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Re: The following people are dumb: idiots on the internet

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Re: The following people are dumb: idiots on the internet

Postby Tuli » Fri Jun 29, 2018 3:47 pm

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Re: The following people are dumb: idiots on the internet

Postby NathanLoiselle » Fri Jun 29, 2018 4:42 pm

I think I may be a little insulted by that guy Tuli. I mean although Nazis used the name "socialist" doesn't mean they were "socialists". But that's an argument against Mr. EverythingIsSocialism and not you.
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Re: The following people are dumb: idiots on the internet

Postby cmsellers » Fri Jun 29, 2018 9:49 pm

OK, I was sure this had to be a Poe, but nope. Totally serious.

I know the arguments for Nazis being socialists. It's not just that they call themselves socialist, it's also that reportedly Hitler admired FDR and tried to copy the New Deal in his public works projects, and since FDR was a socialist, that means Hitler was too if he admired him. I mean, it's fractally wrong, but at least I get the idea.

I'm not even sure which La Raza he's talking about, but Hispanic organizations tend to be left-wing and often support liberation theology, so that's sort of plausible.

The communists, of course, insisted that they were implementing socialism before they implemented communism. Even at the time other socialists (like the "pope of Marxism" Karl Kautsky) were like "nope, you're not," but you could argue that that's a case of no true Scotsman, considering that every attempt to implement "socialism" (as opposed to social democracy) has been a complete disaster.

And I get how you could argue that socialism is slavery (if you believe that "slavery" is merely the antonym to "freedom"), but how the fuck is he arguing that the slavery of the American South or the Barbary States (which are what most people picture when they think of "slavery") are socialist?

And most of all where the fuck does he get the idea that Islamism is socialist? Islamism is one of the most reactionary ideologies on the planet, and most focused on social issues. When it comes to economics, Islam bans the charging interest, but it was founded by a merchant and is probably the most pro-capitalist of any major religions. Is it because one of the pillars of Islam is giving to charity? That's literally the only thing I can think of, but doesn't that mean that charity is socialist? Hell, fuck it, not beating up and robbing the homeless for being bums is socialist!
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Re: The following people are dumb: idiots on the internet

Postby Aquila89 » Fri Jun 29, 2018 10:06 pm

I searched for this tweet to see the reactions to it, and I found it posted on r/ShitLiberalsSay, a communist subreddit supposedly making fun of liberals. So, the people who think that the alt-right troll Jack Posobiec is a liberal are making fun of him for thinking that ISIS is socialist. Or maybe they just have a very wide definition of "liberal" that includes everyone they dislike...
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Re: The following people are dumb: idiots on the internet

Postby cmsellers » Fri Jun 29, 2018 10:24 pm

Aquila89 wrote:I searched for this tweet to see the reactions to it, and I found it posted on r/ShitLiberalsSay, a communist subreddit supposedly making fun of liberals. So, the people who think that the alt-right troll Jack Posobiec is a liberal are making fun of him for thinking that ISIS is socialist. Or maybe they just have a very wide definition of liberal that includes everyone they dislike...

My understanding is that communists divide their opponents into three groups: 1. misguided communists and socialists who follow the wrong form of communism/socialism, 2. "liberals," by which they mean anyone who supports democracy, and 3. "reactionaries," which is anyone who wants to replace democracy with something not communist.

Even Ted Cruz would probably be a "liberal" by the standards of the communists I've met. (As would the "democratic socialist" Bernie Sanders, since socialism without a violent overthrow of the government isn't socialism.) I'd honestly be surprised, based on what I know of Mr. Pizzagate, if he actually prefers democracy to a dictatorship of the Donald, however I can't find anything where he explicitly says autocracy is a better system than democracy (the way Trump himself has, repeatedly), so he may be a "liberal" by default.

Alternatively: the sub is really just "shit people who aren't communists say."
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Re: The following people are dumb: idiots on the internet

Postby Anglerphobe » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:58 am



I know Youtube comments are a pretty low hanging fruit for this thread, but the number of people on here talking about Bruce Lee like he was actually Superman is just baffling. You would think that in a world in which mma has existed for over 20 years that the immense bullshit surrounding martial arts would have melted away. It's the conviction people have in saying it. Replace the words Bruce Lee with Santa Claus.
On some level it's a slightly scary mentality. These must be the kind of people that get into scientology and al shabab and shit.
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Re: The following people are dumb: idiots on the internet

Postby cmsellers » Mon Jul 09, 2018 5:27 am

Anglerphobe wrote:These must be the kind of people that get into scientology and al shabab and shit.

