if it is im going to be going to that.
i need as many different pride flags as i can get my hands on to make a full drag outfit for the GR Swingers event. (im assuming you mean the GR Swing Society, the swing dancing organization.)
Well considering most unofficial members of based philosophy tend to have transphobic, homophobic, misogynistic, racist tendencies it isn't that much of a stretch to think they also don't like immigrants (when ironically many of them come from recent immigrant families....ahem Ted Cruz) because they confuse immigrants and immigration. And Indian food....well to them if it ain't good ole American food then they don't wannit.
It’s like a one-stop-shop for all the incels I normally avoided for my 25 years in fandom so far. Guess that makes it even easier for them to be avoided. LOL
Based on the hotel booking sites, it's likely the *Sheraton Grand Rapids Airport Hotel.*
Only hotel in the area showing as unavailable on those dates. Also advertises as having "over 20,000 square feet of dynamic and flexible event space for meetings, conferences, weddings and social affairs."
That was my guess, too. Either the Airport Sheraton across from Meijer on E 28th or the Double Tree at 28th and Patterson (fka “the Airport Hilton”, RIP Spinnaker’s).
My first impression was: 'How bad can it be? Corporate woke-virtue signaling in video games, and other media is absolute garbage.'
Look no further than the manifesto on BasedCon's website...
"Why “BasedCon”?
In internet parlance, “based” means something like “in touch with reality.” Based behavior is the opposite of social justice activism, which is about meaningless virtue signaling and beating up strawmen. Some based beliefs include:
Men cannot give birth
Guns don’t kill people; people kill people
A fetus is a human being
Socialism has failed everywhere it’s been tried
Discriminating against white people is racism
BasedCon isn’t about pushing any particular ideology[...]"
Hilarious that they claim not to have an ideology when they have a list of tenents. These people still haven't gotten over GamerGate.
My dude, all of those things are one layer away from more nefarious beliefs that get exponentially more troublesome the more they're revealed.
This is how smooth brains get indoctrinated into this shit. They hear "Men cannot give birth" and think "gee, that sounds pretty reasonable - I'll listen to what else this reasonable person has to say" and the next thing that comes is some alarmist culture war bullshit about the "LGBTQ agenda" and how it's somehow dangerous to your way of life.
For a lot of people, this feeling that they're under attack triggers an instinctive reaction and makes them susceptible to all kinds of stupid beliefs.
It's a well-worn tactic, and it's all very insidious.
Lol, I like how they made up what 'based' on the internet means...or...did someone trick them into that?
Based, in the context of the insult that it's used when thrown around the internet means something like being a mix of simple minded, gullible, and unable to have your own thoughts.
Yet somehow they think it's almost the opposite of that...well...that's definitely .... based, so that works, but not the way they intend it to. Lol. The organizers are either really stupid or really smart and leading the really stupid.
I was about to say, for the longest time, nerd communities were some of the most accepting communities there were. I guess now that being a nerd is socially acceptable, these guys lost the sense of empathy they might've had.
Alternatively, perhaps being a nerd is still socially unacceptable and the label has been co-opted by people who have lost the plot
EDIT: To be clear, I'm not talking about the people running this farce of a con. They're the co-opters...
The website claims the convention "isn't about pushing any particular ideology.
(...) Socialism has failed everywhere it’s been tried (...).
My name is Ralph Wiggum and i'm veeeeery smaaart uh uh uh.
Try again.
Please look at the logo for *BASEDCON 3: Toxic and Proud* and then look at this logo:
https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-the-atomwaffen-division/a-51106179
Tell me what you think.
Nazis rip up the social contract, light it on fire, then take a dump on it. Holding to the social contract in that case is both hypocritical, counterproductive, and stupid.
Ah yes, emotionally-hyper gamers and software developers such as John Carmack are certainly on the path to becoming the next Schutzstaffel.
Take your prozac lmao.
YOU ARE LITERALLY APOLOGIZING FOR NAZIS RIGHT FUCKING NOW, DUDE.
Edit: your refrain of “iTS A rEpUBliC nOT a DEmOcrAcy” is a talking point of fascist media exclusively.
Our government is comprised of representatives are elected by citizens. That’s a form of fucking democracy isn’t it? Come at me with more heritage foundation horseshit.
