Even more problematic stuff

[Joe]

A leftist pro-abortion protester roundhouse kicked a woman in the face because she was anti-abortion.

Turning to the MAGAbomber now. He wasn't a right wing protester, I suppose. Just some random nutcase, right?

I believe the term is lone wolf, only instead of being a volatile loser triggered by ISIS, he was triggered by Trump.

[Hermit]

A leftist pro-abortion protester roundhouse kicked a woman in the face because she was anti-abortion.

Turning to the MAGAbomber now. He wasn't a right wing protester, I suppose. Just some random nutcase, right?

I believe the term is lone wolf, only instead of being a volatile loser triggered by ISIS, he was triggered by Trump.

Yabbut, leftist pro-abortion protesters are not lone wolf volatile losers. They are leftist pro-abortion protesters, presumably triggered by Hillary Clinton's talk about "roughing them up a little", or any of the other politicians in the Democratic Party who keep talking about footing the bill for any legal costs.

[Sean Hayden]

There's a Nobel in explaining why this won't get through to 42.

[Joe]

Wow, and I thought it was just confirmation bias.

[Sean Hayden]

lol please

[Joe]

Yeah, clearly I misunderestimated the situation.

[Sean Hayden]

[Svartalf]

There's a Nobel in explaining why this won't get through to 42.

More like an ig Nobel

[laklak]

All these people need to shut the fuck up and mind their own business. That would solve the problems.

[Galaxian]

C'mon, who's buying the mainstream media narrative about these pipe bombs? People in the know have informed us that this is very likely one of the many false flag operations used by the left to throw shade on the righteous. I'm hoping that Galaxian will be along shortly to share some very convincing YouTube videos that will dispel all doubt.

Your prayers have been answered.

Infact, no one here or 99% of the population of the USA has any way of knowing what the facts are. We are all lamers in this respect. We see things here and there, but have no idea whether we're seeing facts or mere hogwash. Or whether the people presenting the 'facts' or the 'hogwash' are also deluded and led astray.

L'Emmerdeur wanted a video. Galaxian is not one to disappoint. Here's a good video, and another, and another:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHhZFOAeohg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCtgQxep9SM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIJGdSVly3Q

[Seabass]

"NPC", eh? Do birds of a feather flock to the same conspiratorial corners of the internet?

[laklak]

What is an NPC?

[Svartalf]

I have an answer, but it's from an RPG context and I doubt it will match Seabass' meaning

[Seabass]

According to L'emmy it's a political meme that's popular with the far-right, including Infowars kooks. It's used to depict liberals as mindless scum. Forty Two—who identifies as definitely not far-right, alt-right, or right-wing—uses the meme a lot.

http://www.rationalia.com/forum/viewtop ... 2#p1796242
http://www.rationalia.com/forum/viewtop ... 8#p1796268
http://www.rationalia.com/forum/viewtop ... 8#p1796688

[Seabass]

There's an NYT article about the NPC meme:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/us/p ... r-ban.html

What is an NPC?
NPC means “nonplayable character” or “nonplayer character.” It’s a term, borrowed from the world of video games, for a character that is controlled by the computer rather than by a player. An NPC often advances the game’s plot by saying scripted lines, or assisting the playable characters in some way.

What does this have to do with politics?
Several months ago, users on 4chan and Reddit, the online message forums, started using the term NPC to refer to liberals. These people, they said, join the anti-Trump crowd not because they are led by independent thought or conscience to oppose President Trump’s policies, but because they’re brainwashed sheep who have been conditioned to parrot left-wing orthodoxy, in the manner of a scripted character.

As a Reddit user, BasedMedicalDoctor, explains in a thread about the appeal of the meme, NPCs are “completely dependent on their programming, and can’t do or think on their own.”

And this is a thing … why?
It’s a long story, but the short version is that a group of young, extremely pro-Trump internet trolls have spent the past several years mocking anti-Trump people as whiny, easily triggered snowflakes who are primarily motivated by social acceptance rather than by logic and critical thinking.

Many of Mr. Trump’s supporters — including, as of last week, Kanye West — put their support for him in the language of freethinking rationality and paint the other side as being motivated by blind loyalty and identity politics. (Mr. West said of his pre-Trump-supporting days, “I was programmed to think from a victimized mentality.”)

The NPC meme fits neatly into this narrative and offers Mr. Trump’s online supporters an easy shorthand way to paint liberals as humorless prudes who say “Drumpf” because the HBO host John Oliver told them to, who march in protests and put on pink “pussyhats” because they’re the popular things to do, and whose views can’t withstand scrutiny.