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heh last month we had a family road trip like old times down to south carolina to attend a wedding and at some point during the eight-hour drive we devolved into an ugly three-way shouting argument between my dad my brother and I over whether the soviet union was a positive force in the world lol
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i did manage to make them concede that the welfare state would never have come about without the constant threat of class violence so w/e v v
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dank_xiaopeng posted:

heh last month we had a family road trip like old times down to south carolina to attend a wedding and at some point during the eight-hour drive we devolved into an ugly three-way shouting argument between my dad my brother and I over whether the soviet union was a positive force in the world lol


LF.txt

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i got into a car accident once while arguing with my sister about the necessity of killing the romanovs
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I've convinced most of the tellers at my bank that the holodomor was Nazi propaganda and that it is a sign of moral weakness to weep for kulaks.
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Do you see how they treat their women? We're freeing their women. We're giving them an education. Chibok? Nigeria? Yeah, AFRICOM *has* been there since 2004 but whatevers, ya know. Can't win them all.
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Senorah posted:

Do you see how they treat their women? We're freeing their women. We're giving them an education. Chibok? Nigeria? Yeah, AFRICOM *has* been there since 2004 but whatevers, ya know. Can't win them all.



umm boko is haraam, DAD

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Accept responsibility. Perform your role with honor. Don’t fret about things you can’t control. Do your duty. Stay cool. Don’t take stuff personally. Ignore your selfish impulses. Desire only virtue. Fear nothing.
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dank_xiaopeng posted:

dadchat snipe

heh last month we had a family road trip like old times down to south carolina to attend a wedding and at some point during the eight-hour drive we devolved into an ugly three-way shouting argument between my dad my brother and I over whether the soviet union was a positive force in the world lol



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one time i told my mom she was being racist and she said "ill show you racist" and didn't do anything

im still a bit confused but whatever

she also told me that shes not racist because she raised me and if i can identify racism its because shes not racist and told me not to be when i was like 2 or something
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a lot of people in the tribe i work for, like pretty much every indian tribe i've worked with, place an extremely high value on military service, push their kids to join the marines or the army, have translated traditional values about being a warrior to being a combat vet in the american military, etc etc. it co-exists with a general disdain for the american government and for whitebread history, and also a lot of joking on george custer's grave and "homeland security fighting terrorism since 1492" type stuff... but also fuels a lot of straight-up flagwaving patriotism. i don't get it and its not my job to get it but its crazy shit i tell ya
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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/philly-school-turns-troops-after-half-are-ineligible-prom-n97711

The annual spring tradition is in jeopardy for hundreds of students at South Philadelphia High School. Last month, counselor Pierre LaRocco and principal Otis Hackney III informed the nearly 500 junior and senior students that half of them were not eligible for prom this year because they cut class too many times. The notification was a follow up from a September assembly which outlined the eligibility process for prom.

"They thought we weren't serious," said LaRocco. "Men and women overseas are fighting for your freedom and your using that freedom to walk around the hallways."

The administration realized they had a situation on their hands. The principal and guidance counselor brainstormed how to make attending prom possible without giving away the opportunity to those who didn't earn it. They came up with a way for students to earn back their prom night.

Students have until May 9 to create a care box for 2012 South Philadelphia High School graduate John Russino's unit serving in Afghanistan. As of Monday, the school has received 10 packages.

"These gift boxes will lift the morale of the troops. Soldiers are serving overseas and risking their lives. Free education, not taking full advantage of it," said South Philadelphia High School ROTC teacher Timothy Mack. "This is a great way to help soldiers and the students."
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everyone in that dude's unit is just going to start talking shit about those idiot kids the second they get the packages
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which i guess is actually a form of morale lifting...
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ilmdge posted:

"These gift boxes will lift the morale of the troops. Soldiers are serving overseas and risking their lives. Free education, not taking full advantage of it," said South Philadelphia High School ROTC teacher Timothy Mack. "This is a great way to help soldiers and the students."


apparently ROTC instructor timothy mack is unable to form a coherent connection between soldiers overseas and cutting class

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ilmdge posted:

ilmdge posted:

"These gift boxes will lift the morale of the troops. Soldiers are serving overseas and risking their lives. Free education, not taking full advantage of it," said South Philadelphia High School ROTC teacher Timothy Mack. "This is a great way to help soldiers and the students."


apparently ROTC instructor timothy mack is unable to form a coherent connection between soldiers overseas and cutting class



a shame, because making kids feel guilty about cutting class while soldiers are over in afghanistan 'protecting the rights of kids to go to class without getting blown up' would make an elegant little argument

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dear soldier. gotta go to prom. here's beef jerky and a slinky. thanks for letting me go to prom.
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all serious leftists should join the military immediately to gain weapons training, improve their mental and physical discipline, and radicalise their fellow soldiers in anticipation of the overthrow of capitalism. the glorious russian and chinese revolutions would have been impossible without the support of broad sections of the rank-and-file soldiery. wherever socialism is proclaimed it is immediately attacked by imperialist forces. it must be able to defend itself, and this requires troops. a horror of military organisation or the practice of war in the abstract is non-socialist and reactionary. "without a people's army the people have nothing."
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roseweird posted:

senorah you are really dedicated to taking me in bad faith at every moment


Senora's dance has no title

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deadken posted:

all serious leftists should join the military immediately to gain weapons training, improve their mental and physical discipline, and radicalise their fellow soldiers in anticipation of the overthrow of capitalism. the glorious russian and chinese revolutions would have been impossible without the support of broad sections of the rank-and-file soldiery. wherever socialism is proclaimed it is immediately attacked by imperialist forces. it must be able to defend itself, and this requires troops. a horror of military organisation or the practice of war in the abstract is non-socialist and reactionary. "without a people's army the people have nothing."

