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Kneeling seems like a pretty benign and peaceful way to protest, and also communicate his support for others who are protesting in that fashion today. It's a pretty clear message.
"Don't do violent protests!"
*kneels*
"Don't do peaceful protests!"
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MortiousThe Nightmare BeginsMove to New ZealandRegistered Userregular
of course all this makes me mad for a separate reason. Puerto Rico is in..really bad shape. FEMA isn't enough. They coordinate resources, give funds, move supplies and help figure out shelter for victims..
That..just doesn't easily happen to an island. We need the Navy. Trump is more concerned with the NFL and namecalling with the DPRK. I've been hearing conference calls all day in the distance
there's only so much that can be done in PR without some serious backup.
I have a number of PR friends in the mainland and almost all of them have immediate family who are stranded without power right now.
It makes me pretty angry. Since I am part of the agency and am helping support PR in my own way..it just makes me mad. Like in the continental US a President can declare a disaster and call it a day sort of. We can truck shit in. Do what we need to do. The Coast Guard can help with flooding..
With PR and no power, and hospitals full..we need a fucking Navy ship with doctors and supplies and generators, corp of engineers building their super awesome temporary buildings, shit like that. We need military backup. Period. This is absolutely at Trump's feet.
Why are you mad that a man who could scarecely find Puerto Rico on a map and mostly associates Puerto Rican people with labor doesn't care about the plight of their country?
Protesting to ensure and defend your right to protest seems like an increasingly important issue in America, to be fair.
Protest all the live long day. Make a sign, write a letter, give a speech; he's taking a knee which is confusing the message.
Kneeling seems like a pretty benign and peaceful way to protest, and also communicate his support for others who are protesting in that fashion today. It's a pretty clear message.
I don't think it's a clear message. Taking a knee could mean he's protesting the president, he's protesting threats against protesting, he's protesting police brutality, or all three.
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LudiousI just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered Userregular
of course all this makes me mad for a separate reason. Puerto Rico is in..really bad shape. FEMA isn't enough. They coordinate resources, give funds, move supplies and help figure out shelter for victims..
That..just doesn't easily happen to an island. We need the Navy. Trump is more concerned with the NFL and namecalling with the DPRK. I've been hearing conference calls all day in the distance
there's only so much that can be done in PR without some serious backup.
I have a number of PR friends in the mainland and almost all of them have immediate family who are stranded without power right now.
It makes me pretty angry. Since I am part of the agency and am helping support PR in my own way..it just makes me mad. Like in the continental US a President can declare a disaster and call it a day sort of. We can truck shit in. Do what we need to do. The Coast Guard can help with flooding..
With PR and no power, and hospitals full..we need a fucking Navy ship with doctors and supplies and generators, corp of engineers building their super awesome temporary buildings, shit like that. We need military backup. Period. This is absolutely at Trump's feet.
Why are you mad that a man who could scarecely find Puerto Rico on a map and mostly associates Puerto Rican people with labor doesn't care about the plight of their country?
Your anger is in the wrong place.
oh I'm plenty mad at the societal conditions and biases that led to that demagogue getting in office.
Kneeling seems like a pretty benign and peaceful way to protest, and also communicate his support for others who are protesting in that fashion today. It's a pretty clear message.
"Don't do violent protests!"
*kneels*
"Don't do peaceful protests!"
Exactly. I'm not even American and those moving goalposts terrify me.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
That's the first thing they added to the Constitution, after all the legalese about how the government should be formed. It's the very first Amendment, the very first thing they knew had to be enshrined as part of the Constitution.
And the fucking President wants to directly infringe upon it.
I don't respect the American flag ipso facto. I don't respect the office of the President ipso facto.
They need to earn my respect. And they have done, for the first thirty years of my life. Now ... now I'm not so sure.
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TavIrish Minister for DefenceRegistered Userregular
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BeNarwhalThe Work Left UnfinishedRegistered Userregular
Protesting to ensure and defend your right to protest seems like an increasingly important issue in America, to be fair.
Protest all the live long day. Make a sign, write a letter, give a speech; he's taking a knee which is confusing the message.
Kneeling seems like a pretty benign and peaceful way to protest, and also communicate his support for others who are protesting in that fashion today. It's a pretty clear message.
I don't think it's a clear message. Taking a knee could mean he's protesting the president, he's protesting threats against protesting, he's protesting police brutality, or all three.
I suspect he wouldn't be offended if anyone thought he was protesting any one of those things, or all three at once.
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
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LudiousI just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered Userregular
Kneeling seems like a pretty benign and peaceful way to protest, and also communicate his support for others who are protesting in that fashion today. It's a pretty clear message.
"Don't do violent protests!"
*kneels*
"Don't do peaceful protests!"
Exactly. I'm not even American and those moving goalposts terrify me.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
That's the first thing they added to the Constitution, after all the legalese about how the government should be formed. It's the very first Amendment, the very first thing they knew had to be enshrined as part of the Constitution.
And the fucking President wants to directly infringe upon it.
I don't respect the American flag ipso facto. I don't respect the office of the President ipso facto.
