Look, I get it. I can be pretty extreme, and pretty inflammatory, on some issues, at times. Which is odd, really, when you consider that I'm probably fairly close to a political "moderate", as compared to some of you.
I care far too much about certain things. Perhaps I value individual freedom more than you do. Fine. Perhaps I have less to lose than you do. Fine. Perhaps I trust the government less than you, and trust the cops, and courts, less than you do. Also fine.
But, with all that in mind, I must say that I'm finding some of the comments and posts, from some of you here, in recent days and the last couple of weeks, really do come across like some sort of... Controlled demoralisation, or something.
"Obey the law, bruh". "Think of your family, bruh". "Your job is more important than your freedom!". "They mean well!". "The pendulum always swings. It'll all be ok in the long term!". "Think of the collective good, dude!" "At least you're safe!" "You don't want a criminal record, bruh!"
I see all of this shit, and more, all over posts on this "community", now. And I really never thought I would see that, from here. Just the... Sheer amount of fear porn, and of "We should obey the government" is really quite... Disconcerting. And some of it is even coming from those of you who I normally find myself agreeing with, at least partly...
So here's my request: this isn't Reddit. Stop being so damn afraid of your respective governments. Stop being afraid to step on official toes, and to work outside the fucking law, in particular the emergency powers that these megalomaniacs have given themselves. Stop telling others to be afraid, or "You really don't wanna do that, bro". Sure, call out violence. Do not do that shit. But telling people to comply, and to just... Suck it up, and play along? You're better than that, or at least, you should be.
Sure, we need to be smart about this, and disobey in ways that are effective, and necessary. But to think the law will protect you, or that you should just play along, to keep the status quo, because you "value your job" so much? Well, I'm sorry, but that just ain't gonna cut it for some of us, anymore.
This is a good take, cheers.
Yeah, honestly, a lot of it is just entertaining, at this point...
I'm waiting for the screaming to start, on this one. And it will, I'm sure.
As you say, NNN came here (partly), and I'm 100% sure some of the trolls who helped destroy it followed, too...
Just look at LockdownSkepticism, and how cucked and fearful that place is now (pretty sure they literally blocked me, for attempting to post that vid from hotel quarantine I shared here the other day). If any of the folks from there followed over here, as well..? I can just imagine how that might affect the quality of discussion...
Fuck Reddit, man. Even if I discovered this place through it, originally. Seriously, there's so much we can "thank" that place for, this included. Even now we're off it...
Speaking of illegal shit, if Anonymous or whatever ever decides to DDOS Reddit or something? Man, I'll be cheering that shit on. Not that' it'll work, of course, but anything that denies Reddit traffic? Has to be a good thing, IMHO.
It happens everywhere. There are a subset group of people who are absolutely addicted to conflict and seeking attention; they can't help themselves. They typically don't go out much and they're willing to take any interaction the can get, or use it as a type of therapy to vent their miserable life and crippling depression. You'll see them pop-up in every community that doesn't follow the dogma prescribed by the mainstream consumerism cult. The very idea that there are people who don't agree with them is something they can't fathom or tolerate.
Reddit is trash. The only board I ever used there was KiA, because at the time it was where the relevant conversations with regard to the corruption in gaming/entertainment were taking place, and the moment this place popped up I gladly abandoned that shithole. You'll be better off without them.
Anons barely exist anymore. Occupy Wall Street brought in a huge amount of normies and the place really hasn't been the same since. Before then, they'd get the random small mainstream attention for doing something, but nothing that screwed the boards up more than that.
Who knows, maybe one day people will inherit the spirit and remember not to take shit so seriously and that it's ok to just do shit for lulz. But my hopes aren't high.