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Car brain <---> Fascism.

One more lane ---> Ethnic cleansing.

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[–] megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 129 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

It’s so transparent

Like, it’s just a catch all dodge to avoid addressing the root causes of problems. Oh, traffics bad? No, don’t question suburban development patterns, don’t question planing policy, don’t question whether it’s realistic or practical for everyone to own and operate personal cars. That could undermine the profitability of various special interests. Instead, blame it on these vulnerable populations who we can visibly brutalize for you.

Edit: to be clear, this is just one facet of the scape goating of immigrants and other vulnerable groups to avoid having to have difficult fights with powerful special interests.

[–] KingGordon@lemmy.world 55 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Fully scapegoating.

You beat your wife? Its the immigrants who took your job to make you do that.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 42 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

40% of police officers liked this

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

40% of police officers publicly admitted to liking this

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago

the other 60% loved it

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[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 weeks ago

And they say the police don’t improve over the decades! Back in my day the number, whatever it really is, would have been higher

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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Charlie Kirk pretty much always argues in bad faith.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have no idea why anyone with two brain cells to rub together even listens to him.

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Don’t question corporations forcing people to come into an office to work on a computer all day.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

"But boss....I have a computer at home? Why do I need to come here to do what I just did at home for 2 years?"

"BACK TO WORK, DICKHEAD!"

[–] griff@lemmings.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Blame on those with more melanin levels in their skin

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 45 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Narrator: It did not help solve that.

[–] match@pawb.social 29 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Charlie Kirk thinks mass deportations will clear his skin and enlarge his tiny face

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah. His tiny face makes my skin crawl.

[–] carlossurf@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Generations of his family in breading lol

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[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 24 points 3 weeks ago

What a fucking asshole...

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My toast was burnt this morning. Damn immigrants!!!!!!!1!

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[–] Bonus@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

My whole life I didn't comprehend I was living in Alta California.

[–] aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Way back in the day, a comic (Carlin maybe?) did a less-dumb version of this joke. Something along the lines of “I’m pro-abortion and I’m pro-death-penalty. I’m pro- whatever leads to fewer people on the 405 at rush hour.”

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I remember Carlin doing a bit about being pro abortion, and pro death penalty, but it had nothing to do with cars and traffic. He just did a whole bit where they turn 4 states into prisons that have a live pay per view feed of death fights, so you can watch people die without leaving your couch. He also was in support of legalized betting on these fights.

He would have loved draft kings.

[–] cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDO6HV6xTmI

He was the best :) (Even better that people still misunderstand his humor)

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The crazy part is, that's not even the clip I was thinking about either, but STILL covers a lot of the same topics. So I can see why you'd think I was talking about that one.

[–] cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

He had a lot of takes on these issues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZijLQGH1v0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-bLf4F0PM4

My FAVORITE... just because its crude and quick is this

https://youtu.be/8fO3fmJDNlI?t=150 (1982...)

Sorry... I am a bit of a Carlin fan

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Hey! Whoa! Not cool! That's so offensive!!!

.....and by that, I mean you should never appologize for being a Carlin fan!

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[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'm glad the Adjuster finally came through on that first joke Carlin made. It just took a few decades.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 16 points 3 weeks ago

What a sad, stupid little man.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is actually a slipping of the mask imo. The reaction to the LA demonstrations is so anti-ice/trump/military that Charlie is trawling the dregs of think-tank talking points trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator in LA.

Which is funny, because cops are both blocking roads, including highways, and raiding public transit now.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I also notice a lot less traffic on the west side during Jewish holidays. By this logic, is the suggesting rounding them up, too?

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

"Rounding up Jews and concentrating them in some sort of camp, eh? That's brilliant! Why hasn't anyone thought of doing that before?"

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

How tf would you even know tho is Jewish & who is not?

Perhaps mark them with some sort of fancy embroidery?

(We are going to hell for this, ... which doesn't change my destination, just saying.)

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

"Their religion is symbolized by a Star of David, so why not use that and write Jew on it? And maybe put the word in German because Hey Jude is one of my favorite songs!"

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[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

Car Brain and racism are both reactionary movements

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

He can't wait wearing that Hugo Boss uniform. Or those white blankets.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

uh? emptied houses and apartments will be reoccupied in no time, car dependent infrastructure will remain

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, but this time, it'll be white people, and the housing market will be less competitive.

(and just in case anyone is stupid, yes, that is sarcasm)

[–] match@pawb.social 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

RealPage, Airbnb, and Zillow figuring out a way to make rent go up anyways:

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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Holy shit, just when you think he couldn't look like an even bigger idiot he finds a way.

[–] Brotha_Jaufrey@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Let’s start with Charlie Kirk then

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[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

So when all the immigrants are gone and they still hate themselves, and the country....then what?

[–] match@pawb.social 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Then it's the queers next and the commies and then the unmarried women.

I think union members and muslims go before unmarried women.

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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I think falling from a great height is too kind a Disney fate for Charlie Kirk. Perhaps he should be permanently turned into a kitten to suffer the effervescent (grabby, drooling) adulations of small children for all of eternity.

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[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

He has to be killed.

[–] MetalMachine@feddit.nl 3 points 3 weeks ago
[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Traffic problems? What would North Korea do?

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