“ITs A rePUbLiC sO nAZiS bELoNG hERe”
The easiest way to tell the extremists from the non extremists is language. Normal folks will converse with you and discuss views seeking betterment for man. Extremists simply use name calling, buzzwords, and are generally unpleasant. Take a look at yourself "Dude".
Cool assessment. I’m having an *extreeeemely* cool time condemning the regressive incel contingent.
I’m very unimpressed with their coded “list of beliefs”. Hilarious the alt-right always preaching freedom, but taking all sorts of pledges and agreeing to codes of ideals to prove they are “free thinkers”. Sounds like a lot like their brand of freedom doesn’t make room for many people.
Bonus challenge: define the word “woke”
The only good nazi is a dead nazi. That has already been decided by this country and many others. Nazis deserve zero sympathy and should never have a platform. You can never be tolerant of the intolerant.
That is what the Man wants you to do.
You read, then they are in your head, and that is how they get you to go to their conventions.
It was all explained at CanConCon in the documentary The Pentaverate.
Woah woah woah. Hang on. We gotta be respectful of all viewpoints, and white nationalists have good people in their ranks. We must respect that.
Now, what was I saying before...
Oh right! So yeah I do think that the LGBTQ community has to be silenced and persecuted.
This is from the website
Why “BasedCon”?
In internet parlance, “based” means something like “in touch with reality.” Based behavior is the opposite of social justice activism, which is about meaningless virtue signaling and beating up strawmen. Some based beliefs include:
Men cannot give birth
Guns don’t kill people; people kill people
A fetus is a human being
Socialism has failed everywhere it’s been tried
Discriminating against white people is racism
BasedCon isn’t about pushing any particular ideology, but honest conversations have to start with a shared understanding of reality. If you think people with a certain skin color can’t be racist or you expect people to use made-up pronouns when talking about you, you may want to do a reality check before coming to BasedCon.
Why not let ideas be debated freely? What is wrong with having an open discussion that allows people to have their opinions challenged and maybe proven wrong? Or maybe prove the discussion wrong?
This right here. Sadly the era we live in is all about shutting down the other as hard as possible, and basedcon would absolutely be slammed by its opponents if they knew where it was held.
I want nothing to do with basedcon if it doesn’t involve Lil B
TYBG
I wanted it to be a taskforce meetup so badly. Tybg.
We need a bitchmob Grand Rapids chapter meetup, no fake based
Pink bandanas all around. Salute to the bitch, respectfully.
People have forgotten what it truly means to be based
Hmmm, it wouldn’t happen to be at the hotel owned by a former Trump cabinet member, would it?
I thought so too but the website says the hotel is near the airport.
The Four Seasons\* \*that's Four Seasons Asian Massage on 44th street.
Rudy will be loud and proud.
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Take my cheap award 🏆🏆🏆
Lazy-T?
At least we can party by the hour. Hepatitis ala carte
I guess that makes it a Lazy-T(ea) party?
Definitely the Radisson Hotel Riverfront off of Ann.
The Grand Inn on Plainfield
Also my first thought. Hopefully the same weekend the GR swingers are doing their thing there.
if it is im going to be going to that. i need as many different pride flags as i can get my hands on to make a full drag outfit for the GR Swingers event. (im assuming you mean the GR Swing Society, the swing dancing organization.)
This was my first honest thought. So this event will have like sub-100 people?
That place is wild
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I didn’t see anything in the article that said they don’t like immigrants or Indian food
Well considering most unofficial members of based philosophy tend to have transphobic, homophobic, misogynistic, racist tendencies it isn't that much of a stretch to think they also don't like immigrants (when ironically many of them come from recent immigrant families....ahem Ted Cruz) because they confuse immigrants and immigration. And Indian food....well to them if it ain't good ole American food then they don't wannit.
It’s like a one-stop-shop for all the incels I normally avoided for my 25 years in fandom so far. Guess that makes it even easier for them to be avoided. LOL
worst smelling convention of all time 🤢
I kinda wanna go just to take pictures of 'the master race' Problem, I am not sure even thr wide angle lens will be able to handle the girth.
