The local Portland chapter of the World Naked Bike Ride group posted, "Emergency World Naked Bike Ride coming up in response to the militarization of our city. Plans are being worked on."

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[–] 181 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Yesss, force the gravy seals to look at peen.

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    Why the fuck do they have to be gay? Like why do gay people always have to be blamed for the hate? Just because there's been a few closeted pieces of shit doesn't mean every fascist is.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Every fascist is a closeted piece of shit, but it has nothing to do with sexuality. They all know deep in their hearts that they're fascists, but they act and claim that they're not the fascist, it's everyone else who's a fascist. And they resort to violence anytime someone points out that they're a fascist, because everyone was raised to understand that fascists are weak, scared, little cosplay strongpeople, and their only defense is offense.

    The closeted homophobia could be a contributing factor for some, but the closeted "fasciphobia" is very real for almost all of them. There are those few who proudly call themselves fascists, and they strike fear into the hearts of every closeted fasciphobe who are not yet willing to be seen shoulder to shoulder with an openly fascist pile of crap.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I think this is more accurate a year ago. Also let's not lend queer language to them.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Is "closeted" queer language? I've never found consistent etymology or history of the word, but language is obviously driven by society. I really hope I haven't been offending my friends throwing around that word all William-Nilliam... I'm not the most tapped-in person to culture, and even then, I'm unbelievably slow to catch on.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    ‘Hate only exists because of closeted queers’ is a fucked up sentiment. Most bigots are bigots for reasons that have nothing to do with their sexuality. Look at who’s running the government, you don’t think there’s a financial and political incentive to be a bigot right now? Straight people aren’t all upright paragons of morality who would never hurt people out of hate. I cannot emphasize enough how regressive it is to blame social problems on queers, no matter how you dress it up.

    If you want to have a discussion about the psychological effects of being in the closet and try to relate that to hurting others, then it’s important to first understand that most closeted people hurt themselves if they hurt anyone, and in general aren’t fucking fascists. The only group that voted less for Trump than queer people was black women.

    This whole sentiment that Trump appointees and party members are all f*ggots in the closet is based entirely in confirmation bias. You don’t remember the ones that are straight because that’s unremarkable to you.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Oh I hate Fords, must be because I secretly love Fords! What a shitty take that you literally can't apply to a single actual situation. Name 10 fascist you think are closeted, then we'll talk about the homophobia you just performed by assuming people are queer.

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  • [+] -8 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Good job attacking an ally for having an imperfect argument.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Imperfect argument? You read the other comments in this thread and then commented "hate only exists because of closeted queers". Maybe accept mild criticism when you make bigoted statements.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Nobody ever had to say keep Portland weird. We all trust them to keep themselves weird

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  • Yeah, Austin started using it because of the immense amount of external pressure to conform to Texas’ otherwise rural conservative mindset, plus the internal pressure from the (again, conservative) state legislature being located there. The motto was a rebellion against that pressure. But Portland hasn’t been historically pressured in the same way.

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  • [–] 106 points 1 year ago

    If ever there has been a time to call for an emergency naked bike ride, this is it.

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  • [–] 49 points 1 year ago

    Im not near Portland but will be naked in solidarity

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  • [–] 48 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    Remember male folk you can't be arrested (anyplace I know of anyway) for wearing a speedo and conservatives hate it.

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  • [–] 42 points 1 year ago* (11 children)

    depends on the state for women too iirc

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I lived in Seattle for a while and got used to the nudity, imagine my sadness moving to Arkansas which bans any public nudity "within view" of the opposite sex (hello gay campgrounds) - but last year I saw a lesbian go topless at Pride and I was SO happy! My straight neighbor made it a point to mention how she didn't care for that, and I'm like, it's our event lady, don't come.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Having lived near Seattle most of my life and visiting for any number of festivals, sporting events, visiting family, the zoo, parks, a weekly bocce league, I never once saw a topless woman except for at the solstice parade.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Red being "ambiguous" and blue being "no" is certainly a choice

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Man, I hate these maps. Sure, it's still shaped like the US, but the states are in totally incorrect places. For example, VA is three states in on this map. Functionality is more important than esthetics.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago

    Just in case ICE comes to kidnap everyone, it would be nice if the bystanders wore extra clothes they could lend the nakies because it's cold in the KKKamps

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago

    But we don't have good healthcare here... at least wear sunblock and knee/elbow pads and a helmet.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    F'Yeah! Portland knows how to weird out, or is that out weird, these weirdos

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Quck question, how uncomfortable is it to ride a bike while naked? Sounds pretty awful. Any accidental castrations?

