The Stupid Thread 2 (Part 1)

I would expect a kid to think like this but not an adult.

There is a lot of joy in liberating stores of their merchandise.

It’s against private citizens, not the state. This “writer” is an idiot.

Is that like basically pregnant? Something either is or isn’t nonviolent.

Just money? So her book is free? “Actually hurting any people”? What does “actually” mean in that sentence?

Amazon has suspended reviews on her book, which were all negative. People wrote that they shoplifted her book.

And NPR should be embarrassed that they gave a “basically” self published book by an obviously uneducated moron some publicity. The author is one of those white liberal racists that Malcolm X warned black people about. You can go into these poor communities and see how the damage from riots remains for years.

The irony is that the author is a Marxist. The things that get stolen are alcohol and luxury items. In other words, the looting isn’t about trying to feed your family and is simply opportunists trying to feed their materialistic desires.

Parents who failed to teach them empathy. She sees a looted business. Normal people see a family that lost its livelihood. They see a community that lost a provider of goods, services and jobs. They see the loss of tax revenue which goes back to serve the poor in the community. What does the author care when she isn’t affected by it? She is a troubled person (possibly mentally ill) who probably has few, if any, human connections in her real life and it is reflected in her writing. This is where we are: people with no experience in the real world are writing about it through a theoretical filter they learned in college.

One of the chapters in her book is “All Cops Are Bastards.” OK, who rescued those victims of child trafficking in Atlanta? BLM? Antifa? Karl Marx? Social workers? Her sociology and gender studies professors?

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The program, Code Switch, where that interview happened is meant to bring on “extreme” views and challenge the status quo. It is an intentionally progressive, exploratory program. It’s not meant to be news or unbiased or centrist. It’s meant to explore race and racial issues in our culture from a perspective more progressive than the mainstream.

From my perspective, she is starting with the narrative in her head, and then figuring out how events and facts can be framed to fit her narrative. I think it’s obvious, and wish the codeswitch producers would challenge guests a little more (like the news anchors do), but I’m okay with them just giving a platform to folks. I’m comfortable in my ability to critically digest an argument… Especially one as rotten as hers.

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Give that the ideas expressed are very old, I would argue it’s not progressive. Today’s so-called radicals are boring and unimaginative. I mean, Karl Marx, again? Anti-fascism? I think they might be 100 years too late and on the wrong continent. Property is theft? La propriété, c’est le vol! That’s almost 200 years old (and Marx didn’t agree with it).

Yes, because she is uneducated and has emotional (and possibly mental) issues. She also did not come up with the ideas she’s writing about. It’s regurgitated Marxist student union drivel. It’s nothing new.

But people like her cannot accept criticism nor critically digest an argument. So they are allowed to spread their nonsense unchallenged. And, on college campuses at least, if you vocally disagree with these ideas you are at risk of being called a racist and facing disciplinary actions. If your professor believes in these things you have to believe them as well since they are not taught as theory but as fact.

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Bizarro-world. Like the portal in the original Avengers movie, it apparently opens to spew out imbeciles.

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I’m comfortable in MY ability…but not the vast majority of people.

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If only.

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Money and property are both products of human action - a human being had to exert effort and time to produce the good or property and money is a measurement of subjective value as it relates to human action (i.e. someone’s time performing some action).

This lady seems to have no idea what she’s talking about OR really enjoys dehumanizing these intrinsically linked products of human action.

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Both are probably true. She never had a job she needed because people depended upon her to provide for them and she is a Marxist so dehumanizing is par for the course. She’s also mentally ill.

The Amazon reviews have people saying you should steal the book and not pay for it.

Excellent post.

One of the things that annoys me most about these ‘radicals’ is that their ideas are warmed over ideas that are centuries old, yet they act like it’s some act of great mental skill or bravery to serve it up.

It’s so mind numbingly boring.

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This is one of the things that make me admire Camus. Unlike Sartre, Camus put humanity before ideology. That is more radical (and it shouldn’t be) than defending and admiring Maoism after becoming disillusioned with the USSR. Orwell was also a true radical in that he didn’t spare the socialists in his criticisms. The same can be said of Pasolini who, though a devout communist, openly criticized the Movement of 68 and its violence to the point that he said he had more sympathy for the policemen the students assaulted than the protesters.

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Outstanding post, and agree on both Camus and Orwell. Camus is a bit hard to digest for me but I find his conclusions on revolt fascinating. Orwell is one of my favorite literary figures.

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Well, he did see the purge of the Trotskytes and anarchists first hand in Spain.

Let’s not heap too much praise on a pedophile.

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Yes. Real life experience is something younger people don’t value. Paying dues? Forget that.

A pederast. And you could add James Baldwin to that list (but I dare anyone to).

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California prosecutor says looters ‘needs’ should be considered when charged

The new mandate, set forth by Contra Costa County District Attorney Diane Becton, makes it tougher to prosecute looting cases in the county, which sits just outside San Francisco.

Investigators must now consider “was this theft offense substantially motivated by the state of emergency, or simply a theft offense which occurred contemporaneously to the declared state of emergency?,” according to the policy reported by local outlet East County Today.

What does this confuted statement even mean?

In making that determination, they must also consider five other factors, including “was the theft committed for financial gain or personal need?”

I have never known any looters to steal water because they were thirsty, so, I loot and steal shoes because I am barefoot or steal electronics to sale on the black market? Theft is theft, WTF

Becton, a 22-year judge in Contra Costa County who was elected DA in 2017.

“For the District Attorney to put out that kind of plan is irresponsible and where do you exactly draw the line on need because these are people’s businesses that are being impacted and livelihoods that are being destroyed.”

Business owners don’t count, regardless of race, because they worked hard and hard work means they ain’t woke, so to hell with them.

“It shows the District Attorney’s Office is picking and choosing the types of crimes it will prosecute versus just following the laws on the books,” he said. “At what point does our District Attorney’s Office advocate for the victims. If it’s not the District Attorney’s Office, who then becomes the advocate and safety net for the victims and ensuring restitution is made.”

Well, in her jurisdiction victims don’t count for anything.

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I have heard the quote that you shouldn’t attribute to malevolence what can be explained by stupidity. But I don’t think you can make it as a judge or win election as a DA while being stupid.

This is malevolence, plain and simple

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Woman reporter at a fun run in Georgia got smacked on the rear by a grinning runner.

Sexual battery - $1000 fine, 1 year probation, 200 hours community service.

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I hope it was a decent rear, at least. Because that’s a hefty bill.

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In some places, that would be getting off easy.

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This should sicken anyone of decency.

California strikes again. Bottom line 24 yo man can have 15 yo boy with little issue.
What next - pedophilia, sanctioned beastiality, child sacrifice in a heated box?

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB145

I believe this is the part of the bill you object to?

This bill would exempt from mandatory registration under the act a person convicted of certain offenses involving minors if the person is not more than 10 years older than the minor and if that offense is the only one requiring the person to register.

Its a wall of legalese in that document, but do you know what the certain offenses are that qualify for the exemption?

Edit: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/02/facebook-posts/claim-viewed-millions-social-media-says-california/