I appreciate you calling me out and reminding me of central tenets of my profession. I think I have allowed the toxicity of modern-day politics to affect me and my posts too much.

I also have not infrequently viewed politics and political discussions as a "game" of sorts that is interesting to follow, to analyze, to discuss. I am so very isolated from many or even most of the effects that are talked about. Trump is something that doesn't even feel real to me, only something on a TV screen or a URL of a tweet. I'm desensitized to mass shootings and the violence I see on my phone and computer screen. What's real anymore?

I actually think this 'derealization' is a common phenomena in modern day American politics, potentially compounded by being behind a keyboard and feeling less inhibited and more anonymous. I think it has made our society more callous and less understanding of each other and meaner, especially when engaging online.

And for that, I do believe I need some time for introspection. I actually verbalized this to my wife today, how I don't like how negative I've become these past few weeks. Thank you for calling me out and nudging me in the right direction. I also think PaRD is not the best place for this type of change. Will miss you.

They are not OF the US. They made that choice. If they need help, all they have to do is walk out.


/e The other option is civil war. I don't think anyone wants that.


/ee

CHAZ: Yeah, we wanna secede from the Union, but we need some things... here's a list.

FED: Uh yeah, we'll get right on that. :/

This post was edited by Ghot on Jun 16 2020 09:39pm

any news about someone pulling a death wish yet?

PaRD is full of eccentric characters, many of whom hold wildly different and opposing views than myself, but in all my years in and out of PaRD I would say that the recent posts in this thread are in a league of their own. I haven't felt this much revulsion at a post in PaRD in literal years.

This post was edited by Handcuffs on Jun 16 2020 10:08pm

Excuse me, but why? I explicitly said that authorities should respect the little project as long as it stays on an acceptable trajectory, but that they must intervene immediately if someone's life is on the line and needs to be rescued.

Sorry, but I genuinely dont get why this would be a controversial post.

I was replying in agreement with your post, and reflecting on the posts of others who don't share your same view. I could have made that more clear. My apologies.

This post was edited by Handcuffs on Jun 16 2020 11:10pm

Ah, okay then. And np, I shouldnt get as easily offended anyway. It's a general, lifelong weakness of mine.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Jun 17 2020 12:16am

The situation is more complicated than that.

The mayor of a major city believes this represents the coming of a "summer of love". Media sources are romanticizing the movement and are too happy to ignore the troubling signs of violence and intimidation.

Authorities need to take into account the full consequences of their actions. Besides, it's really not safe for first responders to be in the zone. It's customary to have a police escort, after all.

I think the real weakness is your optimism. To shock the conscience of a nation, the nation has to have a conscience. If Kitty Genovese was gang raped and stabbed to death by a group of rioters in CHAZ tonight and nobody showed up to help her, by tomorrow morning I'd be reading on twitter about Kitty's politically incorrect social media posts, about her instigation and rumors about how its a false flag and someone claiming a picture of the bloodied body was a digital fake due to misidentified compression artifacting. I'd hear monologues by social activists about how a white woman's murder deserves no attention when black trans women are being murdered. I'd see posts removed from Reddit because moderators determined its only white nationalists trying to publicize her death to advance a racist narrative.

The US won't be shocked out of this spat of lawlessness because the conditions aren't primed in the public mind right now for outrage. Remember 'Kate's law'? It was a jury of Garcia Zarate's peer's that used jury nullification to spring him.

Lol. Literally gives him a hug.

How awful.