Samvega

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[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

These aren’t remotely the same systems.

You don't get to pretend two train systems are not similar because you write BILLION in all caps and bold.

Thank you, by the way, for so clearly representing yourself in your post history. You're doing this old man a service by making it so obvious that you are continually arguing in bad faith.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 hours ago

doing the job we asked them to do

Ah, so we should pursue this 'we' who are asking cops to kill innocent people. Thanks, Donlon!

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 hours ago

"$3 is more important than innocent lives. We must set an example."

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 hours ago

But they are clearly intentionally downplaying that he pulled a knife

The subtitle: "NYPD brass said the alleged fare-beater had charged at the officers with a knife..."

Maybe your reading comprehension is indicated by your use of "He wasn’t shot for the fair [sic] lol".

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

OK… But setting yourself on fire in a country on the other side of the world is better how?

It's what they wanted to do. If you believe in people having free will, then you have to accept that this is reasonable.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

To the media: I don't give a shit. Stop talking about this pathetic waste of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, calcium, and phosphorus. This allegedly existing alleged person offers no value, so just ignore them.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Republican politicians and voters are conspiring to harm innocent people by making up false rumours about them being dangerous, inciting violence against them.

"Oh, okay, but I don't care. As long as the right people are hurt!"

 

This is a large part of why I don't feel emotionally connect to the concept of being a member of humanity.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The right to own guns is clearly more important than the right to be alive. At least, until the lives of politicians or their financial backers are threatened.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 145 points 1 day ago (17 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_terrorism

Stochastic terrorism is political violence that has been instigated by hostile public rhetoric which is directed at a group or an individual. Unlike incitement to terrorism, stochastic terrorism is accomplished by using indirect, vague, or coded language that allows the instigator to plausibly disclaim responsibility for the resulting violence.[1] A key element is the use of social media and other distributed forms of communications where the person who carries out the violence has no direct connection to the users of violent rhetoric.[2]

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 day ago

We are a handful of days away from some right wing weirdo showing a video of a non-white person sneezing and captioning it with "wtf they firing guns in the street". And that will become a popular talking point, and people will demand the death penalty.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The stochastic terrorism is the wild claims infrahumanising certain groups on social media. Then someone decides to act on those claims, and the people who posted them say "I had no idea that would happen".

Rinse and repeat until you've made the world worse, then die with lots of money.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 1 day ago (3 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_terrorism

Stochastic terrorism is political violence that has been instigated by hostile public rhetoric which is directed at a group or an individual. Unlike incitement to terrorism, stochastic terrorism is accomplished by using indirect, vague, or coded language that allows the instigator to plausibly disclaim responsibility for the resulting violence.[1] A key element is the use of social media and other distributed forms of communications where the person who carries out the violence has no direct connection to the users of violent rhetoric.[2]

 

Subtitle: Springfield’s immigrant community was targeted by far-right extremists months before Trump shared racist rumors

 

Carol Higgins was 15 when she first reported her father’s abuse to the police. They told her he wouldn’t be charged. But she refused to let it rest until he finally stood trial

Higgins gave a 17-page statement, signed it and was given a painful internal examination. At the end of it, she was informed that Appleyard would not be charged. Apparently, the case wasn’t strong enough. There was no forensic evidence. The police told her that because her brother, who was 14, was a minor, his account was inadmissible. They said that, should the case reach court, her name and sexual history would be dragged through the mud. Could she handle it? Higgins said she couldn’t.

[...]

In January 2019, after more pushing by Higgins, who refused to let it rest, Appleyard finally stood trial. It took the jury less than two hours of deliberation to find him guilty of 15 sexual offences against her, including rape and sexual assault. He was sentenced to 20 years. Earlier this year, Higgins also received £15,000 compensation and a public apology from West Yorkshire police, acknowledging that her “extremely serious and truthful allegations took too long to come to justice”.

 

Temperatures above 50C used to be a rarity confined to two or three global hotspots, but the World Meteorological Organization noted that at least 10 countries have reported this level of searing heat in the past year: the US, Mexico, Morocco, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Pakistan, India and China.

In Iran, the heat index – a measure that also includes humidity – has come perilously close to 60C, far above the level considered safe for humans.

Heatwaves are now commonplace elsewhere, killing the most vulnerable, worsening inequality and threatening the wellbeing of future generations. Unicef calculates a quarter of the world’s children are already exposed to frequent heatwaves, and this will rise to almost 100% by mid-century.

 

The frog that is in this picture is the subject of the picture, which is why it is a picture of a frog.

 

"Israel presents itself as an LGBT haven in the region, but for Palestinians it offers neither refuge nor solidarity"

 

Interpret 'hardest' however suits you. Look forward to your answers!

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