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Defcon levels are about preparing for defense not attack. I think your bias is showing.

DFHippie 4y ago
When the government speaks of defcon levels, they don't speak of going "defcon X on somebody". This template is borrowed from expression like "going medieval on your ass", which is clearly not about preparing for defense. What would it mean to prepare for defense on somebody? When you combine that with him using "death con" instead of "defcon" and the tenor of his comments both before and since (posting a swastika?) it is a little hard to imagine he meant he was preparing to defend himself from an attack rather than going on attack. "I'm a little sleepy, but after I wake up I'm going to prepare for an attach By JEWISH PEOPLE." Is this seriously what you think he was saying?
chasd00 4y ago
heh well i seriously doubt Kanye has the slightest clue about the actual meaning of defcon levels. but i was thinking, does this tweet "I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE," incite violence? I don't think it does. Now if he said "when i wake up i want to read on the news how all of you went death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE" that would be inciting violence to me. btw, i'm thankful Taylor Swift is mostly benign, her fans are fanatical to the point of acting like a brain washed cult. Anything she tells them to do is done.
lamontcg 4y ago
"death" con 3 Can't understand how you can be racing to explain and apologize that.
- encryptluks2 4y ago
  So because he said death con (instead of DEFCON), it had some secret meaning that meant something entirely different and you have proof of this where? I am no fan of Kanye, but people see what they want to see. Maybe he was making some trope about the holocaust, but even holocaust denial isn't illegal in the US.
  - lamontcg 4y ago
    This is fucking ridiculous. There's no subjectivity here, and people don't commonly confuse those terms. You're just making shit up.
  - themitigating 4y ago
    "My new secret word for praising a group of people and respecting their culture is death" Nailed it
dorkwood 4y ago
It's probably reasonable to assume Kanye doesn't have a good understanding of Defcon levels though, right? He called it "death con", after all. I think to most people, it's a phrase uttered in movies before war begins.

When the government speaks of defcon levels, they don't speak of going "defcon X on somebody". This template is borrowed from expression like "going medieval on your ass", which is clearly not about preparing for defense. What would it mean to prepare for defense on somebody? When you combine that with him using "death con" instead of "defcon" and the tenor of his comments both before and since (posting a swastika?) it is a little hard to imagine he meant he was preparing to defend himself from an attack rather than going on attack. "I'm a little sleepy, but after I wake up I'm going to prepare for an attach By JEWISH PEOPLE." Is this seriously what you think he was saying?

chasd00 4y ago

heh well i seriously doubt Kanye has the slightest clue about the actual meaning of defcon levels. but i was thinking, does this tweet "I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE," incite violence? I don't think it does. Now if he said "when i wake up i want to read on the news how all of you went death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE" that would be inciting violence to me. btw, i'm thankful Taylor Swift is mostly benign, her fans are fanatical to the point of acting like a brain washed cult. Anything she tells them to do is done.

lamontcg 4y ago

"death" con 3 Can't understand how you can be racing to explain and apologize that.

encryptluks2 4y ago
So because he said death con (instead of DEFCON), it had some secret meaning that meant something entirely different and you have proof of this where? I am no fan of Kanye, but people see what they want to see. Maybe he was making some trope about the holocaust, but even holocaust denial isn't illegal in the US.
- lamontcg 4y ago
  This is fucking ridiculous. There's no subjectivity here, and people don't commonly confuse those terms. You're just making shit up.
- themitigating 4y ago
  "My new secret word for praising a group of people and respecting their culture is death" Nailed it

dorkwood 4y ago

It's probably reasonable to assume Kanye doesn't have a good understanding of Defcon levels though, right? He called it "death con", after all. I think to most people, it's a phrase uttered in movies before war begins.