Funny events in anti-woke world

[Agema]

I'm a little surprised it was that few protesters hospitalised. I saw police smashing indiscriminately at peoples' heads with batons (not people attacking them, note; just people who had been pushed into their riot shields), and they were carried away with blood streaming down. I saw police charge horses into a crowd once. And there was hours of kettling.

I doubt the police send them to hospital unless needed. Otherwise, they will probably leave it to the individual whether to seek further care. Plenty of those individuals will probably decline: some might feel okay and not want to cause a fuss generally, some might to prefer to just GTFO because they are shocked and afraid the police will charge them, etc. The police will be fine with this. After all, people hospitalised will be documented, and the more hospitalised the more it looks bad for the police.

In contrast, of course, I bet the police are very keen to ensure that any hurt police officers go to hospital and are well publicised to emphasise their hard work and suffering. Although I am sure the police are also motivated by genuine duty of care for their colleagues as well.

 

[bluegate]

Ultimate Snowflakes strike again.

DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.

www.404media.co

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.

The study, which was conducted by the National Institute of Justice and hosted on a DOJ website was available there at least until September 12, 2025, according to an archive of the page saved by the Wayback Machine.

“The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs is currently reviewing its websites and materials in accordance with recent Executive Orders and related guidance,” reads a message on the page where the study was formerly hosted. “During this review, some pages and publications will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.”

Shortly after Donald Trump took office he issued an executive order that forced government agencies to scrub their sites of any mention of “diversity,” “gender,” “DEI,” and other “forbidden words” and perceived notions of “wokeness.” The executive order impacted every government agency, including NASA, and was a huge waste of engineers’ time.

We don’t know why the study about far-right extremist violence was removed recently, but it comes immediately after the assassination of conservative personality Charlie Kirk, accusations from the administration that the left is responsible for most of the political violence in the country, and a renewed commitment from the administration to crack down on the “radical left.”

Archive link to the study

https://web.archive.org/web/20250911165140if_/https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/306123.pdf

 

[Agema]

Ultimate Snowflakes strike again.

Yeah, maybe.

Unless they really are gearing up to cancel democracy in the USA, in which case this is preparation.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Ultimate Snowflakes strike again.

DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.

www.404media.co

Archive link to the study

https://web.archive.org/web/20250911165140if_/https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/306123.pdf

It doesn't fit the narrative of "only brown and black people can be terrorists; white people are just 'confused patriots'".

 

[crimson5pheonix]

At this rate they're going to say Epstein did nothing wrong just to deny Trump is a pedo.

 

[Chimpzy]

At this rate they're going to say Epstein did nothing wrong just to deny Trump is a pedo.

There never was an Epstein. The photos and videos? Just some random unrelated dude called, eh, Ipsteen.

Anyway, speaking of

Led By Donkeys attacks ‘Orwellian’ arrests after Trump Windsor projections

Exclusive: Campaign group says it was behind stunt that showed images of Trump and Epstein on castle tower

www.theguardian.com

 

[Schadrach]

If he did, he would've been charged, tried, and convicted of being an insurrectionist. Not one of those 3 things have happened.

...and then SCOTUS would have bailed him out, just like they do for anything else that might hypothetically involve him being punished for a crime. Public speaking is part of his role as POTUS after all, and thus nothing connected to him giving a speech can be a crime. Trump v US, the president is above the law.

Unless they really are gearing up to cancel democracy in the USA, in which case this is preparation.

My personal pet hypothetical is that either in the midterms if they feel secure in it or come next presidential election we'll see the Trump admin stationing ICE at polling places for "election security" "to keep illegals from voting". The real purpose will be to harass non-white voters and drive down turnout. After all, a recent SCOTUS shadow docket judgement suggests that they are amenable to the idea that ICE can use race in and of itself as probable cause for arrest, and it will only take a few getting arrested for voting while Latino to drive down turnout. And in basically all cases, lower turnout favors Republicans.

 

[Chimpzy]

 

[Thaluikhain]

If he did, he would've been charged, tried, and convicted of being an insurrectionist. Not one of those 3 things have happened.

 

[Schadrach]

At this rate they're going to say Epstein did nothing wrong just to deny Trump is a pedo.

I'm not generally a fan, but every now and then they get something close.

 

[Agema]

My personal pet hypothetical is that either in the midterms if they feel secure in it or come next presidential election we'll see the Trump admin stationing ICE at polling places for "election security" "to keep illegals from voting". The real purpose will be to harass non-white voters and drive down turnout. After all, a recent SCOTUS shadow docket judgement suggests that they are amenable to the idea that ICE can use race in and of itself as probable cause for arrest, and it will only take a few getting arrested for voting while Latino to drive down turnout. And in basically all cases, lower turnout favors Republicans.

Yes, I find this horribly plausible.

If it's a tight election, it will probably come down to half a dozen battleground states. Democratic votes are concentrated in major cities. So probably with just a few urban crackdowns to suppress voter turnout, the Republicans can decisively swing themselves an election. What would stop them? A lot of the battleground states are Republican-run, and I don't see them resisting. And even if any of the states protest, what power do they actually have, especially when all legal roads lead to hopelessly biased SCOTUS?

I think all this would be technically legal. Manifestly undemocratic and unethical, but it's the law that matters. The only recourse for Democrats would be civil resistance... and that could play straight into the rights narrative of the left as criminals, terrorists traitors and rebels.