They need to earn my respect. And they have done, for the first thirty years of my life. Now ... now I'm not so sure.
the sad thing is, narwhal, you know more about basic american civics than a lot of americans.
Protesting to ensure and defend your right to protest seems like an increasingly important issue in America, to be fair.
Protest all the live long day. Make a sign, write a letter, give a speech; he's taking a knee which is confusing the message.
Kneeling seems like a pretty benign and peaceful way to protest, and also communicate his support for others who are protesting in that fashion today. It's a pretty clear message.
I don't think it's a clear message. Taking a knee could mean he's protesting the president, he's protesting threats against protesting, he's protesting police brutality, or all three.
it's lucky for him that protesting all of those things is good so
When the US President says that protesting is unpatriotic, it's pretty important that a WW2 Veteran - someone whose patriotism is above question - acts in solidarity in a public way, regardless of the reason for the protest.
i'm working on my speech outline at the city library. gosh i should come to downtown more often.
I live in a "city" of ~140,000. So it's not a big place, really, but it's sort of the regional hub for the banks, government, etc. My mom (out in her little rural town) would probably have to come here to get her passport renewed, for example.
I kinda pass through downtown on my commute to the hospital, but taking time to stop in at the library or a coffee shop in the midst of the downtown energy is always a rejuvenating experience.
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AtomikaLive fast and get fucked or whateverRegistered Userregular
Lud, it also came out this week that Trump has been conducting a lot of private meetings at Mar-A-Lago and not keeping any records or logs
So there's that
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LudiousI just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered Userregular
Also he's into quadruple down territory at this point I think.
But it's actually pretty simple.
He wanted to own an NFL team once. He was denied.
He sued the NFL and lost.
That's all this is really about.
Well, and also uppity black people, don't forget that part of it
A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
Also he's into quadruple down territory at this point I think.
But it's actually pretty simple.
He wanted to own an NFL team once. He was denied.
He sued the NFL and lost.
That's all this is really about.
It's racism all the way down tho Lud
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LudiousI just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered Userregular
I appreciate it RMS. I'm fine. I'm at work. It's quiet today but I'm actually sitting here listening to the conference call next door about the next 19 people we're getting in to train some of which will be going to PR.
Also he's into quadruple down territory at this point I think.
But it's actually pretty simple.
He wanted to own an NFL team once. He was denied.
He sued the NFL and lost.
That's all this is really about.
It's racism all the way down tho Lud
Oh don't get me wrong. I realize that. I just mean racism is the deciding factor then he remembers the nfl slight and the narcissism tagteams the racism.
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"Don't do violent protests!"
*kneels*
"Don't do peaceful protests!"
It’s not a very important country most of the time
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Why are you mad that a man who could scarecely find Puerto Rico on a map and mostly associates Puerto Rican people with labor doesn't care about the plight of their country?
Your anger is in the wrong place.
Now you're thinking like a D&D dungeon master!
I don't think it's a clear message. Taking a knee could mean he's protesting the president, he's protesting threats against protesting, he's protesting police brutality, or all three.
oh I'm plenty mad at the societal conditions and biases that led to that demagogue getting in office.
A magical illusion was hiding the bridge in the center and the sides were the actual pits.
Exactly. I'm not even American and those moving goalposts terrify me.
That's the first thing they added to the Constitution, after all the legalese about how the government should be formed. It's the very first Amendment, the very first thing they knew had to be enshrined as part of the Constitution.
And the fucking President wants to directly infringe upon it.
I don't respect the American flag ipso facto. I don't respect the office of the President ipso facto.
They need to earn my respect. And they have done, for the first thirty years of my life. Now ... now I'm not so sure.
I suspect he wouldn't be offended if anyone thought he was protesting any one of those things, or all three at once.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
the sad thing is, narwhal, you know more about basic american civics than a lot of americans.
it's lucky for him that protesting all of those things is good so
today has been a good day
indeed
But it's actually pretty simple.
He wanted to own an NFL team once. He was denied.
He sued the NFL and lost.
That's all this is really about.
*blink*
*blink*
k.
KILLSHNER! LOCK HIM UP!
I think I need to get a doctor ASAP for some antibiotics. Just... urrrgggh, though.
it was never about the emails
we know this
it was only the most presentable face racists and bigots could give the media so they could keep getting headlines
That's kind of concerning.
I live in a "city" of ~140,000. So it's not a big place, really, but it's sort of the regional hub for the banks, government, etc. My mom (out in her little rural town) would probably have to come here to get her passport renewed, for example.
I kinda pass through downtown on my commute to the hospital, but taking time to stop in at the library or a coffee shop in the midst of the downtown energy is always a rejuvenating experience.
So there's that
no it doesn't work this way he is a white man.
you're not doing america right.
just go run like 5 miles and eat a clove of garlic with a shot of vodka. you'll be right as rain in the morning.
Lud maybe you should disengage for a bit
I don't want your heart to explode
Well, and also uppity black people, don't forget that part of it
It's racism all the way down tho Lud
I'm not anywhere near head explode territory.
Oh don't get me wrong. I realize that. I just mean racism is the deciding factor then he remembers the nfl slight and the narcissism tagteams the racism.