mlhiss's definitions

you will submit

A insult much worse than saying "you will lose" since it states the opponent will submit to losing. Wrestlers and boxers and others use the phrase to harass an opponent in sports.

The wrestler who yelled "you will submit", left the ring before the end of the match.

by mlhiss June 1, 2020

stop killing us

Chant used in demonstrations against excess use of force and the use of dangerous and life threatening practices by the police or security forces. In many cases the "us" is subset of the population for which are the likely targets..

The Black Lives Matter demonstrators chanted "stop killing us" .

by mlhiss June 2, 2020

you are the threat

Chant typically directed at an authoritarian that abuses their powers, often related to life and liberty and corruption.

After several days of rioting and destruction, the demonstrators felt they needed to focus more clearly their demands and clarify who was the actual perpetrator of the madness and started chanting "you are the threat" directly to the leader and his security forces.

by mlhiss June 2, 2020

tactical dispersion

tactical dispersion

A term for spreading or separating of personnel, materials, strategic elements, bases, and/or activities which might otherwise be concentrated in limited spaces to minimize vulnerability.

The use of social distancing and tactical dispersion terms by security forces during domestic protests need to be carefully phrased, so they are not misinterpreted.

by mlhiss June 3, 2020

Accelerationist

White supremacists that accelerate civil disorder and polarization and disruption of civil and political order by infiltrating social justice movements and accelerating the anger and violence and creating disorder within them. The System they believe is a facade with only a few hapless leaders that maintain it. Accelerationists hope to initiate a negative feedback systems where violence begets more violence, social turmoil, and people are forced into more extreme positions out of frustration and anger and will collapse the system and will ultimately result in racial polarization and racial division and separation of the races.

The protesters started out with a pretty clear goal of social justice and human rights for all. However, the protests soon became infiltrated with a few accelerationist who have stoked the anger and violence and looting and burning to make the perception of the protesters and their movement into the perpetrators vs the victims of social injustice in the eyes of the majority.

by mlhiss June 3, 2020

Tiny Man Square

The area of White House grounds in Washington DC.

'"Tiny Man Square" in modeled after Tiananmen Square, in that it is now walled off and democratic protests are not allowed in the area proper. Even the people that work in the area cannot not protest or whistle blow without being fired.

by mlhiss June 8, 2020

bed-wetter

Someone who openly doubts and/or worries excessively about a political strategy and related outcome. Someone who does not have the guts to tackle controversial political issues whose outcome is difficult to address.

When you come up with a buzz words like Defunding Police to convey a concept like rethinking the police as the panacea for all social problems there will be a lot of politicians will become a bed-wetter.

by mlhiss June 9, 2020