When I think about how far the USA has fallen, it's that the USA is at the point where we can see clear ways for Trump to legally steal an election win. We should not even be here, but he's bulldozed so many of the barriers. It remains to be seen whether he actually will do that, but...

 

[Phoenixmgs]

...and then SCOTUS would have bailed him out, just like they do for anything else that might hypothetically involve him being punished for a crime. Public speaking is part of his role as POTUS after all, and thus nothing connected to him giving a speech can be a crime. Trump v US, the president is above the law.

The SCOTUS ruling happened like a year back. Where was the at least charge and trial of Trump being in insurrectionist before that? Also, if you're only going to base it on his speaking; yeah, that's not going anywhere regardless of any SCOTUS decision.

 

[Chimpzy]

Chairman Comer Invites CEOs of Discord, Steam, Twitch, and Reddit to Testify on Radicalization of Online Forum Users - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

oversight.house.gov

Alas, I'm sfraid we didn't make the cut

 

[Phoenixmgs]

Chairman Comer Invites CEOs of Discord, Steam, Twitch, and Reddit to Testify on Radicalization of Online Forum Users - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

oversight.house.gov

Alas, I'm sfraid we didn't make the cut

It's the algorithmic content that is the main cause for people becoming so extreme, not really online forums. You click on some video you agree with ideologically, and you keep getting inundated with same type of videos with the same message over and over and over again and you can't even compute that JUST maybe other people have a point or that you could be wrong.

 

[Agema]

Chairman Comer Invites CEOs of Discord, Steam, Twitch, and Reddit to Testify on Radicalization of Online Forum Users - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

oversight.house.gov

Alas, I'm sfraid we didn't make the cut

What the fuck do the CEOs know about the topic?

Seriously, who thinks CEOs pay any meaningful attention to that? Their job is glad-handing other important people, figuring out how to screw favourable tax breaks out of the government, what smaller companies they need to buy up for "synergy" or just to kill competition, and decide how much they can degrade their platform for money without losing too much custom.

What the CEO will do is tell someone in his company (or ChatGPT) to write a report that makes his company look good rather than answers the issues. He'll then blather a few of these talking points at the gormless, braying politicos overseeing the theatre show that justifies their salaries, and then go home in his limo.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Chairman Comer Invites CEOs of Discord, Steam, Twitch, and Reddit to Testify on Radicalization of Online Forum Users - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

oversight.house.gov

Alas, I'm sfraid we didn't make the cut

Bogus! We're totally radical!

What the fuck do the CEOs know about the topic?

The committee doesn't want to know about the topic. The committee wants rich people to make regretful-sounding noises and empty promises of change (and campaign contributions to make the whole thing blow over).

 

[meiam]

Yes, I find this horribly plausible.

If it's a tight election, it will probably come down to half a dozen battleground states. Democratic votes are concentrated in major cities. So probably with just a few urban crackdowns to suppress voter turnout, the Republicans can decisively swing themselves an election. What would stop them? A lot of the battleground states are Republican-run, and I don't see them resisting. And even if any of the states protest, what power do they actually have, especially when all legal roads lead to hopelessly biased SCOTUS?

I think all this would be technically legal. Manifestly undemocratic and unethical, but it's the law that matters. The only recourse for Democrats would be civil resistance... and that could play straight into the rights narrative of the left as criminals, terrorists traitors and rebels.

When I think about how far the USA has fallen, it's that the USA is at the point where we can see clear ways for Trump to legally steal an election win. We should not even be here, but he's bulldozed so many of the barriers. It remains to be seen whether he actually will do that, but...

At this point the only realistic way the country managed to get out of the slippery slope to authoritarianism is for Trump missmanagement of the economy to effect people so much that they start seriously losing life quality, but before the administration has time to fully establish a north korean like regime. Most people see politic as a form of entertainment/sport team match, they don't make a connection between their life and the government, mostly because the government run fairly well regardless of who's in charge (because while both party differ on a lot of point, they mostly left the bureaucracy alone to get things running) and things don't change that much after most election (since any mismanagement is just absorbed by the debt).

Ironically, the best things democrat can do is just let Trump have his way on most things so that everything keep cratering. Maybe they were really effective all along, 4D chess move.

 

[Agema]

Ironically, the best things democrat can do is just let Trump have his way on most things so that everything keep cratering. Maybe they were really effective all along, 4D chess move.

So, in other words, the only thing that's going to save US democracy is a massive recession.

 

[meiam]

So, in other words, the only thing that's going to save US democracy is a massive recession.

I just don't see how else it could go, rigging the midterm/presidential will be very easy, they have so many way to do it without actually doing it, SCOTUS will excuse just about anything short of stuffing the ballot (and even that might not be off limit). Most of the media has been completely captured, see Kimmel being fired over nothing and Trump slap suit against the NYT, WSJ, etc.

The 1/3 that worship Trump and the 1/3 that is so ill inform that they they think both side are the same will never see any of that until its too late. The only way for them to get that information is for the information to kick them in the face, like say if they go to store and all the shelves are empty or they get fired from their job in mass layoff/company failing. At that point, they'll switch to "well I never supported Trump in the first place", and no one else will be left defending him.

 

[Chimpzy]

Macrons to submit scientific evidence to US court to prove Brigitte was not born a man

French president and wife allege rightwing influencer Candace Owens is using defamatory attacks against them to boost media profile

www.theguardian.com