep 9, 2018

Brute Squad
Dec 20, 2006

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

https://twitter.com/jonswaine/status/1038413486991323136

Link to story: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/08/sheriffs-donald-trump-media-scrutiny

They've got a story for every number in the pic.

Also:
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1038456931663273987

Brute Squad
Dec 20, 2006

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

Schools spying on kids. It's more likely than you think.
https://twitter.com/AnnieWaldman/status/1038459050210586624

Brute Squad
Dec 20, 2006

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race



I wish I had something interesting to say about Florence, but I got nothing. A whole bunch of towns are going to get Joplin'd and the state and federal governments are woefully unprepared and probably uninterested right now to handle the cleanup and rebuilding.

Brute Squad
Dec 20, 2006

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

https://twitter.com/dril/status/245676735104966657

https://twitter.com/dril/status/1039707123557392388

The timestamps.

Brute Squad
Dec 20, 2006

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

Victor Vermis posted:

So yeah. Feels bad when an innocuous gesture gets mistaken for brazenly trumpeting membership in a violent sub-culture. I imagine being accused of "GANG AFFILIATION" when no such thing exists, based on a doodle or a jacket, feels even worse considering those consequences. So this is absolutely a teachable moment for white people. A Woke-able moment, if you will.

This actually happened a few years ago.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...m=.22927264189f

It's pretty easy to find a context to tell you if it's one of the more common uses for that hand gesture. Are they african-american? Did they punch someone after they did it? Are they yelling at a sound tech? Do they have a history of white power statements?

But the idea that they 'just accidentally' did it is just dumb as gently caress.

Brute Squad
Dec 20, 2006

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

Victor Vermis posted:

That's a great example of what I'm talking about, thanks.


Wait.. is the "look at the Ok-sign, get punched" thing now Black Twitter only? We were a bunch of white boys in the mid-90s when we started doing it. And as I said, I have friends who still do it. The context is clear: they aren't promoting white superiority. Jesus christ.

No. It's because Kappa Alpha Psi is a historically African American fraternity, and they use the 'ok sign' as a group identifier. Most fraternities and sororities have hand signs to represent their group. And Terminal Lances.

So if a bunch of African-Americans pose making an 'ok sign', I'm going to assume they're a bunch of Kappas instead of trying to play a game that's based on subtlety and trickery. Because a group of people displaying a group identifier when posing together is a lot more likely occurrence than a group of people spontaneously deciding or coordinating to play a kid game together in a commemorative photo.

Victor Vermis posted:

The photo of the cops throwing the sign down has no context to suggest its a "white power" thing. Again, I'm not saying that its never a white power thing. I'm saying there are instances where it isn't and yes, loving of course, context matters.

FAUXTON posted:

The context is that they're already in a number of overlapping at-risk demographics like being southern white cops/cop-adjacent with a right-wing bent to their social media habits.

The pipeline to white supremacism from those demographics is pretty well established.

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Brute Squad
Dec 20, 2006

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

Relentlessboredomm posted:

Oh thank goodness. Was genuinely worried about that one.

On that note, if ya'll want a dope guillotine shirt/hoodie/tank dasharezone has some good ones:

https://t.co/WT8TjNbgL8

Can confirm. It's a good shirt.

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