Hi, I'm Xvarnah. Welcome to "this world is ridiculous:" where everything's made up, and the truth don't matter.
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About a year ago people who were claiming to be huge fans of anime lost their minds and were trying to get people using "SS" labelled as racists nazis and thrown off the internet. Context was irrelevant to them.
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Yet despite being such huge self-proclaimed experts on all things anime, they somehow missed that the people using the SS thing were in the DBZ fandom.
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SS *is* technically race related in the DBZ fandom, but it has nothing to do with nazis, and anyone who spent even half an hour in that fandom could quickly figure out what it actually stands for for them.
On the one hand- I totally agree that this seems ridiculous to me. The H,H,G,C are capitalized- not JUST the HH- which is something done intentionally for stylization and emphasis, or unintentionally by those who are less that experts at the written English language- and both those things could cover our buddy Donny. So it seems obvious this person is just seeing what they want to see. I suspect had he wrote “I hate Hitler..” this person would have called him a Nazi for mentioning Hitler or pointed out “Hate” and “Heil” both start with an H and it’s obviously a code.
On the other hand though- sadly- we are living in an era where deep subversion is part of mainstream politics. The subtlety used by many individuals and organizations to spread political ideologies etc. is intense. Hate groups and others are coopting seemingly innocuous symbols or elements of pop culture, actually are using somewhat elaborate codes or rites to signal like minded folks when their ideologies are problematic to openly and practice without anonymity or deniability.
These whackados don't give a shit about racism. They are out to destroy people - and they will use racism as their shield because they know it's an easy way to rally people behind them. No one wants to defend a "Nazi" after all.
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Except they've used the term Nazi so much it's not effective anymore. So now they are labelling people transphobic. But that's also running out of use. So the next trigger word they're latching onto is pedophile.
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And all the while they hide the people who actually are guilty of these things among them. They defend them like no other, and make excuses for them. Until they outlive their usefulness, of course.
Well... again... “these whakadoos” are everywhere- some are on about racism, others the first or second amendment, others abortion (one way or another...) and on occasion- you and I are whakadoos of this caliber. Everyone more or less is at one time or another eventually.
As for their convictions- as much as anyone’s agenda is actually for some “greater good” or “others benefit” without self serving motives (conscious or not), I can’t say I don’t believe that most whakadoos aren’t concerned to some degree on whatever they are on about- they just tend to be misguided and often are just looking for something they can use as a lever to move along whatever it is their larger agenda is.
Trust me- I know what you mean. Some folks are just... they get tunnel vision. They fixate on some issue or person and pin some grand significance that most folks asides the like minded just don’t see- to the exclusion of all else. Why- just this month I’ve had many a debate with folks who are equally concerned with some hidden agenda and tyranny behind orders to wear masks in public. I suppose a draw back to freedom of speech is that it allows for those who have cursory knowledge of a subject to speak their opinion unfiltered. Our democracy was formed with this problem in mind- hence electoral votes and such- the basic idea being that the world is full of whakadoos- if we simply left things to their judgment, we’d quickly find things quite a mess.
No, you are talking about completely different types of people, guest_
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The ones I am talking about, like the ones in my comments that you responded to, do not give a flying fuck about the topics they wield like weapons. Their goal is: attention and destruction
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Those same assholes that were using the SS thing were doing it as part of a campaign to have people they disagreed with thrown off social media. They used this to accuse black people and Jewish people as well.
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The people I'm talking about will gladly cozy up next to proven child abusers and defend them to hell and back, while attempting to destroy men by calling them rapists for giving people hugs.
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The same shmucks who will literally attempt to destroy the livelihoods of ANYONE who supports Trump [shout-out to you, Marvel] and tear apart every single thing he says to this degree simply because they HATE him.
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And I don't even bloody well like the man as far as I can throw an elephant.
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THAT and THIS have nothing to do with putting an end to racism. All they do is distract from the issue and turn it into a mockery.
Ah. I understand xvarnah. You are specifically referring to people who use legitimate social or other concerns entirely as a tool to attack those they dislike for whatever reason- ideological or otherwise. Yes. Sadly these people exist- and not just in government. This particular person- I do t know them or enough about them to make a conclusion on their motivations. I can say from what I can see they are wrong in this case, and grasping at straws. Wether they are doing it as a ploy to throw (in this case) likely underserved accusations at the President, or wether they genuinely believe this secret code- I also cannot say.
Merely can I say what I’ve already said. We must be careful of people throwing false accusations to manipulate, be mindful that often times there is more to a story, and manage our own biases wether those biases lead us to WANT to believe accusations or WANT to dismiss them. Sadly, people often conflate an accusation with a verified fact.
@famousone. Thank you and your section for your contributions. When we say “front line,” are we talking about the virus- like in the lab- working on the gene sequencing and life cycle mapping and such, or about fighting Nazis- or about fighting people who troll on Twitter- or something else? Just to be clear.
While I’m not sure what front line you refer to- I can say in general- while every single person who’s been involved in first hand experiences- especially those of danger- has gone through something powerful that shouldn’t be diminished- 1. Lots of people have too. Their experiences don’t finish yours nor do yours theirs. 2. The “front line” is almost always focused and specialized on mechanical tasks and generally has a front row view- but that view is also limited in scale to only what they know (generally what they need to know for their purpose) and what they can see- which is limited by the focus of their work.
3. I think we, and most people can agree- that while feedback from those folks is good to account for- whatever “front line” we speak of... the people on that line generally aren’t the people who can or should be making “big” decisions or else... they wouldn’t be on the front line no? They’d be making policy or strategy instead of carrying it out? So scope is important there. The EMT is skilled- the front line responder to an emergency. Likely save your life. But.... you think an EMT should be removing a brain tumor or deciding what new procedures a hospital should adopt, think an EMT should be the one to choose what company makes the ambulance? They can say they don’t like one unit over another- but they aren’t an engineer or a fleet manager are they?
