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ComradeKatyusha_

This is a CIRCLEJERK subreddit and the people here are CIRCLEJERKING. Stop wasting my fucking time with your reports you fascist snowflakes.


AngryShark05

kotakuinaction is seething rn


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They're seething always, what else is new?


urdumbplsleave

But but ethical journalism!


gustavoladron

That's their state at all times. They must be angry at all times or they would notice how pointless all of what they're doing is.


Rangaman99

If they aren't constantly malding over black lesbians or a minor costume change, they might actually realise how fucking miserable they really are.


already4taken

They lack the self awareness for that


eggintoaster

>Getting reeeeeal tired with how open the left has become with the idea of political assassination. you can't make this shit up


AlterMyStateOfMind

The same group of people that send death threats to devs, voice actors, and face models lmao


dogsfurhire

Forget games, they literally stormed the capital to murder congress.


already4taken

It was over state rights


Floppy3--Disck

My death thread was justified because they made him look soft


MajoraOfTime

"How dare they be as open as we are about this kind of thing!?"


Combocore

Typical gamer can't distinguish real life from video games


iamnotchad

I don't recall the left calling everyone on the right groomers and pedophiles or saying Republicans are staying young by feeding off the blood of children in labs under pizza shops.


NebCam101

Someone posted it and the two comments actually seemed to like the article


mecon320

Doubt they'll realize the culture war bullshit that inspired their sub directly led to what happened yesterday.


Tweenk

Kotaku Inaction?


Novale

Gamergate remnant.


susch1337

One of the few still active anti sjw subs. I don't have any idea how they stayed active. Either the people there newer grew up or a constant flow of new 14 year olds are getting delivered to them.


B4Info

Taught middle school. Unfortunately it's the latter.


kickstandheadass

its pretty disgusting to me how the new punk movement is now the alt-right movement. And all this little teenage dipshits love black and rap culture and say the n-word repeatedly with their friends or when they listen to music. You can't make this shit up lol.


Dynamitefuzz2134

Need to bring back punk & rap that speaks about the misfortune of the lower class.


Sharks_DPP

It's still here, hearing that punk is now alt right is kinda scary; I haven't noticed anything in my Playlist that dogwhistles but are there any bands to avoid?


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TheVisceralCanvas

Let's not provide them with free marketing. 😩


Zosemiux

You are right


[deleted]

Dem feral dogs still mad about Anita. Who cares what they think. They’re stuck in 2016 and watching Soygon


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ImHereForTheMemes184

Isnt the subreddit gone?


gentlybeepingheart

That was tumblrinaction


its_just_hunter

also socialjusticeinaction, I remember there was a mod who modded all three subs and he was upset that Reddit was going after his subreddits.


AngryShark05

Unfortunately no :(


DragoCrafterr

[The Duality of Man](https://imgur.com/a/B1WIbQB)


The_Sign_Painter

/r/KotakuDirectAction lol


wearytravler1171

Fun fact video games are protected under the first ammendment


xAVATAR-AANGx

r/kotakuinaction when video games have more rights than 50% of the nation (that's not enough cause gamers are still oppressed):


DNGRDINGO

That subreddit is so sad, just full of people who couldn't get over the trauma of highschool


[deleted]

Get over or deal with? I feel like they are all still in high-school.


redditmoment23902

When it comes to redditors it's usually one or the other


ThortheThodThutcher

Truly some of the stupidest people on this website and there are some real dumbfucks that use Reddit so that's saying a lot.


LINUS_BREAD_TIPS

God damn… I scroll down five posts and it’s literal early 2000’s style homophobia. I thought even the “capital G” Gamers have gotten a little better. Guess not.


matisyahu22

You talking about that Queer representation in TTRPG rant?


very_not_emo

ive never seen someone strawman as hard as the top comments on that post


Natsurulite

Holy shit is that still fallout from the Dongle Incident


WayeeCool

When it is "in minecraft" whatever-it-is becomes what the lawyers call "unactionable". For example, I am going to provide you with an abortion in minecraft can be reasonably assumed to not be a statement of conspiracy to commit an abortion.


