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dnpbeats · 25 days
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wait.... roasting dan's outfits video coming soon...... what if this is actually a classic Dan and Phil Fighting Moment (à la cactus radio show thing + hoodie string incident) and the whole video is happening because dan wants to wear something ugly as shit to their impending wedding and phil is putting him in his place
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Late ahh dnp 2024 predictions:
- Valentines Day Heartthrob episode (they love this game so much) with another twist of some kind is the first dapg video of 2024
❌ first video back on the gaming channel is “will you press the button?”
- WDAPTEO 2023 comes out on very last day of January
❌ technically I predicted wdapteo but it wasn’t put out on January 31st
- Playing the next chapter of poppy playtime during spooky week
❌ they played it in February
- Sims episode of Spooky Week following Daliens emo ass
- Bob and Eliza die of old age, Dil befriends the Grim Reaper when he comes to collect their souls
- Dan and Phil Crafts revival video is taken down no more than 24 hours after it’s posted
❌1/2 points. Dnpcrafts video did not get released, but it was posted
- Dan makes it his mission to do the worst spon breaks ever/sabotage Phil, whose actually trying (like NordVPN)
✅ counting this as a successful prediction after Dans NordVPN fanfiction moment
- Heart Eyes Howell mention
- Phil wears an Extremely Expensive Shirt and everyone freaks out when those blogs that find people’s clothes post the price
- More crazy conspiracies about a wedding/child/pet/honeymoon
- Phil goes to the ER at least once
- Dab and Evan make a science baby because Phil wants to know how it works
- They both get Hotter
- They finally rid the Howlters of Drago, only for the game to crash and the progress to be lost. They view it as a sign that Drago cannot be removed from the household or terrible things will happen
- Alluding to a popular Phanfic that they Shouldn’t Know About
✅ok I know they’ve referenced some before now but the visceral reaction I had to Phil saying “lets not mention any sunburn or hamsters.” Made me qualify it here
- They continue to talk about cursed Lore and make fun of old conspiracy theories that get gradually more niche
✅ yeah that’s happening
- One of Daliens high school friends is abducted while they’re hanging out at the Howlter residence
- DITL of Dan and Phil at Pride
- Some kind of house tour that shows little to none of the actual house
❌dnpcrafts came close…
- Less frequent posting on the gaming channel
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campdanandphil · 7 years
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Dan and Phil Quiz!
No question is a trick - each one has a right answer. The best of luck to you, and have fun! ^_^
Which one used to keep a dream diary?
What and when was the Halloween Gathering?
When did Dan do his work experience in London and made his video SRS BSNSS?
When did Dan and Phil go to Jamaica, and why?
Which once believed they were part fish?
Which has grandparents who were cousins?
When was their first radio show?
Fill in this quote: “You’re ……. in my life”
Which used to have the video personas of Becky and Jessica?
Who attended university in Manchester?
Which infamous phanfiction involves Phil being possessed due to his crush on Dan?
Who suggested they play the game ‘CAN YOUR PET’ to trick the other?
Who played OUTLAST by themselves when the other was away?
Who used to play THE IMPOSSIBLE QUIZ when they were younger, whilst the other had never played it?
Who has the ability to gleek?
Whose family has a dog (who has worn matching Christmas jumpers)?
Fill in this quote: “Sand? …..”
What did Dan say happened after filming the yoghurt scene in his video ‘PROCRASTINATION’?
In which video does Dan have a sketch of Britain panicking after seeing a rainbow?
In which collab does Phil read out an ask saying “penis, dan, penis penis penis”? 
Who has ‘butterfingers’?
What year did they move to London together?
What band did they initially bond over?
In what video does Dan attempt to eat a crumpet with an entire block of butter?
Who has absent-mindedly taken a shower with socks on?
Who doesn’t like showering with their back exposed (away from the shower stream)?
Which family member is involved with their 2009 ‘INTERACTIVE CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE’?
Who apparently once looked at reviews for suction hoovers?
Who was once an extra in a film about a war-reconstruction group?
Who voiced ‘male technician one’ in Big Hero Six?
Fill in this quote: “Every animal….. with you”
What was the name of the DIY store that Dan used to work at?
Who was once in an episode of ‘Apartment Red’?
Who used to frequently mention ‘the game’ in their videos?
Who once filmed a stalker-based music video with Peej Liguori?
In Chris’ video ‘I Can’t Even: Geek Week Special’, what are Dan and Phil specifically dressed as?
