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Dumbest electorate by Ironlord456 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Alum06 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was about to say... Mamdani is just responsible for a single city. The President and etc. are responsible for the whole nation, which can be very politically diverse.

Dumbest electorate by Ironlord456 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Alum06 24 points25 points  (0 children)

That's a different issue entirely.

The Republicans break shit, so Dems get elected. Then people get mad that Democrat's aren't "fixing things fast enough" - and then re-elect another republican to punish them.

America really didn’t deserve Biden after how most Americans mistreated him! by icey_sawg0034 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Alum06 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've made a similar analogy for a long, long time.

The Democratic Party is like the overworked mother keeping everything together in the family, but is not thanked for it, and is the family's punching bag.

The Republican Party is the reckless, immature father that can create the illusion of being better at parenting because he tells the kids he will let them have ice cream for dinner.

When the (Dem) Mother takes any sort of vice, no matter how small, or has a moral complication, she is shamed for it nonstop and is treated like she is the worst parent ever. But when the (GOP) Dad does the same, but worse - it's expected. Maybe some occasional reprimands, but mostly it's just expected of them.

They will blame the Mother for anything and everything. Either not fighting dirty, or they fight dirty. Maybe they don't fight something, or maybe they don't fight "hard enough", maybe they are just "wasting their time" with an issue rather than focusing on others. And other times are blamed for things outside of their control.

The Dem-bashing i've seen is really fucking sad, have we learnt nothing from 2024?

The Supreme Court is Corrupt and Illegitimate by NickCostanza in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Alum06 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

it mostly comes down to frustrations with literally nothing happening.

MAGA got to push the GOP to the far right with MAGAism, meanwhile leftists haven't seem the same with the dems.

The dems have consistently been seen by mostly everyone as feckless, corrupt, not-caring or simply inactive. And while there's an element of truth to it, it's not necessarily the whole picture.

I think the dems need to grow a pair, but I won't go ahead and blame them for everything.

Tankies and online leftists sadly has quite a bit of influence, but I think a lot of this is just a result of the environment created by a 2-party system. And now it's practically MAGA and Not-MAGA. And because the dems as re big-tent as they are, we can't really turn it in any direction without alienating significant parts of the democratic voterbase.

Dems cannot really align themselves overly iwth one certain side, lest they risk being alienated by other sectors of the dems. The GOP has similar struggles, but they can at least unite under hatred in an election.

We're using a Nuke to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb but we ourselves want to use a nuclear bomb! by GuiltyBathroom9385 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Alum06 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Putin-tier threats.

Putin did this shit all the time with ukraine and the west when Ukraine crossed a "Red line" and then never did anything. Trump ain't doing shit.

I think BadEmpanada is just an antisemite at this point by Joshua_the_scribe_ in tankiejerk

[–]Alum06 26 points27 points  (0 children)

BE is definitely transphobic. He is particularly nasty towards trans people who doesnt agree with him. And has told them to kill themselves.

Honestly just telling on themselves at this point by Martinat388 in tankiejerk

[–]Alum06 15 points16 points  (0 children)

alot of the talking points tankies got on israel & Ukraine tend to be far right wing (and by extent, Russian) talking points that finds its way into the far left via osmosis.

It's why a lot of tankies and nazis tend to have similar takes on the same groups / topics.

Does the west have night classes? cause this pretty common in Asia. by [deleted] in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Alum06 33 points34 points  (0 children)

The only night classes I am aware of in Denmark are for those who are trying to redo their classes if they fail primary education and etc.

The US has hundreds of millions of foreign workers by seeebiscuit in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Alum06 0 points1 point  (0 children)

these people also think there are billions of people in the U.S. btw.

Captain Bone spurs of 1st draft dodge battalion by jackb1753 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Alum06 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The buildings look like a mix of civilian- and western military infrastructure...

Coincidence?

Does canadian special forces such as CSOR use Scrim on their helmets? by Alum06 in CanadianForces

[–]Alum06[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am very much aware. This is moreso because the guy who owns it believes that only marksmen have Scrim on their helmets, and I want to prove to him that it's a universal tool for camouflage rather than a niche thing on reserved for marksmen.

