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John Brown did no wrong. The Boston Tea Party was political violence. Stonewall was a riot.

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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 6d

In case I somehow reach anyone with views that a civil war in the US would be acceptable or winnable, it is neither. Even if you think you are on the other side you need to understand this. People are still being murdered from the fallout of The Troubles.

Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 6d

The Troubles were a civil war and exactly what we'd get with a population 220 times larger.

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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 1h

The general vector is pretty similar today. I really look forward to arguing with my liberal mother about whether cash aid should be means tested.

Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 1h

Rocks. Rocks are nothing. You literally can't respond to rocks, it just encourages more rocks. I was a guy sticking out of the top of a truck in Kandahar City many times. Rocks are nothing. You don't respond.

Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 1h

Ok but now you have to.

Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 1h

It is going to happen. I doubt it will be crushed. He certainly will fracture the social order.

Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 1h

Matthew 18:9. As a suggestion.

Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 1h

Bro needs to pluck out his eye.

Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 1h

If society were better I promise anarchist socialists, democratic socialists, and liberals would stop agreeing quite as much.

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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 2h

Was she arrested for asserting her 4th amendment rights?

Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 2h

He's about to pay himself $150m but that's separate, of course.

Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 2h

Just remember, if you are on such a jury, that the deliberations are considered sacrosanct and you don't have to explain why you vote "not guilty." We won't be applying a name or title to this theory.

Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 2h

I mean, if you make it to a trial it depends on who your jury is. Expect uniformed cops to show up at key moments and fill the observation.

Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 2h

Fucking Bingo. He has about a year to do meaningful policy to support and defend trans Californians. Nothing he says matters after that. So far he's failing hard.

Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 2h

Fairly sure he enjoys humiliation.

Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 3h

Oh, cool, a crime.

Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 4h

They tried to fly out of CDG. That's a poor choice to escape Paris even when the police aren't looking for you.

Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 10h

The enforcement mechanisms are broken. They won't be charged, can't be sued, and won't be fired.

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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 11h

That makes more sense than being racist, because he expects to die and also expects the bleeding to stop as his body dumps adrenaline into his system. Rendering the bleeding problem moot and irrelevant in the long term.

Racists, unfortunately are still here. They are worse than exsanguination.

Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 12h

Ok, imagine I'm someone who understands SHA and the elements behind building a trusted firmware deployment. Imagine I also understand ppk and https. What does a smart contract add to this puzzle?

Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 12h

I grew up in Seattle, I enjoy rain. Honestly I think it is a really fun place for machine nerds. There are other important places to visit in San Francisco.

Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 13h

If you ever make your way to San Francisco you could check out their cable cars, still running, and the museum. Old isn't always obsolete. Go when the weather is bad for the best experience. Shorter lines.

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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 13h

Yeah, most internet scanners went dark a while ago

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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah, I think you nailed it there. That is why we have things like LOAC and the Geneva Conventions. It's very easy to go black and white when it is really quite grey. Saying it's ok to shoot the enemy soldiers but not civilians is hard but necessary.

Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 14h

That's all fair, however the al-Awlaki strike is part of why we are where we are today. You can point to other decisions, other strikes, but Obama moved the ball in the undesirable direction.

Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 15h

Do your broader point (which isn't yours, personally), the rules of war require every effort be expended to prevent civilian casualties. A suicide bomber, or nuclear weapon, does the opposite. I will point out I don't consider Commanders in chief, defense ministers, etc. as civilians.

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Brian @someonenamedbrian.bsky.social · 15h

That, to me, is closer to a Kamakazie attack on a legitimate target. I think the example from Fail Safe might be closer to the mark. I find the latter kind of response similarly repugnant. Nuclear weapons are not useful in ensuring global peace.

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