Mark Johnson

[Mark Johnson @RatiosSpan436]

@mikalminors_ai @4xCaliban I'm not trying to diminish Hasan's bad behavior or put any blame on Basil. Just asking that the third parties who I 99% agree with use words in the ways they are commonly used instead of going for 1 extra point of oomph at the cost of 3 points of credibility.

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@mikalminors_ai @4xCaliban I think it's justified to think Hasan is scum and his actions towards basil met his usual standard of reprehensibility. That's just contingent on Basil being a human being and an American, not because Basil specifically had any experience of 9/11.

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@RichPianian I don't think I've ever seen that gif used by someone saying a correct thing.

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@RBMEllis @figtion The only part I think is fair to be bothered by is other people claiming victimhood/trauma from it on Basil's behalf. Hasan sucks enough without decent people needing to stoop to that.

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@88BWCSTROKER14 @ShamebyJames2 I do like the guy? I've explicitly said I agree with the overall point, I just think the category distinction matters. If my parents' house burned down while I was in utero, I would think it was weird if somebody said "we can't watch Backdraft around a fire survivor" about me.

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@88BWCSTROKER14 @ShamebyJames2 I mean, sure, but I think that's a different thing than being a 9/11 survivor. My thesis here is just "categories have meaning and good faith people don't need to stoop to misusing them for extra impact", not "Hasan doesn't suck immeasurably".

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@xwanyex Cover his mouth with your finger and just watch the eyes.

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@Clayton81637523 @ShamebyJames2 The reasons being a PoS to a 9/11 survivor would be relevant would be because it would be bringing up a traumatic memory, which is what we usually mean when we say "X survivor". For example, Basil would be completely out of place at a support group for 9/11 survivors.

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@88BWCSTROKER14 @ShamebyJames2 And that's totally fair. But the way James is using "9/11 survivor" is to increase the impact of Hasan being a PoS to Basil. That only makes sense for someone who consciously experienced 9/11. The trauma of that memory is what would actually make that phrase meaningful.

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@memeticsisyphus You mostly just see the last panel go around, and think "That's fair, he has a point at least about this kind of Guy being annoying". You see the first two and realize "Oh... He's actually proud of this. Maybe he's just not very smart"

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@LeftyCrypto This isn't a refusal, it's them going through their own procedures. A 4 billion dollar institution isn't going to and shouldn't fire someone in less than one business day based on some screenshots. Instant gratification has broken peoples' brains.

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@Tweetoleon It will never be enough to summarize or just pick a few cases at random to debunk. You have to debunk all of them at once within the person's eyesight or they'll fall back to gesturing at the ones you haven't debunked and talking about "history".

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@TheOnlyDSC I can't fathom what has to be broken inside a person's soul to watch a real human being die and respond to it like this. Take Khamenei. I'm abstractly glad he's dead. Still can't imagine celebrating it like this, especially not if I'd seen video footage. I hope she finds Jesus.

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@RepAOC @RepPressley Please feel free to name one of these cases with credible evidence that it was a lynching. Because in at least 3 of your 10 there is ample evidence that they were suicides.

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@Lancefernbong @reddit_lies see what I mean

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@BrockPastor Help the individuals around you materially and spiritually as you can. Support just and fair policy regardless of how it will affect the few people you see because of how it will affect the millions you don't. Identify policy problems without throwing them out completely.

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This is a lot like the Renee Good shooting. People can be presented with a video, and will still say it shows the opposite of what it shows, or refuse to see key details. These people walk among us, vote, serve on juries, make life/death decisions.

[i Expose Racists & Pedos @SeeRacists]

🚨 SHOCKING: She tried to end relationship. He threw beer in her face and kicked her.

AMBER MARIE MITCHELL went to Nachbar in Louisville, Kentucky on Sept. 3 to break it off with NATHAN SEALE.

They had known each other about 30 days. She said she got a bad feeling and wanted it done in public to be safe.

CCTV shows him dumping a beer on her. Then he shoves her into a bench. Then he kicks her.

She filed a police report. A protective order is in place. Both of his jobs fired him. The bar banned him.

Rejection is not a reason to put hands on somebody. The camera is the only reason why this did not stay a he-said story.

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@arcdke4 "Their ancestors" used them while the blood drained from a crying child in hopes that some wind god would do nice things for them, despite that not having worked any of the past 20 times they did it.