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"Twitter has also become a social activism tool for socialists, human rights groups, communists, vegetarians, anarchists, religious communities, atheists, polit

"Twitter has also become a social activism tool for socialists, human rights groups, communists, vegetarians, anarchists, religious communities, atheists, political enthusiasts, hacktivists and others to communicate with each other and to send messages to broader audiences" Vegetarians? Vegetarians?! Seriously?

tdavis 18y ago
You'd be surprised by the breadth of social classifications which scare the US Army. We still use "Fag" as a generalized insult. TIME WARP, BABY!
- niels_olson 18y ago
  yeah, I have to admit, I grew up in Kansas and went straight into the military after high school. It has taken a long time to recognize and undo the damaged values they instill you with.
  - DanielBMarkham 18y ago
    All that duty, honor, country stuff? Keep working at recognizing the damage. They say admitting you have a problem is the first step.
    - tdavis 18y ago
      Do you love your Guns? Yeah! God? Yeah! The Government? Fuck Yeah!
pasbesoin 18y ago
Well, there's a plant in Japan that's apparently blogging. And the Swiss have recognized some set of plant rights. By that measure, vegetarians might be no better than murderers. In fact, their relentless focus on the exploitation of flora might even be viewed as a form of terrorism.
- chrisbroadfoot 18y ago
  Vegetarians or vegetation?
colinplamondon 18y ago
heh, I also liked how the tacitly link 'human rights groups' to 'anarchists'.
- DougBTX 18y ago
  Religious communities and atheists. Thou shalt be religious by yourself, otherwise: TERRORISTNAZIONTWITTER!!!
njharman 18y ago
They're not like us. So, you know we should be scared of and hate them. "Terrorists could theoretically use ..." What couldn't terrorists theoretically use? The next successful attack will use things they didn't think of. It's not like we had thought of crashing planes into skyscrapers. Oh wait, we did. This sort of "intel" is an utter waste. The signal to noise ratio sucks so bad it just gets ignored. Military and our leaders need actual information on what the opposition is doing, not theoretics. This is just security theater meant for internal military consumption.

tdavis 18y ago

You'd be surprised by the breadth of social classifications which scare the US Army. We still use "Fag" as a generalized insult. TIME WARP, BABY!

niels_olson 18y ago
yeah, I have to admit, I grew up in Kansas and went straight into the military after high school. It has taken a long time to recognize and undo the damaged values they instill you with.
- DanielBMarkham 18y ago
  All that duty, honor, country stuff? Keep working at recognizing the damage. They say admitting you have a problem is the first step.
  - tdavis 18y ago
    Do you love your Guns? Yeah! God? Yeah! The Government? Fuck Yeah!

pasbesoin 18y ago

Well, there's a plant in Japan that's apparently blogging. And the Swiss have recognized some set of plant rights. By that measure, vegetarians might be no better than murderers. In fact, their relentless focus on the exploitation of flora might even be viewed as a form of terrorism.

chrisbroadfoot 18y ago
Vegetarians or vegetation?

colinplamondon 18y ago

heh, I also liked how the tacitly link 'human rights groups' to 'anarchists'.

DougBTX 18y ago
Religious communities and atheists. Thou shalt be religious by yourself, otherwise: TERRORISTNAZIONTWITTER!!!

njharman 18y ago

They're not like us. So, you know we should be scared of and hate them. "Terrorists could theoretically use ..." What couldn't terrorists theoretically use? The next successful attack will use things they didn't think of. It's not like we had thought of crashing planes into skyscrapers. Oh wait, we did. This sort of "intel" is an utter waste. The signal to noise ratio sucks so bad it just gets ignored. Military and our leaders need actual information on what the opposition is doing, not theoretics. This is just security theater meant for internal military consumption.