Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)
Dustcan 
Dogs
In the latest “Ya fun goofed” news, now Moldova is weighing its options on joining NATO.
Background Pony #7918
Transnistria is a dealbreaker. Ukraine’s perspectives are very murky anyway even with its special status now, Moldova has no chance with the unresolved border situation. Even Russian military withdrawal is unlikely to immediately result in reabsorption of the territory.
Background Pony #7DB1
North Dakota weighs ban on ‘sexually explicit’ library books
“The bill, which would prohibit books depicting sexual or gender identity, proposes up to 30 days in prison for librarians who refuse to remove banned titles.”
“The bill, which would prohibit books depicting sexual or gender identity, proposes up to 30 days in prison for librarians who refuse to remove banned titles.”
Just a reminder. Every single person who ever utterered anything about free speech was and still is a fucking liar who would ban it in a instant.
Background Pony #1D40
@Violet Rose in The Rain
Thank you for taking me seriously this time.
Thank you for taking me seriously this time.
I’d rather trust the Texan white nationalist to be open about his beliefs and motives than, well, you.
Well, if a person says that they hate someone, trust them. I wasn’t disputing that.
survivors have every right to be afraid for their lives
Of course they do! I never disputed that; why would I do that? Even though it should not be necessary, I explicitly stated that they are in danger. I hoped that this extra precautionary measure would prevent people from acting like I denied the oppression…
Your hollow proclamations of, “We’re not all like that, just trust me bro” mean absolutely nothing
So do you believe that every single person who is even slightly leaning right is a bloodthirsty murderer? Or do you not believe it? It should be obvious to everyone how ridiculous that statement is and yet it’s exactly what that tweet said.
I trust that you are capable of nuance, unlike some infamous posters in this thread. Please don’t become like them.
Background Pony #1D40
@Background Pony #7DB1
People in real life:
People in real life:
So much for free speech.
People in this thread:
Every single person who ever utterered anything about free speech was and still is a fucking liar who would ban it in a instant.
Am I the only person here baffled by these extremely strong and outrageously broad statements?
Meanlucario 
Time to get spooky
“The bill, which would prohibit books depicting sexual or gender identity, proposes up to 30 days in prison for librarians who refuse to remove banned titles.”
That’s not “explicit” books, but books about sex and identity. And guess what? Not every book that has sex is porn. I read a fantasy book I enjoy with a sex scene in it to show how the situation is affecting the women, and it wasn’t porn. It was a story about dragons going mad due to a magical virus.
Background Pony #1D40
@Meanlucario
I did not write that bill, nor the title of that article about the bill, nor the post that had the title in it. I was simply quoting the title to avoid quoting the entire post.
I did not write that bill, nor the title of that article about the bill, nor the post that had the title in it. I was simply quoting the title to avoid quoting the entire post.
EDIT: I removed the quote entirely to prevent further confusion.
Meanlucario
Time to get spooky
@Background Pony #1D40
Hey, you’re the one leaving out crucial info and claiming people are over reacting.
Hey, you’re the one leaving out crucial info and claiming people are over reacting.
Background Pony #1D40
@Meanlucario
That info, including the exact quote is right there in the post I replied to. Which is just above my post. That post already does a good job of explaining that the bill’s stated purpose is different from what it actually does.
That info, including the exact quote is right there in the post I replied to. Which is just above my post. That post already does a good job of explaining that the bill’s stated purpose is different from what it actually does.
Honestly, I had no idea someone could possibly understand quoting of the article title as believing in the “sexually explicit” claim when the article itself is exposing the lies behind that claim.
Violet Rose in The Rain
So do you believe that every single person who is even slightly leaning right is a bloodthirsty murderer?
I expect people like you to be complicit. No joining in protests, no mutual aid. Just standing by the side and going, “what a tragedy” when history rhymes and queer people get killed.
At least I have the excuse of being on the other side of the world for the first.
Am I the only person here baffled by these extremely strong and outrageously broad statements?
Do you enjoy being wilfully ignorant about all the times conservatives screamed, “Freedom of speech” when video games were modified for localisations or other conservatives were suspended on social media platforms and then said nothing when actual censorship and erasure of queer identities goes on right now?
