Message from @halfthink

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2018-10-08 08:33:12 UTC  

These people think they're racist, so when they see that he can meet the basic standard of being able to _speak clearly, stand up reasonably straight, and comb his hair in the morning_, that is just about good enough for a Muslim.

2018-10-08 08:33:17 UTC  

Don't really see how. US just got done with a President like that.

2018-10-08 08:33:24 UTC  

Which is ironically very racist.

2018-10-08 08:34:12 UTC  

Similar to affirmative action. The bigotry of low expectations.

2018-10-08 08:34:36 UTC  

In this case, _very_ low expectations.

2018-10-08 08:34:44 UTC  

Yeah it’s racist to hold everyone to the same standards

2018-10-08 08:35:12 UTC  

But you know, rife incompetence at the behest of identity politics is just _part and parcel of living in a major city_.

2018-10-08 08:35:35 UTC  

I mean, just look at the finest city in America: Detroit.

2018-10-08 08:35:58 UTC  

Where reports of murder are followed up at least 9% of the time by an investigation.

2018-10-08 08:37:08 UTC  

>terrorism is part and parcel of living in a big city
>US has had like 3 since 2001 that made the news, including 9/11

2018-10-08 08:37:16 UTC  

(Granted, Detroit is probably mostly safe for visitors, and the various markets are nice and have a lot of quality produce; I by no means just want to shit on Detroit here)

2018-10-08 08:37:47 UTC  

Interestingly enough, source I'm looking at has the US having a few hundred since 2001.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/667929/terrorists-in-the-us-since-911-year-and-gender/

2018-10-08 08:38:25 UTC  

hmm

2018-10-08 08:38:28 UTC  

Depends on what terrorism is defined as I suppose

2018-10-08 08:38:43 UTC  

They are specifically referring to islamic terrorism

2018-10-08 08:38:58 UTC  

or "jihadist terrorism" in the terminology of that statista page.

2018-10-08 08:39:19 UTC  

Mein Jihad.

2018-10-08 08:39:35 UTC  

Note, they also mention "charge with". So some of those may have been conspiracy to commit, not actual terrorist attacks.

2018-10-08 08:39:49 UTC  

IC

2018-10-08 08:40:07 UTC  

I recall a couple stories of catching terrorists that made it into the US and were planning attacks but got caught.

2018-10-08 08:40:31 UTC  

Terrorism is initiation of the use of force for a political end. All laws imply the threat of violence. All governments are, by definition, terrorist organizations. Anarchist terrorism is counter terrorism.

2018-10-08 08:40:32 UTC  

Yeah, there have been _lots_ of those.

2018-10-08 08:41:19 UTC  

@halfthink this statistic is specific to people intending to support Islam through political violence.

2018-10-08 08:41:55 UTC  

Islam is based.

2018-10-08 08:42:24 UTC  

The most feminist religion

2018-10-08 08:43:23 UTC  

Cuck Norris II certainly agrees.

2018-10-08 08:44:08 UTC  

Yeah as long as being malicious isn’t the primary component of beating your wife it’s okay

2018-10-08 08:44:24 UTC  

Yeah, he would only beat his wife over his political opinions.

2018-10-08 08:44:32 UTC  

It's not malicious, he just wants to set her straight.

2018-10-08 08:44:44 UTC  

🙃

2018-10-08 08:45:23 UTC  

Exactly he’s trying to save her

2018-10-08 08:45:41 UTC  

_nods approvingly._

2018-10-08 08:50:15 UTC  

something something a tyrant might be sated but someone who does things in "your best interest" will never rest something something.

2018-10-08 08:50:23 UTC  

I'll see if I can't find the proper quote

2018-10-08 08:51:01 UTC  

Found it.
`Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.`
C. S. Lewis

2018-10-08 10:39:02 UTC  

Good quote.

2018-10-08 11:19:05 UTC  

I want to eat some garbage.

2018-10-08 11:19:08 UTC  

Who's got some

2018-10-08 11:22:38 UTC  

Get a fermentation jar and ferment some food.

2018-10-08 11:22:46 UTC  

Like sauerkraut.

2018-10-08 11:22:52 UTC  

I'm doing that later.