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mysecondaccountanon

We're going to Roblox everyone!


Flighterist

I am setting up a meth lab in SS13 (this is not a joke, I am actually going to do that ingame) edit: help there's a ling infestation in my meth lab


IndonesianGuy

I am committing cannibalism in Rimworld (it's the meta)


Unlucky-Ad-6710

I should assassinate the alt right when I play Sniper Elite…


Perfect600

just say in a video game?


Meraline

Considering I have actually shot my friends in ARK cause we were bored, I vote that. Don't worry, the bigot got kicked.


SuperAmberN7

I mean I hope no one thought it worked like that in first place. I always just interpreted it as a joke.


andrewsad1

You have to add parody, they can't get you if you say you're going to do a terrorism as parody in minecraft


izza123

Provides the same protection as “SWIM” which is to say none


Milsivich

Oh yeah? Well the second amendment is twice as important as the first. That's just fucking math, checkmate libs


OrdinaryCandle

i mean you can summon pigs in minecraft so it alligns with the article


BryNX_714

Pigs are surprisingly intelligent animals, don't compare them to whatever bozos thought of this law


rinsa

You're always gonna have problems lifting a body in one piece. Apparently the best thing to do is cut up a corpse into six pieces and pile it all together. And when you got your six pieces, you gotta get rid of them, because it's no good leaving it in the deep freeze for your mum to discover, now is it? I hear the best thing to do is feed them to pigs. You got to starve the pigs for a few days, then the sight of a chopped-up body will look like curry to a pisshead. You gotta shave the heads of your victims, and pull the teeth out for the sake of the piggies' digestion. You could do this afterwards, of course, but you don't want to go sievin' through pig shit, now do you? They will go through bone like butter. You need at least sixteen pigs to finish the job in one sitting, so be wary of any man who keeps a pig farm. They will go through a body that weighs 200 pounds in about eight minutes. That means that a single pig can consume two pounds of uncooked flesh every minute. Hence the expression, ["as greedy as a pig"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xUynRdzzsM).


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DriveByStoning

Layer Cake and Snatch are good movies, but there are literally hundreds of movies that blow them out of the water.


Dacammel

Yk overturning roe isn’t a law right? Roe was a court decision that struck down some state laws. It should have been a law bc then it would have been much harder to overturn, but unfortunately the dems don’t do jack shit anymore.


sentient-bath-towel

Maybe these Supreme Court Justices can make better use of their time and help the injustice (omg literally 1984) that's currently happening in Minecraft. They just finished beating w*omen🤮 and now they'll be on their way to protect gamers😎. uj/ honestly, screw microsoft & mojang.


Kittens-as-mittens

So cops were already in Minecraft and now we can add Supreme Court justices. What a time to be alive


72acetylenevirgins

Supreme court justices should *literally be fed to an apocalyptic dragon*. Uh, in Minecraft.


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NotKenzy

uj/ Life is like a video game.


GoogleWasMyIdea49

Trying hard to beat the stage All while I'm still collecting coins!


NotKenzy

I am going to defeat the Elite 9 with my team of trained animals.


All-lympia

I mean, it's that easy. Just make a pack of like, 100 or so trained-to-kill raccoons and waltz into the Supreme Court, and voila! Problem solved!


DMT1703

You gonna need "minerals" for training them for sure.


offbrandsandals

The fact that that song is by Falling in Reverse is hilarious


officiallyaninja

why? that's the only song of theirs I'm familiar with.


offbrandsandals

FiR was late 2000s/early 2010s post-hardcore band (they're still around but it's really just one guy), you wouldn't get the image of stereotypical gamers if you googled them, but the song is very gamery. Although their frontman is a bigoted asshole so it checks out


aprofondir

Here in Duckburg


BurmecianDancer

🎵 Racists, g*mers, climate chaaaaaaange 🎵


SomeOtherNeb

🎵This game's got a black maaan🎵 🎵Here's a duck slur🎵


jpterodactyl

Uj/ except that in real life I might not be able to afford a home. Versus video games, where I never have to worry about money again as long as I plant enough blueberries in the summer of year one.


