I assume most of the 500,000+ people are just goofing around and have no intention of actually trying to storm the facility. (And if they actually do, well... they've already told the government what day to expect them, so I'm not exactly sure what they expect here...)
It's a Facebook prank, not a serious call to storm Area 51.
It doesn't matter. People start talking about storming a government facility, and what's the joke? It's Area 51. Meanwhile, in the real news, concentration camps will be filling up with more immigrants and refugees as news agencies continue to debate over whether or not these are really concentration camps, or just detention facilities. I know the Area 51 rush is a joke, but that doesn't make it any less depressing in light of the context.
Well, I imagine the joke is that if a bunch of Pokemon hunters who had previously only descended into their mother's basements decided to hike 20 miles down from the mountains into a 120 degree desert and dry lake bed through barbed wire, rattlesnakes, machine gun mounted SUVs and helicopters, it wouldn't turn out so well, so most people aren't taking it too seriously and are having some fun with it.
So go organize a rush on an immigration concentration camp if you feel that strongly about it instead of just being self-righteous about unrelated pranks on the internet. But you're not going to do that because you (understandably) don't want to suffer the legal consequences of such an action as yet, which is why you're just going to pout about jokes.
I made a comment, and a number of people got what I was saying, but that wasn't good enough for you. I can't ignore you, so could you please just leave me alone?
Well, I imagine the joke is that if a bunch of Pokemon hunters who had previously only descended into their mother's basements decided to hike 20 miles down from the mountains into a 120 degree radioactive desert and dry lake bed through barbed wire, rattlesnakes, machine gun mounted SUVs and helicopters, it wouldn't turn out so well, so most people aren't taking it too seriously and are having some fun with it.
Taken on top of all that, if you were to get through all the defenses and natural barriers, it's not as if the top secret aircraft (which is all that's there) are just sitting out in plain view for anyone to see in broad daylight. They're inside closed reinforced concrete hangars. So you wouldn't see jack shit anyway.
So go organize a rush on an immigration concentration camp if you feel that strongly about it instead of just being self-righteous about unrelated pranks on the internet. But you're not going to do that because you (understandably) don't want to suffer the legal consequences of such an action as yet, which is why you're just going to pout about jokes.
You know, at the height of World War II fun didn't stop happening. People need humor and distractions from the awfulness of the world sometimes in order to cope and function.
That is a genuine concern, yes. One man attempted to destroy transport vehicles at the Tacoma, Washington concentration camp and was killed in the process. Imagine if thousands of people tried the very same thing.
Look up at post #2.
This was what made me so depressed. It was frustrating because we have actual concentration camps here in the U.S., but people are joking about storming Area 51 saying things like "they can't get all of us" and such? It just felt like they were making light of a truly deplorable situation. That being said, in truth a bunch of civilians storming the camps would be a bad idea. The military has weapons, lots of weapons, and they will have no compunctions about killing an assload of citizens. It might even cause Trump to do something horrific like declare Martial Law, and then we're all fucked five ways from Sunday. Believe me, I want this atrocity to end, and I want it to end now. We're going to have to do it another way for now, though.
And my point was that you were making an assumption that the stupid Area 51 prank and the immigrant concentration camps were linked and that one was being dismissive and disrespectful of the other when it's just an unrelated joke.