Who frequently leaves cupboard doors open?
In which Day in the Life video does Phil abandon Dan to play Crossy Road?
What used to be the names of Dan fans (that were on their merchandise)?
Who once fell up an escalator?
Who once got their head stuck in train doors?
Which has fallen off their chair numerous times in liveshows?
Who once had a candid photo contest with Caspar Lee and and was ultimately captured flipping him off?
In which video is the ‘phanaconda’ clip shown?
What was the reason that Dan took a power nap in his video ‘THE POWER NAP’?
What did Dan AND Phil wear to the Halloween Gathering?
Who photographed the other falling asleep at a party?
Who was initially the taller of the two?
Who was predicted to be born on Valentine’s Day?
What was the reason behind Phil wanting braces when he was younger?
Fill in this quote: “You loved it. You….”
Which gained their own-inspired character in Crossy Road?
Who once shaved in a liveshow?
Which game did they both gain characters in?
How long did it take them in Minecraft to figure out how to break a block?
In which gaming video does Dan yell “PHIL LESTER! YOU’RE A GENIUS!”?
Which one famously tweeted ‘ASs’?
Which one filmed the ‘what in tarnation’ video?
What was the reason behind Dan travelling to the Bahamas?
Supposedly, what year is their wedding?
Good luck!! ^_^
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butterflyphil · 7 years
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Those Four Words
Summary: “You absolute fucking prick.”
Word count: 1.6k
Rating: Teen+
Warnings: Swearing (guess it’s a little late for that though whoops I’ll just put that in the tags), food mention
A/N: Inspired by a debate between @botanistlester, @insanityplaysfics, and some anons on Phanfiction Catalogue about whether Dan or Phil would propose. I, um, might have been one of those anons btw (*cough* #TeamEliza *cough*). I hope this serves as an acceptable compromise.
read on ao3
“Hey.”
Dan doesn’t bother to look away from the episode of Steven Universe they’re watching, acknowledging his boyfriend only with a noncommittal sound somewhere between a hum and a grunt. Phil’s using his ‘idea’ voice, and as it’s barely past ten in the morning and Dan was up pacing the lounge until nearly five, he has neither the energy nor the mental capacity to pay attention to anything more complicated than cartoons right now. He pops another spoonful of cereal into his mouth and hopes whatever Phil has to say is brief.
(He gets his wish).
“Marry me?” Phil says in the exact same tone he used last week when he suggested that they go miniature golfing in the middle of a typical London downpour.
Dan chokes, and Phil spends a good five minutes patting his back while he coughs up pieces of Crunchy Nut. When his lungs are finally clear, Dan turns around, glaring.
“You absolute fucking prick,” he says.
“Is that a no?” Phil doesn’t sound concerned.
“You heard me last night, didn’t you?” Dan points an accusatory finger at Phil’s nose. “You heard me practicing my speech and decided to beat me to the punch. You utter shit.”
Phil puts his hands up in defense. “I just wanted a midnight snack. I think that instead of being mad at me, you should focus on how thoughtful I was to leave you some cereal for breakfast.”
“Oh, that’s what I should focus on, is it? Silly me, I thought the fact that you just fucking proposed to me was a slightly bigger deal.” He gets up from his sofa crease, arms crossed, and stomps his way to the bedroom, the voices on the television still going behind him.
Phil follows without missing a beat. “Come on, Dan, we’ve talked about getting married since you were twenty-two. Is it really that big a deal?”
“Yes!” Dan whirls around, nearly bumping his nose into Phil’s in the process. “There is a big goddamn difference between planning to get married and planning to get married.”
Phil tilts his head in confusion.
“Oh fuck off,” Dan says before throwing himself onto the bed dramatically.
“But…this is my room.”
“Fuck off,” Dan repeats, voice muffled by a pillow far too soft and nice-smelling to be his own. He realises with sudden annoyance that it’s Phil’s.
The bed dips, and Dan resists the impulse to scoot over and give Phil more room. He doesn’t deserve more room, Dan thinks. The proposal-thieving bastard.
“Tell me why you’re upset,” Phil says.
Dan groans and rolls onto his back. He meets Phil’s eyes, which still look far too full of affection for someone whose proposal was just rejected. Dan tries to hold onto his anger, but after a moment of tense silence, he ends up grabbing the pillow from behind him and hugging it to his chest. He studies the blue and green pattern as he grumbles, “I wanted to propose.”
