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there wolf posted:Organized crime as a privatized, and therefore better, security force is a common myth for a lot of people. The Italian mob in particular gets seen as tough guys who hold conservative social values and do what the government can't/won't do when it comes to dealing with less desirable (read as non-white) groups. Not just a myth. The mob has a long and storied history with the US effectively as contractors for "less than legal" jobs, especially for intelligence and defense agencies. The mob would (if they aren't already) absolutely work with the police and feds to fight against the protesters.
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Outside of New York does the mob even have much influence where protests are happening? I know there's organized crime pretty much everywhere, but specifically the Sicilian mafia?
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Hell, the yakuza in glorious nippon even helped clean up Fukushima (by kidnapping homeless people and forcing them to do it in exchange for kickbacks from the power companies)
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Surely it’s a parody account that’s very humorously poking fun at Trump supporters... Nope, wrong again. She seems like an interesting person ”Gloria J Yorke” posted:You’ll be SPIRITUALLY moved by the 6 MIRACLES that occurred, and BLOWN AWAY to discover that DEATH IS NOT FINAL…THE DEPARTED ARE STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE!!!!
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! https://twitter.com/shafieikeyvan/status/1287109583912214528?s=19
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StillFullyTerrible posted:in the smut-making community, that dude is more well-known for his meltdowns about the many ways he's been wronged by everyone than by his work Lol, drat. Two points about that 1) I'm surprised that he hasn't taken a sledgehammer to a landmine labeled 'Who cares about Black Lives Matter protests' and self destructed his brand already 2) I'm now realizing that the porn art side of twitter is probably rife with drama and idiots.
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still amazed at some people👦 👩👩👦👦👭 👨👨👧 As you 🤟😊🤟😊🤟😊 🤟 😊 know my 😊 😀 😀 patreon 🈶has🈶 declined from like💜 👬 🏩 $9k to under $1k because of the loving idiots who embrace the ideology of, "If You 😀 😊 😊🤟 Read 📖📘 📕📕📕 📖 It 🚮 🚮 🚮🚮🚮 On the Internet, 📶 🌐 📶 It 🚮 🚮 🚮 Must Be True!" Ironically, this was the original slogan for the site, before I 😀 😀 😀 changed🚼 it 🚮 🇮🇹 🚮 🚮 to "The Internet 📶 📶 📶 Makes You 😀 🤟 😀🤟 Stupid." Both apply equally in this case. Nobody seems aware that anybody can allege anything. Nobody seems to give 🅰️a🅰️ poo poo💩 💩 💩 that I 😀 😀 😀 🏥built🏥🏥 and maintained this community for 22 years; one 1️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣ 1️⃣ single allegation destroyed all that good👍 ❇️ 🦸♂️ will. One 🔂 🔂 1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣ single allegetion destroyed my 😀 😊 😀 entire career, 💼 💼 💼 site, job, 💼 💼 💼 and creation. And don't even🌃🌃 🌔 🌛 try to say 🗣 🗣 🗣 "BUT LOWTAX WHUT ABOUT THESE OTHER THINGS IN YUR PAST HURRRRRR" because I've never been convicted or found🔍🔍 guilty of doing 💩poo poo 💩. 💩 💩 Ever. Period. A bunch of kiwifarms 👭people👭 👨👩👧👧 👨👧👧👩👦👦 easily whipped those gullible idiots into a🅰️ frenzy of self righteous outrage, and nobody from SA even🌘 🌃 🌛 gave it🇮🇹 🚮 🚮 a 🅰️ second 🥈 🥈 🥈🥈🥈 thought💭. 