[News] -1 Faith in Humanity
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it's actually incredibly important to protect the rights of "shitbags" in a society like ours
He does have a point. It is important to protect everyone's rights
Doesn't it make you feel all gross when you have to agree with one of his points?
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Total tangent. I bet for most younger people this saying doesn't make any sense, seeing as most of them have never even learned how to read an analog clock.
And what exactly do you do to protect anyone's rights besides wag your finger on the internet and defend every single predator, rapist, and molester that's ever mention?
Are you a lawyer? Are you a cop? Do you have a criminal justice degree? Social worker? Case worker?
I just find it really strange you seem to have all the empathy in the world for the utter scum of society, but you have no time for their victims.
Yes, everyone has rights, but that doesn't mean it's not normal to want to clock a fucker in the jaw if you find out he's responsible for hurting children with razorblades on playground equipment.
Dave
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I agree with this. Everyone deserves a defense.
Dave
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Sometimes he makes excellent points, but they are lost in the noise and ignored because of the source. Which can be a shame.
Guys, I'm sorry... I derailed this badly, and I usually know better than to snatch up the bait. I blame the sleep-deprivation.
Please, just let it focus back on the original topic, and the filth that could have done such a thing.
Hipsters, while a deliciously satisfying target, probably did not tape razor-blades to park equipment.
Please, just let it focus back on the original topic, and the filth that could have done such a thing.
Hipsters, while a deliciously satisfying target, probably did not tape razor-blades to park equipment.
I agree. I also feel dirty for agreeing with Charlie.
The thing is? Ideologically, chuck and I are on quite similar wavelengths. I think we as a society focus too much on punishing criminals than rehabilitation. I think there are those that are privileged that don't recognize it and thus end up making it harder for those that are not. I worry that those that we trust to have authority over us can and sometimes do abuse that power, without much of a means to keep said authority in check.
I still have him on ignore because I feel like he contributes absolutely nothing. And he's the only one on that list, too. The way the guy conducts himself is just kind of sad. Why try to be the morality police and bark at everyone who he feels doesn't adhere to his code 100%? Why not contribute to the discussion in a way that it can still influence people toward your goal?
The guy needs to go to tumblr or /r/SRS or whatever holier than thou circle jerk he prefers and stop shitting on threads here.
I still have him on ignore because I feel like he contributes absolutely nothing. And he's the only one on that list, too. The way the guy conducts himself is just kind of sad. Why try to be the morality police and bark at everyone who he feels doesn't adhere to his code 100%? Why not contribute to the discussion in a way that it can still influence people toward your goal?
The guy needs to go to tumblr or /r/SRS or whatever holier than thou circle jerk he prefers and stop shitting on threads here.
Neither do I. It's hard to actively hate someone who tries so very hard not to be themselves. You can just smell the desperation as they're posting purely just to get a rise out of people. It's actually kind of sad, really. Going purely by what he posts, he's more a character or caricature than an actual person.
Well yeah. That doesn't mean people don't like him, though. My uncle is a racist dirtbag, but I still like the guy. You just have to hope eventually the guy will see he's over simplifying a complex situation. Someday he'll see grouping people by preconceived stereotypes isn't supplying an accurate picture of the people he's talking about.
GasBandit
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I used to, perhaps, but later I came to realize he's not an actual person - he's a cartoon. I can't really bring myself to "hate" him any more than I could hate Mumm-Ra the Ever Living. But of course I have to give him shit when he's... well, Charlie. I mean, consider how long it's been since I or anyone else just shouted him down with "STFU Charlie."
So long as those rights don't involve guns or what they do with their own money, anyway, right?
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I don't know which posters are 'major' - I mean there are few obvious prolific posters among us - but for my two cents, I like @Charlie Don't Surf; I like everyone here. And that's not a cloying, errbody loves errbody mentality. I like all of you, I enjoy reading and engaging, even, perhaps especially if I disagree.
"Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, I'm out."
My only comment here would be that whoever did this is a deeply disturbed individual, but they reduce my faith in humanity not one iota. Every system has broken parts. You don't have to discount the entire system just to acknowledge that those parts need to be removed.
As for our man Chuck, while he has on occasion posted a couple of my least favorite style of posts ("not funny" and "you can't joke about that because"), I actually think he's funny on occasion and makes for an interesting foil that allows many conversations to spiral madly out of control, which makes it easier for people like me to come in make jokes.
As for our man Chuck, while he has on occasion posted a couple of my least favorite style of posts ("not funny" and "you can't joke about that because"), I actually think he's funny on occasion and makes for an interesting foil that allows many conversations to spiral madly out of control, which makes it easier for people like me to come in make jokes.
BananaHands
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I'm currently 56% convinced that Charlie is an alt, not just one person but actually a character managed by several people who, when they need to blow off steam and be an utter shitbag, can slip on the Charlie jacket and go to town. I mean, come on, the username is "Charlie don't Surf".
The percentage increases with every thread "Charlie" posts in.
You had one job...
But I'm tiiiiired.
BananaHands
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Okay, okay. I'm up.
Fussy Ferret said:
Oh Fussy, you so wise.Okay, okay. I'm up.
Fussy Ferret said:
Maybe Fussy should start an AMA thread.