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago*

    Send arrest photos.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    This is the sort of protest we needed.

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  • That's it, people! We've reached peak Portland!

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  • I would love to go to that

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    Probably do more to stop them than making friends with them would.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    https://www.reddit.com/r/ENLIGHTENEDCENTRISM/comments/eryn6l/the_you_need_to_shut_the_fuck_up_about_daryl/

    Greetings! You have been linked here because at some point, you gave a really shitty take on Daryl Davis by suggesting something along the lines of the idea that pacifism and dialogue are more effective tools in fighting racism than direct action, and using Davis as proof. This thread exists to explain why your take is so shitty.

    To be clear, nobody thinks Daryl Davis has bad intents. But he does more harm than good. Let's look at a number of reasons why...

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Ah yes, the guy who single-handedly peacefully ended WW2 by befriending all of the nazis and convincing them to stop their war/genocide.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago (17 children)

    My uncle is a Republican, always has been. His views have only become truly toxic since Obama was elected and a propaganda/hate machine that had been slowly building momentum dropped a gear and went over the horizon. So for less than a 5th of his life he has been an asshole on Facebook and voted Republican and you think he and everyone like him, in the entire country, needs to be exterminated?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (16 children)

    If when somebody goes "Kill nazis!" and your response is "Oh no, not my uncle!"

    Then yes.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago (15 children)

    I am saying that your hyperbole is including people like my uncle you nonce, and it's dangerous. We need to DeNazify, not exterminate. If you're lucky enough to feel otherwise, congratulations I guess, either your family is "pure" or you're lonely as fuck

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    You know what the standard way of de-nazification is, don't you?

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You're all so desperate for violence

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    People like you tolerate them to the point where they can do their nazi shit out in the open. You're part of the problem too. "Mah famerly!" fuck off.

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    "people like you" is Nazi talk brother

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    "No u" isn't as effective as you might imagine. I'm on the side of kill nazis. You can't muddy that water.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I am also on the side of "Kill Nazis"

    The debate is who qualifies, and you are being very extreme.

    Do we exterminate a third of the country?

    If that's what you believe, say "We should exterminate a third of the country"

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    "I'm totally on your side!" Argues against the extermination of nazis

    Maybe I didn't say it loud enough. Fuck. Off.

    "sorry but unless you have a wiki and a 40 point plan, no action can be taken!"

    "Oh but they just don't understand that their actions are leading to extermination camps and genocides!"

    Willful ignorance. And people like you giving them the benefit of the doubt at every turn.

    FUCK OFF!

    If a third of the country are acting like nazis, then yes a third of them deserve what they get when the hammer of justice falls.

    Keep on debating. Super useful. Goddamned apologist.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago*

    And reducing my argument to "No U" is infantilizing and really just a poor insult. It adds nothing to simply accuse someone of a logical fallacy and give no context to the accusation.

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    Are wide saddles recommended for biking in the buff?

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  • [+] -14 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    So I am being called a Nazi apologist for asking why my sort of maga uncle should be put against the wall and shot. Am I not a pure enough leftist because I know and care about people that have been swept up by the propaganda machine, and hope for an outcome for them besides extermination?

    It's really disheartening to hear the people I would fight for and alongside, those I consider myself aligned with, so callously and vehemently wish for the death of such a significant portion of our countrymen.

    Harder still is to have my commitment to something better for our country than blatant capitalist corruption questioned because I don't blindly wish violence on the people I disagree with. You should consider yourself very lucky if you don't have any family or friends that are seemingly lost to the hate machine, and have some compassion for the rest of us that aren't so fortunate.

    If somebody has something better to say that "Nazi Apologist", and has some idea of how we might begin mass deradicalization, I am very interested in that conversation. If all you want to do is downvote me and sling an easy insult without considering what I am bearing my heart to say, that's fine, it's what I have come to expect.

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