#IrregularVerb: to terrorise

I exercise my democratic right to be heard
You join a menacing pseudo-paramilitary march
We cause peaceful disruption to get our point across
Those Bastards Over There are bringing down civilisation

#IrregularVerb of political violence

I strike a righteous blow to the forces of oppression

You overreact and go rogue

We are just protecting ourselves from Them

Those Bastards Over There just want to watch the world burn

Disinformation: #IrregularVerb

I relate a perspective
You put a spin on the story
We have an editorial position
Those Bastards Over There are lying

#IrregularVerb: data-scraping

-I utilise a public-facing resource
-You overstep social boundaries
-We’re doing it for your benefit, honest bruv
-Those Evil Bastards Over There reap and pillage without consent or conscience

#IrregularVerb time!

-I exercised preventative protection measures against online extremism
-You kinda over-reacted
-We had ‘legitimate concerns’
-Those Bastards Over There SWATted a constituent to shut her up

#IrregularVerb: to kidnap

I suspend the usual due process requirements for detention in exigent circumstances

You fail to establish a convincing lawful basis for impromptu restriction of liberty

We protect national security from the threat of you

Those Bastards Over There are taking hostages

#IrregularVerb: ‘non-legitimate’ protest

I take a non-conventional righteous stand against evil

Your tactics/values may be okay but your values/tactics are reprehensible

We are imposing social consequences

Those Bastards Over There are just trying to fuck things up for everyone else

#IrregularVerb of electoral reform

-I get my fair share of democratic power

-You do things MY way

-We stand against the forces of darkness

-Those Bastards Over There are gaming the system

#IrregularVerb: terrorism

-I fight the power for truth and justice
-You bring unconventional means to the arena of war
-We use desperate measures to battle for our freedom in these desperate times
-Those Bastards Over There get sick thrills from causing grief and destruction

#IrregularVerb: to be collateral damage

-I am treated unfairly
-You take one for the team
-We fall within the margin of error
-Those Evil Bastards Over There deserved it

#IrregularVerb: ‘mob rule’

-I have numbers on my side
-You are being excessively noisy
-We have the might that gives us the right
-Those Bastards Over There hold the sacrilegious belief that representative democracy involves more than tyranny of the majority

This is the same for all kinds of anti-social behaviour; queue-jumping, littering, speeding, peeing in public….

It’s one of those #IrregularVerb things

Kinda sounds like an #IrregularVerb in the making…

I deserve consideration
You accept the disadvantages of administrative automation bias
We must encode our values into tech, or risk dystopia
Those Bastards Over There will sacrifice any and all of us to their tin godlings

Identification; an #IrregularVerb

I am the Ship of Theseus

You are who you say you are

We recognise each other

They have yet to prove themselves

#IrregularVerb: to cause collateral damage

-I act for the greater good
-You are recklessly vicious
-We err on the side of self-protection
-Those Bastards Over There gleefully spill the blood of innocents out of sheer evilness

#メモ

“Was and were are both #PastTenses of the verb to be.”
They’re #IrregularVerb” used regularly.

I #be using “be” improperly UNINTENTIONALLY a lot! 🤭 #WeLearnAsWeLive .🙃
#WeLiveAndWeLearn. 😉

Doing so isn’t cute, but #WeAllMakeMistakes.

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