Stochastic terrorism on full display

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  1. Spaceturkey

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    you forgot the quotations around "looted".
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    Consider: if one of them were yours, I would never see or give a shit about your demand.

    I'll let you sort out the implications on your own.
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    I was tempted to pretend not to see his post just to fuck with him
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    After a couple of days I still think it may be a jump to consider this has much to do with a drag show. It is hard to ay because the right wing is crazy enough to do this without thought out of spite, but it obviously has so much collateral damage associated with it.

    As for the woman whop claimed knowledge it could be the same as saying the hurricane hit New Orleans because they made a pact with the devil. The religious right has a huge mental need to associate wrath with their desires through god punishing those they hate. Maybe she is bragging because she knows something, but wouldn't there be more bragging by the right wing terrorists that the gays were responsible for their actions?

    This seems more targeted at the electric company than a gay bar in the middle of a huge outage. They hit some big expensive equipment in a way that was designed to effect their customers. It also sounds like the news trying to make this about the drag drama to pump ratings during a time when they can be excused for making wild accusations because they don't have a clue isn't as exciting.

    Dear FBI we are fucking waiting, and since you are sitting there with your thumb up your ass regarding the stolen top secret trump documents it would be fucking nice if you could do something for a change of pace.
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    I figured this wasn't about a drag show. Yes, I understand that the acceptance of GLBT people may be triggering the snowflakes, but the idea that ending the drag shows to stop the problems was not a good one to put out there to the weakling cis community who would gladly throw drag under the bus to obey the will of the fascists. WTG to give the complicit a blame target.

    It is fucking disgusting how the moment their 1st world bullshit gets threatened they start trying to figure out who to sacrifice to the monster. It must be the drag queens making the monsters angry. We wouldn't want to look at things like right wing hate mongering and firearms everywhere. No, it is the fun people over there dressing like princesses and telling you how fabulous you could also be..

    The US has always cultivated this home grown terrorist rebel by romanticizing violent killing of someone that offends. Maybe that is where you should look. Maybe the people angry that you cannot lynch people or sling racial slurs around might be the fucking problem. The reality is if you piss off the drag queens they will just go have their fun somewhere else, but your right wing religious people are always the terrorists. Maybe limiting them might help out rather than succumbing to their demands.
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    I think the topic needs to change @Demiurge because what seems to be coming to light is that there is a number of attacks on the US power grid going on that has been flying under the news radar until the one that was blamed on a drag show.

    There have been a number of incidents across a number of areas that have been said to be done by people with knowledge of the electric grid and how to damage the expensive transformers. For some reason this has not been reported upon despite there being some organization behind it.

    I have been hearing reports of it happening in multiple states across the nation. The recent attack in the carolinas has been the mst succesful so far, but multiple energy companies have been working with investigators since September from what I can see regarding a number of attacks.

    No one seems to be getting as alarmed as they should be about this. These people seem to be hitting transformers which have a lead time of 1-2 years to manufacture. How much of a buffer do we have nationally, because there is some based on natural events. If we had an effort to destroy them across the nation we might find ourselves in a supply shortage based on these terrorist actions.

    I hope that the power companies are upping production, but they are commercial for profit utilities and having a buffer of expensive replacement equipment for predicted emergencies that have never happened seems to be a failing point for profit based utilities and facilities.
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    With how little success law enforcement has had in catching anyone doing this, or even announcing suspects (unusual for terrorism) I actually wonder if this is actually done by someone smart, designed to get power companies to keep up supply chains of large transformers, either for a simple profit motive, or to ensure that there are spares in case of Carrington Event.
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    Fear of the unknown, Mr. Saavik. It's been known to make people shit their pants.

    Stop and think about what it's like to live in that area if you're not cishet white male. You don't know who shot out the transformers. Were they someone you work with? A neighbor? Are they planning on doing it again? Are they planning on doing anything else the next time?