“I know,” Phil says gently.
Dan’s anger comes back all at once. “Then why didn’t you just let me do it?”
“Tired of waiting, partially.” Phil shrugs. “But mostly, I was tired of seeing you so stressed about it.”
Dan’s mouth falls open. “What the hell, Phil? How long have you known?”
“Since August…” Phil says, wincing, “…of 2014.”
Dan just stares at him.
“I get hungry when I can’t sleep!” Phil rushes to defend. “And the bed gets cold when you leave, which wakes me up.”
No response.
“I really am sorry.” Phil ducks his head, peeking up through his overgrown fringe in a way that is decidedly not adorable. “I thought by now you would have known that I knew.”
That snaps Dan out of his trance. “Of course I didn’t know you knew,” he says. “Why would I still be practicing my speech if I knew you knew?”
“Oh.” Phil’s eyes widen as if the idea truly hadn’t occurred to him until now. “Er…”
Dan raises an eyebrow.
“Whoops?” Phil finishes lamely.
“Yeah. Whoops.”
“Well it’s not too late!” Phil says. “Just propose to me now.”
“I can’t just propose to you after you’ve already proposed to me. That’s not how it works.”
“Why not?”
Phil’s question sounds so sincere that it gives Dan pause. He struggles to come up with a good reason before giving up with a sigh. “There were supposed to be flowers.”
Phil taps his finger to his lips, considering, before springing up from the bed. He gathers every plant he can find in the bedroom into his arms—two cacti, an aloe vera plant, and something too dead to identify—before plopping onto the floor and placing two on each side of his legs. “What else?”
Dan feels the corner of his mouth tick up involuntarily. “I was going to take you to dinner first.”
“That part’s easy; we just ate cereal. What else?”
“I was going to try to look nice…” he says, running a hand through the messy curls that are currently pushed back from his forehead and haven’t been washed in days. With his other hand, he tugs at the hem of his wrinkled tee.
At this, Phil stands, joining Dan on the bed again and stilling Dan’s hands with his own. “You’re beautiful,” Phil says in a voice so sincere it makes Dan’s whole face heat up. “Anything else?”
“Well I was going to give this lengthy speech leading up to it, but apparently you’ve heard it a million times already.”
“I want to hear it again.”
“No you don’t.”
“Yes I do.”
Dan glares.
“Please?”
Dan continues to pout for as long as possible—which ends up being a whopping four seconds—before huffing through his nose and letting the words start tumbling out. “I was going to start by asking if you remembered that time we were Skyping before we even met, and I fell asleep while you were talking, and when I woke up you were still there.”
“I do,” Phil says.
Dan ignores him. “And I was going to tell you how you didn’t know it then—only you probably did because apparently I can’t keep anything from you—but that was the moment I realised I wanted you to be in my life for as long as I lived. And I wasn’t thinking about marrying you or even dating you yet. I just knew that I wanted to be with you, permanently, in any capacity you’d allow.”
“I felt the same way.”
“And how it still took me months to notice I was in love with you, and how I fretted about ruining our friendship for ages before you kissed me out of the blue one day because you knew, of course you knew, and fuck I’m just now realising how stupid I was to think I could plan a proposal for this long without you figuring it out.”
“Not your smartest assumption, no.”
“And even with me spilling my heart out and you over there being a smartass about the whole thing—”
“I’ve no idea what you’re talking about.”
“—I still want to spend every second until the day I die by your side.”
“I’d sort of prefer to go to the toilet alone, if that’s alright.”
The enthusiasm in Dan’s eyes vanishes instantly, replaced by a blank stare. “Actually, you know what? I take it all back. I fucking hate you.”
Phil smiles. “I know.”
As though the brain cells that control his emotions finally abandon ship, Dan suddenly bursts into both laughter and tears.
Phil, ever calm and patient in the face of Dan’s hysterics, simply cradles Dan to his chest and lets him cry on his shirt.
“I don’t actually hate you,” Dan says between hiccups. “The opposite of that, actually. Like, the super-duper opposite.”
“I super-duper opposite of hate you too,” says Phil.
When Dan has finally regained some semblance of composure, he feels a thumb reach out and wipe the leftover moisture off his cheeks. He whispers a hoarse “thank you” and wraps his arms around Phil’s waist, and they stay that way for longer than either of them can keep track of.
“Hey.” Dan is the first to break the silence. Phil looks down at him, and Dan hides his grin in Phil’s chest. “We’re getting married.”
