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[–] 133 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Good. Polite and convenient protests aren’t the way out of this.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Well, username checks out.

    But I enjoyed going back and listening to the Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff 2 parter about the hand-in-hand relationships between violent and non-violent protesting throughout the civil rights movement.

    I'm thinking you will be able to find many more people willing to do non-violent and legal or civil disobedience type activities than you will people willing to face jailtime or death. But at the same time, there needs to be appreciation for people who will get their hands dirty to keep the peaceful co-protesters safe. It only takes so many armed people to be a deterrent, for example.

    To dismiss one group or the other overlooks the historic contributions of many people, and who's going to be thrilled about a takeover by any group of solely violent and/or criminalistic individuals with no peaceful support? I don't want to live under left wing authoritarianism any more than the right wing variety.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (8 children)

    You know, I’d actually not considered the need for the peaceful protests to build the support so that when the inevitable necessary violence occurs, those heroes have the backers they need. I just wish this would speed the fuck up already; those of us who’ve seen this shitshow coming for years are just getting impatient at getting PAST this point in history. I, for one, think that the quicker we get through it the better EVERYONE comes out on the other side; continuing to draw it out leads to more entrenched parties, more hard feelings afterwards, and more pain required to fix this.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago*

    It works the opposite way as well: the radical fringe is necessary in order to make the moderates look moderate, otherwise the Overton Window shifts away from your cause.

    The fact that we don't have anybody to the left of Bernie Sanders who is a fucking moderate, measured on an absolute scale is why we're at the point where all the MAGA cultists think right-wing liberal assholes like Schumer and Pelosi are radical leftists.

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  • [–] 90 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Democrats are so disappointing

    “Hate has no place in our communities, and the New York State Democratic Party unequivocally condemns this shameful and inappropriate act,” the statement said. “We encourage New Yorkers across the political spectrum to denounce hate in all its forms.”

    If you want to denounce hate maybe focus on the nazi-like behavior instead of the extremely mild "vandalism" of pointing that out. I think it was just signs taped, so that's all of five minutes to clean up.

    To be clear, Republicans are the worst. The Democrats just... disappoint.

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  • [–] 78 points 2 years ago

    First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action”; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a “more convenient season.” Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.

    -MLK Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail" April 16th, 1963

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  • [–] 48 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    In 2018, someone fired six bullets into the Albany Democratic Party headquarters' front window. I don't recall a single Republican denouncing the act.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They need to work on their doublespeak. Maybe something like:

    The Democratic Party is appalled by the sad state of our nation, that individuals would need to resort to such charged and shocking language. We can do better. Democrats can do better. Americans can do better. We are better than this. Use your voice, use your wallet, use your influence to fight the wave of hatred that has enveloped our free and lawful nation.

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  • [–] 87 points 2 years ago (14 children)

    Hope they wore nitrile gloves and face masks, because Republicans will spend tenfold the effort on finding and punishing them than they will ever spend self-reflecting.

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    And that they didn't use their own printer.

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  • [–] [S] 62 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    For those not aware: all commercially available color printers leave a pattern of almost-microscopic yellow dots which contain the printer serial number. This makes it possible for law enforcement to trace the origin of any document produced with such a printer.

    If you're going to produce untraceable color artwork at scale, you need to use silk screening, or a similar DIY printmaking technique.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    This is both true and untrue. On the one hand yes printers do this. On the other hand if you never registered the warranty then it’s unlikely that Best Buy still has record of which printer you bought 10 years ago.

    As ever YMMV.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Printers are also often e-waste even while still functional ending up in places like recycled good shops, thrift stores etc.

    I could take cash to my local Goodwill right now and get a printer that would have no connection to me.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    It could still connect it to your region. It'd be best to grab one while you're traveling somewhere ideally so even if they trace it it'll take them to a place that's fairly inaccurate.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    ever allowed your printer to update over the internet? chances are that same serial number attached to the printer, which is now encoded into your document, is now attached to an IP that can be meaningfully time/date attached to your e.g. cable modem MAC address which is attached to the location of the printer - at your house/work/etc... and thats just one publically known mechanism. if your printer is attached to a network with internet access, are you sure its never pinged the manufacturer? are you sure sure?

    never underestimate the trail of digital forensics you leave behind when there is a sufficiently motivated adversary. seriously evaluate your risks and harm exposure and plan accordingly. just sayin'

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  • [+] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)
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  • [–] 41 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    lol a piece of paper and some duct tape is vandalism now?

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    brother, always has been for some of us.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This is TERRORISM!

    -People who are Deporting NON CRIMINAL AMERICAN CITIZENS to a Concentration Camp in El Salvador WITHOUT Due Process or way to Return them Home!

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    So like Martin Luther the Godfather of Protentantism vandalised the church in Wittenberg with his 95 theses in 1517? Vandalism by pinning the truth to a door?

    While Republicans vandalize the US constitution?

    Funny wording in my opinion.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    No lies detected.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This is the weakest form of "vandalism" I've ever seen. I wouldn't even call it that. Might as well call junkmail vandalism at this point.

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  • [+] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
    [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Protip: if you're going to vandalize Nazi shit, write out "Nazi" instead of a swastika to differentiate from pro-Nazi graffiti

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago