Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 1)

[DavidCroquet]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/man-fuck-cnn.1135533/

Is about that fucking protester.  

No retards, people don’t need to like the dude to defend him. You are just doing the same shit that you bitch about the Fox News audience.

This is not the Trump camp alone.
Liberals are largely Zionist trash.

How do you even position yourself as “better as Trump” with this shit?

Even with the commentators agreeing that Mahmoud Khalil's arrest is illegal, that Khalil's rights are being violated, pointing out how he hasn't been charged with a crime, that this is a trampling of the Constitution, that this is a dangerous segue into authoritarianism, they still couldn't help themselves but to point out how "evil" Khalil is, how "abhorrent" his views are, his "hatred" of Jews, how CUAD is an evil organization, and repeating the claim that he wants "the West to be slaughtered", while asking why he came to America if he wants the West to die.

They literally cannot comprehend that a person could be a vile racist yet people people will decry his civil rights taken away.  

This guy is being deported for his opinions.  That's wrong.
This guy is also a racist. That's wrong. 
Wait, how can both be wrong.  Clearly one is false.
Cognitive Dissonance activate.  He must be a heroic champion and leader of the people.  Perfect in every way.  

Meanwhile, at the ACLU:

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/new-texas-bill-could-make-incredibly-popular-anime-video-games-illegal.1136022/

Dude, I hope this shit happens as it'll be a nice wake up call to what these idiots voted for.

We knew it was coming but I did not expect it so soon.

Texas writes a bill that's designed explicitly to allow Republican attorney generals to hunt LGBT+ youth and their parents, libraries and bookstores carrying LGBT+ books, and social media educating youth on LGBT+ topics, and Dexerto asks, "Wow, could this impact my anime and video games?"

I feel like copying this title word for word in this case is a grave injustice to how this is actually just gonna be used in the evil way of eroding lgbtq+ everything in media.

Muck like the book bans, it'll only be enforced on LGBTQ material.

All the gooner material will be fine until someone brave tries to apply the law equally (same thing happened with the bible)

I know it's awful not to focus on those issues, and I don't say this to be dismissive at all, but we are ultimately a video game forum, and this is the sort of stuff that might actually resonate with the folks who enabled these systems. We can, and hopefully will, have threads on the other aspects of this bill. And just to be clear, I have no problem with anything that bans the sexualization of younger characters, but that's not what this is all about.

edit: I actually misread your post, I apologize, but i'll leave this up as I think it's a good point still.

Texas does what Texas always does and has already had laws on the books about, somehow the fault of G*mer chuds and also part of the genocide.

Reasonable person dares enter the conversation:

for what it's worth, I think the argument in the article is... not very good. like, it basically entirely hinges on the notion that "obscene" means "literally whatever anyone wants it to mean" rather than it having a defined meaning in the penal code

you can say "they could ban persona!!!!!" because like... nobody can stop you. technically, they "could". but if we're applying the same "well, technically" standards, prior to this they could have banned like... any live-action movie with sex in it. this, uh, has not happened.

Thankfully, a prominent member is on it:

I think a lot of the concern regarding stuff like this is that being wider than it would normally be meant to be applied means that it might be targeted at particularly groups.

The presence of "sodomy" jumps out at me here as an example, if you don't know the history of that. To my knowledge, homosexuality has never been actually illegal in the UK or England as such. But sodomy was illegal - that is, anal sex - and that's the route that they'd use to target gay men.

This is an incredibly stupid argument because the UK, like most everywhere else, didn't just ban "sodomy" in a generic sense and left it at that, they rather explicitly outlawed "gross indecency between males" which isn't outlawing "homosexuality" just making the main thing associated with being homosexual illegal. In other words, L Thammy is  .

[benji]

I think this is absolutely true, and don't disagree at all with the people expressing concern that this will be used to target lgbtq+ material - I just think the idea that this will be used to target gamers is clickbait, frankly

Maybe. But it's also important to note that the song Louie Louie was dubbed as obscene and was the subject of a 2 and half year fbi investigation.