“Are we?” Phil asks. “You never answered my question.”
“You never answered mine either.”
“You never actually asked.”
Dan huffs, both exasperated and amused. “Will you marry me, then?”
“Hm…” Phil pretends to think about it. “I don’t know…will there be cake?”
Dan releases his hold on Phil’s waist and shoves his arm. “Just say yes, you idiot.”
“Yes,” Phil replies seriously, and then he smirks. “You idiot.”
Dan scoffs even as he grips Phil’s shirt in both hands and pulls him in for a kiss. It’s tender but short-lived, as Dan soon pulls back to say, “I get to plan the wedding.”
“Is that a yes from you as well?”
“I mean it. I didn’t get the proposal I wanted so I get to choose every last detail.”
“Is that a yes?” Phil repeats.
“I want a vegan wedding cake. A black one. And black and white décor. We’re wearing tuxes, not suits. Monochrome dress code for the guests too. I won’t have even a hint of color.”
“Is that a yes?”
Dan narrows his eyes. “I want a divorce.”
“You’ll have to marry me first.”
A slow grin creeps onto Dan’s face.
“Alright.”
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bountyofbeads · 5 years
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Teleprompter Trump meets Twitter Trump as the president responds to mass slayings
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Teleprompter Trump meets Twitter Trump as the president responds to mass slayings
By Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker and Josh Dawsey | Published August 05 at 8:10 PM ET | Washington Post | Posted August 6, 2019 |
Teleprompter Trump repudiated Twitter Trump in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Monday.
Speaking in the wake of two mass shootings in less than 24 hours that left at least 31 dead over the weekend, President Trump spoke of “the inherent worth and dignity of every human life” and the scourge of “destructive partisanship.”
“In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy,” the president said, reading from a script that scrolled on a teleprompter in front of him. He added, “Now is the time to set destructive partisanship aside — so destructive — and find the courage to answer hatred with unity, devotion and love.”
That unifying message stood in stark contrast to more than 2½ years of name-calling, demonizing minorities and inflaming racial animus, much of it carried out on Twitter. Just two hours before his White House speech, Trump tweeted an attack on the “Fake News” media for contributing to a culture of “anger and rage.” And in another set of tweets, the president suggested pairing “strong background checks” with “desperately needed immigration reform” — then dropped the matter entirely during his speech.
Such is the picture of a divisive leader trying to act as a healer, particularly in the aftermath of Saturday’s anti-immigrant attack in El Paso, where officials are still investigating but believe the alleged gunman posted a manifesto that echoed Trump’s harsh rhetoric on immigrants, including describing his attack as “a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas.” Trump, in tweets and in rallies, has repeatedly decried the “invasion” of undocumented immigrants across the nation’s southern border.
The episode and its immediate aftermath illustrate the limits on Trump's ability to speak to the whole nation in a time of tragedy, given both his rhetoric and his focus on appealing primarily to the part of the electorate that voted for him in 2016 and still supports him now. 
As White House officials privately scrambled to plan a visit for Trump later this week to El Paso and Dayton, Ohio — where another gunman killed at least nine and injured at least 27 early Sunday morning — the president found himself unwelcome in the grieving Texas border city.
Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Tex.), whose district includes the El Paso Walmart involved in the massacre, urged the president and his team “to consider the fact that his words and his actions have played a role in this.”
“From my perspective, he is not welcome here,” Escobar said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Monday. “He should not come here while we are in mourning.”
Former president Barack Obama issued a forceful call Monday for the nation to “soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments.”
In a statement posted to his Twitter and Facebook accounts, Obama warned that such language has been at the root of most human tragedy, from slavery to the Holocaust to Rwandan genocide.
Although Obama never mentioned Trump by name, the statement amounted to a tacit rebuke of the president by a predecessor who has largely kept himself out of the public eye since leaving the White House.
Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president, defended Trump’s handling of the El Paso and Dayton shootings and praised him for condemning racism, white supremacy and bigotry.
“He was unequivocal and specific, and I think equal parts grief-stricken, angry and resolved to take action,” Conway told reporters in the driveway of the White House.
Conway also praised her boss for restraining himself from attacking the Democratic presidential candidates who blamed Trump for the shooting.
“They spent most of the weekend on TV screaming and preening, lying in many ways, and I thought expressing some condolence but also just taking potshots at the president and some of his closest advisers, calling them names,” Conway said. “There’s a difference between those who want to be president and try to politicize things and he who is the president and did not respond in-kind today in his remarks.”
Other White House officials pointed to what they described as over-the-top language from Democrats — some of whom called Trump a racist and implied his rhetoric made him at least partially culpable. 
As the shootings unfolded, Trump spent the weekend secluded at his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey. Key advisers — including Conway, acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, national security adviser John Bolton — were not at the club. 
Senior policy adviser Stephen Miller led the effort to write Monday’s response, with four or five people pitching in, according to two people familiar with the efforts, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to reveal private discussions. The group consulted previous speeches the president had given following tragedies, including after a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville left one dead and after a 2017 mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas, one of the people said.
Trump spent part of the weekend complaining to allies and club members about media coverage that seemed to blame him for the shootings, two people familiar with his comments said. But, these people added, Trump was not visibly upset or at what they would describe as a “nuclear level.”
The president also offered significant input to the speech, two White House officials said. But according to photographs and videos posted on Instagram, Trump also found time for leisure as he milled about his private property. He was spotted wearing his golf attire and posing for photos with guests, including with a couple holding their wedding reception at Bedminster.
White House aides wanted Trump’s 10 a.m. Monday speech to be the decisive message on the shootings, and on Sunday night and Monday morning talked to him about what he would say and how the tone would be “presidential,” a White House official said.
There had been no internal discussion about linking immigration legislation to background checks — as the president tweeted Monday — because there was no plan to mention that in the speech, White House officials said.
The policy outlines mentioned by the president were scattershot at best — many of them unlikely, poorly defined or marginal in impact. “Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun,” Trump said.
Tom Bossert, a former Homeland Security adviser, said the White House should seize the moment to push bold policy changes. “The country is really galvanized on this right now,” he said. “The president and the people around him should not be worried about the politics and should be trying to figure out how to tie together records of mental health problems and records of gun ownership and everything that goes into keeping them accurate and updated.” 
But for critics of Trump, his teleprompter remarks felt perfunctory and even disingenuous. 
“If you laid that speech next to videos of his rallies, it’s mind-boggling,” said David Axelrod, a senior adviser Obama. “He said what you’d want the president to say. The problem is that in real life, he’s a provocateur, not a healer, and his whole political project depends on those provocations. And so how long will it be before he returns to ‘Twitter Trump’ stirring the pot? How long before the next rally when he uses the dehumanizing language that he decried in his remarks today?”
Indeed, the president has a history of walking back his more conciliatory comments and retreating into the incendiary language he believes his base prefers. After Charlottesville, for example, Trump faced a storm of criticism for condemning “violence on many sides,” prompting him to deliver teleprompter remarks admonishing white supremacists — only to backtrack again by saying there were “very fine people” on both sides.
Current and former administration officials said Trump can be persuaded to strike a more unifying tone, but will quickly revert if he faces criticism from the news media or Democrats.
Tim O’Brien, a Trump biographer and executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion, said that “Twitter is the closest to Donald Trump’s core that you’re going to get publicly.”
When he reads from a teleprompter, O’Brien added, Trump has little “tells” — those moments when he goes off script. The president did so at the end of his remarks Monday, when he accidentally blessed the memory of “those who perished in Toledo” — even though the shootings were in Dayton and El Paso. (When the White House sent out an official transcript of his speech, they had simply crossed out “in Toledo” from the text).
The message that sends, O’Brien said, is “that he just doesn’t care enough, that he isn’t steeped in the details, that he wasn’t checking in over the weekend with his people, that he wasn’t making plans to go there, that he wasn’t in touch with the governor of Ohio and the mayor of Dayton.”
On Monday morning, Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, a Democrat, said she had not received a call from the president but had heard he was planning a visit for Wednesday.
“And, you know,” she added, “he might be going to Toledo.” 
Trump says white supremacy and sinister ideologies ‘must be defeated.’ Will he lead the way?
By Dan Balz | Published August 05 at 5:31 PM ET | Washington Post | Posted August 6, 2019 |
On Monday, President Trump spoke. He decried the weekend slaughters in El Paso and Dayton that left 31 people dead and dozens more wounded. He warned against a culture of hate. He even spoke about the rising threat of white nationalism. His words were scripted for a president. But did he believe what he said?
With the nation in shock and so many Americans feeling a sense of despair and helplessness, the president’s language was prepared to fit the moment. He has been given appropriate words at other times in his presidency, which he has read from a teleprompter, often with only minimal emotion. It is what presidents are expected to do. What this president does before and after those moments is the real issue.
Absent from the president’s remarks Monday was any note of self-reflection. He did not acknowledge even in the slightest that presidential language and presidential leadership help to set a tone, for good or ill. In decrying white supremacy, he did not suggest that, in any way, he has given aid and comfort to those who preach hatred or even violence against immigrants or people of color.
That is why there can be no sense of confidence that the weekend rampages of gun violence will cause a change in the president’s behavior. In fact, everything suggests there will be no change at all. His default position as a politician is to divide and incite, not to unite and inspire. In nearly three years as president, he has yet to make any consistent effort to speak beyond the constituency that elected him. That is what makes him different from other presidents.
When he has been required to play the role of healer-in-chief, as all presidents have, he has soon after reverted to form. Everyone does, which is why each moment of terror from random gunshots in a public place produces a temporary call for action that is ignored. But politicians, especially presidents, carry an extra burden. One pattern of the Trump presidency has been to overcorrect, to undo the good words by later lashing out at perceived opponents or critics when he has not gotten the praise he expects.
The mix of racism, madness and political impotence has created a toxic combination that has infected the politics of the country. No one expects a magical answer to the multiple causes of mass shootings, but the absence even of real efforts to address the conditions and causes has led to the outrage and numbness felt so widely at a moment like now.
“Do something!” a citizen in Dayton shouted at Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) on Sunday. The audience quickly joined in, chanting in unison for action, not words. This was a cry of anguish and frustration from a citizenry that has lost faith in its political leaders, political leaders who have mastered the art of offering comfort but little more, as the carnage from gun violence continues to spread.
The president spent much of Monday on Twitter, pledging that the victims of the shootings and their loved ones would not be forgotten, highlighting his call for the death penalty for those convicted of mass murder or of hate crimes and holding the media responsible for contributing to a culture of violence, claiming that “Fake News” is the cause of it.
That he would start down the road of finger-pointing before he had even made his public comments highlights the conflict between the need to rise to the moment presidentially and continuing to carry on the fights and grievances that animate him and his followers.
More telling in the coming weeks and months will be how he conducts himself at his campaign rallies. Will he stoke the audiences as he has in the past? Will he stand by as those audiences issue chants of “lock her up” or “send her back”? Politics as practiced today can be a harsh and unforgiving profession and the campaign ahead likely will be brutally fought. Will the president inflame or will he, as a result of this moment, make some turn in the other direction?
The president is not directly responsible for the weekend shootings. The shooters are. It would be fruitless to make this all about the president, however easy that would be for some. Something bigger has caused this epidemic of gun violence, something deeply rooted in society. America has been a gun-loving nation for centuries.
But the shooters also have enablers, indirectly or directly. Something has brought the anger closer to the surface of late, something that has allowed those with hatred in their hearts, and no doubt some mental problems as well, to take deadly action against innocent people.
The president hinted Monday at a political trade with Democrats as a path to action — tougher background checks for gun purchases coupled with changes in immigration. But in his address from the White House, he made no mention of new gun legislation.
As outlined in his tweet, the proposed deal is a nonstarter. The shooters were both homegrown and one seemed to share the president’s views on immigration. Over many months, Trump has warned of an “invasion” of migrants across the southern border. In a screed posted just before the shootings in El Paso — which officials believe belonged to the alleged killer, though they are continuing to investigate — the attack was described as a response to “the Hispanic invasion of Texas.”
Even if the president were prepared to push hard for new gun legislation, there is no guarantee of success. Former president Barack Obama tried to do so after 26 people, including 20 children, were massacred at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in December 2012, but didn’t succeed. Nor did the killings of 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in February 2018 lead to action.
If those innocent lost lives, along with all the others on the roster of the other recent and horrific mass shootings, were not enough to spur action, the likelihood of something different happening this time is limited.
What might be possible, however, is something that would push back against the rise of white supremacy that is evident and that law enforcement and domestic security experts have identified as a growing threat.
The president called for exactly that on Monday morning.
“In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy,” he said. “These sinister ideologies must be defeated.”
He has now set a marker for himself and the duration of his presidency, a standard he has yet to meet in office.
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campdanandphil · 7 years
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camp dan and phil quiz answers
Remember, these were marks really harshly because so many of you would have been close to full marks otherwise!
