Red Mosquito

durdencommatyler wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

That's my exact face whenever I hear people try and explain how throwing poop at the federal courthouse helps children trapped in the cycle of poverty. I think we are finally starting to understand each other!

McParadigm wrote:Computer, show me: very confidently not getting it

durdencommatyler wrote:

McParadigm wrote:Computer, show me: very confidently not getting it

durdencommatyler wrote:Speaking of snark...

Bi_3 wrote:Imagine a world in which these people put half of the energy they spend on trashcan shields and poop bombs into things like tutoring kids or providing free-of-charge daycare services. You know, things that actually help improve black lives.

Now imagine asking them to do that.

B wrote:Some people call themselves Antifa + Some people are lighting fireworks in Portland = Antifa is terrorizing America

Get the fuck with it, durds.

Bi_3 wrote:Well that’s problematic

BurtReynolds wrote:
It's been interesting to watch the evolution. The feds went from no protection, to cheap fencing, to those heavier panels, to welding them together, to putting guys on the roof to lob smoke grenades.

Meanwhile the protesters have brought in shield walls, foam to block the cops' view through the fence, la crosse rackets, lasers, leaf blowers, etc. Last night the protestors brought power tools and finally got the fence down again.


Wonder what they'll do tonight.

digster wrote:I think what you're seeing in this thread (and honestly, far more overtly in the Republican Party writ large) is befuddlement and frustration as to why the usual culture war stuff isn't working this time, at least thus far. They don't get why they're continuing to craft message ads about those violent protestors that are coming for you and your kids, and they're continuing to fail at scaring the suburbs.

But it's not all that surprising; pearl-clutching about caravans of people from South America coming to invade the country didn't save them in 2018, either. That it's not working now doesn't mean it's not going to work in the end. But there certainly seems to be confusion as to why it's not working now.

digster wrote:I think what you're seeing in this thread (and honestly, far more overtly in the Republican Party writ large) is befuddlement and frustration as to why the usual culture war stuff isn't working this time, at least thus far. They don't get why they're continuing to craft message ads about those violent protestors that are coming for you and your kids, and they're continuing to fail at scaring the suburbs.

But it's not all that surprising; pearl-clutching about caravans of people from South America coming to invade the country didn't save them in 2018, either. That it's not working now doesn't mean it's not going to work in the end. But there certainly seems to be confusion as to why it's not working now.

BurtReynolds wrote:

digster wrote:I think what you're seeing in this thread (and honestly, far more overtly in the Republican Party writ large) is befuddlement and frustration as to why the usual culture war stuff isn't working this time, at least thus far. They don't get why they're continuing to craft message ads about those violent protestors that are coming for you and your kids, and they're continuing to fail at scaring the suburbs.

But it's not all that surprising; pearl-clutching about caravans of people from South America coming to invade the country didn't save them in 2018, either. That it's not working now doesn't mean it's not going to work in the end. But there certainly seems to be confusion as to why it's not working now.

No that's not it.

Rob wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Speaking of snark...

Bi_3 wrote:Imagine a world in which these people put half of the energy they spend on trashcan shields and poop bombs into things like tutoring kids or providing free-of-charge daycare services. You know, things that actually help improve black lives.

Now imagine asking them to do that.

I really feel like 2020 is becoming a lesson in what happens when no one listens to the people using these proper channels/methods, and the wave just continues to build until it breaks in this way. The questions isn’t “why aren’t people doing it this way,” it’s “why didn’t people listen back then?”

Bi_3 wrote:

Rob wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Speaking of snark...

Bi_3 wrote:Imagine a world in which these people put half of the energy they spend on trashcan shields and poop bombs into things like tutoring kids or providing free-of-charge daycare services. You know, things that actually help improve black lives.

Now imagine asking them to do that.

I really feel like 2020 is becoming a lesson in what happens when no one listens to the people using these proper channels/methods, and the wave just continues to build until it breaks in this way. The questions isn’t “why aren’t people doing it this way,” it’s “why didn’t people listen back then?”

What is it that society missed?

durdencommatyler wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

digster wrote:I think what you're seeing in this thread (and honestly, far more overtly in the Republican Party writ large) is befuddlement and frustration as to why the usual culture war stuff isn't working this time, at least thus far. They don't get why they're continuing to craft message ads about those violent protestors that are coming for you and your kids, and they're continuing to fail at scaring the suburbs.

But it's not all that surprising; pearl-clutching about caravans of people from South America coming to invade the country didn't save them in 2018, either. That it's not working now doesn't mean it's not going to work in the end. But there certainly seems to be confusion as to why it's not working now.

No that's not it.

I'll go ahead and double-down on my then.This is all the proof I need.

BurtReynolds wrote:

digster wrote:I think what you're seeing in this thread (and honestly, far more overtly in the Republican Party writ large) is befuddlement and frustration as to why the usual culture war stuff isn't working this time, at least thus far. They don't get why they're continuing to craft message ads about those violent protestors that are coming for you and your kids, and they're continuing to fail at scaring the suburbs.

But it's not all that surprising; pearl-clutching about caravans of people from South America coming to invade the country didn't save them in 2018, either. That it's not working now doesn't mean it's not going to work in the end. But there certainly seems to be confusion as to why it's not working now.

No that's not it.