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[bran 14,602]

Just now, sixes unmasked said:

Plus the billions in damages.

And the livelihoods of thousands of people destroyed.

You should just go ahead and get that fucking swastika tattoo you fucking nazi.

[bran 14,602]

Nothing to see here, cops just opening the barricades...

 

[bran 14,602]

So much for the "breeching security" narrative lol.

[sixes unmasked 9,124]

 

[bran 14,602]

 

[sixes unmasked 9,124]

 

[bacardimayne 24,763]

[bran 14,602]

I'm going to use that template for Republicans.

[bacardimayne 24,763]

Twitch removed the PogChamp emote (one of the most used on the site) because the guy in it said the woman who died was a patriot, lol

[bran 14,602]

I'm old enough to remember ANTIFA and BLM planning an event to invade the White House, Trump calling in the National Guard was the equivalent of sending in Nazi SS troops.

[bacardimayne 24,763]

That face belongs to Ryan "Gootecks" Gutierrez, a longtime Street Fighter pro and commentator. Since 2012 and until yesterday, Gutierrez had been immortalized on Twitch in the form of the "PogChamp" chat emote, which portrayed an exaggerated excited face he first made in a 2010 video (the name comes from another meme-worthy video featuring Gutierrez playing with pogs).

 

Twitch's decision to remove the emote (one of its custom chatroom emojis) seems focused on a series of tweets Gutierrez made Wednesday afternoon, expressing sympathy for the "#MAGAMartyr" shot during the violent Pro-Trump mob invasion of the US Capitol Wednesday. Gutierrez went on to ask if her death would lead to "civil unrest" or if she would "die in vain." In the hours before Twitch's decision, a number of people in and around the Twitch community had begun to call attention to Gutierrez's tweets and/or suggest the emote be removed or replaced.

In 2018, Twitch rolled out a new harassment policy that began considering "verifiable hateful or harassing conduct that takes place off-Twitch" in its moderation decisions.

 

"We want the sentiment and use of Pog to live on—its meaning is much bigger than the person depicted or image itself—and it has a big place in Twitch culture," Twitch said as part of its tweeted statement. "However, we can't in good conscience continue to enable use of the image. We will work with the community to design a new emote for the most hype moments on Twitch."

 

[bran 14,602]

1 minute ago, bacardimayne said:

Twitch removed the PogChamp emote (one of the most used on the site) because the guy in it said the woman who died was a patriot, lol

And now a bunch of streamers are threatening to leave lol.

[bran 14,602]

To lighten the mood a bit, Florida woman armed with a knife is also apparently built like a tank... a tank high on meth.

 

[bacardimayne 24,763]

 

[Wilco 1,113]

Why do they think 'they' have chosen now to unmask themselves, go full anti-white, and full tyranny?

[bacardimayne 24,763]

>send in the clowns

>miser immediately posts for the first time in hours/days

[Wilco 1,113]

2 minutes ago, bacardimayne said:

>send in the clowns

>miser immediately posts for the first time in hours/days

 

I come when I'm called

[Pappa FAT 8,690]

2 minutes ago, Wilco said:

 

I come when I'm called

How’s the chink flu treating you?

[Wilco 1,113]

4 minutes ago, Pappa FAT said:

How’s the chink flu treating you?

Mostly back to normal, just more tired than normal. Been sleeping on and off all day the last few days.

[bacardimayne 24,763]

Spoiler

Of all the ways the year could have started out, this might have been the funniest.

Somehow, after months of MAGA's stewing on Facebook and Parler about how they want to start a civil war and getting egged-on by big daddy himself, police decided that they 4 rent-a-cops and an aluminum fence would do the trick. Funny on its own, but to the backdrop of every major city in the country experiencing some sort of civil unrest along with the worst pandemic of the century, it's borderline hilarious.

 

To say that Trump supporters broke into the capitol is a bit of a hyperbole, most straight up walked inside with nobody to stop them, (though a few decided to climb a wall and go through a window despite the door being open???). The overall atmosphere of the crowd could best be summed up as, "I never thought I'd get this far." Beyond the occasional selfie in Pelosi's office and the appropriation of a very conspicuous pedestal, the crowd acted like tourists, staying within the roped-off areas and taking pictures of shit until ushered out. I'm not sure what kind of coup stands around waiting for security to show up, but then again fentanyl-Americans aren't known for their critical thinking skills.

 

A small portion of particularly idiotic supporters decided to try and bust into the Senate floor through a barricade with security pointing loaded guns at them until the unthinkable happened! Thankfully our brave soldiers led by Buffalo Bill himself managed to get inside for some truly unforgettable shots.

 

Authorities eventually decided to show up to stop the worlds laziest insurrection under the orders of Vice-daddy with batons and mace leading to one of the better interviews of the night. The crowds dispersed leading to the truly apocalyptic levels of cleanup that the representatives themselves had to endure.

 

Congress reconvened after a day of unmitigated nonchalance just in time for R's to proclaim they're no longer friends with POTUS anymore and push through Biden. Trump has some dumb platitudes, congress talks about the 25th, and the night is over.

Aftermath is pretty much all big tech companies ban the Don, congress gets fussy with talks of impeachment for the 17th time, and Pence and Trump are no longer on speaking terms.

 

Honestly though, the best part of the night isn't the night itself, but the responses to it.

Conservatives look like hypocritical baffoons (as is tradition) and lose any chance to bitch about looting and rioting after being the "well behaved" ones for 9 months.

 

Congress, after almost a year of completely ignoring large scale rioting has the riots literally show up to their front door and have to flee the capitol like cowards. And by people with diabetes that can barely make it up a flight of stairs no less.

 

"If black people had done this they would have been shot" people look like they have brain worms. Ironically enough, the only time that live ammo has been used on "protestors" this year was on a white woman. Not to mention the fact that there were a ton of non-white MAGAs there.

 

"Riots are the language of the unheard" to "you should resign for helping to start a riot"

 

Trump goes from milquetoast republican president that dropped the ball on coronavirus to insane ideologue that promoted an attempted coup based on nonsense voter fraud allegations.

 

And to top it off, the big winner of the night is Joe Biden, who by contrast will appear to be the greatest president of all time. Bush had a 90% approval rating after 9/11 from the country rallying around him. I foresee a similar effect for Joe, but instead of it taking a whole 9/11, only one dumb bitch had to get shot in the face.

 

Truly a night to remember.

 

[bacardimayne 24,763]

 

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[Pappa FAT 8,690]

5 minutes ago, bacardimayne said:

 

This guy knows how to win, he should be in politics

[bran 14,602]

16 minutes ago, bacardimayne said:

The fucked up thing is the woman who was shot and killed, police in tactical gear with assault rifles were coming up the stairs and were just a few feet away when she was shot.