Oh, there's plenty of inconsistency, and I'm definitely biased, no doubt about it.
(rant ahead, feel free to skip)
Of course, I agree with KG, and it's not really a "joke" for me.
So any answer I give you will be pretty heavily skewed.
That said, I do kind of think the DC thing was a bit overblown, but I also think he turned into a piece of shit who thinks he's allowed to punch down on others, but you aren't allowed to punch down on any group he's part of. "can dish it, can't take it" crowd.
But especially given how successful his career has been (and I fully recognize his struggle in getting started), and continued to be, his complaints fall on deaf ears.
But yeah, I don't claim to be consistent with how I judge people's "in the moment" things, and since the people I oppose have no concept of "consistency" (as well as them actively trying to make people like me and those I love cease to exist) I don't really see a problem with that.
There's no point in fighting fair when you're facing oblivion.
And krashmo this isn't directed at you, if anyone wants to try and tell me that "that's not what they want", I grew up in a pretty republican heavy area, that also attracted a lot of progressive young families, so I've seen more violence directed at other than I care to recount. It's not a "maybe eventually" scenario in my head. It's "now".
I am very much in contact with the younger, far more left leaning crowd, so my experience is definitely skewed against basically anything modern Israel has done.
I do know a couple loud mouthed older generational Jewish folk who would like nothing more than for Israel to be the dominant power on the planet, and will have no issue telling you that you deserve torture and torment for literally infinite time (hell) for even vocally supporting Palestinians.
Literally my first thought was "who the fuck cares"
Whether you find a joke funny or not, or in poor taste, or whatever... "WAAAAAH I GONNA KICK YOU OUT OF THE COUNTRY BECAUSE WORDS HURT" is not the appropriate level of response.
And besides, I thought these fucks were all about being tough, growing a thicker skin, getting over it etc
Suddenly it's not the same when it's one of theirs in the crosshairs this time? Or I guess iron sights, if I read correctly.
I love seeing prison photos from other countries that show how well prisoners can be treated while still being in prison. Countries with extremely low recidivism.
And there are plenty of people I know who would see that and balk, because "that's being too soft"
I've had people insist that stronger punishment over rehabilitation is what you need, and ignore my bringing up that there's decades and decades of data that shows otherwise.
At best, the harsh punishments serve as a deterrent to other people doing similar things that might result in similar punishment, but that just creates new and sneaker crimes and criminals. It's better to rehabilitate, help people turn their poor choices around, and eliminate the cause of the problems that led to the crime in the first place.
But that's "too much work" so might as well not even try, right? As we all know, the light bulb famously was invented on the first couple tries.
When someone tells me I'm being ridiculous for having fun doing [insert thing]
Most recently it was because I was having fun messing with my RC stuff.
Like bitch just because your rc dreams died with that 1:32 scale bulldozer your older brother smashed in a jealous tantrum, doesn't mean I can't have fun designing my own 2ft long RC tank. Yes, I DO have fun driving a little box in circles making dirt fly around.
8 times out of 10 if the person complaining actually tries the thing with you, they also have fun.
I'd rather he rots in a state jail for the rest of his life, and give him the same standard of care as every other inmate. No special treatment. If he needs to be put in solitary "for his own protection" then so be it. It's the system people like him loves to protect.
To be clear, I think the US treatment of prisoners is inhumane and bordering on criminal (and all too often crossing said border) and the whole penal system needs drastic change and made entirely nonprofit, and the constitution needs another Ammendment because the 13th was a mistake.
But that's not the world we live in, and the people who crafted this world should be forced to live in it.
I was once semi-surrounded by coyotes while hiking in some back country with a friend.
I did not have anything except my camping knives and a very small axe for splitting kindling.
My buddy had a compact 9mm in his waistband.
Honestly, I can say an AR would not have made me feel safer. A larger capacity on my sidearm, on the other hand, would. The AR is just too bulky to move quickly in close quarters.
Luckily a single round to the trailside was enough to scare them off, since yelling and throwing things wasn't. We then ran/sprinted a few miles down the trail toward the vehicle before we even considered slowing down.
Not many situations in which either one is something I'm desiring though, and while I'm not a fan of limiting people, I can't say I've ever needed 30rds at once. Honestly, I buy 10rd mags just because they fit very nicely in some cases I already had, and the 30rds don't.
It's a little more obvious when you don't live near anyone, and they have to come down dirty country roads to park across from your property on a DWP service road, and pull out binoculars.
I used to grab my own, and wave at them energetically like I was excited to see them if I had to go somewhere.
A lot of people from my area who went out to escorts clinic-goers got the same treatment.
Nobody ever got stopped, but the moment you were seen doing nefarious things like protecting women seeking Healthcare from harassment or worse, you could expect a police tail within 5 minutes of getting behind the wheel, and cops slowly driving by your house at all hours.
My old laptop is coming up on a decade old, and I want to turn it into a shop computer that runs my various printers and lasers, maybe a cnc mill/lathe one day.
Currently it's just sitting next to everything, waiting to be turned on again, but I don't want to do too much until I get it into some kind of protective casing. Shop duty is rough on computers...
"the only way I'm agreeing to not fight is if THEY can't fight but I'm allowed to keep fighting" says toddler who doesn't understand how logic works yet
I fully believe that the warehouse I work in wastes more plastic in a week than every employee of the company that owns it combined will waste in their whole lives.
Plastic wrapped plastic pallets with plastic boxes, containing plastic wrapped items of plastic.
When the boxes come off the truck, the plastic wrap is removed, large boxes separated to small boxes. Then plastic wrapped again.
From there they go onto shelves, the second set of plastic wrap slowly comes off.
When they're picked up to be moved, they're plastic wrapped.
When they're taken to shipping, they're plastic wrapped.
When they finally go on the pallet that takes them to a store, they're plastic wrapped.
They have two compactors, one is for plastic one is for cardboard, and the conpacted plastic gets tossed into the same huge shipping containers their regular trash goes into.
From my dealings with this warehouse, I do not believe they recycle anything, and that management actively opposes such things (because tHaTs WoKe)
It almost feels pointless to even try sometimes.
BUT the more people who try to go plastic free by choice, and put pressure on companies to reduce plastic use, the more likely change can happen.
But hey, I can't control a multi billion dollar company, although I can sure try to limit my own waste at every opportunity.
You said it better than I could.
Although I'd be lying if I said I think KG is 100% joking.
If he's anything like I want him to be (people never are) he's not even 50% joking.
But either way, it's a lot of BS for an off handed comment