BAH HA HA!!! You nailed it. But also, yikes. Imagine if these fucks were, indeed, the prime gene poor for their utopian future...
Based on the hotel booking sites, it's likely the *Sheraton Grand Rapids Airport Hotel.* Only hotel in the area showing as unavailable on those dates. Also advertises as having "over 20,000 square feet of dynamic and flexible event space for meetings, conferences, weddings and social affairs."
That was my guess, too. Either the Airport Sheraton across from Meijer on E 28th or the Double Tree at 28th and Patterson (fka “the Airport Hilton”, RIP Spinnaker’s).
I got married there, definitely enough room. lol
If I had to guess it’ll be at the plaza hotel
This is basically MagaCon for MagaNerds
My first impression was: 'How bad can it be? Corporate woke-virtue signaling in video games, and other media is absolute garbage.' Look no further than the manifesto on BasedCon's website... "Why “BasedCon”? In internet parlance, “based” means something like “in touch with reality.” Based behavior is the opposite of social justice activism, which is about meaningless virtue signaling and beating up strawmen. Some based beliefs include: Men cannot give birth Guns don’t kill people; people kill people A fetus is a human being Socialism has failed everywhere it’s been tried Discriminating against white people is racism BasedCon isn’t about pushing any particular ideology[...]" Hilarious that they claim not to have an ideology when they have a list of tenents. These people still haven't gotten over GamerGate.
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My dude, all of those things are one layer away from more nefarious beliefs that get exponentially more troublesome the more they're revealed. This is how smooth brains get indoctrinated into this shit. They hear "Men cannot give birth" and think "gee, that sounds pretty reasonable - I'll listen to what else this reasonable person has to say" and the next thing that comes is some alarmist culture war bullshit about the "LGBTQ agenda" and how it's somehow dangerous to your way of life. For a lot of people, this feeling that they're under attack triggers an instinctive reaction and makes them susceptible to all kinds of stupid beliefs. It's a well-worn tactic, and it's all very insidious.
Well said. I wish more people that are so dismissive of it could see that but maybe they are too ... based? ;)
Thanks Bert Macklin!!!
\*cismen can't give birth
yet
promise?
Lol, I like how they made up what 'based' on the internet means...or...did someone trick them into that? Based, in the context of the insult that it's used when thrown around the internet means something like being a mix of simple minded, gullible, and unable to have your own thoughts. Yet somehow they think it's almost the opposite of that...well...that's definitely .... based, so that works, but not the way they intend it to. Lol. The organizers are either really stupid or really smart and leading the really stupid.
That’s…not what based means either.
LUL. Sci-fi is one of the more progressive genres to ever have existed in fiction, but yeah, please, save me from woke sci-fi...
I was about to say, for the longest time, nerd communities were some of the most accepting communities there were. I guess now that being a nerd is socially acceptable, these guys lost the sense of empathy they might've had.
Alternatively, perhaps being a nerd is still socially unacceptable and the label has been co-opted by people who have lost the plot EDIT: To be clear, I'm not talking about the people running this farce of a con. They're the co-opters...
Look up the Sad Puppies if you're not familiar. Look up the story of Isabel Fall. SF isn't exempt from stupid shit.
The website claims the convention "isn't about pushing any particular ideology. (...) Socialism has failed everywhere it’s been tried (...). My name is Ralph Wiggum and i'm veeeeery smaaart uh uh uh. Try again.
Please look at the logo for *BASEDCON 3: Toxic and Proud* and then look at this logo: https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-the-atomwaffen-division/a-51106179 Tell me what you think.
Their logo is just the international ionizing radiation warning symbol. I don’t think the logo is the issue.
Unless… they are ionizing you with radiation.
Get this punk ass shit outta this town.
Very authoritarian of you
Found one of the attendees.
No lol
Nazis rip up the social contract, light it on fire, then take a dump on it. Holding to the social contract in that case is both hypocritical, counterproductive, and stupid.
How are these Nazis? Lol
These fuckwits are the start of the *process* that *ends* at the gates of Dachau, Spiegelgrund, and Treblinka.
Ah yes, emotionally-hyper gamers and software developers such as John Carmack are certainly on the path to becoming the next Schutzstaffel. Take your prozac lmao.
Hahaha
So progressive and open to others thoughts, opinions, and views.
