General News Thread

[Kamera]

https://spandrell.com/2019/08/25/hon...s-of-nativism/

[Skull]

Typhoon Hagibis hits Japan, one dead and at least 60 injured. Rugby World Cup in peril.

[LegalLoliLover]

Go to Hell.
OK:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Norway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hells_of_Beppu
I learned of the latter from Dies Irae but the former from YouTube comments.

[RoydGolden]

Go to Hell.
OK:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Norway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hells_of_Beppu
I learned of the latter from Dies Irae but the former from YouTube comments.

Not sure if this really belongs in general "news", but okay.

[LegalLoliLover]

Is there a geography thread?

[Seika]

https://spandrell.com/2019/08/25/hon...s-of-nativism/

This got reported to us with the message "This is like one step removed from linking to Stormfront". After some review of that article and others on the blog, I a) needed a scalding shower, and b) pretty much agree with the assessment. It is licit, if not particularly encouraged, to link to awful nationalistic/racist/homophobic/sexist/transphobic/I-could-seriously-go-on-that-guy-is-messed-up takes as either a horror show or for mocking. Dumping it in a thread without comment is, at best, trolling insofar as you intend to ambush people and get angry reactions; at worst, it's an actual endorsement.

Given I told you to stop making terrible posts only a very short time ago, and given the content of this blog, I'm handing you two warnings and a three-day temp. At less than one hundred posts, this is a bad start to your time on this site, and I strongly encourage you to consider either making rapid improvement or finding somewhere else to post entirely.

[Deathhappens]

This got reported to us with the message "This is like one step removed from linking to Stormfront". After some review of that article and others on the blog, I a) needed a scalding shower, and b) pretty much agree with the assessment. It is licit, if not particularly encouraged, to link to awful nationalistic/racist/homophobic/sexist/transphobic/I-could-seriously-go-on-that-guy-is-messed-up takes as either a horror show or for mocking. Dumping it in a thread without comment is, at best, trolling insofar as you intend to ambush people and get angry reactions; at worst, it's an actual endorsement.

Given I told you to stop making terrible posts only a very short time ago, and given the content of this blog, I'm handing you two warnings and a three-day temp. At less than one hundred posts, this is a bad start to your time on this site, and I strongly encourage you to consider either making rapid improvement or finding somewhere else to post entirely.

Funny, I was about to comment the videos linked in that post look like your average bi-monthly protest over here.

[Tobias]

Also everyone on this forum who retains at least the basic trappings of civility or at least isn’t in need of an immediate shot of haldol should offer a thank you to seika for trawling through that garbage

[Zurvan]

Thank ye staff

[RoydGolden]

Also everyone on this forum who retains at least the basic trappings of civility or at least isn’t in need of an immediate shot of haldol should offer a thank you to seika for trawling through that garbage

Heartily seconded. Holy crap that dude is messed up. I'd actually heard of him before from reading some rebuttals online but I'd never delved into his work myself and... it's about as bad as I'd expected.

It's especially weird because from what I can glean of Kamerad's political opinions (assuming they're not just ~ironic~) he seems to be a hardcore socialist/communist whose very concerned about environmentalism. Why on earth he'd link to a blogger who extolls how "the force of modern industry has conquered the environment" and treats Communists as scum of the earth (even aside from all his even worse points) is a total mystery to me.

[asterism42]

Methinks he might just be a troll

[SpoonyViking]

I imagine he wanted to see the reaction of the people here.
More importantly, though, thanks, Seika!

[asterism42]

Anyway, here's another black person being shot by the police in their own house

[Ratman]

Who could have predicted that somebody with a Max Stirner avatar came to a place on the internet to stir shit up?

[Twelveseal]

Thanks. Having read the link myself, I can relate. Felt like a whole lot of pointless, nihilistic derp to me, flavored with less pleasant things. But eh.

Also, that shooting got my attention, too. Police called for a non- emergency wellness check panic and shoot the person they were called to check on... because she was standing by the window.

[Mattias]

Anyway, here's another black person being shot by the police in their own house

Only 50 km from that "wrong apartment, oops your dead" shooting? Damn, Texas. At least the cops were on duty this time, but still, Damn.



Also, thank you Seika. I assumed as much the minute I saw nativism in the title, but confirmation is always appreciated.

[Saiga]

Thank ye Seika, enjoy that scalding shower

Anyway, here's another black person being shot by the police in their own house

God, that is terrible. Not at all surprising, but terrible.

[Twelveseal]

It isn't just Hong Kong, it would seem...

[rxrx]

It isn't just Hong Kong, it would seem...

But the world will only focus on Hong Kong since messing it up can mess China up as well. Who cares about Spain, Syria and Kashmir where the situation is worse?

[Deathhappens]

Their neighbours.