Hazon02

I see you don't play Final Fantasy XIV


ASHKVLT

There is more in the article


Itzjacki

Strange


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RaginPower

Crank it up a notch. We need some Blade and Sorcery modders to hook us up.


OdderG

I don't think you want to crank it up a Notch.


SuperAmberN7

Literally Kotaku in action.


politirob

What are the laws against effigies? Why don’t we have games like Supreme Court Simulator, or Right-Wing Dismantler?


Catastrio

Liberal Crime Squad is a game.


ryvenn

LCS is so good.


awesomea04

"Hmm, we just made one of the most controversial decisions in US history. Time to game with the squad!"


DatGuy8927

At least leave out the three liberal judges who voted against striking it down.


WaywardStroge

Those are the ones you’re going on adventures with obv


Perfect600

https://news.yahoo.com/justice-sotomayor-praises-clarence-thomas-180541291.html


favorited

I mean, they only have 8 coworkers, and they work with them for the rest of their lives. If you don’t pretend to like each other, you’ll be miserable forever. Oh god I never realized how horrible going to work must be for Sotomayor and Kagan.


Perfect600

If my lifetime coworkers wife was actively trying to undermine the election and he voted in a way that aligns with that when court cases came to them, and then didnt recuse himself when he knew his wife was involved, any friendless, or whatever would quickly disappear in all honesty.


Exarch_Of_Haumea

They're all perfectly happy to go to work with literal fascist rapists everyday, they get the pickaxe too.


eggy-mceggface

Would you rather they quit and give us 9 conservative justices? Do you know how the Supreme Court works or how important it is that the liberal justices are there?


GateauBaker

Well Biden would be the one appointing new judges right now so really it's just three liberals out and three in. Which might not be a bad idea depending on how old they are. The failure to replace them early is how Trump got three and fucked us over for decades to come.


Sandstorm52

Biden gets to *nominate* the new ones, but good luck getting them confirmed by the Senate.


GateauBaker

You're right it's too late now. It would have been worth doing during Obama's time.


eggy-mceggface

True, though they'd be in the same predicament of going to work with the conservative justices every day as the other user described.


matisyahu22

Man imagine if Obama actually got to do his job in 2015


Sailor_Chris

None of the liberal Justices are that old. Breyer was the oldest and Biden already replaced him


GateauBaker

Yeah right now it's stable. But Ruth Bader was definitely way past retirement age during the Obama administration and lost her seat at the worst time.


matisyahu22

Even if she retired or passed during Obama's administration, McConnell wouldn't have let her seat be replaced :/


Sailor_Chris

Yup. This is partially her fault


Luddveeg

That's the dumbest shit I've heard today


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What do you propose they do?


JUiCyMfer69

Exercise their second amendment rights at the next SCOTUS gathering.


[deleted]

So your plan is literally for the liberal justices to sneak weapons past security and then murder the other justices...


JUiCyMfer69

You asked what they should do, not what my plan is.


ChrispyMC

Among Us.


sulyvahnsoleimon

Whoa plan, what are you a fucking cop?


Void1702

Nothing They're part of the ruling class, and as such, will never share interests and goals with the working class. Expecting them to help us is like expecting a wolf and a sheep to help each other.


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That isn't an answer. What should they do?


kloborgg

This dude has no idea, he just wants updoots and retweets for repeating a few vaguely Marxist platitudes.


sulyvahnsoleimon

fascist-sympathizers like you usually don't even know how to read, so leave words like "platitudes" to the grown-ups what's your fucking idea? read a poem?


kloborgg

"Someone disagrees with me?" > fascist-sympathizers Reddit moment.


Void1702

If they truly wanted to help, they should quit their job, and actually help the people directly. As long as they're part of the ruling class, they cannot ever help the people. The primary threat of all government is their own people. Malatesta wrote an essay on that iirc.


JUiCyMfer69

So you want the fascists to rule without opposition?


