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[Loud Whispers]

Hahaha that is called mob justice

Who has not by now seen innocent people lose their livelihoods by uncontrolled mobs running off of their own self-conviction that their victim is scum who needs to be punished for their transgression? Ayyy lmao if you say something I or some random chucklefuck finds offensive, then they release your doxx, send letters to your boss and families saying that you are some horrible abusive scum and whatnot, drum up a real internet mob to just overwhelm your most important social and business spheres with consensus that you are human trash and are just abusive to everyone for prejudiced reasons, tank your internet reviews and associate your name with the very concept of villainy - You do not have freedom of speech ;]

I'm sure it's some consolation to such peoples absolutely merced by the actions of normal citizens for expressing their opinions, that the "accepted" interpretation of free speech does not mean they won't have their lives ruined by friendly concerned citizens.
End result? We must all fall into our protective political spheres in all walks of life, where we know everyone we associate with can be trusted to be loyal and defend one another from the enemy camp of normal citizens. Which is the same as I discussed

Least of all when so many social mediums have carved out such a powerful dominance in all modern interactions. You can't get employed without social media, often work functions happen through social media! Even fucking revolutions have been organized through social media lmao, to the point where non-participation is an increasingly risky statement in of itself. And there are no protections against people who can decide they find your speech worthy of consequence, however petty, justified or unjustified, and can accordingly wreak calamitous ruin
Let loose the dogs of war, woof woof

If you think you have moral immunity in how you respond to an act you deem wrong, if you’re bolstered by witnessing mutual reaction and views from others to the wrong act, this is essentially mob justice.
And mob justice is not, in fact, justice due to the inherent unfairness.

This definition delivers a mandate to ruin the lives of everyone, there is not a bland cucumber of a soul in the world who could fail to offend anyone and be brought to death for it :D

[Karnewarrior]

Yes, there should be rules against mob justice. The difficulty is enforcing those rules without becoming a fascistic shithole like your enemy. Come back after you have a plan to properly administrate /pol/ and Tumblr without becoming the very monsters you fear.

Grab some periods while you're out, because you're missing some.

[TD1]

Am I the only one who finds the previous comment ironic considering the topic being discussed?

[overseer05-15]

I've lost all understanding of the conversation at hand, merely continuing at this point seems ironic

[ChairmanPoo]

I've lost all understanding of the conversation at hand, merely continuing at this point seems ironic

But what if you were fated to fight fate?  Would you fight fate by not fighting fate?

[TD1]

What if you were fated to not fight fate because you thought you were fated to fight fate, and in such a way made lack of fight your fate?

[wierd]

What if you were fated to not fight fate because you thought you were fated to fight fate, and in such a way made lack of fight your fate?

He knows. I know he knows. He knows I know he knows. But he doesnt know I know he knows I know he knows-- So I got the edge!

[Robot Parade Leader]

I have some stomach issues, and a cat scan while I'm working. I'm honestly scared of what they are going to find. Also, I'm in pain so I'm not nice to deal with right now even though I'm being pretty ok overall. Little things are starting to slip. Barium sucks and does not agree with me.

I tried to be funny but got hit with a nice big wave of pain when I did it and I screwed up the delivery from joking to sounding serious. I apologized but yeah. I still feel like crap about it. I'm actually being accommodated so far, or they wanna.

In the meantime, part of me just wants a simple surgery to get this over with and the other part of me is scared to death it's more serious.

[Draignean]

The Photobucket Phuckapalooza has finally struck my avatar down. Good-bye, painting of Andrew Ryan, I'll miss ye.

Still trying to break this one in...

[heydude6]

What's that one from?

[Draignean]

Eye of the Storm. The Scene I pulled is about a minute and twenty in. Cool little short film.

[milo christiansen]

Without those steely eyes staring at us how will you keep your argumentive arms race players in line?

[BlackFlyme]

Not liking having to go to driving school. I've completed it several times, but I keep getting sent to them, because my mom keeps signing me up for them.

She doesn't want me practicing with her car, and thinks that the insurance discount from taking school is cumulative.

I have to write a 15 page essay on driving for this Saturday. Never had to do this in any other school I've been to. And no free time for writing something of this size in only a week.

[FallacyofUrist]

Eeesh. If I wanted to drive, I would use an online course to get past the initial bit and earn my learner's permit, then get a private driving tutor to handle the driving hours bit. Or at least I think that's how it works, or can work.

I don't think going to a driving school is necessary, at all. I had this online course with an annoying robot mascot... well, it worked. And then I opted not to continue working towards a driver's license. It's an unusual decision, but I don't think I could trust myself to do it safely at my current age.

So, here's my dubious life advice.

Find a junky old car for sale. Needs to be real cheap. Talk to your mom about buying it together. She'll pay the deposit(there generally is one, right?) and you'll work a part-time job or find some way of earning money to pay off the debt. Meanwhile, you have a car that isn't your mother's to practice with, which she should be okay with. She would still have to supervise(unless you get a tutor), but she wouldn't have to worry about her own car getting wrecked.

Find the evidence about the insurance discount not being cumulative, then present it to her when she's in a good mood and most likely to respond well. Use multiple, up-to-date sources to counter the objections of "this one's wrong, has to be" and "out of date", and preferably, get a government source, because it's something far less likely to be argued with.

Note that my knowledge of this subject may be incomplete or downright false, so be careful to do your own checks if you do act on my advice. Cheers.

[My Name is Immaterial]

I'm interning at a non-profit for part of the summer, and I just overheard two of the employees casually discussing their acid/shroom trips. Mind you, one of them is in his 70s. The California Bay area's a fucking wild place.