Which one used to keep a dream diary? Dan
What and when was the Halloween Gathering? (31 October) 2009, Youtuber Meet-up
When did Dan do his work experience in London and made his video SRS BSNSS? January 2010
When did Dan and Phil go to Jamaica, and why? July 2010, to test/promote cameras w/ other YouTubers
Which once believed they were part fish? Phil
Which has grandparents who were cousins? Phil
When was their first radio show? Christmas 2011
Fill in this quote: “You’re ……. in my life” You’re next to me in my life
Which used to have the video personas of Becky and Jessica? Dan
Who attended university in Manchester? Dan
Which infamous phanfiction involves Phil being possessed due to his crush on Dan? The Chair Fic
Who suggested they play the game ‘CAN YOUR PET’ to trick the other? Phil
Who played OUTLAST by themselves when the other was away? Dan
Who used to play THE IMPOSSIBLE QUIZ when they were younger, whilst the other had never played it? Dan
Who has the ability to gleek? Phil
Whose family has a dog (who has worn matching Christmas jumpers)? Dan
Fill in this quote: “Sand? …..” Sand? Fuck off mate
What did Dan say happened after filming the yoghurt scene in his video ‘PROCRASTINATION’? His dad pulled into the drive and Dan panicked to race upstairs without being seen
In which video does Dan have a sketch of Britain panicking after seeing a rainbow? How NOT to Stay Cool
In which collab does Phil read out an ask saying “penis, dan, penis penis penis”? AmazingDan
Who has ‘butterfingers’? Dan
What year did they move to London together? 2012
What band did they initially bond over? Muse
In what video does Dan attempt to eat a crumpet with an entire block of butter? SO EMBARRASSING.
Who has absent-mindedly taken a shower with socks on? Phil
Who doesn’t like showering with their back exposed (away from the shower stream)? Phil
Which family member is involved with their 2009 ‘INTERACTIVE CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE’? Phil’s mum
Who apparently once looked at reviews for suction hoovers? Dan
Who was once an extra in a film about a war-reconstruction group? Phil
Who voiced ‘male technician one’ in Big Hero Six? Dan
Fill in this quote: “Every animal….. with you” Every animal makes that noise with you
What was the name of the DIY store that Dan used to work at? Focus
Who was once in an episode of ‘Apartment Red’? Phil
Who used to frequently mention ‘the game’ in their videos? Dan
Who once filmed a stalker-based music video with Peej Liguori? Phil
In Chris’ video ‘I Can’t Even: Geek Week Special’, what are Dan and Phil specifically dressed as? Dan = the eleventh doctor, Phil = picakhu
Who frequently leaves cupboard doors open? Phil
In which Day in the Life video does Phil abandon Dan to play Crossy Road? A Festive Day in the Life of Dan and Phil!
What used to be the names of Dan fans (that were on their merchandise)? danosaur
Who once fell up an escalator? Dan
Who once got their head stuck in train doors? Dan
Which has fallen off their chair numerous times in liveshows? Dan
Who once had a candid photo contest with Caspar Lee and and was ultimately captured flipping him off? Dan
In which video is the ‘phanaconda’ clip shown? MY TUMBLR TAG 2! (with Dan), but I guess also PINOF6 then since so many of you wrote that
What was the reason that Dan took a power nap in his video ‘THE POWER NAP’? Staying out all night with his friends
What did Dan AND Phil wear to the Halloween Gathering? Dan = bear costume, Phil = cat costume
Who photographed the other falling asleep at a party? BOTH (*grumbling* dammit)
Who was initially the taller of the two? Phil
Who was predicted to be born on Valentine’s Day? Phil
What was the reason behind Phil wanting braces when he was younger? Idolised girl (Jessica) down his road who had braces
Fill in this quote: “You loved it. You….” You want to do it more
Which gained their own-inspired character in Crossy Road? Phil
Who once shaved in a liveshow? Phil
Which game did they both gain characters in? World Chef
How long did it take them in Minecraft to figure out how to break a block? 10 minutes
In which gaming video does Dan yell “PHIL LESTER! YOU’RE A GENIUS!”? Dan and Phil play THE IMPOSSIBLE QUIZ! #2
Which one famously tweeted ‘ASs’? Phil
Which one filmed the ‘what in tarnation’ video? Dan
What was the reason behind Dan travelling to the Bahamas? Had to enter US as tourist in order to stay for longer than working visa permitted
Supposedly, what year is their wedding? 2022
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