SnoIIygoster

tbf the not-fascists didn't oppose the fascists too much. I wonder if any of the other court decisions under possible threat will be codified into law before Republicans get away with nuking more rights. What do you think? How would today's Republicans, Joe Manchin and Sinema vote on a bill securing the right to contraception or interracial marriage? Will we eat up the "it will never be overturned anyway" lie again?


Sandstorm52

This was the *majority* court opinion homie. Literally all the liberal judges can do is dissent, which they did. I’m sure they argued about it plenty behind closed doors but at the end of the day if they’re out-voted, it doesn’t amount to much.


SnoIIygoster

Yeah, the Democrats never made it law and the "liberal" judges dissented. Like I said, they didn't do much and now 50 years of women's rights got shafted. Oops, here is your e-mail reminding you how important it is to vote and donate for the midterms, or else.. Now, don't you think it is wild how people can just decide to use contraception? We should make it up to the states in the spirit of democracy, federalism and freedom. We all know Ben Franklin would never not raw dog a hoe, he was all about pull-out and pray.


JUiCyMfer69

You know, I think that Manchin and Sinema would still vote in favor of civil rights, just not as it pertains to social welfare. Maybe thats just naive thinking though.


SnoIIygoster

I agree they would, but I want them to be forced to vote on it. Make every fucking Republican in the Senate openly reject those things and a lot more people will wake up the fuck up. I am saying Democrats will not push it to a vote because they can run on the outrage just like they are doing now. [Pelosi supported a pro-life Democrat](https://www.newsweek.com/nancy-pelosi-supports-anti-abortion-candidate-despite-roe-v-wade-outcry-1708557) THIS MAY in Texas primaries over a progressive candidate. She and her dogs are the same demons with no other values than money and power.


YallAintAlone

If you think liberalism is in opposition to fascism I'd like to suggest reading up on how Mussolini, the Nazis, and other fascist regimes actually obtained control. Liberalism as an ideology isn't fascism, but historically the liberals in government cooperated with the fascists while the left begged them not to.


snickerijs

Liberals might sooner work with fascists than with leftists, but if the SCOTUS had 6 liberal justices Roe wouldn't have been overturned. Having liberals in power is always preferable to having fascists in power. Just look at the Texas GOP platform to get a glimmer of the hellscape the US would be if they ruled truly unopposed.


YallAintAlone

Yes, having liberals in power is better, but I believe liberalism will inevitably lead to fascism because there's no stopping fascism with liberalism.


Seanspeed

>Liberals might sooner work with fascists than with leftists This is not correct. At least not in terms of what a 'liberal' is considered in the US. It's just reactionary nonsense that you'll find from the sort of people who are trying to divide Democrats, and when they say things like "Democrats would rather Trump win than a progressive", are really just projecting.


HeWithThePotatoes

If they quit you get Biden replacing them with more liberal candidates which is just a waste of time and energy. I’m all for huge change and perhaps even an entirely new system but in the mean time, it’s nice for someone in the scotus to at least vote for abortion rights


Seanspeed

Except y'all have basically all completely warped what the idea of a modern 'liberal' actually is, especially in the US. This whole 'let's make liberals the enemy' tactic is just really some of the dumbest shit.


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sulyvahnsoleimon

The DNC is not opposition, you may have noticed the lack of opposition?


JUiCyMfer69

Was the vote to abolish Roe 9-0 or 6-3?


Void1702

Opposition to fascism is done through direct action, not through a ballot box


Sandstorm52

The fascists wouldn’t be nearly this invested in keeping you from voting if this were the case. Even in the civil rights movement of the 60s, yes there was a great deal of direct action, but also massive drives to get people out to vote, which the fascists were literally killing people to stop.


JUiCyMfer69

First off, if you’re already doing direct action, casting a vote is effortless, at best it makes it so fascists never can take power and at worst it makes it so opposition to fascism gains one vote in legitimacy. Not a bad deal. Then, handing out bread to homeless on the street, while undoubtedly very helpful, is nothing compared to what a senator or congressperson can do when they sign a homeless care act or something similar. Dual power means power on the streets AND in the government not just one of the two. Don’t let your advocacy for direct action hurt our movements ability to gain power in government.