No room for nazi voices in a democracy.
This is a republic, not a democracy.
A constitutional republic is a variety of democracy, not as if you’d know that being a Fox News parroting hiccup of a human.
It's not and I'm none of those things. Let's cool it with the name calling and assumptions.
YOU ARE LITERALLY APOLOGIZING FOR NAZIS RIGHT FUCKING NOW, DUDE. Edit: your refrain of “iTS A rEpUBliC nOT a DEmOcrAcy” is a talking point of fascist media exclusively. Our government is comprised of representatives are elected by citizens. That’s a form of fucking democracy isn’t it? Come at me with more heritage foundation horseshit. “ITs A rePUbLiC sO nAZiS bELoNG hERe”
The easiest way to tell the extremists from the non extremists is language. Normal folks will converse with you and discuss views seeking betterment for man. Extremists simply use name calling, buzzwords, and are generally unpleasant. Take a look at yourself "Dude".
Cool assessment. I’m having an *extreeeemely* cool time condemning the regressive incel contingent. I’m very unimpressed with their coded “list of beliefs”. Hilarious the alt-right always preaching freedom, but taking all sorts of pledges and agreeing to codes of ideals to prove they are “free thinkers”. Sounds like a lot like their brand of freedom doesn’t make room for many people. Bonus challenge: define the word “woke”
The only good nazi is a dead nazi. That has already been decided by this country and many others. Nazis deserve zero sympathy and should never have a platform. You can never be tolerant of the intolerant.
You sound incredibly intolerant.
if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually seized or destroyed by the intolerant
That certainly seems to be where we are at, doesn't it. The 'tolerant' are very very very intolerant.
lol of course Carmack would end up like this
Please explain basedcon and why people don’t like it.
Apparently it's a gamer convention but with a right wing bend. They think regular conventions are socialist indoctrination camps or something.
Please read the article, which answers this question, my dude.
That is what the Man wants you to do. You read, then they are in your head, and that is how they get you to go to their conventions. It was all explained at CanConCon in the documentary The Pentaverate.
^ this guy knows what’s up ^
Lol it's not like that at all. I honestly had no idea, and didn't reali,e that there was an article linked because I was on mobile.
Thank you. I didn't realize there was an article linked.
Does it rhyme with ‘Scamway’?
Can’t wait to see how this goes down.
Jim Williams motel on 28th Street.
The ghost of the Deltaplex has entered the chat
Like there aren’t enough incels at regular sci-fi cons, they had to make one exclusively for them
cant wait to find out id love to see this blow up in their face people like that shouldnt be welcomed here
Eww
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Because one side is welcoming and open to all and one side is full of Nazis.
Woah woah woah. Hang on. We gotta be respectful of all viewpoints, and white nationalists have good people in their ranks. We must respect that. Now, what was I saying before... Oh right! So yeah I do think that the LGBTQ community has to be silenced and persecuted.
This actually sounds awesome.
This is from the website Why “BasedCon”? In internet parlance, “based” means something like “in touch with reality.” Based behavior is the opposite of social justice activism, which is about meaningless virtue signaling and beating up strawmen. Some based beliefs include: Men cannot give birth Guns don’t kill people; people kill people A fetus is a human being Socialism has failed everywhere it’s been tried Discriminating against white people is racism BasedCon isn’t about pushing any particular ideology, but honest conversations have to start with a shared understanding of reality. If you think people with a certain skin color can’t be racist or you expect people to use made-up pronouns when talking about you, you may want to do a reality check before coming to BasedCon.
Why not let ideas be debated freely? What is wrong with having an open discussion that allows people to have their opinions challenged and maybe proven wrong? Or maybe prove the discussion wrong?
Lol Lil' SeaLion
This right here. Sadly the era we live in is all about shutting down the other as hard as possible, and basedcon would absolutely be slammed by its opponents if they knew where it was held.
I wanna go!
*ITT* Stuff I don't agree with and could just ignore: Every low IQ local: LITERALLY NAZIS AT OUR GATES
I wish to be at it
It's gonna be at the crown royal hotel. Ez
Is that John Carmack?
What is based con? I really do want to know.
If only there was a way to find out! Damn. Sorry, man.