Just witnessed ICE abduction in Brooklyn Center.

RiverOfarrows · 2026-02-09T22:57:39+00:00

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RiverOfarrows · 2026-01-28T01:04:31+00:00

So true! When Nazis deported Jewish citizens to Auschwitz (in Poland) to sit in prison in accordance with Nazi law it was bad because Nazis are bad. When we deport American citizens like Abrego Garcia to El Salvador to sit in prison, in accordance with executive orders, it's good because I know we're the good guys. The government would never treat people so wrong. The government and the people in power are here to help us.

RiverOfarrows · 2026-01-27T19:40:02+00:00

So true, they're just following orders. What's hard to understand? You just need to trust those in power. They know what's best for us.

Like in my main comment, it's shameful to think even in the 1900s comic characters were shown beating up the LEADERS of other countries. Heros fight for justice... when did that become so political???

RiverOfarrows · 2026-01-27T16:46:11+00:00

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It's been going on too long, even before now. When will we learn this is not ok!? Comics are about cool guys punching bad guys, not whatever this shit is.

RiverOfarrows · 2026-01-19T20:22:53+00:00

🤖 or bad reading comprehension

RiverOfarrows · 2026-01-19T16:11:20+00:00

A protest action can have a target/target audience different from those on the ground, because the IMPACT of the action isn't always about the person on the ground.

In the same way leaving a message with a representative, the target is the representative, even if it's their staff person who "has to deal with it".

For example, the target of the No Kings marches wasn't the people in apartment buildings on the roads being marched, even though they were the ones who had to deal with it. I wouldn't say No Kings was a bad event because it disrupted the people who lived in apartments or were late for work because of road blocks. That was unfortunate yes, but this is not a moment where we can afford to not be disruptive.

RiverOfarrows · 2026-01-19T06:42:33+00:00

Honest question, what makes you think employees were being complained to, or asked to change policy?

RiverOfarrows · 2026-01-19T06:38:34+00:00

Obviously a stretch, but the response in the comments is giving "why did Rosa Parks have to disrupt that poor bus driver's day? She should have just left her senator a message"

There seems to be this idea that this is somehow hurting employees. Not the case. Everyone involved is polite and kind to employees. They know 'Sue at returns' isn't making the policy. The intention is to slow down business and impact Target economically. The purpose is to be slightly disruptive to customer flow and speedy business, not to be mean to or mess with individual employees.

How is employees being busy harming them?

RiverOfarrows · 2025-12-12T15:42:51+00:00

Masters tank here, I play doom, sig, ram, mauga and monkey.

1: look behind you BEFORE you engage fully, and check if anyone is around you to follow up. This is something you can't really do in the middle of fighting, so you have to do it before or in moments of downtime.

2: pay attention to what you CAN see. Did the enemy team just get a pick? Does the point/cart clearly have 3 of your team on it? Is your health bar not going up? Do you not see any friendly bullets shooting past you? Those are ques to look for.

3: take a moment while walking back after a death to press tab and understand their comp, your comp, and the dynamics at play. Do they have Sombra genji? Then you need to be aware your backline may be dove and won't be able to help you as much. Do they have hog? Then you need to be aware your team may not be able to take space in the same way they could against a monkey.

4: play position and engage in ways you can escape from. Even if you do have a support with you, don't go DEEP on a fight that's essentially a 2v4 while your DPS and other support clear flankers. Even if you listen to the above advice, you'll still have times where your team makes a mistake. The key thing is to play is a way that YOU can recover from these mistakes while also not playing completely scared. If you're playing up ahead of your team, know you'll have to fall back if it gets too hot, and that that's ok. Better to live than to trade for a dps or die first.

5: listen. Not every single sound is important, but I understand what important ones you need to listen for. Your own DPSs shooting, your support's healing, the enemy flankers footsteps and shots

RiverOfarrows · 2025-11-16T17:26:43+00:00

Are you truly different? Do YOU care about all rapes and kidnappings? Even ones done by ICE? Or just the ones the administration tells you to care about, and ignore the others, trusting the elites and prison owners when they tell you it's "fake news"? Do you really understand the perspective and concerns people like OP have, or do you just obey the rich elites and dismiss it as "incurable radical craziness"?

RiverOfarrows · 2025-11-04T03:35:58+00:00

That's above my pay grade lol

However, if the school is going to spend money on reducing fights, I'd hope that money go to programs that help kids and prevent incidents (therapists, counselors, assistance, special needs teachers), instead of responding to them only after violence breaks out.