It's more important to note two things, that the FBI was wasting bureau time on a request from the Attorney General:

The following month an outraged parent wrote to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy alleging that the lyrics of "Louie Louie" were obscene, saying, "The lyrics are so filthy that I can-not [sic] enclose them in this letter."[474][475] The Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the complaint,[476] and looked into the various rumors of "real lyrics" that were circulating among teenagers.[477] In June 1965, the FBI laboratory obtained a copy of the Kingsmen recording and, after 31 months of investigation, concluded that it could not be interpreted[478] and therefore the Bureau could not find that the recording was obscene.[23]

Over the course of the investigation, a "folk legend of modern times that has yet to be bettered for sheer inanity",[46] the FBI interviewed Richard Berry, members of the Kingsmen, members of Paul Revere and the Raiders, and record company executives. The one person they never interviewed was the man who actually sang the words in question, Jack Ely, whose name apparently never came up because he was no longer with the Kingsmen.[477][479][480]

And second, the Supreme Court has since drastically curtailed the broad nature of "obscenity" that existed 70+ years ago to where the standard means it will be impossible to prosecute anything anyone in this thread is afraid of.

[benji]

Another one for the horseshoe pile.

edit: Brave MAGA Twitter warrior afraid of nobody deleted this tweet, it said:

If i can give young guys one lesson here, and I hate doing this, I hate to be "that guy." All I will say is that anyone calling themselves a "centrist" or "liberal" is even more of an enemy than antifa is.

[books]

I can't stand that attitude. Being a man, to me, means being a strong leader (if you can be), standing up for others, especially those who are vulnerable, standing against oppression, bigotry, intolerance, and especially fascism. It means processing your emotions, being vulnerable when needed, and not bottling everything up turning into anger and bitterness. It means being comfortable and strong enough to cry, showing emotion, and you will always feel better and clearer after. It means treating people with kindness, love, respect, and tolerance. It means learning about people different than you, their wants, their needs, their rights. It takes strength to do all these things. "This is how I fight."

There will always be only one Captain America.

How are dudes supposed to live up to this crazy standard?

Edit- so LThammy is a fan of the poop sex eh.

[DavidCroquet]

I love how era has aneurysms over gender norms on any day that ends in y, but whenever they're asked to define "being a man", the first thing they say--almost always--is something about being a leader.

[clockwork5]

I can't stand that attitude. Being a man, to me, means being a strong leader (if you can be), standing up for others, especially those who are vulnerable, standing against oppression, bigotry, intolerance, and especially fascism. It means processing your emotions, being vulnerable when needed, and not bottling everything up turning into anger and bitterness. It means being comfortable and strong enough to cry, showing emotion, and you will always feel better and clearer after. It means treating people with kindness, love, respect, and tolerance. It means learning about people different than you, their wants, their needs, their rights. It takes strength to do all these things. "This is how I fight."

There will always be only one Captain America.
How are dudes supposed to live up to this crazy standard?
Edit- so LThammy is a fan of the poop sex eh.

That’s just the bare minimum, chud.

[AldusMoneyPenny]

[ClothedMac]

While commodification is an issue with regards to the superstructural aspects to capitalism, it's nonetheless still wrong to designate the capitalist class to people who just happen to be rich. Capitalists are the minority who own the means of production; no more or less. What means of production does Bill Burr own, exactly? If none, he's literally a worker. Furthermore this confusion also helps perpetuate the belief that anti-capitalism will inherently lower your quality of life and thus we need to stick with this backwards-ass system.

Not all billionares? 



https://www.resetera.com/threads/this-bill-burr-evolution-of-being-anti-capitalist-comedian-is-wild-and-welcome-to-see.1135872/page-3#post-137107008

I feel like this might be a criticism she personally receives amongst comrades.

[Jansen]

Being a billionaire is ok so long as she is the billionaire

[DavidCroquet]

Damn, this system has been established for generations, I am encouraged to participate in it by my close family and by total strangers, and it is effortless to incorporate into my life...

"inertia, coercion, and convenience"? Sounds like the system works to me! 

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

bonus nep retard note (as if more are needed) but I remember when the very core of her societal conception was founded on discarding opinions based on various metrics of privilege and status. We don't do that no more I guess? Hell, ask her what she thinks of anyone who hasn't "done the reading"... as if poor black Americans ground daily into in the blood-darkened gears of capitalism have the leisure time to spend reading Stokwame Turemichael.

[ClothedMac]

It's strange how PlanetSmasher never actually mentions comics he likes.  Everything is so vague even though he has done everything.  There is never solid proof that he has knowledge of one of the many fields he claims to have been a part of for decades.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

oh no what will people do without their AI cheese pizza. 

I thought Era was against AI and this bill wants to ban AI depicting children in sexual acts.

[imsotired]

Only on resetera is vanguardism still the topic of the day. 

[DavidCroquet]

Jeez, that bill burr thread is some solid shit. Not sure if I mean that as in "the good shit" or "literal poop" but it's potent either way.

Zeo once again demonstrating the mastery of his craft...