I know testing procedures. I know safety and sanitation. I see those afflicted. I've got a front row seat of the whole mess, and all the bullshit being spewed by "experts", politicians, and the media.
Oh. Ok. Well... I stand corrected. You’re just shy of a promotion to surgeon general. Of course- given the expert qualifications there- it may be a tough competition against everyone who took lab in school. Or took home ec but is good following directions. A bit of humor- I tease. But to be serious. Yeah. That’s pretty much what I said earlier. An EMT knows all kinds of shit and is a useful and important front line responder. But... they also aren’t qualified to take your care past stabilization- and the average EMT does not have the skill set or the control group size to make decisions and determinations on a larger scale.
Working in a cardiology clinic doesn’t give a person the depth required to declare that Americans should all stop eating carrots because every person they’ve seen come in has eaten carrots does it? There is more to things like this- things that require data, analysis and scrutiny by people with subject matter expertise. A guy guessing from the crowd can get something right- but doing so is more a fluke than a certainty- which is why we have procedures to ensure integrity of conclusions drawn from data.
Sawdust is a perfectly fine meat substitute.
I've seen this on the large scale, international level verification, all the best scientists and prettiest celebrities say so. They have all those degrees and everything.
Just ignore that you've seen people die or succumb to malnutrition or G/I problems. Enough of the really smart people are saying that it's perfectly fine to live off of coffee and cigarettes to supplement the sawdust. You don't have a good enough picture of the forest to make that call, just listen to these people who are hoarding the meat for themselves, abandoning your neighbors to anarchists and criminals, and giving themselves raises with your money. They know best. Especiallu the ones bought out by the guys who let the meat shortage happen, don't call it Chinese incompetence or dishonesty, that's racist.
So, if I understand- the global elite are pushing masks on people so they can stockpile meat? I hadn’t thought of that angle. I’ll have to do some research and get back to you- but I can see some potential flaws there.
Or... the global elite are forcing people to wear masks so they can hoard... masks? I not sure if you want to mandate consumption of a thing you are trying to hoard. Perhaps... so they can hoard better masks? That we already know. They specifically said not to get the good masks so that important folks could have those. But if all they wanted was N95 masks- they could have avoided the whole thing by not telling people to wear masks..? I think something is missing.
So that they can hoard power. To keep people complacent, to keep them from asking questions, or being skeptical of who has what authority, even the blatant favoritism in who has to obey what mandates, or the misrepresentation of who is doing what and where. Is Covid-19 a problem? Yeah. Is it apocalyptic or world ending? Not by a long shot. And acting like it is will only continue to hurt everyone's livelihoods, essential liberties, autonomy, and actual safety. Because people are being tricked into being scared.
What a world we live in. Hopefully we can all take a moment of introspection on this one to realize that it isn’t exclusive to “right/left” “liberal/conservative” “dem/rep” etc. to be ridiculous. Remember that the person who wrote this would most likely call QAnon folks crazy, and QAnon folks would most likely think this is crazy. If you see this and believe it is ridiculous- do everyone, including you, a favor and don’t be one of these people- whatever it is you believe. “The CIA helped smuggle drugs to fund illegal arms trafficking...” sounds crazy, it happened. There is proof. “Obama tweeted he would held protestors and then bricks showed up. He’s sending bricks!” Ummm.... Just because the one time you didn’t say good morning to the coffee machine it broke when you went to get coffee... doesn’t mean the coffee machine is alive, and it certainly doesn’t mean its part of the Illuminati.
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About a year ago people who were claiming to be huge fans of anime lost their minds and were trying to get people using "SS" labelled as racists nazis and thrown off the internet. Context was irrelevant to them.
.
Yet despite being such huge self-proclaimed experts on all things anime, they somehow missed that the people using the SS thing were in the DBZ fandom.
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SS *is* technically race related in the DBZ fandom, but it has nothing to do with nazis, and anyone who spent even half an hour in that fandom could quickly figure out what it actually stands for for them.
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Except they've used the term Nazi so much it's not effective anymore. So now they are labelling people transphobic. But that's also running out of use. So the next trigger word they're latching onto is pedophile.
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And all the while they hide the people who actually are guilty of these things among them. They defend them like no other, and make excuses for them. Until they outlive their usefulness, of course.
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The ones I am talking about, like the ones in my comments that you responded to, do not give a flying fuck about the topics they wield like weapons. Their goal is: attention and destruction
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Those same assholes that were using the SS thing were doing it as part of a campaign to have people they disagreed with thrown off social media. They used this to accuse black people and Jewish people as well.
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The people I'm talking about will gladly cozy up next to proven child abusers and defend them to hell and back, while attempting to destroy men by calling them rapists for giving people hugs.
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And I don't even bloody well like the man as far as I can throw an elephant.
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THAT and THIS have nothing to do with putting an end to racism. All they do is distract from the issue and turn it into a mockery.
I've seen this on the large scale, international level verification, all the best scientists and prettiest celebrities say so. They have all those degrees and everything.
Just ignore that you've seen people die or succumb to malnutrition or G/I problems. Enough of the really smart people are saying that it's perfectly fine to live off of coffee and cigarettes to supplement the sawdust. You don't have a good enough picture of the forest to make that call, just listen to these people who are hoarding the meat for themselves, abandoning your neighbors to anarchists and criminals, and giving themselves raises with your money. They know best. Especiallu the ones bought out by the guys who let the meat shortage happen, don't call it Chinese incompetence or dishonesty, that's racist.