Kulturkampf

[benji]

Has Cenk never been to a Chinese restaurant?  

[HaughtyFrank]

What do you call it when someone gaslights you about gaslighting?

[RetiredSkunk]

What do you call it when someone gaslights you about gaslighting?

 Liquidlighting.

[DavidCroquet]

The term gaslighting itself is gaslighting.

"This person is saying something is true, when it isn't!"
"Sounds like they're lying."
"No, that's not at all what they're doing. They're gaslighting."

[filler]

china is based and is now the official country of gamers 


being a gamer under communism is true freedom 

[Potato]

Owning private property in a communist state? 

[benji]

Based China finally catching up to the centuries old common law.

[benji]

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

[benji]

Little Italians won

[Alpacx]

[DavidCroquet]

I like that despite outlining this retarded new classification, the bottom line is bog standard psychotherapy practice across almost every behavioral context. 

"When you encounter this 'new' sexuality, for which 'robust data' is 'scarce', make sure you...behave nonjudgmentally and focus on the patient's relationship dynamics and motivations."

Groundbreaking stuff.

[Nintex]

They should help the guy out with esign consent forms and shopping a cuck chair at Ikea but only if the roster approves.

[Propagandhim]

Little Italians won

And we won't stop until we finally get our civil rights!!!

[benji]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/surging-progressive-once-said-black-democratic-leaders-defang-the-white-left_n_6a51a01ae4b084b03f7f0f6d

A progressive House candidate whose surge in a battleground district in Michigan has alarmed Democratic party officials once said Black U.S. political leaders are a “pillar” of the “capitalist, imperialist” American establishment whose backing for Democratic leadership “defangs the white left.”

William Lawrence, a co-founder of the Sunrise Movement who is running for the Democratic nomination in the state’s 7th congressional district, made his comments on the Sept. 10, 2024 episode of his podcast, Hegemonicon, which featured conversations about social movements and politics.

“The extent to which the older generation of Black political leadership are such a pillar, frankly, for establishment, capitalist, imperialist American power through their role as this kind of traditionalist, establishment-ist pillar of the Democratic Party, it’s a big problem,” Lawrence said around the 41:48 mark of the podcast. “It’s a big problem for left politics in this country. And it gets us every single time. It really defangs the white left and puts us in impossible positions, really.”

Lawrence said Friday he regrets his past comments, which were part of a conversation about Black liberation with his guest, Khury Petersen-Smith, a young Black activist and the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.

“I have tremendous respect for Black community leaders, who have been at the forefront of the fight for freedom for centuries,” he told HuffPost in a statement. “This was in the context of a wide-ranging conversation with a guest on the show about racial dynamics in progressive politics. I regret how this specific point was expressed.”

Look at him being defanged.  

In one sign that the party’s establishment is freaking out about Lawrence’s bid, a Democratic political action committee called “Crush MAGA PAC” is spending $532,000 on a new attack ad against him in his Michigan district.
...
Parts of the ad are incredibly misleading. The investments in “Wall Street, big oil, and data centers” refer to the $11,000 in his retirement fund.

So, in other words, it's completely true? Investing in capital instead of giving mutual aid.

[DavidCroquet]

A progressive House candidate [...] said [...]

“establishment, capitalist, imperialist [...] traditionalist, establishment-ist"

[filler]

china is based and redlag pilled 

[filler]

[Potato]

The fruitcakes have denied more charities much needed funding. 

[HaughtyFrank]

Honestly I think this is one of the biggest reasons for the Odyssey backlash. (well, not all of it, Lupita as Helen would probably always make some people mad, but a good chunk)

In 2014 The Rock played Hercules and no one cared that the most famous fictional Greek hero was played by a Black/Polynesian guy. When I googled to find whether there was a controversy surrounding it every article was just about the movie being bad. "A rare miss from The Rock". And not like social media wasn't big back then. Gamergate kicked off in 2014 and just two years later Trump would tweet himself into the white house
But now the culture has shifted to representation mattering more than ever. Anytime a studio makes a movie about a specific culture it'll be a huge part of the PR cycle to emphasize how important it was to stay true to the culture and characters even if it's entirely fictional like Moana. It's only logical that at some point people notice how this never seems to apply to western cultures.

[HaughtyFrank]

Anyway, back to the important stuff

[Ethan]

Speaking of Ubisoft and ancient Greece historical accuracy, I've started replaying AC:Odyssey and:
-Half the soldiers and bandits are women  
-Probably a third of greek women are black (or extremely sun-burned) 


Thankfully, it still hasn't been censored and the giant statue of Zeus with his dick out is still towering over Kefalonia.

[Alpacx]

[HaughtyFrank]

[benji]

edit:

[Propagandhim]

The fruitcakes have denied more charities much needed funding. 

My first instinct when reading this was, "Okay, there's going to be some guy in the comments that's going to find some "AND YET ISRAEL" shit and it was the first reply

[Rendle]

My first instinct when reading this was, "Okay, there's going to be some guy in the comments that's going to find some "AND YET ISRAEL" shit and it was the first reply

That's why I'll never watch a Kevin Bacon film, you're only a couple of connections away from some pretty bad people

[Polident]

My first instinct when reading this was, "Okay, there's going to be some guy in the comments that's going to find some "AND YET ISRAEL" shit and it was the first reply

They’re doing Games Done Quick Germany and not calling the event “Blitzkrieg”?

[HaughtyFrank]

Sounds like Serkis won't follow Rings of Power diversity. Wonder how that will go over

[Potato]

The Shire is literally meant to be like an English village. Same small minds, same xenophobia, same gossip and envy underneath with the same polite manners on the surface.

[HaughtyFrank]

Booooooo