A dude says: "damn, I remember when I got dogpiled for stanning Burr, and now ya'll love this guy lol"

Zeo then points out the guy is factually incorrect, highlights that Burr was indeed a malignant transphobe and the dunks were factually merited, then, with the grace of a swan, absolves Burr by saying he is reformed (since 2022 lolol) and is now permissible to like, while also leaving himself room to backpedal. 

This must be what it is like to live as a contemporary with a great master like Picasso or Newton. I stand in awe.

 

(here's the post if ya'll wanna read it...too lazy to crosspost with all the quoting and embeds shit)

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

"Almost three years ago", so we don't look up past conduct on social media and former bans anymore on Era when litigating new ones? Beautiful!

And Allah knows best.

[DavidCroquet]

And now for something completely different!

https://www.resetera.com/threads/it’s-never-been-more-over-for-theaters-outside-of-event-films-huh…-mickey-17-is-releasing-on-digital-18-days-after-its-theatrical-debut.1135809/#post-137093442

Nah. Go to the movies for Bong

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/this-bill-burr-evolution-of-being-anti-capitalist-comedian-is-wild-and-welcome-to-see.1135872/page-3#post-137107008

I mean, no, you are trapped. You yourself describe opting out in ways that isn't remotely opting out. Because actually opting out is totalitarian and requires completely opting out not picking and choosing what participation counts and what doesn't. Which is why the criticism of Burr is apt, he wouldn't want to opt out if he could because he could at the very least opt out from being highly paid as a comedian and he doesn't.

Capitalism doesn't perpetuate itself from coercion (coercion is what's necessary to stop it), it perpetuates itself because the convenience is like root beer, that's the inertia. The alternative requires you to be a god, and quite frankly, you're not even close to one no matter what you think of yourself.

[benji]

She clearly thinks that doing something and not receiving money in return is "anti-capitalist" so why doesn't she ever describe her being an admin as part of these efforts? It's only delivering food other people have donated that she ever brings up.

[Snoopy]

Probably because Saint Nep doesn't want to remind people about the time she tried to guilt trip them into giving her money

[Boredfrom]

Canadian ask for the resignation of a U.S. senator:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/chuck-schumer-who-should-resign-immediately-gave-what-can-only-be-described-as-a-beyond-atrocious-interview-with-the-nyt.1136100/

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

shouldn't they be busy getting a gun and training to fight against the US in the upcoming war? Why call for the resignation of someone who is against the Annexation of Canada?

Oh, right. They committed wrongthink. Isn't that what got Trump into the white house again?

[Boredfrom]

This is off topic, but I'm just posting it to give you folks a bit of a laugh. Every time I see the word "mods" in a title, my eyes just focus on that before the rest and my instant thought goes to "Oh god what did we fuck up this time?" and I get a surge of anxiety. I know, it's really silly, but i thought you'd all find it funny.

Also mods can't fix Starfield.

Also also Dragonage Veilgauard is way better then Starfield, don't @ me.

 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/can-we-admit-now-that-mods-arent-going-to-fix-starfield.1134837/page-9#post-137090280

[Snoopy]

The militia are back to telling each other they need to strap up

I mean, what is the reason at this point to not arm yourself....especially if you are a minority of any kind?

"Well you see, statistically it's more dangerous to own a gun"*

*all data collected prior to fascist takeover

Oh like trust me, I know how dangerous it can be in every way. When we are at where we are at, it gets to a point where it still is more dangerous to no be armed.

It's really only a matter of time with them isn't it. If Dubs actually had even the tiniest thought or care he'd realize that allowing those nutters to hype each other into buying guns is a very bad idea.

[benji]

The militia are back to telling each other they need to strap up

I mean, what is the reason at this point to not arm yourself....especially if you are a minority of any kind?

"Well you see, statistically it's more dangerous to own a gun"*

*all data collected prior to fascist takeover

Oh like trust me, I know how dangerous it can be in every way. When we are at where we are at, it gets to a point where it still is more dangerous to no be armed.

They should check out this thread: https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-justification-for-the-2nd-amendment-doesnt-make-sense-today.761511/

Many say the 2nd amendment, the right to bear arms, is justified to prevent the abuse of tyrannical government action.

But today "the Government" has satellites, deep surveillance apparatus, sophisticated weapons tech, the numbers in terms of an army, nuclear weapons and powerful armaments. Attack helicopters, missiles, etc. Not to mention the CIA, FBI, and various police forces.

But many of these weekend warrior types really think donning fatigues and doing target practice on Saturdays is enough to repel the government?

