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05-22-2017 , 11:31 PM

#151

Clovis8

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One of Trumps biggest fans has escaped from /thedonald.

05-22-2017 , 11:33 PM

#152

Gizmo

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The person behind this gimmick should be outed

05-22-2017 , 11:33 PM

#153

suzzer99

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Someone needs a hug.

05-22-2017 , 11:34 PM

#154

suzzer99

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Apparently some mod how the power to delete posts but not nuke accounts. Ariana is slowly withering away.

05-22-2017 , 11:35 PM

#155

Clovis8

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Sad thing is he perfectly reflects most of the right.

05-22-2017 , 11:37 PM

#156

Losing all

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Gizmo

The person behind this gimmick should be outed

Yes! Mods should have great courage and out fellow I'm with herpderp false flagger.

05-22-2017 , 11:37 PM

#157

suzzer99

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Clovis8

Sad thing is he perfectly reflects most of the right.

When given the cloak of anonymity or copious amounts of alcohol yes. When brought out into the light to face up to their abhorrent views, they turn into this:

And this:

05-22-2017 , 11:42 PM

#158

Losing all

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haha Conan should do one of those 'if they had a baby' bits with him and beach Nazi's mug shot.

Last edited by Losing all; 05-22-2017 at 11:42 PM. Reason: haha again, I posted before you added beach nazi

05-22-2017 , 11:46 PM

#159

JayTeeMe

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Losing all

Yes! Mods should have great courage and out fellow I'm with herpderp false flagger.

Or banned imo. You shouldn't be able to just create a new account to spew bannable ****.

05-22-2017 , 11:51 PM

#160

Loki

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Unfortunately it's massively easy to use a new IP address to create a new account

05-22-2017 , 11:52 PM

#161

Losing all

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Originally Posted by JayTeeMe

Or banned imo. You shouldn't be able to just create a new account to spew bannable ****.

agreed, esp not to post stuff that blatantly bannable.

05-23-2017 , 12:08 AM

#162

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Originally Posted by Noodle Wazlib

Unfortunately it's massively easy to use a new IP address to create a new account

Counterpoint: racists are usually pretty dumb

05-23-2017 , 12:14 AM

#163

Lestat

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

What's your solution other than posting "religion of peace" on a poker forum every time something like this happens? Be specific. Or is that good enough? Like if we just all got on board with the snark would terrorism wilt and die?

I just think it's crazy to wanna ban people for giving their opinion. If you can't skim past their post, there's also an ignore function. I've used it before, and I'm sure some (many?) have me on it. Check it out.

05-23-2017 , 12:20 AM

#164

5ive

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Originally Posted by 2OutsNoProb

Dave Leavitt has nothing on @JennMayers. Insanity to the extreme

This should probably actually include a trigger warning, not joking. Not for my heart of stone but her stance is a hot one to say the least.

Spoiler:

05-23-2017 , 12:24 AM

#165

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oh look, another account that was just started today makes a beeline for this thread

and this one also claims to have just moved to America 2 years ago

deja vu

05-23-2017 , 12:28 AM

#166

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Reacting to idiots saying horrible things on Twitter should really not be a priority now or ever. There will always be someone on there saying the most horrible things imaginable no matter the topic or incident. It's probably cathartic to have someone to be mad at, but it's completely wasted energy.

05-23-2017 , 12:30 AM

#167

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Originally Posted by Cotton Hill

You mean like your cathartic post about how the West doesn't care about this stuff? What did that accomplish?

05-23-2017 , 12:34 AM

#168

suzzer99

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Originally Posted by Lestat

Jumping into these threads with "religion of peace", which happens every time, is not an opinion. It's a jab at anyone who doesn't blast the entire Muslim world sufficiently enough. Or something. That part is never clear.

The only clear point is the "religion of peace" poster is to the right of all you libtard snowflakes, and this is his big chance to crow about it.

Let's imagine 30 minutes after Sandy Hook someone posted "I see the NRA is still winning". Would you call that a useful opinion?

05-23-2017 , 12:42 AM

#169

Cotton Hill

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

You mean like your cathartic post about how the West doesn't care about this stuff? What did that accomplish?

No post in 2+2 history has ever 'accomplished' anything.

05-23-2017 , 12:42 AM

#170

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05-23-2017 , 12:43 AM

#171

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Cotton Hill

No post in 2+2 history has ever 'accomplished' anything.

Right, which makes your point completely moot. No posts accomplish anything so might as well ***** about twitter.

But back to my question on your previous post - if you think the West doesn't care about this stuff - what would you specifically do differently in words or actions?

05-23-2017 , 01:07 AM

#172

ecriture d'adulte

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Originally Posted by Stockholm Stella

I just turned on MSNBC. The first thing the guy mentioned was a story about Trump which had nothing to do with the terror attack. He then said he would get to the important breaking Trump story in a few moments after they covered the terror attack.

I guess MSNBC is upset that a terrorist is interfering with their Trump news.

Seriously....MSNBC needs to start being happy about covering terrorist attacks.

05-23-2017 , 01:07 AM

#173

Loki

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Cotton Hill

No post in 2+2 history has ever 'accomplished' anything.

well that's simply not true.

i can think of many cases where posts on this forum have led to charitable donations

05-23-2017 , 01:11 AM

#174

Prawney

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Cotton Hill

Is there any sort of tipping point where Western society actually cares about this sort of thing? I mean legitimately cares, not the 'I changed my facebook profile pic' cares.

As horrifying and low as this incident is (bombing a bunch of teenage girls at a pop concert) other recent incidents have been almost as horrible.

I mean, they opened fire on a huge concert crowd in France with machine guns just a few months ago and then a few months later ran over hundreds of people with a big truck, etc.

People are all distraught for a few days, tweet a few hashtags, and then we all got right back to focusing on the really important stuff, transgender bathrooms and Miss USA's opinion of universal healthcare.

Tipping point was reached long ago but the simple truth is the rhetoric with which you are talking does nothing but widen the divide.