Buorhann Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I'm glad somebody else acknowledged that BLM isn't structured very well. They are pretty fractured. While you say they (as a whole, I'm assuming?) disavow violence, there are some sub-groups within BLM who promote it. That's inevitable though for any popular protesting movement that occurs. 1 Quote Warrior of Dio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfPCFQfOnLg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Richardson Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I'm glad somebody else acknowledged that BLM isn't structured very well. They are pretty fractured. While you say they (as a whole, I'm assuming?) disavow violence, there are some sub-groups within BLM who promote it. That's inevitable though for any popular protesting movement that occurs. Yes -- I would argue that those sub-groups aren't true BLM, they're people who are co-opting a mass movement message because no one can stop them. Quote ☾☆ And Dio said unto him, "I trust you. Share my word." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozalia Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Are a fools an fools too? Or is that a one way relationship? I originally put "an idiot" but quickly decided after posting that such a thing wasn't fair as the point was that smart people can be foolish over certain things, not that he was simply a stupid person. In my haste I forgot that by making the change the 'an' should become an 'a'. Nothing more to it. You can argue against tenured professors if you want, but I'll let you do it alone. You've lost this argument, no use continuing it. I didn't say whether or not I supported law and order -- merely that BLM has national popularity and that shutting it down wouldn't help Trump's standing in the polls (which, by the way, is a racially charged argument in and of itself. We wouldn't be discussing it like this if white people were in the streets arguing for their rights). So by not kowtowing to your appeal to authority of some random professor I have lost the argument? Yeah no, doesn't work like that. Where I am be they white, black, brown or whatever else a thug is a thug, judged on their behaviour and not their skin tone. Your sanctimonious statement doesn't as thus apply to me but even if it did I'd argue you're wrong anyway. Race hustlers are always looking for the next word to black list especially it seems in America which has a high concentration of them. !@#$ is no longer widespread among white people so now it's been decided that white people all secretly messaged each other that thug will now equal !@#$. Ridiculous. Me and the boys at the lodge never sent our fellow white people any such command. If Trump wins you'll find the media will no longer be as soft as they have on BLM and more and more people will turn against them if as predicted they amplify their violence if Trump wins. BLM is a decentralized movement with no leaders, so it's pretty difficult to "blame" it for anything. You should (rightly) blame the individuals. BLM has people whose voices carry weight within it -- you could call them "leaders," per se, but they don't carry the structural powers or anything like that. They have disavowed violence. Yes -- I would argue that those sub-groups aren't true BLM, they're people who are co-opting a mass movement message because no one can stop them. No true BLM! What pray tells makes the peaceful "leaders" more BLM than the non peaceful ones? Why don't in the face of so much violence say the peaceful ones disavow BLM and start up a new group so they can not be associated with the violent ones? If they run an operation like they have then sorry no, they will be lumped in with the violent ones. If they don't want to then get actual leaders and have them lead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caecus Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 lol, tonight's debate. Quote It's a useful mental exercise. Through the years, many thinkers have been fascinated by it. But I don't enjoy playing. It was a game that was born during a brutal age when life counted for little. Everyone believed that some people were worth more than others. Kings. Pawns. I don't think that anyone is worth more than anyone else. Chess is just a game. Real people are not pieces. You can't assign more value to some of them and not others. Not to me. Not to anyone. People are not a thing that you can sacrifice. The lesson is, if anyone who looks on to the world as if it was a game of chess, deserves to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buorhann Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 I watched the Saints blow a game to the Failcons instead of the debate. Saw the transcript, glad I missed it. 1 Quote Warrior of Dio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfPCFQfOnLg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurdanak Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 I watched the Saints blow a game to the Failcons instead of the debate. Saw the transcript, glad I missed it.I do not envy those who have to transcribe Trump's ramblings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cromstar Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 I do not envy those who have to transcribe Trump's ramblings. Its very easy to do. His words are very bigly because he has the stamina to say all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordRahl2 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Early reporting says he lost stamina about 30 minutes into the debate. Low energy? Quote -signature removed for rules violation- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Avalanche Posted September 27, 2016 Author Share Posted September 27, 2016 Early reporting says he lost stamina about 30 minutes into the debate. Low energy? He looked and sounded sick, constantly breathing inwardly through the nose like he was stuffed up. Quote Beer. Damn Good Beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogaden Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Jesus !@#$ing christ that debate, is this really the best America can do, these two dumb venal pricks? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WISD0MTREE Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 (edited) Jesus !@#$ christ that debate, is this really the best America can do, these two dumb venal pricks? Only 9% picked them. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/01/us/elections/nine-percent-of-america-selected-trump-and-clinton.html?_r=0 Anyone who didn't vote in the primaries shouldn't complain. You only have yourself to blame. (Not directed at you Ogaden. I know YVR isn't in the USA. Nice airport, though.) Edited September 28, 2016 by WISD0MTREE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurdanak Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 He looked and sounded sick, constantly breathing inwardly through the nose like he was stuffed up.Clearly he's unfit to be President due to his apparently declining health, right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Avalanche Posted September 28, 2016 Author Share Posted September 28, 2016 Clearly he's unfit to be President due to his apparently declining health, right? Both of them are sick, sick people. Quote Beer. Damn Good Beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemal Ergenekon Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 A president needs stamina. I nominate the bald guy from Brazzers as the next POTUS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Avalanche Posted September 28, 2016 Author Share Posted September 28, 2016 A president needs stamina. I nominate the bald guy from Brazzers as the next POTUS. A vision of Richard Simmons ran through my mind as well. Quote Beer. Damn Good Beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordRahl2 Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Did someone say Richard Simmons thread? Quote -signature removed for rules violation- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogaden Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 At this point people should just write in Edward Joseph Snowden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordRahl2 Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Tell me your not a Snowden supporter. Quote -signature removed for rules violation- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurdanak Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Tell me your not a Snowden supporter.Why are you not (assumably)? Out of curiousity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordRahl2 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Because he was a paid Russian spy who duped a whole bunch of us. I am all about whistle blowers. Whistle blowers target their leaks at specific problems. Snowden used a "wide angle" theft approach and cloaked his activities with "freedom" as an excuse which is not what whistle blowers do. He promptly fled to seek asylum and get his $$s. Quote -signature removed for rules violation- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Richardson Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Been a busy couple days, but checking in: Hillary hit a solid double, Trump struck out. And live on Hardball just now, Gary Johnson couldn't name a single foreign leader in the entire world, so he didn't even suit up for the game. Quote ☾☆ And Dio said unto him, "I trust you. Share my word." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Avalanche Posted September 29, 2016 Author Share Posted September 29, 2016 Because he was a paid Russian spy who duped a whole bunch of us. I am all about whistle blowers. Whistle blowers target their leaks at specific problems. Snowden used a "wide angle" theft approach and cloaked his activities with "freedom" as an excuse which is not what whistle blowers do. He promptly fled to seek asylum and get his $$s. Speculation. I call shenanigans. Quote Beer. Damn Good Beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordRahl2 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Speculation. I call shenanigans. Pretend that I actually know what I am talking about. (I do) Quote -signature removed for rules violation- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Avalanche Posted September 29, 2016 Author Share Posted September 29, 2016 Pretend that I actually know what I am talking about. (I do) Sources then. Quote Beer. Damn Good Beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordRahl2 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 -Me But why don't you just list the facts that you know about Snowden. I will fill in the open source stuff. Quote -signature removed for rules violation- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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