The riots haven't been violent enough ...

[Revoltingest]

Lots of accusations and ramblings sans evidence, links, and sources. Not surprised.

We live in a post-evidence age.

 

[sun rise]

So, in effect, we're simply exchanging one dictator with another of your choice....

Did you fail to recognize the humor/satire in that piece?

 

[Thief]

Its called survival of the fittest. The one with the biggest stick rules. Its the way nature is.

Jesus used a whip made of a knotted cord

cleared a temple full of people

it was brutal

tough love

 

[Tambourine]

Its pretty accurate. The toughest survive, the weakest fall.

Darwin's idea of "survival of the fittest" concerns itself literally only with who is able to produce viable offspring, and nothing else.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

AR15 is a "mouse gun".
Gimme an M1A (supermatch grade).

I mean...there are plenty of modified AR-15s around. I'm not using a Petra to hunt even Australian sized rodents...

 

[lewisnotmiller]

A thread about piece has inevitably, of course, brought out discussion of having a bigger "gun".

Well, I have to let you know, I have friends. And from 2005 and even earlier, a revolutionary movement has been quietly taking shape. So beware. We're about to go public. The message of course needs to be slightly modified due to the pandemic and the current manifestations of the problem, but it still rings out in revolutionary splendor.

Beware! Unless you people shut up and begin acting like grown-ups with brains enough to understand the difference between political belief and personal faith, the Unitarian Jihad will begin a series of terrorist-like actions. We will take over television studios, kidnap so-called commentators and broadcast calm, well-reasoned discussions of the issues of the day. We will not try for "balance" by hiring fruitcakes; we will try for balance by hiring non-ideologues who have carefully thought through the issues.

We are Unitarian Jihad. We will appear in public places and require people to shake hands with each other. (Sister Hand Grenade of Love suggested that we institute a terror regime of mandatory hugging, but her motion was not formally introduced because of lack of a quorum.) We will require all lobbyists, spokesmen and campaign managers to dress like trout in public. Televangelists will be forced to take jobs as Xerox repair specialists. Demagogues of all stripes will be required to read Proust out loud in prisons.
...
People of the United States! We are Unitarian Jihad! We can strike without warning. Pockets of reasonableness and harmony will appear as if from nowhere! Nice people will run the government again! There will be coffee and cookies in the Gandhi Room after the revolution.

A message from the Unitarian Jihad

This deserves it's own thread in the Jokes area. Well played.

 

[Father Heathen]

Its pretty accurate. The toughest survive, the weakest fall.

Nope, not accurate at all.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Nope, not accurate at all.

Must be a different reality then. Its not how it is in my world.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Must be a different reality then. Its not how it is in my world.

Must be. I get ahead by using brain and not doing tough, strong stuff. It's not what Darwin endorsed or wrote about, and the sciences in general don't support it. So you being in a different world must explain some other discrepancies as well.

 

[metis]

Jesus did have a violent outburst. And Gandhi, again, wasn't the only person pressuring the English and pushing for Indian independence. Many violent revolts prior already had the English reconsidering things. Gandhi just became a modern "opium of the masses" to give the masses someone peaceful to remember instead of the riots and violence that were taking place all around him.
And we can remember Dr. King who did grow to embrace rioting as what happens when the voices and cries of the oppressed go unheard. They make themselves required to be heard. Amd, yes, it too was there in his marches. It's one of those things were not supposed to remember about him. Like how he was more aligned with socialism and an avowed anti-capitalist.

Maybe I just see some things more through rose-colored glasses than you do as I give credit whereas I believe credit is due.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Maybe I just see some things more through rose-colored glasses than you do as I give credit whereas I believe credit is due.

I do believe its more cultural programming. It's nice to think keeping it peaceful works, but it's a very rare thing to happen. More often it's revolt or be arrested for bull****. Revolt or be pushed around for bull****. Riot have the rest of your life and your community crushed by an oppressor who won't listen. Those who have power don't like giving it up. And peacefully changing things should always be the optimal goal that is aimed for, but it rarely works out that way.