Scrutable

Gfamily wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:08 am

monkey wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 2:00 am Trump's conceded (sort of).

Some saying that's obviously a "Deepfake" video; you can tell by the 'colour of the tie' or something.

Vertigowooyay wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:55 am “This is not America,” a woman said to a small group, her voice shaking. She was crying, hysterical. “They’re shooting at us. They’re supposed to shoot BLM, but they’re shooting the patriots.”

“Democrats are a cult!”

Vertigowooyay wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:55 am “This is not America,” a woman said to a small group, her voice shaking. She was crying, hysterical. “They’re shooting at us. They’re supposed to shoot BLM, but they’re shooting the patriots.”

lpm wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:46 am Surprise surprise, the BBC reports the words as if it's not been obviously edited.

He simply did not say the sentence in bold. Others have faked the video to make it appear he says this sentence.

President Trump returned to Twitter on Thursday following a 12-hour freeze of his account.

"Now Congress has certified the results a new administration will be inaugurated on January 20th," the Republican said in a video, without mentioning Biden by name.

His message was the closest he has come to a formal acceptance of his defeat after weeks of falsely insisting he actually won the election in a "landslide".

bolo wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 2:51 pm Thanks for the good wishes, all. My friend's boyfriend is out of the hospital and doing well. Breaks and bruises, but nothing that won't heal.

headshot wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 2:48 pm Looks like he's wrestled his phone back...

Grumble wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 1:34 pm

lpm wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:46 am Surprise surprise, the BBC reports the words as if it's not been obviously edited.

He simply did not say the sentence in bold. Others have faked the video to make it appear he says this sentence.

President Trump returned to Twitter on Thursday following a 12-hour freeze of his account.

"Now Congress has certified the results a new administration will be inaugurated on January 20th," the Republican said in a video, without mentioning Biden by name.

His message was the closest he has come to a formal acceptance of his defeat after weeks of falsely insisting he actually won the election in a "landslide".

I agree, it’s like a section has been cut from another video entirely. The view switches back afterwards.

bolo wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 2:51 pm Thanks for the good wishes, all. My friend's boyfriend is out of the hospital and doing well. Breaks and bruises, but nothing that won't heal.

As he strolled past gold-framed portraits of past Congressional leaders, one rioter who stormed the Capitol in a pro-Trump mob on Wednesday wore a red Trump hat, a commemorative sweatshirt from the president’s inauguration and a lanyard around his neck.

When a photo of him went viral, it didn’t take Internet sleuths long to realize that the lanyard held his work badge — clearly identifying him as an employee of Navistar Direct Marketing, a printing company in Frederick, Md.

On Thursday, Navistar swiftly fired him.

lpm wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 3:59 pm I have finally something in common with Trump. To all of you who have asked, I too will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.

bolo wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 2:51 pm Thanks for the good wishes, all. My friend's boyfriend is out of the hospital and doing well. Breaks and bruises, but nothing that won't heal.

FlammableFlower wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:01 pm In other news - it seems that many of those who took part in the insurrection and did so with so much glee and fervour they forgot that maybe other people wouldn't consider them heroic freedom fighters are now being tracked down:

As he strolled past gold-framed portraits of past Congressional leaders, one rioter who stormed the Capitol in a pro-Trump mob on Wednesday wore a red Trump hat, a commemorative sweatshirt from the president’s inauguration and a lanyard around his neck.

When a photo of him went viral, it didn’t take Internet sleuths long to realize that the lanyard held his work badge — clearly identifying him as an employee of Navistar Direct Marketing, a printing company in Frederick, Md.

On Thursday, Navistar swiftly fired him.

One Texas woman who flew by private jet to take part tweeted and livestreamed it all... saying it was apparently, "the best day of my life"

lpm wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 3:59 pm I have finally something in common with Trump. To all of you who have asked, I too will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.

FlammableFlower wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:01 pm
One Texas woman who flew by private jet to take part tweeted and livestreamed it all... saying it was apparently, "the best day of my life"

Grumble wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:08 pm I’m not sure we shouldn’t start a new thread about the storming on the Capitol? But while I’m here, this is so funny: https://twitter.com/mrskhandicoated/sta ... 80326?s=21

lpm wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:07 pm ... It's a fundamental flaw in humans, where every concentration camp guard reinforces and supports every other concentration camp guard...

dyqik wrote: Sat Jan 09, 2021 1:03 am Google is also banning Parler, and Parler is down anyway (maybe AWS that hosts it has had a visit from the FBI?)

warumich wrote: Thu Jan 07, 2021 3:42 pm

Little waster wrote: Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:51 pm

lpm wrote: Thu Jan 07, 2021 1:24 pm
This clip will always be my favourite.

Reports say one of the people who died accidentally tasered himself and had a heart attack.

It's very much a four lions sort of a revolution.

Tut, tut haven't a thousand chin-stroking Guardian articles taught us that we shouldn't call out racists fuckwits on their racism and f.ckwittery.

No they should be pandered to and told they have legitimate greviances and that their unhinged delusions should be taken seriously and their Will must be implemented at any cost and under no circumstances should they ever be confronted..

If we do that then nothing but good things happen.

But the Guardian is still one of the few places that commissions pieces from people who know what the f.ck they're talking about. The wider conversation about taking into account the backgrounds and circumstances of the racist fuckwits as a means of countering them and their influence is based on sound social science research. There's no silver bullet, but talking to them, taking them seriously and addressing those of their grievances that are legitimate is still the only real way we have of persuading people that what they're doing is maybe not helping and then de-escalating the whole situation. This is not indulging anyone's racism or liberal Guardian chin stroking. But certainly shouting "you're a racist f.cker" is guaranteed to almost never help.