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Cake day: October 13th, 2023

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  • For those unfamiliar:

    The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, was the bombing and destruction of residential homes in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by the Philadelphia Police Department during an armed standoff with MOVE, a black liberation organization. As Philadelphia police attempted to evict MOVE members from a house, they were shot at. Philadelphia police then dropped two explosive devices from a helicopter onto the roof of the occupied house. The Philadelphia Police Department allowed the resulting fire to burn out of control, destroying 61 previously evacuated neighboring homes over two city blocks and leaving 250 people homeless. Six adults and five children were killed in the attack, with one adult and one child surviving. A lawsuit in federal court found that the city used excessive force and violated constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure.




















  • Being told you’re insipid isn’t an insult, but it does fit with you wanting to feel superior about an answer. You are being impetuous and acting childish, which is a statement of fact and not an insult, though it might feel like one because I think you might feel as though you deserve to be treated better than you treat others. You have consistently mocked others and argued in bad faith, so telling you that should give you a moment to self-reflect and treat others better.

    Yeah, who gives a shit about the cultural history of humanity, am I right? After destroying paintings, maybe the can go after other things of cultural significance! Bulldoze the Great Serpent Mound! Blow up Angkor Wat! Carve rude words into the Elgin Marbles!

    Stuff like this is bad faith. Especially when no paintings were harmed in the demonstration, and yet you overreact to everything. You should consider overreacting to the fucking planet being killed for 20% growth year over year. You would look better and be right.

    If you wish to conclude that the actions are correlated in a different way, please feel free to state another possibility, but these do show evidence that Just Stop Oil is being an influential force, and dismissing it with the age-old cornocau is, frankly, giving up.

    Quoted for posterity.

    • Edited for syntax