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Yesterday, a coworker told me that living through current events was like living in the Starship Troopers movie during the Buenos Aires attack. What do I even tell him on Monday? (hexbear.net)

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Yes, he described Palestinians as "the bugs" and said some other really fucking ignorant quotes from that movie without the slightest understanding of Paul Verhoeven's intent (his effort may have been doomed from the start; he even scolded actors on set for "not getting it" and just enjoying the fascism).

I have some license with what I say because I'm moving and transferring out of state in a few weeks but I also don't want to have a bad mark on my record by saying something particularly scary about the IDF, so what should I tell him on Monday?

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[-] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago

if he called brown people the bugs it sounds like what you should tell him is "HR wants to talk to you"

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

I was considering recording him saying that again by baiting him into repeating himself.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Do you live in a state where that is legal?

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

I haven't checked; I'd check if I decided to actually do that.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

What would that be, wiretapping? My understanding of the consent dynamic of the 1-Party / 2-party consent stuff is about its admissibility as evidence in a court case.

But I'm not a lawyer.

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