💭 💭 I've always been honest and open👐 ☂☂☂ 👐 with everybody my 😀 😀 😊 entire life, 🧬 🧬 🧬 which is also why I 😊 😊 😀 get🉐 🉐 🉐 easily manipulated. I 😀 😊 😀 cannot 🙊speak🙊🙊 🙊 🙊 in further length📏 📏 📏 about certain things, so🆘 🆘 🆘 I'm trying to be 🅰️as 🅰️ vague 🅰️as🅰️ possible. Look 👁 👁 👀 at the background of both parties 🎊 involved, look👀👀 👁 👁 at their history📜📜, 🏛🏰 🏰 look👀 👀 👁 at what😦 😦 😦 they've literally and legally 👮 done🔨. Not 🚯 🚯 🚯 been ACCUSED of doing, but actually DONE. We 👩👩👦👦 👩👩👦👦 🌿 have🈶🈶 🈶 🈶 a🅰️ court 👩⚖️ 👨⚖️ 👩⚖️ of law ™️ 🔨🔨 👮 🚨 to determine if allegations are 👉 👉 👉 valid. Rushing to judgement by simply acting🎭 🎭 🎭 on🔛 an allegation, something that has🈶, by nature🐒🐒, 🐐🦕🙉 🌴 not 🚯 🚯 🚯 been proven at all, is pure idiot toilet🚹 🚻 🚺🚹🚺🚹🚺🚹 gently caress 💩poo poo💩. 💩 💩 This 🎫event🎫 🎫 🎫 really 📺shows📺 📺 📺 who my 😀 😀 😀 true allies and friends🐕 🐕 🐕 are, 👉 👉 👉 and who are 👉 👉 👉 the 👶people👶 👫👪👨👨👦 👨👨👦👦👨👩👦👦👭 that don't give a🅰️ poo poo 💩 💩 💩 💩 about the things I've actually DONE and CREATED in the past 22 years are. 👉 👉 👉 I'm going to capitalize the 🔝word🔝 🔜 🔚 done🔨🔨 here🈁 🈁 🈁 1️⃣one1️⃣ 🔂 1️⃣ more➕➕ ➕ ➕ 🕒time 🕒. 🕜🕥 🕞 DONE. An ALLEGATION. For gently caress's sake🍶🍶, 🍶🍶🍶 🍶 at least 🚏wait 🚏🚏 🚏 🚏 for me to be 🔍found🔍 legally🚓🚓 guilty of SOMETHING. Innocent 😇 😇 😇 until proven guilty, except on🔛 the internet🌐 📶 📶 where it's🇮🇹 guilty and then still guilty and always guilty because 👩people👩 👩👩👧👦 👨👧👦 make up🔝 their minds 🤯🤯🤯 🤯 🤯 🔂once🔂 and can never change🚼 them ever ❎no❎ 📵🙊 ⛔ matter 😦what😦. 😦😦😦 😦 Outrage is the currency 💴💲 💵💵 💷 💶 of the internet🌐, 📶 🌐 and by god nobody will ever be wrong! Anyway I'm making 🅰️a🅰️ plea for logic, if there is any logic remaining on🔛 the internet 🌐 📶. 📶 🌐 Thank 🙌 🙌 🙌 you 🤟😊 😊 🤟 to the six6️⃣ 6️⃣ 🔯 remaining patreon members left🍂, 🛅 ↔️ and a🅰️ huge gently caress off📴 📴 📴 to the SA outrage culture 🧫 🏛 🧫 reactionists that were apparently just 🚏waiting🚏 🚏 🚏 for any excuse or reason, 😣no😣 ❎ 📭 matter how idiotic, to turn 🔛on 🔛 me. Congrats, 👏 👏 👏 you're 🏇betting🏇 🏇 🏇 on 🔛🔛 the wrong horse🐴🐴. 🎠 🏇 And yes🉑, 👍 🆗 I'm aware that by writing✒️ ✏️ 📝🖋 this I'm just going to lose more ➕ ➕ ➕ ➕ donors but whatever, I'm not 🚯🚯🚯 🚯 🚯 and never have🈶🈶 🈶 🈶 🔨done🔨 anything just for cash🏦. 🏧 🏧 I 😊 😊😊😊 😊 just wanted to point↗️ ✴️ 👆 out 😜 😛 😜😝 how the site I 😀 😀 😀 used to run🏃 is now populated by the hand👈👈 👐 👇👇👇 wringing, outrage culture 🧫 🧫 🏛 warriors we 🌿 👩👩👦👦 👩👩👦👦 used to once🔂 make fun💃 💃 💃 of.
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Weird how this site also makes fun of pitiful psychos in denial but they never seem to twig on to that part
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Always love the "I've never been convicted of anything I've been accused of!" tack It's always so telling 
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Apparently, becoming white is retroactive.
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MizPiz posted:Not just a myth. The mob has a long and storied history with the US effectively as contractors for "less than legal" jobs, especially for intelligence and defense agencies. The mob would (if they aren't already) absolutely work with the police and feds to fight against the protesters. That's not really what I was referring to. The myth is of organized crime, particularly Italian mafia, being antiheroes who can/would do what the government can't because they're not held back by rules and restrictions, and all while holding up the right values and asking absolutely nothing of you in the way of investment or support. Your basic libertarian cum fascist/authoritarian interest in might-makes-right, when it's the right people who have the might.
