Play Nice Random Chat Thread IV

[Gasometer]

2020 'eh

 

[Del191229]

We're about 15 minutes into the first quarter of where all this is heading.

 

[Val Keating]

We're about 15 minutes into the first quarter of where all this is heading.

Yep

 

[Val Keating]

 

[Val Keating]

What happened to George Floyd was just the spark. They’ve been angry for a long time.

 

[DesertRoo]

With the demographics of Atlanta the targeting of CNN is pretty telling...

 

[Del191229]

What happened to George Floyd was just the spark. They’ve been angry for a long time.

And there's now mass unemployment. That's the real fuel.

 

[DesertRoo]

Looks like military tactics of targeting journalist is in full swing also..
The revolution will not be televised.

 

[Val Keating]

Houston too.



Minneapolis, Atlanta, D.C, New York, Houston...that’s just off the top of my head, must be others. It’s pretty full on

Ad Dallas and Louisville to that list

 

[LuvtheKangas]

Venn diagram of people who wanted the Deputy Chief Health Officer sacked for her tweet and those now crying snowflake about Twitter and Trump.

Then there are those of us who, without the restriction of a political bias lens, can see them both as inappropriate behaviour by elected officials.

 

[andana]

Why don’t they burn the joint down when a school shooting happens or some lunatic becomes a sniper in Las Vegas?

Police are supposed to be there "to serve and protect" not kill people.

 

[DesertRoo]

Then there are those of us who, without the restriction of a political bias lens, can see them both as inappropriate behaviour by elected officials.

Both aren’t elected..
and one is provoking violence.
Unpopular opinion, both have aright to say whatever they want.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

Both aren’t elected..
and one is provoking violence.
Unpopular opinion, both have aright to say to say whatever they want.

Yes, and both are open to criticism if what they say is inappropriate in the context of their position. Especially when their position requires them to focus on a very serious problem.

* technical error acknowledged, one was appointed.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Look at this thug. Probably posts memes about the mainstream media, sheeple etc, sticks a badge on and roleplays his fantasies.

Take the badge away, he experiences a different outcome to his behaviour.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Yes, and both are open to criticism if what they say is inappropriate in the context of their position. Especially when their position requires them to focus on a very serious problem.

* technical error acknowledged, one was appointed.

One had a tweet that acknowledged a historical truth. The other tweets to millions, has previously given support to violent neo nazis and authorised shooting people.

 

[Gasometer]

Police are supposed to be there "to serve and protect" not kill people.

Unrestricted access to guns that kills children is equally as disturbing yet the uproar or impetus to change is mute, incident after incident

 

[LuvtheKangas]

One had a tweet that acknowledged a historical truth. The other tweets to millions, has previously given support to violent neo nazis and authorised shooting people.

We've been over this already. Yes, she's entitled to her opinion, but (1) a senior medical officer should be focusing on addressing the pandemic during times of pandemic, and (2) she was partially factually incorrect.

Re (1), I wasn't calling for her to be sacked, or even sanctioned. That was an extreme and hysterical reaction to her tweet. I was just pointing out that it was tone deaf, in her position at the time. And I don't give a shit about (2), other than drawing some conclusions from it.

Trump's twitter war is yet another example of a person with next to no redeeming features. The worst possible person to be a leader in the US at present.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

We've been over this already. Yes, she's entitled to her opinion, but (1) a senior medical officer should be focusing on addressing the pandemic during times of pandemic, and (2) she was partially factually incorrect.

Re (1), I wasn't calling for her to be sacked, or even sanctioned. That was an extreme and hysterical reaction to her tweet. I was just pointing out that it was tone deaf, in her position at the time. And I don't give a shit about (2), other than drawing some conclusions from it.

Trump's twitter war is yet another example of a person with next to no redeeming features. The worst possible person to be a leader in the US at present.

I don't think she should have done it, but should have merited nothing more than an advisory email from her boss.

I saw free speech warriors on social media wanting her gone (didn't see it on BF thankfully), but appeasing them really shouldn't be used as a reference point.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

And there's now mass unemployment. That's the real fuel.

This is it.

Unemployment, the rich looting treasury during this pandemic, a federal government completely unwilling to do anything during a pandemic, a President who is more concerned about being fact checked than 100,000 dead and counting...how far can this go?

There's just too much inequality and structural oppression for that country to carry on as normal, but the history of meaningful reform is too scant to be confident this will fix anything over there.

 

[Del191229]

Then there are those of us who, without the restriction of a political bias lens, can see them both as inappropriate behaviour by elected officials.

LOL. The DCHO isn't elected, she's a doctor.

You going Teffy?

 

[Del191229]

And here we see the logical outcome of cretins on social media crapping on about journalists and journalism as the source of all evil, with no idea what they are talking about 99.9 per cent of the time.

 

[Del191229]

This is it.

Unemployment, the rich looting treasury during this pandemic, a federal government completely unwilling to do anything during a pandemic, a President who is more concerned about being fact checked than 100,000 dead and counting...how far can this go?

There's just too much inequality and structural oppression for that country to carry on as normal, but the history of meaningful reform is too scant to be confident this will fix anything over there.

Yep, all these things have happened before re police killings and riots.

Not in an era of 40 per cent unemployment though.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Yep, all these things have happened before re police killings and riots.

Not in an era of 40 per cent unemployment though.

I don't feel confident about any prediction on where this leads.

A ****ing pandemic, a white nationalist President who could croak or unleash the military, social media, the lockdown...there's so much going on right now.

 

[Del191229]

I don't feel confident about any prediction on where this leads.

A ******* pandemic, a white nationalist President who could croak or unleash the military, social media, the lockdown...there's so much going on right now.

Yeah, feels like a lot of threads coming together.

That video of the cop just calmly shooting pepper rounds at the journo is terrifying.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Cornel West nutshells it.