    Terrorists often do "dry runs" of an attack, where they do things like trip alarms, or set off small explosions to gauge things like response times from the authorities. Also to see what the authorities do in response to the dry run. Perhaps because they want to kill the authorities responding to the event, or because they want to see if the authorities consistently come from the same direction so that they can plan their escape routes to avoid chance encounters with the authorities as they leave the scene. How long does it take for at least some of the power to be restored? Do they repair the first substation that was disabled? Or are some substations given a higher priority than others? If so, why? How easy is it to get ahold of emergency services while all the power's out? How long will it take for them to respond to a house fire? The sound of gunshots in a neighborhood filled with people routinely threatened by the likes of the Proud Boys and other fascist groups?

    So long as the people responsible remain at large, you have no idea if they'll strike again. Or what will happen if they do. But you know what the darkness is like. You know that the folks who murder people in the LGBTQ+ community also have a penchant for murdering people because of the color of their skin. Sure, they may say that they're just going after people who are LGBTQ+ but murderous mobs often make things nightmarish for people other than the one they say is their intended victim. Megan Thee Stallion testified in court the other day that despite having been shot she was afraid to call the police because of what they might do to her and her friends.
    If someone starts shooting up your neighborhood after taking out the power to the entire county, how can you be sure that they're not a member of the police department? Or that the police won't be on their side? Or that you won't get shot by the police by mistake?
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    Interestingly, it's looking like at least a couple of the reactionaries found themselves stuck between "fuck around" & "found out" - wind up a bunch of unhinged lunatics then suddenly realize how that might end

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    Why should you refrain from murdering a trans person? Because murdering a trans person would give them the weapon through which they seize control of the discourse, Wokal says.

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    Also worth noting, in terms of the ongoing detachment from reality

    these lunatics actually convince themselves that trans people are violently assaulting their poor innocent nazi selves
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    Now if only they could be hypnotized into thinking transes have superpowers and are unbeatable.
    :thinking:
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    we get this asshole... they hide behind megaphones and their biblical BS, but the fact is they're just out to start fights/fag bash.

    may not be proof of super powers, but so far his record seems to be about 0 for 100

    nothing brings a community together like having to turf a bigot that comes around looking for a fight.
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    Remember when Chris Cuomo asked his audience to, “please show me where it says protesters are supposed to be polite and peaceful…” ? I remember. He said it on live television. Here’s where it says that Chris.
    Notice the word peacefully?
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    Great. Now explain how that has fuck all to do with anything under discussion here?

    Unless you're agreeing that destroying electrical infrastructure is bad? Somehow, I don't think that was the point you wanted to make.
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    Predicting FF's answer....
    1. A dickhead on CNN (who got fired from CNN) said a thing
    2. (Insert mind-numbing sophistry)
    3. Therefore, violence against the LGBT community is justified.
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    What
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    More like
    1. The left calls for violence too
    2. The MSM pretty much ignores it/ Carries water for it
    3. Therefore it’s okay as long as it’s someone I like.
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    Are the left limp wristed cucks who need to man up because they are feminizing the world, or are they the strong people who make you cower in fear and cry like jordan peterson?

    I will say there is nothing like crossdreessing to show you where your courage is. Military cosplay just shows how cowardly a person is as they try to scare others away with their tough guy clothing.
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    Honestly, most of the times I have had confrontations or fights other people step away and watch, even those I was with. The most reliable people have been cis women, but I think that is because they know they won't be involved with anything physical.

    One thing I have found is that when you are a good head above a white shiny cue ball and his friends they do tend to quiver in fear when you put on the fuck around and get a cute boot rammed into you colon look. Not fully reliable but most guys looking fore a random confrontation only want an easy victory. That is why most gravy seals like @Bill Carson and @Uncle Albert are bothered they can no longer beat up cis women without penalties anymore. It is the reason they long for the days domestic abuse was allowed.
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    There's that mind-numbing sophistry I predicted.

    1. One guy is "the left".
    2. One dumb thing is not only malice, but represents an imaginary hundreds/thousands of incidents (that will never be produced).
    3. Therefore, conspirseeehh!!
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