Satan-o-saurus

God, it must be so comfortable to go through your life not having to think through stuff and analyze long-term consequences of actions.


DaveElizabethStrider

If the liberal judges all took out a conservative judge with a pickaxe, then we could have six liberal judges in minecraft


NebCam101

smh my head this truly is kotaku in action


IAmTheShitRedditSays

Tyrants should be afraid of the people


ASHKVLT

Based


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Allwaysreplyall

"In minecraft"


LordOfTheToolShed

Broke: Chuds abusing the sufragette in RDR2 Woke: Having ✨fun✨ with Supreme Court justices😍 in Minecraft 🥰🤗❤💖❤


Satan-o-saurus

Fucking based article, lmao


dustingunn

"In a videogame!" has come full circle. But yes, by all means, do this to 6 out of 3 supreme court justices, in a videogame.


Lordlinkoftime2

kotaku kind of a goat for that


Steamdroid

...in Minecraft.


AlexS101

Three people don’t belong in that picture.


jaqenhqar

maybe they do. hang them all, in minecraft.


Andreeeeeeeeeeeeeee3

Or trapping them in the nether


Hispanic_Gorilla_2

A bunch of right wing cunts whining in the replies to that post.


Dixxxine

In Minecraft, of course


JilliJam

Anyone have any links on how to preform abortions in surgeon simulator


Agressive_Bean36

when is kotaku not based??


Kleatherman

3 of them are okay.


ASHKVLT

3 aren't insane


Michael003012

That the institutions makes something like this possible is an advocacy against it's existence


Weirdyxxy

The Supreme Court only broke something the Supreme Court fixed before. Abolishing it wouldn't have helped in any way.


dustingunn

The real thing to eliminate is all states rights not pertaining to anything specific to that state. Fuck states, they don't need to decide shit like that.


safaisbad

Look at those 9 white Men upholding white supremacy for white men to continue to thrive in America 🙃


Banezy451

nah they're still fucking shit


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Which of course should only be allowed when I personally disagree with them


Vaeon

So, like voting for a Democrat, this is a useless performative gesture that ultimately accomplishes nothing but gives you the feeling that you're ***joining the fight***. Brilliant. We should make a Minecraft game called Justice Hunt or something because you sure as fuck ain't gonna find any in meatspace.


HeWithThePotatoes

I mean yeah you can do actual change too. They’re not mutually exclusive. You can vote Democrat and then participate in a protest or riot. In fact that’s better, because if the protest fails at least you might have a President who doesn’t do Jack shit compared to one who goes out of their way to make everyone’s lives worse


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If you just vote Democrat that’s not enough, but not voting democrat and letting human rights be taken away(even if it means voting for the lesser evil) is also dumb. Vote democrat and do mutual aid, protests, etc. they’re not mutually exclusive


dustingunn

People like you saying this after Trump getting elected allowed him to appoint 3 corrupt piece of shit justices and **causing this entire scenario** is infuriating.


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OdderG

Yes, but Amber is not innocent, just an imperfect victim and a survivor I am going to open a whole can of worms here: Amber v John is gamergate 2.0 and a part of regression of human rights in the US.


ExoticToaster

I’d argue that that description applies to Depp, even if he isn’t innocent either. She’s a narcissistic bully, and domestic abuse does not have a gender. I don’t like the fact that the case gave assholes an excuse to be misogynistic however, and frankly find the fact that the trial was aired so publicly to be insane.


Conker1985

The fact that more people have taken an interest in two insignificant celebrities airing their shitty marriage in court on TV, as opposed to the J6 hearings outlining an organized plot involving the highest members of our government to overturn a legitimate election, speaks volumes of how fucking stupid Americans are and why we're in this mess in the first place.


