If Mort Divine ruled the world

[Dak]

Totally not Nazis at all.

I guess if they used flashlights it would be different?

 

[CiG]

They used torches on purpose, you don't just wing a unified torch rally.

 

[Dak]

My point was that there's only like 2 ways to light a rally at night, and batteries would die before tiki torches - and be more expensive - and flightlights aren't omnidirectional - and are more expensive - and they would still be vilified.

 

[CiG]

and they would still be vilified.

I agree with this part, but I think the rest is reaching. I've worked night construction jobs and I think you're getting your information about flashlights and battery capacity from old movies.

 

[Dak]

I agree with this part, but I think the rest is reaching. I've worked night construction jobs and I think you're getting your information about flashlights and battery capacity from old movies.

Well lithium lanterns would last long enough, but tiki torches are dirt cheap and last enough hours before being discard-able. Lithium lanterns are 400x expensive at least between the lanterns and the batteries. Flashlights aren't omnidirectional and alkalines burn out quick under sustained use.

 

[CiG]

Well lithium lanterns would last long enough, but tiki torches are dirt cheap and last enough hours before being discard-able. Lithium lanterns are 400x expensive at least between the lanterns and the batteries. Flashlights aren't omnidirectional and alkalines burn out quick under sustained use.

If they had considered all of this, surely they'd have also considered waiting until it wasn't dark? To me it seems very much symbolically purposeful.

Happy to admit I might be wrong of course, but all of these street movements (both left and right) seem to do everything with purpose and are aware of symbolism in their actions.

 

[Dak]

If they had considered all of this, surely they'd have also considered waiting until it wasn't dark? To me it seems very much symbolically purposeful.

Happy to admit I might be wrong of course, but all of these street movements (both left and right) seem to do everything with purpose and are aware of symbolism in their actions.

Nightttime marches act to outsize your effort due to light vs darkness and being outside vs inside/sleeping. Same reason for left/minority marches burning shit/marching at night throwing molotovs.

 

[CiG]

Nightttime marches act to outsize your effort due to light vs darkness and being outside vs inside/sleeping. Same reason for left/minority marches burning shit/marching at night throwing molotovs.

I mean, sure that's one theory.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

Mizzou Pays a Price for Appeasing the Left

 

[Dak]

I mean, sure that's one theory.

Have you ever read the story of Gideon?

 

[CiG]

Have you ever read the story of Gideon?

Are you suggesting the marchers were trying to scare their enemies into a defeat by marching at night with torches?

 

[Dak]

Are you suggesting the marchers were trying to scare their enemies into a defeat by marching at night with torches?

A short answer would be yes. The point is that light and noise at night has an out sized and potentially primal effect.

 

[CiG]

A short answer would be yes. The point is that light and noise at night has an out sized and potentially primal effect.

Fair enough, like I said, regardless of why they did it, I think it was definitely much more purposeful than uh nuu muh battery life.

 

[Dak]

Fair enough, like I said, regardless of why they did it, I think it was definitely much more purposeful than uh nuu muh battery life.

Well that's probable, but I wouldn't immediately infer the only point was to mimic nazis for nazi sake. There's more nuance to consider. I'm not trying to defend nazi ignorance in strict "aryan supremacy" terms, but there's many points to consider. Why does Antifa wear black hoods? Wouldn't other color hoods provide the same practical anonymity? No one questions the symbolism there, but there's only one color of flame unless one adds chemicals.

 

[rms]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/24/us/affirmative-action.html

this story is about Afirm action, but whites are @ 50% or less in all the major schools. (has a nice interactive graph half way through)

asians are so legit they are making everyone whack (except hispanics)

 

[Einherjar86]

 

[CiG]

The dude hammering a cabbage into a blender had me fucking dying.

 

[Dak]

Somehow coal miners, jihad targets, meth addicts, and black on white crime victims didn't make the list. Amazing. You don't have white privilege, but you do have class privilege, the two of which are frequently confused by people with class privilege so they can apologize for the theoretic only privilege which they can't abdicate while they maintain the practical and real privilege they could.

 

[CiG]

 

[HamburgerBoy]

That Bolzer dude's dad might have the most masculine face I've ever seen.