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#1111417
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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DominicCobb said:

Tyrphanax said:

chyron8472 said:

Possessed said:

This is murrica and we stand for this song that was written during a war that was going on many years after our country was founded!

No. It’s not just a song. It’s the National Anthem of the United States of America. Its words have meaning. Its symbolism has meaning. It is not just a song. To rob it of its symbolism is to say that respect for one’s country is pointless and holds no value. It’s to say that the people who work and fight to give us the freedoms that we have were doing so without need nor purpose, and we do not honor them because who gives a crap.

But to show protest of injustice by sitting during the anthem is a legitimate form of protest, and is not inherently disrespectful toward the country itself so long as the purpose of protest is made plain.

The way I understand it is that the players are not protesting the anthem, they’re not protesting the wording or the imagery or the ideals and virtues and values it conveys that the country stands for, they are instead protesting the country because they believe that the country does not currently stand for the ideals and virtues and values set forth in the anthem.

What they are saying: “Hey, there is a disconnect in what we think and say that the country stands for, and what it actually seems to stand for, especially for people of color. We are acknowledging this in the hopes that it is rectified.”

What they are not saying: “Hey we hate the anthem and America and the veterans!”

This logic and nuance, of course, has all been lost in the conservative-driven distilled rhetoric that these people just must simply hate America and her values and everything she stands for, which is asinine to say the least, and completely shunts all attention away from the real issues, fabricating an entirely different straw man issue and ultimately solving no problems and only further dividing an already-divided populace. It feels like nobody stops to think or empathize anymore, it’s just visceral, gut, knee-jerk reactions and opinions fed to them by cable “news” channels with no thought in between.

In fact, from what I’ve heard, the whole reason it’s (usually) kneeling instead of just sitting on the bench and ignoring the whole thing is in deference to the veterans who served the country in defense of her values and ideals.

Personally, I think it is incredibly moving to see the mass kneeling going on right now (I’d be even happier if people weren’t intentionally or unintentionally misconstruing it and actually taking action to understand and empathize and reflect inwardly and make some changes, but that’s humanity for you). In a few years from now when it becomes a fad way to protest whatever (like Chyron said), maybe that’ll have worn off by then, but for now I approve.

JEDIT: Usually I hate Twitter threads and when people post them, but I’m going to break all these rules right… now:
https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/900101086333292544

Yep yep yep.

si si si.

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#1111145
Topic
Last web series/tv show seen
Time

Comrade Detective 2017

watched the first episode last night. decent commedy, but i am glad to know it is only 6 episodes, as i would it will make it an easier decision to watch more of it. if it was longer than that, i would probably stop watching now.
7/10

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comrade_Detective
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-comrade-detective-review-20170805-story.html

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#1110122
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Tyrphanax said:

McCain is one of those guys who I respect a lot because of what he’s done and what he’s been through, but who I also disagree with vehemently on a lot of things.

agreed. i constantly find myself agreeing with things he says, but often not with what he ends up doing. so i really hope this news about him rejecting the GOP health ‘plan’ is real.

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#1110056
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Warbler said:

yhwx said:

Word of the day: dotard.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/09/21/trump-says-the-u-s-will-impose-new-sanctions-on-north-korea/?utm_term=.cee884662fa1

NEW YORK — President Trump on Thursday announced new financial sanctions targeting North Korea as his administration seeks to build international support for more aggressively confronting the rogue nation, whose escalating nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities have reached what U.S. officials consider a crisis point.

The new penalties seek to leverage the dominance of the U.S. financial system by forcing nations, foreign companies and individuals to choose whether to do business with the United States or the comparatively tiny economy of North Korea. U.S. officials acknowledged that like other sanctions, these may not deter North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s drive to threaten the United States with a nuclear weapon, but is aimed at slowing him down.

Kim on Thursday reacted angrily to Trump’s remarks and actions this week, calling the president a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” and Trump’s earlier speech at the U.N. “unprecedented rude nonsense.” Kim said that he was now thinking hard about how to respond.

“I will make the man holding the prerogative of the supreme command in the U.S. pay dearly for his speech,” Kim said in a statement released by the official Korean Central News Agency, which also published a photo of the North Korean leader sitting at his desk holding a piece of paper.

“I am now thinking hard about what response he could have expected when he allowed such eccentric words to trip off his tongue. Whatever Trump might have expected, he will face results beyond his expectation,” Kim said, saying that he would “tame” Trump “with fire.”

dotard |ˈdōdərd|
noun
an old person, especially one who has become weak or senile.

JEDIT: Here’s the entire statement. It’s incredible, along with this picture:

I seem to remember warning people that Trump would be disaster with the N. Korean problem. Too bad not enough people listened to me.

Possessed said:

… almost nobody here supports Trump. Or are you saying he was elected because the nation as a whole didn’t listen to you?

yeah, i mean, who exactly did you tell? i didn’t see you on any of the cable news shows.

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#1110054
Topic
If you need to B*tch about something <strong>other than originaltrilogy.com</strong>... This is the place
Time

TV’s Frink said:

darthrush said:

Something came up today that drew me to this delightful thread.

My AP teachers seem to be unaware that I have 6 classes I’m taking at the same time, not just theirs.

While I’m not unsympathetic, I just want to point out that this is one of the biggest problems in my chosen line of work, and I’ve been dealing with some version of it professionally for over 20 years now. Our clients all care about the work we’re doing for them and do not care one bit about the work we’re doing for other clients…and justifiably so.

My point is that for some people, this problem never goes away. Having to cope with it now might actually benefit you in the long run.

yeah, i have the same issue in my line of work. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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#1110052
Topic
Star Wars Despecialized Editions - Custom Bluray Set (Released)
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Bluto,

i just tried this with VLC on my machine, and sure enough, clicking “Play Film” just kinda hangs. other features play. (50 GB disc only)

I burned to disc ages ago, and the discs work perfectly fine for me on set top players.

If I use the VLC playback menu and select title 21 (the feature) i also just hang VLC.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