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Amiablepercy

Banned
Nov 4, 2017
3,587
California
Jesus Christ. Pick your fucking battles. You sound like the crazy vegan of politics, and I say that as a vegan. The only thing you're doing here, the only thing, is making yourself look like an immature 17 year old who just yesterday discovered politics and the injustice of the world, and now you're on a mission to fix it all, one fictional enemy at a time.

Welcome to EtcetEra politics. I get the rage, the fury Trump's actions is inciting inside the hearts of caring, empathetic people but characterizing Lynch as some sort indifferent white moderate or worse a monster/cancer equal to a Trump zealot is unproductive false equivalency and also shows a complete ignorance to Lynch's singular, YES sometimes frustrating, political expressions in the past.
 
Oct 25, 2017
4,750
Norman, OK
What does someone's age have to do with whether or not the point they are making has merit? It's an ad-hominem.

I wasn't addressing the merits of you and others' points when I posted that. It was equal parts commentary and advice: not part of my argument, which I've framed multiple times in other posts.

Welcome to EtcetEra politics. I get the rage, the fury Trump's actions is inciting inside the hearts of caring, empathetic people but characterizing Lynch as some sort indifferent white moderate or worse a monster/cancer equal to a Trump zealot is unproductive false equivalency and also shows a complete ignorance to Lynch's singular, YES sometimes frustrating, political expressions in the past.

If only I could be this concise. That's pretty much it in a nutshell, right there.
 
Oct 27, 2017
3,050
User Banned (3 Days): Inflammatory Language + Community Generalizations
Kids. Are. Being. Put. In. Concentration. Camps.

Gross overreaction though. Mhm.


Thank you for illustrating my point so well.

That's happening and you're using their plight to try (and fail at) scoring points on David Lynch. You and everyone else who participated in the pile on aren't helping a single fucking thing. The other thread went from "i disagree" to "he's pedophile" in record speed. This one has accusations that he is autistic. Go look at the "does social justice have an identity problem" thread and all 4 of the reasons listed are just scarily on point. Yes, they are talking points conservatives use, but they're totally applicable to some of the really bottom of the barrel posters.

Still, it gets characterized as "protecting David Lynch" but it's actually just a really perfect example of how fucked the dialog is on this site with political matters. It might come from some passion, it might be a masturbatory thing, end result is the same to most of us not involved.

So, fuck you and fuck everyone who have pretty much trampled on any good will this site was built on. A big part of that was making it so the reaction to a guy saying something imperfectly wasn't the same as kids getting locked in cages. Another big part of that was not treating anyone who doesn't follow the marching orders like they're a fuckin double agent. Another part of that was actually being able to hold level headed discussions. That's all out the window. We're still Neogaf OT.

And no, this isn't an angry "i'm leaving" post. Yeah i swear a lot but this is as matter of factly i can put it. Maybe this gets me banned, but the rest of the site is fine. Im sympathetic to the mods/admins. The fact that it's turning out just like Neogaf shows it's not an easy thing to solve.

Seems like a good time to check in and see how we're doing after all the interviews and proclamations that ResetEra was going to be different.
 

Deleted member 10060

User requested account closure
Banned
Oct 27, 2017
959
I will put my activist attendance and organization up against yours any day of the week, and not that it's a competition obviously but if you knew me you would know how absurd your sentiment is when I'm working pretty fucking hard IRL to organize and tackle real problems. You're damn right that I'm on a mission to fix things, I hope you do the same.

Yeah, I'm not gonna get into a pissing contest with you over who does more for the common good.

In any case, if you're so experienced with making a change, you should have learned by now that picking inane fights on an internet forum is not the best use of your time. If making a change is what you actually care about, that is. To attack David Lynch, out of all people, and go on a "righteous" mission to turn him into something he's not, is pathetic. It's nothing more, nothing less.

Welcome to EtcetEra politics. I get the rage, the fury Trump's actions is inciting inside the hearts of caring, empathetic people but characterizing Lynch as some sort indifferent white moderate or worse a monster/cancer equal to a Trump zealot is unproductive false equivalency and also shows a complete ignorance to Lynch's singular, YES sometimes frustrating, political expressions in the past.

Well said.
 

RedMercury

Blue Venus
Member
Dec 24, 2017
17,650
Yeah, I'm not gonna get into a pissing contest with you over who does more for the common good.
and not that it's a competition obviously
In any case, if you're so experienced with making a change, you should have learned by now that picking inane fights on an internet forum is not the best use of your time.
Inane in your opinion, okay. You're basically just telling everyone who finds what Lynch said to be shitty to shut up and sit back down.
If making a change is what you actually care about, that is. To attack David Lynch, out of all people, and go on a "righteous" mission to turn him into something he's not, is pathetic. It's nothing more, nothing less.
Diminish, deflect, make it personal. I never once said I was on some "righteous mission", it's comments on an anonymous internet video game forum, David Lynch is going to be fine.