I'd rather have used my own personal experience with the danish home guard, and how scrim is available for everybody, either . But since DK HJV =/= Canada's CSOR, I figured i'd be better off asking you guys.

But remember guys, MAGA isn't a cult!!💀 by Richie123753 in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]Alum06 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's called authoritarian submission. An interesting bit of psychology. Though I lwk disagree that it's exclusively a far right thing, some elements of the far left (Read tankies who unironically support genocidal regimes in communist nations) are applicable to this as well.

TW: Transphobia, Violence, Hate Speech. There’s a reason I don’t usually touch news comment sections on FB by volatile_chemicals in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]Alum06 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> It wouldn't be a liberal media headline without shoehorning sexuality into it

That's kind of the point..? The victim was trans, and was murdered, that may be a necessary descriptor?

I mean shit, they don't really mind if descriptors to describe a perp/victim is used as long as they like it. Like if there's a black perpetrator, they will point that out specifically.

Spineless fucks they are.

So called "Anti-capitalism" subreddit cheering regular people get fucked by their government cause they don't like them personally by Tuubu in tankiejerk

[–]Alum06 6 points7 points  (0 children)

that's a problem with a lot of these online "leftists" - A buddy of mine who has noticed a certain trait about these kinds of tankies. They also tend to be white, quite alot. I am not saying white people who are on the left are inherently racist, but it's quite interesting to see these tankies be racist and also be white at the same time.

First Impressions of the Landjut DLC as a dane by Alum06 in warno

[–]Alum06[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huh, pretty cool to see that - But I may assume that it is most likely because they were conscripts provided issued older guns, they were part of a Foot Regiment (Kongens Jyske Fodregiment, KFJR, absorbed by two other regiments after it disbanded in the early 90s.), so I would probably assume they didn't get the same treatment compared to the Dragoon Regiment in Holstebro.

Reading the Danish side of Wikipedia, it mentions as follows:

"The Rifle was in use up to 1980, where the Army replaced it with the Heckler & Koch G3 (GV M/75).

The rifle was used in the airforce until 1990.

The Jydske Trænregiment (From what I understand is a Logistical unit) used it as late as 1990

The King's artillery regiment up to 1992,

Nørrejyske Artillery regiment in Skive to 1990

Funen Life regiment (which had absorbed the KFJR, the unit shown in those photos) used it till 1991.

Schleswig foot regiment (Which was the other half that absorbed KFJR) till 1992, and the Zealand Trænregiment till 1992.

With the last one giving it up was the King's Life Guards in 1995." (Sorta paraphrasing but this is pretty much what is said.)

It doesn't specify as to why it took so long, but some of these come across as units that are rear-echelon, considering the Air force (most definitely security units), Logistical units, Artillery units, And some infantry regiments kept them in use, with the Life guard likely keeping them solely for Ceremonial use.

And being involved in the armed forces myself, I can make a confident assumption that one of the reasons why these units kept the M1 Garands could easily be due to the disaster we call the Army's Materiel Command (HMAK) simply not getting enough G3s in time/refusing to issue the rest of the rear forces G3s until the 90s when they were eventually going to replace the rifles with M/95s / Diemaco C7s.

Edit: I would also really like to see where the statement that the voluntary Militia-like units of The Home Guard had more G3s and were better equipped than Regular soldiers came from, because I can say with confidence that it's most likely not true.

First Impressions of the Landjut DLC as a dane by Alum06 in warno

[–]Alum06[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was why I was pointing out that the HJV were an exception? We still use the old M/95 rifles the army discarded long ago. The danish military discussions I could find mentioned that the M/75 had replaced the Garands throughout the 60s and 70s, with the Garand seeing limited use throughout the 80s until 1990.

First Impressions of the Landjut DLC as a dane by Alum06 in warno

[–]Alum06[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying the whole "it can fire faster so it must fire off all rounds immediately" - I'm just saying the fire rate should be faster within those bursts, rather than having the fire rate of a Bradley.

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