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[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 4 points 3 hours ago

I mean, terrorism is just politically motivated violence.

This country was founded by terrorists.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

They want to make Luigi an example. "Don't do what he did, he's being quickly processed with terrorism added to the charges. You don't wanna be a terrorist do you?"

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 11 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

... and in other news: Insurance CEOs are some of the best human beings walking on this Earth! Just this morning, one of them gave $50 to a homeless person who lost everything paying a hospital bill. What a golden heart!

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

I misread that as golem heart.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 54 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

They are terrified. He did terrorize their class. So maybe just maybe being a terrorist isn’t bad, it depends on who you terrorize?

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 10 points 7 hours ago

The only difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is your point of view.

[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 28 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

funny how murikans are Super against gun violence all of a sudden when it happened to a rich white male.. but not so much when its a class full of poor kids

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 0 points 1 hour ago

Do you actually have a point? Innocent children slain: bad. Evil leech that has a large part in oppressing us - maybe not so bad.

Do you really think the dude being white has anything to do with it? Pretty sure "CEO of health insurance company" is a sufficient descriptor and race has nothing to do with it

[–] knexcar@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Seems like most Americans are pro Luigi, but the government isn’t

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

The government and their bosses

[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

The kids were already born, they don't give a shit about them after that

[–] dogsoahC@lemm.ee 75 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

It pretty neatly fits the definition of (individual) terrorism (which doesn't really exist). It was an act of violence, not based on personal grievance with the direct victim, but based on grievance with the system he represented. But, yeah, they probably wouldn't ever pull that when someone gets murdered for racist reasons, which you could also classify as terrorism.

🎶 Because it's about class and not about justice. 🎶

[–] MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 8 points 10 hours ago

For what it's worth, we do have hate crime laws that are supposed to be used in cases where racism is at play. I'm not saying it's always used, but we do have additional penalties for it.

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 hours ago

This is kinda the OG definition of terrorism actually. Back when 19th century anarchists invented this hot new direct action political tactic called terrorism. It was all the rage, for a while, but it backfired and increased public sympathy towards the bourgeoisie and the nobility.

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 37 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, trying to upcharge this from murder to "terrorism" is going to backfire spectacularly in the prosecutor's face.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 19 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Let's hope. But as we all know truth is financially dictated in our "justice" system, so it is a gamble.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 23 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I love how they media seems shocked whenever they find Americans who have been radicalized, when one of their counterparts have been radicalized Americans for the last handful of decades.

[–] HeartyOfGlass@lemm.ee 19 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

That's on purpose - by acting shocked they expect viewers to react the same way. It's essentially telling their audience how to feel about the story without outright saying "you should feel like this".

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

The same way the laugh track in sitcoms ques the audience to know that something was supposed to be funny. Try watching those shows without the laugh track and see how funny they feel or how often you laugh

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 75 points 16 hours ago (17 children)
[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 1 points 4 hours ago

Oof! Ha ha

PD: How do I ban people who post hard truths?

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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 8 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

That might be a good thing, because making a terrorism charge stick ~~is going to be~~ should in a just world be really really difficult.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

Is it a separate charge?

He can still be convicted for 1st degree.

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[–] sumguyonline@lemmy.world 43 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Who do we charge with terrorism for people being forced to watch their loved ones die from preventable causes that were denied treatment and cures by insurance companies? Asking for some revolutionaries I might or might not know.

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