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[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 94 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That’s because back the blue is just a more polite way to say the 14 words

[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

Wait I don't get this one. What's the 14 words? I'm an elder millennial and sometimes I miss the new slang.

Edit thanks for the quick answers.

[–] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 11 points 2 weeks ago

I remember seeing some wild story in 2020 about someone getting banned from some game because their name was something like corona1488 but corona was their last name and Jan 4th 1988 was their birthday. I think they were able to get it fixed and maybe they changed their in game name too.

[–] neoman4426@fedia.io 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't remember the exact words off the top of my head and too lazy to look it up, but it's a neonazi dog whistle. Something about 'protecting the future of the white children'

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

It's not even a dog whistle. It's deafening.

[–] Atropos@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

It's a Nazi thing I am pretty sure

[–] JaymesRS 9 points 2 weeks ago

The 14 words part Is adequately explained below, but in case you are unfamiliar as well, often 14 will be used in conjunction with the number 88 as well for HH or Heil Hitler.

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’m also an elder millennial and I learned about it from the incredible podcast “Weird Little Guys”. I cannot recommend it enough. Such a good show.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I listen to a lot of their shows, and I think “Weird Little Guys” is the best of them. And I just love “Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff”. But Molly Conger is just so good. The music is perfect, the narration is good, the stories… umm suck but they are important to know about, it is funny, I’ve cried multiple times, etc. “Weird Little Guys” just is so fucking good.

[–] daqu@feddit.org 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You are not too old, you are just not hanging around the right people.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

These 14 words don't really have the "punchy" characteristic I'd expect from a slogan.

Fake Nazi graffiti

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Haha that failed swatiska!

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, and they only remembered 11 words (poorly). I don't expect more from Nazi vandals, which is why I drew it that way.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

Emphasis on right

[–] DarkenLM@kbin.earth 8 points 2 weeks ago

"Fuck it, I do not care how big the room is, I cast fireball?"

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 57 points 2 weeks ago

I’ve always liked this meme format, and this is one of the best uses of it I’ve seen.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 53 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Luckily we don't have to put up with this misinformation again.

I will repeat myself one last time.

She had a record number of convictions for cannabis. She had the lowest number of convictions resulting in jail time.

She went after banks that affected her district. They did not like that one bit.

There's a bunch more stuff. But this is plainly a shitty attempt at painting Harris supporters as relying on some form of cognitive dissonance.

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

another 100% truthful post from return2ozma

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

is there a history I don't know about? lol

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 42 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

To be fair, Harris had a contentious relationship with cops, when--IIRC--she didn't pursue the death penalty for a cop killer.

Prosecutors have to work with police, but aren't police. Prosecutors want to win, because that's how they get elected. When cops do dumb, illegal shit, prosecutors get pissed because then they can't win a case. Cops usually blame prosecutors for not locking everyone up. Prosecutors get pissed at cops, because cops botch investigations and make stupid, illegal arrests.

Of the two, I have much more respect for prosecutors. Prosecutors are often very good attorneys (in their field).

To reiterate a point: district attorney are elected. The public expects them to win cases. When they don't, even if it's because cops are handing them steaming piles of garbage, they tend to lose their jobs. Shitty, but true. We may say ACAB, but when it comes down to it, a prosecutor that refuses to, for instance, prosecute certain low-level crimes will tend to get voted out of office because it pisses off the constituents.

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

a prosecutor that refuses to, for instance, prosecute certain low-level crimes will tend to get voted out of office because it pisses off the constituents.

unless it's US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, then Republicans can just say no to whatever we vote for.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Fair enough.

I don't really think that D.C. should be a state, but I think that it should have more autonomy for the administration of the city than it has.

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Puerto Rico needs it more than we do but Republicans annually propose a removal of our voting rights.

They genuinely want to see DC burn.

[–] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 35 points 2 weeks ago

what crazy times we live in!

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

ITT: people who don't know what "cop" means

Edit: prosecutors are cops, judges are cops, spooks are cops, etc

[–] Zess@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

But usually only cops practice street justice with no due process or consequences. Never saw a prosecutor suffocate someone to death for being accused of a petty crime or shoot a kid for holding a toy.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Cops are to prosecutors as worker bees are to their queen. Cops take their marching orders from prosecutors. If ACAB, it is because prosecutors want them to be.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Hilarious

Well, I had a sensible chuckle at least.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As long as you kept it civil.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Doing my part to tone down the rhetoric!

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago

Can I wake up now? I just want to wake up.

[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That prosecutor wants to legalize marijuana...

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wait, I thought she needed Congress to do that? Is she making a promise that the Senate needs to be filled to do?