Richard Spencer

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  • Posts: 9,588

    Mmm... I'm not sure about that either.

    If a person's beliefs are damaging to others... they should be challenged on them. And challenges can present themselves in a variety of ways: this idiot has been in many debates and hasn't budged from his position. Words and reasoning- what some seem to be suggesting as the cure- have proven to be toothless.
    I don't know what specifically would change him, but I have a strong feeling that if he does change in the future and tells his story about that change, it won't be because he got punched in the face, it will be because of a connection or a relationship to someone.
  • broken down chevrolet Posts: 2,557
    This racist stuff makes me shake with anger and shed tears of sorrow.
    I, more and more, won't let anyone talk this way in my presence.
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • Posts: 9,478

    I don't know what specifically would change him, but I have a strong feeling that if he does change in the future and tells his story about that change, it won't be because he got punched in the face, it will be because of a connection or a relationship to someone.
    He will tell his story in a book and make mad cash.
  • Austin TX Posts: 6,242
    No sympathy from me. If you're a f'n nazi in 2017 and you get punched in the face it's because you're a nazi and it's 2017
    I'm like an opening band for your mom.
  • Posts: 9,588

    No sympathy from me. If you're a f'n nazi in 2017 and you get punched in the face it's because you're a nazi and it's 2017

    Sympathy isn't required to decide you're not going to punch the guy.
  • I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    Malroth said:

    This racist stuff makes me shake with anger and shed tears of sorrow.
    I, more and more, won't let anyone talk this way in my presence.

    *triggered*
  • Austin TX Posts: 6,242

    Sympathy isn't required to decide you're not going to punch the guy.
    Agreed. I just don't have any sympathy FOR the guy who got punched. Dirtbags get what they get in my mind
    I'm like an opening band for your mom.
  • Posts: 9,478
    unsung said:

    *triggered*


    Triggered?
  • Posts: 12,940

    Agreed. I just don't have any sympathy FOR the guy who got punched. Dirtbags get what they get in my mind
    except who decides who a dirtbag is? some people (might) think gays or a black man are dirtbags. by your definition the person that thinks that way would be ok punching a gay man or a black man. that's why you shouldn't use that it's ok to punch this guy no matter how big of a scumbag he is. obviously he is a piece of shit human being but we have to be very careful as a society to allow violence based on what our beliefs might be...because some people have some f'd up beliefs.
  • Posts: 34,030
    pjhawks said:

    except who decides who a dirtbag is? some people (might) think gays or a black man are dirtbags. by your definition the person that thinks that way would be ok punching a gay man or a black man. that's why you shouldn't use that it's ok to punch this guy no matter how big of a scumbag he is. obviously he is a piece of shit human being but we have to be very careful as a society to allow violence based on what our beliefs might be...because some people have some f'd up beliefs.
    As a society, I am pretty comfortable with these general guidelines...

    Punching black people for being black = not okay

    Punching gays for being gay = not okay

    Punching Nazis for being Nazis = Just fine
  • Posts: 12,940

    As a society, I am pretty comfortable with these general guidelines...

    Punching black people for being black = not okay

    Punching gays for being gay = not okay

    Punching Nazis for being Nazis = Just fine
    of course and that is how rational people think but there are many irrational people out there and you can't give them such an opening for violence based on twisted beliefs. irrational people can't or won't grasp general guidelines like you have above. it's a slippery slope to allow violence based on one's beliefs.
  • Posts: 34,030
    pjhawks said:

    of course and that is how rational people think but there are many irrational people out there and you can't give them such an opening for violence based on twisted beliefs. irrational people can't or won't grasp general guidelines like you have above. it's a slippery slope to allow violence based on one's beliefs.
    I hear what you are saying and I don't necessarily disagree. That said, I think irrational people are going to do irrational things regardless of what is deemed acceptable.
  • I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487

    As a society, I am pretty comfortable with these general guidelines...

    Punching black people for being black = not okay

    Punching gays for being gay = not okay

    Punching Nazis for being Nazis = Just fine
    I don't think it is ok to punch anyone. But go ahead and give it your best shot.
  • Posts: 19,316
    WTF does "triggered" mean?

    We need a stupid thread that posts a definition when these political catch phrases materialize. I'm still not sure who "snow flakes' are either and who it is dissing. It's like I'm back in the 5th grade.
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  • Posts: 6,056
    Jason P said:

    WTF does "triggered" mean?

    We need a stupid thread that posts a definition when these political catch phrases materialize. I'm still not sure who "snow flakes' are either and who it is dissing. It's like I'm back in the 5th grade.

    Don't forget another term recently popularized in public discourse by this thread's namesake: cuck.
    Had been wondering how it had gone from a porn niche to insult du jour on social media....reading a facebook comment thread about this punch, I was directed to an article describing how it was Spencer.
    Snowflake and triggered seem pretty basic to understand....I think that fake angry-Con mouthpiece Tomi is the one popularizing snowflake.

  • Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,474
    Jason P said:

    WTF does "triggered" mean?

    We need a stupid thread that posts a definition when these political catch phrases materialize. I'm still not sure who "snow flakes' are either and who it is dissing. It's like I'm back in the 5th grade.

    Maybe that's because the current president acts like an immature 5th grader.
    Not a regularly behaved 5th grader.
    An immature narcissistic 5th grader
  • Winnipeg Posts: 39,578
    Jason P said:

    WTF does "triggered" mean?

    We need a stupid thread that posts a definition when these political catch phrases materialize. I'm still not sure who "snow flakes' are either and who it is dissing. It's like I'm back in the 5th grade.

    triggered is an emotional response, instead of intellectual. it's almost like a "gotcha" or "made you look" kind of nonsense. 5th grade is a very accurate assessment.

    porn star jenna jameson showed up on my twitter feed over the weekend (i used to follow trump, I deleted him as I couldn't take it anymore), and I noticed she was a trump supporter. I was a bit surprised at this, but I obviously didn't know much about her. I asked a few respectful questions, to which she initially responded, but then I guess she looked at my profile, saw that I was from winnipeg, and said "I see you're from winnipeg. stay out of big boy politics, iceback". And the sheer amount of hate spewing from her followers was amazing. I said nothing disrespectful to her, just asked her if she was ok with his cabinet picks, and I got attacked with a vengeance I couldn't understand.

    apparently asking a question and getting mean-spirited responses makes me the snowflake? it doesn't make any fucking sense.

    she also tweeted "stop islam". that gave me a bit of a window into her mentality.
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  • Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,715
    unsung said:

    I disagree. My position has been stated. You can't just go around hitting people that you don't agree with.
    I never saw you post so much when the topic was how some totally innocent minority got attacked though. Just weird how you only really seem to care so much when it's a neo-Nazi being sucker punched.
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  • Posts: 9,588
    He's just trying to gets us peace loving hippie liberals in a double bind.
  • San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    Jason P said:

    WTF does "triggered" mean?

    We need a stupid thread that posts a definition when these political catch phrases materialize. I'm still not sure who "snow flakes' are either and who it is dissing. It's like I'm back in the 5th grade.

    i love it when someone openly calls me buttercup or snowflake. it just shows their ignorance and lack of originality. no need to argue further with that person

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