I trust that you are capable of nuance, unlike some infamous posters in this thread. Please don’t become like them.
Your respect and opinion of me means absolutely nothing.
Violet Rose in The Rain
A good portion of American citizens are primed to genocide undesirables and you need to internalize that fact right now.
Do they think that a black conservative person wants to murder black people? Or that a libertarian trans woman wants to kill trans people?
Strawman. Where was any of that even said?
You refuse to take this seriously and invent outlandish scenarios to ridicule the perspective of a queer person living in a state that wants to emulate Nazi Germany.
He simply said “a good portion.” Why do you feel so called out? Has it insulted your sense of honour somehow? Does it hit too close to home?
Background Pony #1D40
I expect people like you to be complicit.
This is a 180° change from that tweet. Expecting a typical right-wing person to be silent on these issues is actually reasonable and that’s also what I expect. But if you don’t agree with that braindead take from the tweet, why did you post it?
Do you enjoy being wilfully ignorant about all the times conservatives screamed, “Freedom of speech” when video games were modified for localisations or other conservatives were suspended on social media platforms and then said nothing when actual censorship and erasure of queer identities goes on right now?
You completely misunderstood my post. I am not saying this didn’t happen. It did, multiple times. I am saying that a regular person would draw attention to the irony of bigots switching between advocating for free speech and censorship. Meanwhile the BP literally said “Every single person who ever utterered anything about free speech”.
Background Pony #1D40
ridicule the perspective of a queer person
That was not my intention at all.
Where was any of that even said?
In this part they equate conservatives and “leaning right” with fascists:
fascist fuckhead (whether they’re conservative, full-blown neo nazi, or “lean right”)
Later they say those people want mass murder.
Anoncrsh
Another Russian cunt on YouTube saying Ukraine support Nazis and of course doesn’t realize the other part of the story
Background Human
CHS, Class of 20XX
@Anoncrsh
Not to take away from the horrors of the Holocaust, but the thing that chapped most people’s asses about the Nazis at the time was their attempt to conquer Europe. And whatever problems Ukraine may have with right-wing extremism, they’re not the ones trying to annex the continent at the moment.
Not to take away from the horrors of the Holocaust, but the thing that chapped most people’s asses about the Nazis at the time was their attempt to conquer Europe. And whatever problems Ukraine may have with right-wing extremism, they’re not the ones trying to annex the continent at the moment.
lonewolf 
U mad?
Something apparently going on in Atlanta.
Whether or not it’s Antifa isn’t clear, but they did threaten violence over that one being killed.
Whether or not it’s Antifa isn’t clear, but they did threaten violence over that one being killed.
Latecomer
@Violet Rose in The Rain
OK, now you’re expanding to “you’re either actively with us or utterly against us”?
OK, now you’re expanding to “you’re either actively with us or utterly against us”?
Kiryu-Chan 
World's Okayest User
Another shooting happened, this time in LA during a Chinese New Year festival, 10 dead
BlitztheDragon
Probably referring to this.
For what it’s worth, I do NOT trust the cops’ official narrative of events that went down. Non-police eyewitness testimony contradicts pigs’ claim that a protester fired on them.
Zincy 
In Vino Veritas
The fact that there were over 15 police there and not a single one of them had their body cams on is absolutely suspicious.
This was an execution.
tehwatever
@Meanlucario
I wanna imagine school kids reading science books on plants and animal reproduction (including human) and be like “Better make sure no one’s looking.”
I wanna imagine school kids reading science books on plants and animal reproduction (including human) and be like “Better make sure no one’s looking.”
BlitztheDragon
It is highly likely that the officer that was shot in the “exchange” (witnesses report there was the sound like a volley of gunfire, which did NOT sound like a back and forth exchange of gunfire as police claimed) was hit via friendly fire - something cops are quite good at.
Of course, that didn’t stop almost all non-leftist media from leading with the fact that an officer got shot, and leaving ambiguous by whom he was shot.
Meanlucario
Time to get spooky
@tehwatever
Or a student getting arrested for asking how babies are made.
Or a student getting arrested for asking how babies are made.
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