#156

They say it’s the white man I should fear, But it’s my own kind doin’ all the killin’ here.

Tupac Shakur

#157

All forests matter, but right now we’re focusing on the Amazon, okay?

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#158

Be careful, I can almost see the “I’m not a treeist, but…”-types practicing their lines like:

  • in the rainforest more plants are killed by other plants than by lumberjacks.
  • the number of unarmed trees felled by lumberjacks isn’t even statistically significant.
  • better concentrate on intra-tree violence.
  • maybe the lumberjacks were on a hair-trigger because they had to face bad trees all day.
  • the tree was aggressive to the lumberjacks.
  • maybe the tree was on drugs and the lumberjacks just had to put the axe to it.
  • what that lumberjack did was wrong, but it was a bad tree, so don’t protest.
  • you can’t call me a treeist, I have memes to ‘prove’ my opinion.
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#159

They are burning! the amazon
For palm oil…

#160

…and at an ever-growing rate.

#161

Get take on the situation. Even though it is addressing Comic book writers.

#162

You definitely have freedom of speech there, I don’t think you understand the term at all. I’m definitely glad in some European countries Fox is pooled in with the cartoon channels in cable lineups.

As a citizen you can say whatever you want. As a company that is supposed to deliver fact based news you’re not allowed to lie.

Has nothing to do with freedom of speech. Also, in the U.S., you’re only allowed full free speech when it’s directed towards the government. Doesn’t cover other people, companies and so on.

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#163

They have a freedom of exprrssion. Charter. The Charter also permits the government to enforce “reasonable” limits. Hate speech , obscenity, and defamation are common categories of restricted speech in Canada .

So i personally think Canada does a better job than the usa period.

Except when it comes to comedy stuff said in general.

Potty mouth fines
Fines for comedian lite jokes too things like that. Its an ongoing issue. Things we can joke on stage here u cant there. Anything deemable offensive can land you a fine.

Thats all i mean. The atmosphere in Canada is 1000% better than the usa in every other area.

But if you want anything for money ppl come to the good ol usa. You can run over ppl and kill em if ur rich enough ull get off by influenceza

#164

Problem with all lives matter is it seems to have been created to dilute black lives matter.

If you’re white,
are you afraid for your life when you get pulled over by a cop?
do you constantly get pulled over by cops for “swerving” or “forgot to signal”, even though you know you weren’t and didn’t?
do you encounter people who, when they see you, quickly walk to the other side of the street or turn around entirely?

Lots of situations that I know a lot of my black friends encounter ALL the time.

In the past 11 years I’ve been pulled over 5 times. Once for speeding, 4 times in a two week period for “riding with black driver”. It’s obvious and sickening.

There is no need for an all lives matter.

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#165

:black_flag:

#166

OOF. There’re at least a couple fallacies here:

  1. Red herring: Partway through an argument, the arguer goes off on a tangent, raising a side issue that distracts the audience from what’s really at stake.

What do abortions and women and children in Africa have to do with US Police brutality? Nothing.

You imply one cannot genuinely support the BLM movement without first meaningfully addressing other issues: “GB wants to stand with BLM, but fails to address the every day black on black crime.”

It is not possible for GB to meaningfully address intra-racial crime, nor is it necessary for GB to do anything more than state their support of BLM. Given the choice between supporting BLM and not supporting them, GB obviously made the right call, even from a standpoint of pure-self interest as Racists are a minority and it would be foolish to risk alienating a majority of your player base.

You then admit that police brutality is a problem but imply Gearbox should address it some other time: “If you want to show your support for BLM do it every day and not when an outrage mob arises.”

A movement will be most effective and have the greatest chance of effecting change when it has a clear message , an event to rally around, and human momentum to make it visible in the media so people actually notice. In other words, showing your support for BLM when an outraged mob arises is exactly the perfect time to do so; especially from a PR standpoint, which I mention because the purpose of your post is ambiguous: are you anti-black, pro-police (a fascist in these circumstances), or simply annoyed that GB isn’t making a MORE meaningful show of support?

(side note: no one cares about the opinions of racists or fascists, nor does anyone wish to hear them speak or read their words. I’m only really here to add names to my mute list so I can visit these forums without being bothered by filth, but hopefully my response to your thoughtless words will be beneficial to someone.)

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#167

It seems clear (to me anyways) that the People of the United States of America have domestic enemies who murdered Mr. Floyd as part of a long ongoing attack on Black American’s and their economy. The home of American Fascism, the Republican party, has nothing else to fall back on but hatred, destruction, and violence. They hope it will destroy the people, but they are sadly mistaken.

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#168

Source for your made up statistics?

#169

I am a Nihilist
None of anything we do matters in the grand scheme of the universe.
Everything dies and everything is forgotten

Block me and keep your safe space

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#170

You simply have no idea what you’re talking about. Just guessing that your sources of news are ABC/NBC/CBS/CNN/MSNBC etc. it doesn’t matter as they’re all serving as propaganda outlets for the DNC. Consider expanding your information input, or sources I should say.

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#171

Well, here’s something more mainstream for you then:

Way less biased - and significantly more accurate - than Fox News, I would suggest.

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#172

What would you recommend instead?

Fox News and Breitbart? But, I’d actually be interested in some solid, fact-checked conservative sources besides The Bulwark.

#173

https://www.whatfinger.com/

This is a news “aggregator”. I find a bit of what’s linked to ‘thin’, but by and large it points to information not being covered in the mainstream. Judge for yourself.

#174

Yep, took a look at it.

On opening the page I got this:

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Swiping right from the featured Breitbart article yielded me a video titled ‘Destroying America: Democrat Washington State Governor Claims Not to Know About Seattle Occupation’ with a further link to ‘The Democrats Want You Silenced’.

Looks pretty balanced on first glance.

But onward, next featured article has Lindsey Graham proclaiming: ‘I’m not going to be stopped’, followed by Fox News’ Laura Ingraham explaining that ‘Democrats Cancel America’. Surely it’s going to get balanced soon.

Lo and behold, another swipe and Fox News’ Tucker Carlson tells me that democracy is being subverted. My initial guesses of Breitbart and Fox doesn’t seem that far off the mark.

Now, I am sure clicking on one of the links below the Breitbart banner will give me a little balance. Let’s try Liberty Nation!

Just a few headlines:

  • Why isn’t there a vaccine for Bill Gates?
  • Flyover Folks Don’t Fear Antifa Fools
  • Democrats Defund, Criminals Cheer

Huh, let’s try another link, the Geller Report. In a calm and totally reasonable way the head article compares life in today’s New York under the rule of ‘Antisemitic Fascist Clown DeBlasio’ with life in 1930s Berlin.

I am quite sorry, but I am German and history is one of my interests, so I can’t seem to agree with this style of presenting news. In other words: Is the author of said article completely deranged?

So, let’s scroll down a little, past the next prominently featured Breitbart article bashing Biden to a featured piece by the Washington Times, a newspaper that no one ever accused of checking their facts…

Some more scrolling takes me to the Trump Pence 2020 campaign advert. What a surprise.

So, if I ever look for a site pandering in Bill Gates conspiracy theories or democrat-bashing without any regard for facts, I can just short-cut it and watch Faux News.

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#176

OK. This thread seems to have served it’s purpose (whatever that was) long enough.