[-] hogposting@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago
  1. Not having any coherent politics to start with, which means they had to grasp for something when they realized juvenile shit like libertarianism falls apart under the slightest pressure; and
  2. Not giving a shit about poor people.
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submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by hogposting@hexbear.net to c/main@hexbear.net

I was power washing the lube out of the back of my squad car when I heard sarge shout at me.

"JOHNSON!" she barked. I turned to her. She was in my face, towering over me. "Quit dicking around down there! Some jackoffs over at chapo dot chat are being horny on !main@hexbear.net. Get in there and nail their asses!" I hopped in my car, grabbed the stick, and rammed it into gear.

The air on the scene was hot and thick. Someone had been shooting ropes like it was a Just Cause 3 speedrun. I could hear the perps -- must've been six or seven of 'em -- as I crept behind the house. I fingered my gun, took a deep breath, and plunged right in.

"VOCEL POLICE! SPREAD 'EM!" I yelled as I busted down the back door. "GET YOUR GENITALS WHERE I CAN SEE 'EM!" Surprisingly, everyone eagerly complied. "Anyone tries anything smart and I'll finish you off myself!" I didn't have enough cuffs for all of them; luckily, there were more on the scene. My forearms were burning by the time I wrapped up all the body cavity searches.

I had finally stuffed all of them into the meat wagon when my radio crackled. "JOHNSON!" It was sarge again. "Get back to the station! We got a suspect linked to the distribution of Sears catalogs and I need you to bust some balls! Squeeze 'em, and squeeze 'em hard!"

I went downtown without hesitation. My feet were still sticky from the crime scene, but there was no time to de-cum. For months now I had been this close to the Sears Outfit. They were teasing me, I knew it. This sicko had a load of information, and I was going to beat it out of him no matter how long it took. If he wanted to play rough, well, I'd give him all he could handle and more.

In the interrogation room the suspect greeted me with a playful smile. Without a word I slapped on the blacklights -- his pants lit up like a Christmas tree. I put on a protective blindfold sheer enough to where I could still make out his features. Hovering just inches from him, I asked, "Do you have any idea what we do with guys like you? You're going down, and it's gonna be messy. I'll have you jammed up so hard there's not a chance you'll get off."

Still smiling, he looked me right in the eyes. "I'm afraid you're too late, officer. I just did."

[-] hogposting@hexbear.net 2 points 3 years ago

Dope ass posts by @TransComrade69 that everyone should read:

Sorry to lose your efforts. This place has a lot of promise, but we have to do better by our trans comrades.

:cat-trans:

[-] hogposting@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago

Changing perceptions about socialist states has to come from the bottom up, not the top down.

Look at how Bernie's entirely truthful, extremely moderate statements on Cuba's healthcare and education programs was wielded against him. That's what happens when political leaders try to change the tune about socialist states in a country that's been strongly anti-communist for most of the last century. We have to have those conversations on the ground first.

[-] hogposting@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago

He is also associated with expansion of government to act as economic planner and mediator-manager of capital and labor in a wartime situation.

Wilson was arguably the first liberal internationalist

Creating ruling institutions rather than relying on and solidifying one's personal ruling power is also very different from fascism.

[-] hogposting@hexbear.net 0 points 3 years ago

i literally do not give a fuck what is offensive

eat my entire ass

fuck off

Civility at the expense of accomplishing something real is bullshit, but man, you're not going to get very far with very many people if you're just an outright asshole.

[-] hogposting@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago

seeing you get all worked up about such a benign topic

This ain't it

[-] hogposting@hexbear.net 1 points 4 years ago

This might upset all you libs in here, but when bad things happen to bad people, some might call that justice.

[-] hogposting@hexbear.net 1 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago)

There's a chance it's for the better.

spoilerIn the book, Paul does everything he can to avoid the jihad he sees coming, because jihad = religious fanaticism = bad. A crusade is also religious fanaticism and is also bad, but portraying the term "crusade" as an evil to be avoided could be a good thing for an American audience. Crusades are a part of Christian culture, and if you're going to write religious criticism there's less of a risk of it being misinterpreted if you use the audience's dominant religion as an example. If you criticize religious fanaticism using the religion of the Other, it's easy to interpret that as nothing more than "Other bad."

Plus, we're almost guaranteed to get some Christian chuds throwing a fit over it, especially with the rise of right-wing "crusade" imagery. That's always good for a laugh.

Spoilers for a book that came out half a century ago, I guess.

[-] hogposting@hexbear.net 1 points 4 years ago

The American South is a region filled with religious extremists, some of whom have already radicalized to the point of committing acts of terrorism. Should we make it its own country and fund their schools to boot? Is that likely to improve the situation or make it worse?

[-] hogposting@hexbear.net 1 points 4 years ago

Could China’s approach be done better? Almost certainly. Is it the most humane response to extremism we’ve seen so far? That’s for you to decide.

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