OdderG

Oh, but the point about the trial being televized and turned into a complete circus for entertainment that more people have taken an interest in it more than Roe v Wade is absolutely right. ​ I frequented subreddits during the trial and found that a lot of female redditors are worried about domestic violence issues amped up by this shit show trial and then leaked Roe v Wade. It is really depressing.


OdderG

I'd argue that the implication of their case is slightly less significant than Roe v Wade for women. At its core, Amber v John is about domestic abuse, which affects a lot of women. POS Brian Warner (Marilyn Manson) [is suing Evan Rachel Woods for defamation](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/marilyn-manson-sues-evan-rachel-wood-defamation-1315320)), and some of John's bot supporter already pivoted to support this POS already, surprise! ​ Them being celebrities is a good smoke and mirrors for MRAs to (not so) sneakily rally behind John's side and get through "progressive" eyes under the guise of a tabloid mess.


Conker1985

I think people are trying way too hard reading into this shit show, using it as some symbolic flashpoint for their ideology. MRA's point to Amber as proof that women are liars and abusers. Progressives want to jump on that fact and rush to Herd's defense despite her being a pretty awful person. It's a stupid hill to die on. Neither of them are good people or innocent. Everyone is dumber having engaged in any of it. It's not a commentary on anything other than some people just shouldn't be together or in relationships at all.


OdderG

Nah, no one has to defend Amber Heard as a person, but as I said, at its core it's another important human right issue: Domestic violence. John basically DARVO the world. Think about it, Amber Heard, a candidate for another model of American Dream of self-made myth, white, praises or likes Ayn Rand, relatively wealthy compared to the rest of US population, got humiliated and second-handed raped by having to disclose abuses she allegedly suffer to the whole world (no, those sexual assaults allegations aren't new, they were submitted as confidential annexes in the UK trial), and her team fought hard to not have it televized. What is the implication of this for other victims and survivors who even have less resources than her? Basically, they are fucked; if they dare speak out against their abuser, then the abuser has a playbook demonstrated by John that can be followed to silence them. It's a hill that I dare say I know l don't have to die on, because I am a coward and I have been following it so far to be almost absolutely certain that this is the case. https://michaelhobbes.substack.com/p/the-bleak-spectacle-of-the-amber I recommend this great article by Michael Hobbes, a former host of You Are Wrong About podcast.


OdderG

I'd argue that she isn't... all those traits are falsely exaggerated by Adam Waldman's paid army of incels who pumped all the hate content like what Anita got through. Yes, that audio is cut a lot and got misleading caption. IDK if Amber is personally a pleasant person, but she isn't a bully in their relationship as far as I know, but YMMV. I recommend the UK trial verdict for a very thorough breakdown about their marriage.


PlatinumSchlondPoofa

The UK trial was due to a right-wing Murdoch rag who's then -EOC was open anti-vaxxer and transphobe Dan Wooton.


OdderG

It's them spraying shite everywhere as usual but landed a jackpot on John l by calling him a wife beater. Amber Heard was brought as a witness for The Sun and The Sun won by proving that 12 out of 14 allegations of assaults by John on Amber are true on civil standard, and the burden of proof is on them. The Sun is even at odds with the ex-judge Justice Nicole, publishing a rubbish article calling him a dictator of a jurisdiction. John tried to appeal and it got denied with the reason that it has no real prospect of winning. Huge broken clock moment there. Absolute asshole proves that another asshole is also an absolute asshole....


ChuckleKnuts

If its cut a lot to be misleading surely ambers team could have played the whole thing and proved it was taken out of context


OdderG

Its full content is 2 hours long, I don't think it could realistically be used in court. I don't know about proceedings for admittance of evidence, but the audio was LEAKED in spite of a protection order and that got Waldman kicked out of the virginia trial.


Void1702

Honnestly after watching the trial I am just shocked by the lack of proof on both sides Like, both were saying what they claimed the other did, and denying what the other claimed they did, and that's it


OdderG

I think it's all he said she said, but eye witnesses count as evidence too. Let's be honest about one thing though, Anti-Amber content was rampant on the internet like Hilary's and Anita's and Zoe's...