Moreover, we have examples, recent ones, of threats of violence, only used to prop tyranny--Jan 6th. Not defend democracy.

Additionally, such a justification misses like imperial power. Guns aren't enough for that. I really don't get it.

They know it doesn't make any sense. They still want to have guns anyway.

It's all a smokescreen for the fact that they like the idea of being able to kill anyone they don't like.

It hasn't made sense for decades

gun nuts are sustained by the fantasy that they will someday get to do a Red Dawn

It doesn't even stop tyrannical governments if they agree with what the government is doing. Please see: the treatment of African Americans as well as Japanese internment camps for more information

They just say that as another roadblock to discussion. One person can own 100 guns and they'd be unceremoniously hit with a drone strike in the event of them actually taking on the US military or the government going full tyranny and violence mode. They know it. We know it. They just want to drag out the discussion and make up justifications to keep themselves armed for no reason other than gun owner sickness. They're not worth engaging with when they start talking about defending their turf with guns.

The government could shutdown power, water, supply lines, etc.

If the government really wanted to mess us up, they really could, pretty easily.

The loudest people bragging about their guns and COME TAKE IT mentality are the absolute first ones who will hand over all their firearms when a convoy of APC's strolls down the street knocking on doors and demanding guns - because at that point you'd be an idiot not to and have your family watch as you are thrown down and arrested or even possibly gunned down in front of them.

After Jan 6 they are finding out what happens when you try to take down the government

The idea of having a law saying you are allowed to rebel is fundamentally redundant. If people feel the need to rebel against the government, they're going to do so regardless of what is on the books. It's like...the fucking point of a rebellion.

I imagine the counter to that is that it isn't the point; the point is to arm the civilians as another check... at which point lol. Have you looked around lately? This country is held hostage by a minority of bigoted conspiratorial nutcase conservatives, and an even larger cabal of billionaire shitlords who pay off both parties. If you were intending to stop the degredation of whatever integrity this country ever had, it's way too fucking late.

Red Dawn = 40 years ago...maybe.

Now? Yea, good luck on that with all the tech that the US Army Has.

Nah

Take away ole Jim-bob's internet connection, turn off utilities to his podunk town, choke off supply chains, and send in drones. It will be over very quickly for his lot. And the moment ole Jim-Bob's group starts dirty bombing innocents in a major city they will lose the majority sympathy quick.

The way right-wing fascism will take hold in America is the same way it did in Germany: the right-wing political elite will increasingly concede it to them and defend it as the lesser evil and the necessary political calculus.

Guns in America are far more the tool of fear and oppression than liberation.

OR you can actually be anti-gun and realize that basically every statistic out there says you're much more at risk with a gun in your household than without.

OR you can still be anti-gun and push for much stronger gun control.

What is this logic??

Man, this country is such a joke sometimes. It feels hopeless to ever change any gun law with the way attitudes currently are.
Despite the fact that guns are the ONLY reason we're in this situation to begin with. This is playing right into the hands of every gun manufacturer and right-winger out there.

2A advocates will point to the successes of the North Vietnamese Army as proof that they could stop the US military.

Couple problems with this obviously.

1. The NVA, contrary to popular right-wing belief was not just a rabble of farmers and peasants, they were a standing army with military commanders and strategists (including one of the greatest military strategists of the 20th century) and they conscripted peasants and farmers amongst regular soldiers.

2. That was 50 years ago.

3. You don't have the motivations of the NVA who were fighting off a literal foreign invasion. You're protecting your hobby.

You also don't have the backing of multiple foreign governments providing you with supplies.

You don't need guns to rebel against tyrannical governments, local or national. You just need to not show up at work.

This doesn't count any of the pro-cop posts from that thread.

[Snoopy]

It's incredible how quickly they abandoned their common sense anti gun position, and adopted the same fear based rhetoric militias use.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Why is PlanetSmasher even in the thread? That scab wouldn't sign up for the general strike because he was begging his boss for a promotion. Fuck off, you're no ally.

[xiceman191]

As someone that has been taking improv classes i'm just gonna say fuck you,.

[benji]

It's incredible how quickly they abandoned their common sense anti gun position, and adopted the same fear based rhetoric militias use.

You don't understand how things have changed, the capitalist, colonialist and white supremacist Zionist-aligned genocidal government is now in the hands of the bad guys rather than the bloodthirsty racists nobody should support. Watch the fucking Star Wars prequels already and wake up.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

if y'all aint ready to strap up then you're the problem. think about the communities and food banks that need y'alls help.