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Daniel Kammen, a renewable energy expert appointed last year as a science envoy to the State Department, resigned Wednesday, citing President Trump's response to the violence in Charlottesville as the final straw that led to his departure.
Kind of makes you wonder, you know, what kind of President could provoke a science envoy to the State department to resign. But not far to look! As Kammen goes on:
In a resignation letter posted to Twitter, Kammen wrote that Trump's remarks about the racial violence in Virginia had attacked "core values of the United States" and that it would have "domestic and international ramifications."
Even American scientists have ethics, and will not serve violent racist regimes, like Nazi Germany. So there is that.
But the most interesting thing, is the encryption:
However, his most biting message may have come in the form of a hidden acrostic: The first letter of each paragraph spelled out I-M-P-E-A-C-H.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday August 25 2017, @11:06AM (16 children)
I'm guessing submissions of this quality are why aristarchus has been complaining about his subs not getting published. Pro-tip: Godwin in the comments not the submission.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @11:20AM (11 children)
comparing literal Nazi's to literal Nazi's is not Godwinning
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @11:42AM (3 children)
Not too long ago, Obama and Hilary were considered Nazis by.... well, by esseintially the same people who dressed up in Nazi outfits and paraded through Charlottesville.
So are we to assume Unite the Right are a bunch of Obama supporters? Left wing politics is very confusing.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @01:52PM (2 children)
The left doxxed everybody there except for the guy holding the actual Nazi flag. The right noticed, then doxxed him, and it turns out that he was seen at liberal protest events.
So the leader is just pretending to be Nazi in order to dox people, or he has some kind of split personality thing, or he just protests for the fun of protesting. He is in no way a real Nazi believer. That flag he carried (with the swastika) isn't something he consistently believes in. It's a literal false flag.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @04:35PM
Alex Jones called, he says "Stay off my turf you insignificant piece of shit."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 26 2017, @06:09AM
(Score: 3, Funny) by takyon on Friday August 25 2017, @12:45PM (1 child)
You just want to bring out the Grammar Nazi's.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @02:15PM
Grammar Nazi's must be a separatist faction of Grammar Nazis that are advocating for greengrocers rights.
Thank goodness nobody's mentioned the Literal Grammar Nazi's.
Oops!
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Friday August 25 2017, @02:54PM
ESL, AC? "Nazi's" is a possessive, meaning "belonging to a Nazi". If English is your primary language, I suggest you read a few real books. The word you were looking for is "Nazis".
mcgrewbooks.com mcgrew.info nooze.org
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday August 25 2017, @03:02PM (2 children)
When did we get a literal Nazi party in the U.S.? I must've missed that memo.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @03:04PM (1 child)
They used to call themselves "alt-right".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 26 2017, @02:43AM
Standard Liberal 101: "Agree with whatever jack shit insanity we invented this week or else you're a Nazi and it's OK that we murder you in the name of tolerance."
(Score: 3, Informative) by JNCF on Friday August 25 2017, @04:13PM
Shitty grammar aside, you're also incorrect. Godwin's Law makes no claim about whether a particular Hitler comparison is apropos, only that the likelihood of such a comparison goes up with length of any internet discussion. Note that we could swap out "Hitler" with anything else and the rule would still hold. Also, the "internet" part is a red herring. JNCF's Law: as a telephone conversation grows longer, the probability of an analogy involving puppy-kicking approaches 1.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by theluggage on Friday August 25 2017, @03:30PM (1 child)
Actually, the creator of Godwin's law has ruled [theregister.co.uk] that his law doesn't apply to the Charlottesville mob. Apparently it is OK to compare someone to a Nazi if they are actually waving a swastika.
(Score: 2) by JNCF on Friday August 25 2017, @04:18PM
No, he didn't. Ignoring media commentary, reread the law and then reread his statement. They don't contradict each other. They law is a rather bland statement about probabilities, it doesn't say that any particular comparison is or is not apt.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @04:38PM
Right, cause your editorializing is soooo objective :P
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday August 25 2017, @06:01PM
*crickets*