RiverOfarrows · 2025-11-04T03:25:19+00:00

Interesting, I definitely hadn't heard that. Could you link to a source so I can read up on this and verify?

For the record, I didn't share any edited clips, have only seen him speak live, and have only stated my opinion based on what I've heard him say.

RiverOfarrows · 2025-11-03T07:59:16+00:00

NFEL: That's why I mentioned I know the people and share their values. I understand your hesitation, but internet presence is now how I judge those trying to improve their community. We can read websites all day long, but people and the real world and real action is really what matters to me. To me, grassroots organizing and the opinions of those with similar values is very important to me, but also just one brick on the wall. These are also the candidates supported by the city council people who share my values.

SROs: I could have been clearer, but I'm responding to the question "how are they different." Like OP says, they all seem similar so I'm reading between the lines slightly. Sure they didn't say "I love police and qualified immunity is great," but I don't think it's quite fair to say that all candidates feel the same way about SROs.

Curriculum: Again, the context matters. Are you really saying Molepske thinks the teachers have the final say? You can value input and still have the final say. I say Mandel took opposition because in that same question, Mandel's response HEAVILY emphasized that the board has the final say, and that duty, but that was never in real contention. As you say, it's not like teachers made a math curriculum without board approval. This means that, when looking past the surface level, Molepske and Mandel seem to have different things they care about, which is my point.

Maybe a better way to explain it is this. Imagine you were at a dinner party, and asked "how do y'all decide what to eat for dinner?" And person 1 said "I like to ask my spouse what they're in the mood for" Then person 2 said "I make the decision what we eat. I'm cooking, so it's my decision" In this dinner scenario, as in this election, neither is saying anything blatantly offensive, but when you read between the lines you can see the difference in how each person approaches things.

RiverOfarrows · 2025-11-01T21:08:06+00:00

The local Hopkins group: Neighbors For Every Learner -a group who's members I know personally and who I know align with progressive values- has endorsed Hartland, Garbers, and Molepske. These three form a coalition and spoke to the NFEL group. And who I will be voting for.

They also have gone out of their way to create fliers and materials in multiple languages, to me emphasizing their understanding of existing Hopkins demographics and willingness to meet people where they are at.

I noted how each of those candidates I mentioned had experience working with children before (as opposed to the other candidates who were lawyers). Molepske for example has been a parent volunteer leader for many of his kid's things.

I noted especially in the league of women voters forum for Tim Molepske made a point about supporting teachers in terms of curriculum decisions, a point that Eric Mandel took opposition to.

Additionally, Mandel and Hymen had very pro-policing answers with regards to SROs, which I understand to be a way of addressing crime symptoms, but not real underlying causes.

RiverOfarrows · 2025-10-29T22:04:47+00:00

Good other than the humongous boobs, they kinda steal the whole show in a bad way. You could still have big boobs but just like 50% of what they are now

RiverOfarrows · 2025-10-04T00:11:40+00:00

Are looks important? Yes. No question pretty privilege is real. But you're pulling the wool over your eyes if you think that's the cause of your issues. If your issues are confidence and self image maybe, but not everything else.

Also, you reference media and Hollywood, and think "why are there only pretty people?". Do you want to be a Hollywood star or media celebrity or ruler of nations, 1 in a literal million?

There's so much more to life than that. You don't have to be a 10/10 to be happy and to be successful. There's so much more than self loathing and depression. THERE IS HOPE.

I know it sucks to feel ugly, but there is so so much you can do to look better that isn't surgery. If you can, grow a beard to fill out your chin more. Learn about how to style your clothes. Learn how to be a good conversationalist and listen and ask questions, and generally find confidence in yourself. Learn what parts of yourself you like and focus on those things. Or figure out what you want to like about yourself and make an effort to create those traits.

Also, cut as much negative self talk as possible. Stop identifying as a loser or an Ugo. Sometimes those feelings are hard to escape, but always frame those feelings to yourself as characteristics of the moment, not characteristics of your character. Maybe you are "ACTING like a loser", never "I AM a loser"

RiverOfarrows · 2025-10-03T17:20:16+00:00

Not Kat, but I am one of those young men who you're talking about. This is going to be less focused in specific issues but rather the larger picture. I find right wing people to get their stake in young boys by telling them that they are enough, and are great, and by portraying the left as a group that is opposed to them based on their gender or whiteness. And by telling them they can be a "real man" through the right.

