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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It doesn't matter their political system or economic alignment, authoritarians always look for unproven or racist ideas to divide others away from themselves. It doesn't matter what race or for which political idea, racism is always bad and corrupts all ideas.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

It’s easier than accepting that all people are capable of good and evil. It’s so easy to decide villains are born that way because then the targets are easy and you’re definitely a good person.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

well said. Shame they don't see that

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I’m just going to continue to be happy I don’t know what Hexbear is…

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Probably best to add it to your instance blocklist now and nip that shit in the bud before you do.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're on .world, which defederated ages ago.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I thought hexbear defederated from world

I know they defederated from SJW, oh man, it was hilarious. They were all hyping themselves up that they have an entire ocean to dunk with and then they lost their safespace and they quickly folded. It didn't even last a day before they admitted defeat and ran back to their safespace.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Huh. I never realised sh.itjust.works kinda shares an acronym with Social Justice Warriors. I think I'd prefer SIW given how it's punctuated, but SJW does indeed work too.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

You've likely interacted with some of their terminally-online dungeon denizens before. They have authoritarian takes that would embarrass fascists, but they call everyone else Nazis. Truly a special and unique crowd over there.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What did Rammstein do again?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Gave groupies better seating so they could have easy access to them after shows. Potentially drugging some of them although that was never proven.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rammstein#Concert_misconduct_allegations

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago

I saw them in Philly a few years ago. At the end of the show they had their cam feed point to women to flash the camera. Whoever was directing the feed kept cutting back to one woman who was obviously not comfortable with it, definitely left a bad taste in my mouth

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It finally became news that rock bands take advantage of groupies? What's next? A rapper actually murdering someone? A polka tuba player eating an entire cake?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Originally posted by @[email protected] but the post didn't focus on this

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If I pay someone to do a sex crime to me, do I get in trouble or spare them the trouble?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Unfortunately illegal is illegal so, yes, they probably would be prosecuted. It’s the “crime” bit that matters. I think there was a German (lol) cannibal who consensually ate some bits of people. Prosecuted.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He had a really great TV though.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You both get in trouble, that's prostitution!

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