well yeah

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daddyholes posted:

dank_xiaopeng posted:

dadchat snipe

heh last month we had a family road trip like old times down to south carolina to attend a wedding and at some point during the eight-hour drive we devolved into an ugly three-way shouting argument between my dad my brother and I over whether the soviet union was a positive force in the world lol



buy your brother an account



my brother is a nihilist liberal who will become a libertarian as soon as he gets rich, which will be soon because he works as a geologist for a natural gas company helping them frack the bejeezus out of new england

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deadken posted:

all serious leftists should join the military immediately to gain weapons training, improve their mental and physical discipline, and radicalise their fellow soldiers in anticipation of the overthrow of capitalism. the glorious russian and chinese revolutions would have been impossible without the support of broad sections of the rank-and-file soldiery. wherever socialism is proclaimed it is immediately attacked by imperialist forces. it must be able to defend itself, and this requires troops. a horror of military organisation or the practice of war in the abstract is non-socialist and reactionary. "without a people's army the people have nothing."


i always wondered why the survivalist gun stockpiling trope was mostly a right wing thing. i would have thought that some sort of maoist sect would be all over that.

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i been watching justified a lot lately and im thinkin if i join the army i can be boyd crowder but a communist
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roseweird posted:

senorah you are really dedicated to taking me in bad faith at every moment



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deadken posted:

i know this is an obvious troll, but the current US military is not comparable to the pre-revolution Russian or Chinese military. for one thing, the rank-and-file Russian and Chinese soldiers were deeply impoverished and ill-equipped conscripts while the present-day US military is a bloated, overfunded volunteer force. you probably would've had more success "radicalizing" it when it was filled w/ reluctant conscripts as it was during Vietnam (and indeed there was a good deal of resistance within the US army to that war).

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c_man posted:

i always wondered why the survivalist gun stockpiling trope was mostly a right wing thing. i would have thought that some sort of maoist sect would be all over that.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Williams
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assata_Shakur
etc.

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c_man posted:

deadken posted:

all serious leftists should join the military immediately to gain weapons training, improve their mental and physical discipline, and radicalise their fellow soldiers in anticipation of the overthrow of capitalism. the glorious russian and chinese revolutions would have been impossible without the support of broad sections of the rank-and-file soldiery. wherever socialism is proclaimed it is immediately attacked by imperialist forces. it must be able to defend itself, and this requires troops. a horror of military organisation or the practice of war in the abstract is non-socialist and reactionary. "without a people's army the people have nothing."

i always wondered why the survivalist gun stockpiling trope was mostly a right wing thing. i would have thought that some sort of maoist sect would be all over that.


it is in the interest of the lizard people to promote right wing radicalism as the only extant outlet for the passion of violent disaffected youth

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they do teach you how to use guns and explosives and a radical vanguard could probably pick up a lot of useful tricks to disseminate among their comrades after discharge, as seen in the original FX series Justified
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deadken posted:

all serious leftists should join the military immediately to gain weapons training, improve their mental and physical discipline, and radicalise their fellow soldiers in anticipation of the overthrow of capitalism. the glorious russian and chinese revolutions would have been impossible without the support of broad sections of the rank-and-file soldiery. wherever socialism is proclaimed it is immediately attacked by imperialist forces. it must be able to defend itself, and this requires troops. a horror of military organisation or the practice of war in the abstract is non-socialist and reactionary. "without a people's army the people have nothing."



same but a mercenary outfit. which is what the post-Vietnam US military now is.

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deadken posted:

all serious leftists should join the military immediately to gain weapons training, improve their mental and physical discipline, and radicalise their fellow soldiers in anticipation of the overthrow of capitalism. the glorious russian and chinese revolutions would have been impossible without the support of broad sections of the rank-and-file soldiery. wherever socialism is proclaimed it is immediately attacked by imperialist forces. it must be able to defend itself, and this requires troops. a horror of military organisation or the practice of war in the abstract is non-socialist and reactionary. "without a people's army the people have nothing."



military-trained leftists on the barricade getting owned by the police like "FUCK all i know how to do is pilot a drone!!!"

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FUc++K my Murder all children training did NOT prepare me for this *desperately scans for exit at Free Community Breakfast event*
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daddyholes posted:

buy that brother an account



i don't want my family to know what screaming horrors lurk in the dank, interminable pit of my mind, please do not invite them to this forum, tia

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oh, heh. yeah, Dad. that rambling post filled psychotic gibbering about upworthy being a slime-covered parasitic fungus that controls our minds? thats... hehmmm, what we call "irony," heh, and its real big on the 'z z o n E, just look at the upvotes it got!
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dank_xiaopeng posted:

daddyholes posted:

dank_xiaopeng posted:

dadchat snipe

heh last month we had a family road trip like old times down to south carolina to attend a wedding and at some point during the eight-hour drive we devolved into an ugly three-way shouting argument between my dad my brother and I over whether the soviet union was a positive force in the world lol



buy your brother an account

my brother is a nihilist liberal who will become a libertarian as soon as he gets rich, which will be soon because he works as a geologist for a natural gas company helping them frack the bejeezus out of new england

let me talk to hir

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No.