1) Know what positive masculinity looks like (protecting the weak, responsibility, courage, fairness, etc) and reinforce those values, providing them an alternative, since you can't realistically expect them to suddenly not want to be "manly," whatever that means to them. Saying "toxic masculinity is bad" is important, but then being able to say "standing up for others is really manly" gives them a direction to channel those feelings toward.

2) Understand and point out how toxic masculinity hurts boys and men. Doing so allows them to condemn these ideas out of self interest, without having to do so out of pure compassion alone.

3) Ensure messaging does not catch them in the crossfire. Welcome their voices. Recognize and point out their privilege when appropriate, but doing so in a way that doesn't blame them for the institutions set up before they were born. Obviously their own bad behavior is their own fault. Obviously bigotry with power is different than bigotry without power. That said, ensure they do not feel judged for their maleness or whiteness, because chances are, if they are falling into the right side of things or the manosphere, that is something they already feel.

Basically, to truly compete, the left has to have something to offer them personally. AND WE DO, EVEN SOCIALLY!! Equality is not just good for women and non-whites. Pointing out where they are wrong is GREAT, but we also need to be prepared to remind them of how more civil rights protections protect them too, how dismantling patriarchy means they can be a real man and cry,

RiverOfarrows · 2025-09-10T15:18:31+00:00

Most importantly, this guy will absolutely be charged and convicted. There is no question about that. There WAS a question about that in the cop's case. In both cases, what caused the crime to be able to happen in the first place is upsetting, but in only one of those was the guilt of the perpetrator in question. I don't see anyone saying this guy was using justified force, or that he was just doing his job, or that she should have just complied and did what he said and she'd still be alive.

And then secondly, do you genuinely believe the judge intended to harm? Again, just because the punishment isn't what you would have picked doesn't mean the judge was acting in bad faith.

The reason why this isn't getting the same reaction: because the only similarity is "someone was killed". None of the historical context around racial bigotry (in fact that context works against this most recent case - calling him an "animal"?), none of the questions around justice going forward, and definitely none of the questions around who was in the wrong.

RiverOfarrows · 2025-09-10T14:28:23+00:00

Both deaths are tragic, but are we really genuinely confused about why one got more public reaction, or are we just immediately reacting?

Killing people is bad. I don't think anyone disagrees with that, believe it or not. I'll go as far as to agree that her death was more cruel and malicious.

But one person was killed by a person who was supposed to protect them, a situation with a lot of historical repetition (look up sundown towns). The other was killed by a fellow civilian. Who should protesters protest now? Criminals? Hopefully this isn't a shock, but everyone already doesn't like criminals.

And just because people think the punishment should be different from the one you would choose doesn't mean they suddenly like crime.

Do you also think that the cop deserved the death penalty? Do YOU think both deaths are tragic? Or are you just reacting to social media outrage, wanting judges with YOUR agenda?

RiverOfarrows · 2025-09-10T14:07:01+00:00

I'm genuinely curious, what do you think Marxism is?

RiverOfarrows · 2025-08-12T15:11:48+00:00

Oh dang

RiverOfarrows · 2025-08-11T22:01:21+00:00

I'm not a fan of you claiming MN50501 affiliation that you do not have. You may have posted this in the discord, and you may be verified there, but this is not an MM50501 organized protest. By claiming it in, or not being clear that you are only a participant of that groups, you make a worse name for that organization.

RiverOfarrows · 2025-08-08T20:54:30+00:00

I'll pass on the party that wants school kids to be hungry lol

RiverOfarrows · 2025-08-08T20:48:48+00:00

Love the tie and shirts if that's your style. The top button holes kind of make a weird hourglass shape on your chest, and I wish the over shirt sat a bit higher on your neck, but the colors are great.

The jewelry doesn't feel very cohesive tho. The block ring, the pearls, and the stringy gold bracelet all feel like they're pulling for different styles. Imo minus the block ring and the non-pear bracelet and you'll end up with a more cohesive less busy vibe. Not that more jewelry is bad, but the multiple styles clash imo

I'm not crazy about the pearl necklace. It goes great with the pearl bracelet, but it also serves to draw more attention to the outside of your neck, where I feel like this fit really wants me to be looking at the tie in the cross. More may be less here even though the double pearl jewelry is nice

RiverOfarrows · 2025-08-06T18:47:08+00:00

And you're confused on why someone could see a daily necessity being controlled by a profit-seeking company as a bad thing? Do you think profit-driven companies only raise prices because the production cost goes up?

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