• Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml
      9·
      15 天前

      Someone’s gotta do something about him! I caught my kid with a hypersonic missile the other day and he wouldn’t tell me where he got it but I just know it was that good for nothing Putin.

  • ExotiqueMatter@lemmygrad.ml
    17·
    17 天前

    What’s the “most communist” image you have on your computer right now?

    Mine is this picture of a golden statue of Oh Chi Minh surrounded by gold star on red and hammer and sickle flags:

  • honeyontoast@lemmygrad.ml
    14·
    17 天前

    Hey everyone, I’m also new so thank you for having me!

    There’s a crazy amount of learning when you accept that capitalism doesn’t hold the answers. It’s overwhelming at times, but we must remember that we deserve better and keep going.

  • -6-6-6-@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    13·
    16 天前

    I’m not quite sure how to word this but I got threatened at the place I work at.

    It’s weird, because I can’t quite say that it was a direct threat.

    Basically what happened is that two kids walked into the store asking for a lighter. Age restriction. I don’t give a fuck and actually give them some recommendations on some places that could possibly serve the needs they want in terms of a 2 dollar fucking bic lighter. Instead, they beg me for it, before asking me if I heard of what happened to the neighboring 7/11.

    Mind you, the neighboring 7/11 got raided by multiple kids ranging from the age of 14-20. Ironic number, because I know one of the ones who is a regular who is 20 that is obviously connected to the two that came in later.

    The two asked me if I heard of “Lee” who got his head cracked with a vase at the counter. I promise you, genuinely, because I thought they were shooting the shit after me telling them about the neighboring places that they could get “goods” from (oh shit, fed activity), I responded by showing them my 10 inch karambit and telling them I wasn’t worried about it. (didn’t flick it/show blade, didn’t try to brandish it as in “hey I’ll hurt you”, just simply like “hey i’m good, no worries”)

    It wasn’t until they left immediately after “brandishing” that I realized they were trying to threaten me with that 7/11 comment. I genuinely had no idea. Now, I wonder if I should get a autism diagnosis. Only because I asked two people who came in afterwards if it sounded like a threat and they agreed. What do you all think? I honestly feel like an asshole for “brandishing” a weapon towards some kids who were literally talking about someone cracking a head at the neighboring gas station and me showing that I can defend myself; not even in a “fuck you way” but like “hey, I"m alright”.

    I dunno, do I get a lawyer after this?

    • Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml
      17·
      16 天前

      Nah dude I think yer fine. They wont tell anyone you threatened them because snithces get stitches. They are gonna tell the other kids that they shouldn’t fuck around while you are on shift.

      In their eyes you didn’t even flinch when they were threatening you. You basically told them you are prepared to open a clown up without acting like you cared one way or another. They think you are cold as ice.

      • -6-6-6-@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        9·
        16 天前

        lol that’s awesome, wasn’t tryna go john-wick. I appreciate the insight tho.

        was hoping they weren’t rich-shits.

  • commontern they/them@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    12·
    12 天前

    Most of the anti-ICE organizers I know in my American city are anarchists who are opposed to anything that isn’t “spontaneous” or “autonomous” and try to discourage people from joining or allying with any parties or organizations that try to organize against ICE. They complain that any higher level of organization “co-opts” or “saps energy” from the movement and limits anti-ICE activity to peaceful protesting. If they made these criticisms and then did more themselves then I could get on board with it but when I sat with them during their attempt to blockade a garage that was being used by ICE vehicles I watched as they literally got up and moved the barriers out of the way every time a vehicle needed to pass through. They have bragged about supposedly getting into physical fights with cops during an anti-ICE protest but it seems like that didn’t ultimately make any difference for immigrants. The only other actions I see them encourage are small unaffiliated peaceful protests originating within immigrant communities or documenting and monitoring ICE. I never see them try to grow this baseline into anything that could effectively drive ICE from the city or stop the kidnappings. WTF do I do here. What Is to Be Done. I feel hopeless.

    • cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml
      11·
      12 天前

      WTF do I do here.

      The only thing you can do. You continue to educate, agitate and do your best to try and organize. Organization is the most powerful tool that the proletariat has at its disposal in the class war. Political natural selection will take care of the anarchists and their obstinate refusal to organize. Effective strategies that can demonstrate success will win the support of the masses while those tactics which go nowhere will fail to win support and will remain irrelevant.

        • cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml
          6·
          10 天前

          I mean, that’s like…whatever. It’s irrelevant, it’s ancient history. Hong Kong has moved on and China has moved on. I wouldn’t waste any effort debating that point with libs. Let them make whatever comparisons they want. What’s important is that there is organized resistance.

    • -6-6-6-@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      3·
      10 天前

      Pretty much what @cfgaussian said. I’m in a similar boat as well.

      One of those “grit your teeth” moments where you still try and make friends the best you can in the simplest way of putting it. I always liked meeting newer members and even if they fell out it was good to still keep in touch with some people.

  • AlexanderTheIronFist@lemmygrad.ml
    11·
    11 天前

    Tomorrow I’ll be going at a local news radio to talk about “religious freedom in China”. I think I’ve prepared well, but any extra material is very welcome.

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    11·
    14 天前

    Saw some news article from my hometown of a guy making a website about our local language/dialect. He wants it to be preserved as fewer people speak it on a daily basis now. In the state of Northern Brabant we have our own dialect but the dialect from my hometown is even more different and, imo, pretty unique. Other people from Brabant would have difficulty to understand me, for example.

    You’re supposed to speak proper Dutch if you want others to understand you, of course, and that’s why fewer people speak it. It’s kinda looked down upon as lowly educated / trash, which is sad. My dad still speaks it on a daily basis. He never got the opportunity to go to school so never learned further than the dialect lol. I can speak and understand it though living abroad and with my gf from another part of The Netherlands, there’s no use in speaking it. But reading the website I agreed with him and I feel like I should just speak it when at home. Would be a shame for things like that to disappear.

    • Makan@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      5·
      12 天前

      I had a bad feeling about Gustavo Petro and it seems that he has a mixed performance.

      Which is above my expectations.

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    10·
    17 天前

    I see hundreds of people every day and as soon as the weather drops to 10-15 degrees it is a non stop infection risk. Fucking sucks to get sick on a regular basis because of it.

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    9·
    17 天前

    So do y’all think the Republican (and to an extent Democratic) politicians are actual Christians or is it just a tool to relate to the masses? Like, do you think they really believe in God and whatever?

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmygrad.ml
      7·
      17 天前

      Bit of A, bit of B. When it’s such a useful tool for hegemony, even the “true believers” end up swept by that too. They mutually reinforce each other and form a “politician’s Christianity.”

    • Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml
      2·
      16 天前

      There are probaly like one or two true believers. There are a few who believe in god and have chosen conciously to be on the devils side. and there are a bunch that just cynically use it as rhetoric.

    • La Dame d'Azur@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      2·
      16 天前

      As a collective whole? Con artists who don’t believe a word they preach.

      As specific individuals? Varies; some are true believers that genuinely think they’re abiding by the will of God, some are frauds who just tell people what they want to hear, some really believe but are ignorant hypocrites who can’t see it.

      The parties as parties are charlatans but the individual members of those parties are understandably far more diverse.