Have some respect, AP!
I can't believe that you're grouping a dangerous cult that preys on impressionable vulnerable people with the fine upstanding pirates of Al Shabaab!
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Re: The following people are dumb: idiots on the internet

Postby DoglovingJim » Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:36 am

Anglerphobe wrote:


I know Youtube comments are a pretty low hanging fruit for this thread, but the number of people on here talking about Bruce Lee like he was actually Superman is just baffling. You would think that in a world in which mma has existed for over 20 years that the immense bullshit surrounding martial arts would have melted away. It's the conviction people have in saying it. Replace the words Bruce Lee with Santa Claus.
On some level it's a slightly scary mentality. These must be the kind of people that get into scientology and al shabab and shit.

I never really was a fan of the cult of Bruce Lee, especially when they started saying he could compete with heavyweight boxers.
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Re: The following people are dumb: idiots on the internet

Postby Tuli » Mon Jul 09, 2018 1:33 pm

cmsellers wrote:
Anglerphobe wrote:These must be the kind of people that get into scientology and al shabab and shit.

Have some respect, AP!
I can't believe that you're grouping a dangerous cult that preys on impressionable vulnerable people with the fine upstanding pirates of Al Shabaab!


Well, Al-Shabaab did ban single-use plastic bags in territories under their control recently...
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Re: The following people are dumb: idiots on the internet

Postby Anglerphobe » Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:26 pm

Part of me wants to go trolling beheading videos, insisting that Bruce Lee could beat up Muhammad.
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So, like the whetstone, many men are wont
To sharpen others, when themselves are blunt."

Anyone who has any kind of opinion fucking disgusts me.
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Re: The following people are dumb: idiots on the internet

Postby Aquila89 » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:47 pm

At first I misread that as Muhammad Ali, and I wanted to post that Bruce Lee himself said that he couldn't beat him. He could probably beat Muhammad though.
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Re: The following people are dumb: idiots on the internet

Postby cmsellers » Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:25 am

Tuli wrote:Well, Al-Shabaab did ban single-use plastic bags in territories under their control recently...

Well damn, I guess they're a bunch of fascists after all. :-(
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Re: The following people are dumb: idiots on the internet

Postby Krashlia » Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:57 am

cmsellers wrote:
Tuli wrote:Well, Al-Shabaab did ban single-use plastic bags in territories under their control recently...

Well damn, I guess they're a bunch of fascists after all. :-(


Terrorist guy: When will we realize that, perhaps (sawing off the head of some poor schmuck) we should treat mother nature well, because mother nature has been good to us? I mean, we have to understand that the stakes are high, and that when we can't get along with the environment (Some tribe of really unfortunate people being shuffled into the background next to a ditch...), we're only hurting ourselves (all shot in the back). Did you know that there are only 500 remaining members of the endangered Indian Tiger species? (Terrified man with bombs strapped onto him)

Suicide bomb guy: O-OH! GAWD!

Terrorist guy: Imagine that, such a beautiful creature might not make it beyond the next two decades-

SBG: What?!?! I WON'T MAKE IT BEYOND THE NEXT 20 MINUTES!

Terrorist Guy: Unless we do something, and all play our part to stop this tragedy.

Henchmen: Malik, we have captured an electric vehicle from the American pigs!

SBG: Thats MY TRUCK YOU BARBARIANS!

Henchmen: We have loaded the explosives and have sent the driver. Insallah the attack will commence in 30 seconds.

Terrorist Guy: Electric! Wonderful! You see that? Conservation. Change for the better. And if we all just worked together, (mushroom of smoke from explosives rises in the background) we can be the change we want to see in the world.
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Re: The following people are dumb: idiots on the internet

Postby DoglovingJim » Tue Jul 10, 2018 3:48 am

Aquila89 wrote:At first I misread that as Muhammad Ali, and I wanted to post that Bruce Lee himself said that he couldn't beat him. He could probably beat Muhammad though.

Ugh... Reading the comments though, the cult of Bruce Lee are everywhere.

When Lee was in his mid-twenties he met with Gene Tunney's two sons (on two occasions) and both asked him who would win in a fight with their dad. Lee: "To tell you the truth, I could beat anyone in the world." This was of course in the same time period of Ali. It's big odds that the boxing world knew about this braggart. Definitely boxing trainers/investors knew about him, because they say so in interviews. One held an air shield and Lee gave him a little hook kick (not his strongest kick) and slammed him into the side of a trailer: "Damn! That's the hardest I've ever been hit!" Lee could kick a 700 lb. bag and 'fold it.' His punch measured at 1200 psi. Mike Tyson measured at 900 psi. Lee could beat a power lifter (dead lift 700 lb) at arm-wrestling. He could lock out a 120 lb. barbell straight out. Do one armed push ups with 210 lb guy sitting on his back.
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