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honestly i joined for the let’s play forum and when he started streaming games i was excited because oh boy a lowtax please i bet he’s gonna be hilarious because he owns something awful!!!! it was incredibly boring. i just want to add this because he says he grew this for 22 years but i have honestly not seen any of that for the past 12 years. his entire gimmick was “i own the site and i can poo poo where ever i want to” and it’s kind of sad how he refuses to face that he was running on collective good will the past few years and people finally had enough. Somebody has a new favorite as of 15:34 on Jul 26, 2020 |
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 jfc. high school friend went from "i think we should lower taxes on rich people, but black people are cool and abortion should be legal" (pretty poo poo, but about as best as i could hope in rural U.S. in the early 2000s), to "I would have sided with the police abusing black people during the Civil Rights Movement." having a hard time with this. i feel i should send him a personal message to let him know how this comes across, but he's not a loving idiot, he knows what he's posting. gently caress, this sucks.
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RareAcumen posted:2) I'm now realizing that the porn art side of twitter is probably rife with drama and idiots. boy howdy, i wish the "Fictional Lives Matter" person hadn't deleted their account, they would have been perfect for this thread
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there wolf posted:libertarian cum fascist is this too long for a username
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there wolf posted:That's not really what I was referring to. The myth is of organized crime, particularly Italian mafia, being antiheroes who can/would do what the government can't because they're not held back by rules and restrictions, and all while holding up the right values and asking absolutely nothing of you in the way of investment or support. Your basic libertarian cum fascist/authoritarian interest in might-makes-right, when it's the right people who have the might. Oh yeah, that's bullshit.
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The national parks here has a "learn to camp" program for immigrants to borrow outdoor gear for free. There's also a pretty big movement about discussing exclusion of minorities from outdoor activities so the outdoors are super "woke" too. Sorry bud, but none of those activities are only for whities either. Might as well die mad.
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Even if Lowtax weren't an abuser he's been a lovely webmaster for like, a decade at least now. He contributed gently caress all to the forums, the front page was moribund, and he clearly had barely-contained contempt for every way the forums evolved in the recent past.
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Oh poo poo, now that we're talking about thr forums I remember someone taking about getting it updated to some other kind of web design thing called Discourse and being shot down. Anyone know what kind of features it would've had if they'd gone through with that? Also how is the transfer of it's ownership even going, there aren't anymore stickied Jeffrey posts
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RareAcumen posted:Oh poo poo, now that we're talking about thr forums I remember someone taking about getting it updated to some other kind of web design thing called Discourse and being shot down. Anyone know what kind of features it would've had if they'd gone through with that? Far as I'm aware it's going, and it'll almost definitely happen, but there's not much that can actually be said about ongoing legal proceedings.
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Even if Lowtax weren't an abuser he's been a lovely webmaster for like, a decade at least now. He contributed gently caress all to the forums, the front page was moribund, and he clearly had barely-contained contempt for every way the forums evolved in the recent past. Wasn't this place supposed to be his Libertarian think tank from the start?
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CANNOT BE OVERSTATED god dammit dilbert man
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cuber posted:
Link him to articles about all the protestors who had their eyes blown out.
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RareAcumen posted:Oh poo poo, now that we're talking about thr forums I remember someone taking about getting it updated to some other kind of web design thing called Discourse and being shot down. Anyone know what kind of features it would've had if they'd gone through with that? Discourse would have been the death of screenshot LPs, because it has infinite scrolling rather than pages. Funnily, the LPZone went with Discourse.
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Picnic Princess posted:The national parks here has a "learn to camp" program for immigrants to borrow outdoor gear for free. It's not just national parks either, features like interpretation are looking at how we teach to remove cultural specific references and to help extend outreach, so anywhere you have interp rangers these conversations are happening. Even folks who design stuff as innocuous as signs are asking for minority input (apparently colors etc come across differently especially to cultures in which the parks haven't played the same role historically). Parks are working toward being super woke when you are not just looking at maintenance.
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This nerd needs to be stuffed in all the lockers.
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Ibblebibble posted:Discourse would have been the death of screenshot LPs, because it has infinite scrolling rather than pages. I don't like Discourse or its UI at all, but it's kinda winning 'best modern forums engine' by default right now. Reddit and Twitter more or less took over as the default way to do community engagement and discussion (despite both of them being awful at it), so there's not exactly call for a lot of competition.
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Picnic Princess posted:The national parks here has a "learn to camp" program for immigrants to borrow outdoor gear for free. Especially ironic that he's including kayaking in there. You know, that boat without any significance to Inuit peoples, totally invented by red blooded Americans, with a very American-sounding name.
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Ibblebibble posted:Discourse would have been the death of screenshot LPs, because it has infinite scrolling rather than pages.
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