on a real note: what kind of life was that? doomed to debate college students with bad faith arguments for a living, riling up masses against marginalized groups for your own profit and claiming to be a servant of christ...
one must imagine kirk happy, dying on the stage that bound him to this sad existence, a catch-22 of his own design
Given the fact there's now good reasons to believe the (alleged, but himself confessed) assassin of Charlie Kirk was a right wing gun nut, to whom Kirk was not right wing enough, makes me feel more valid in my cynical criticism of Kirk and his passing.
He died not just as a result of the world he created, but specifically through the hands of a person he radicalized, utilizing gun βrightsβ Kirk defended day and night.
If life was a screenplay, this would be an on the nose plot point that the writers inserted to spread their own political beliefs. Yet it isn't, this is real life, and these are the real consequences of your words.
A far right media outlet told people to mass report my posts on Instagram, many of them were removed without any notice or ability to appeal.
When a story of mine was deleted and Instagram notified me so I could appeal, it was almost immediately reinstated.
Whatever you think of my posts, I should at least be told they were wrong or against the community guidelines. Instagram happily told me that. If a post on Mastodon is moderated, a user on Mastodon is immediately notified and can appeal. This process can sometimes be intransparent depending on the moderator, but it's a hell of a lot better than having some AI algorithm delete your posts for being mass reported and then gaslighting you that they never existed.
@ErikUden This is complete misinformation. The Nazis did an unsuccessful violent coup in the 20s and were banned nationwide for years. Hitler famously spent quite some time in prison writing Mein Kampf.
Later, they were unbanned and used as informal paramilitary forces by the establishment as a violent suppression force against communists and labour unions. Those actions were also largely illegal.
So again, what the fuck are you talking about?
@GroupNebula563 I do believe Mastodon has some sort of protective shield as no journalist has ever dared to just click on my Mastodon profile linked on every other social media platform I have. They'll dig through some deep documents confirming I have some sort of position in my political party in order to put pressure on them, write texts to my parents with names of our friends but wrong numbers, or E-Mail my co-workers at holocaust remembrance exhibitions / museums, yet never just go on this platform.
Every lukewarm take on the other platforms is immediately siphoned to some far right think tank in some TPUSA member's dorm, but whatever I post on Mastodon is just shared within leftist circles.
Some day a journalist will breach over to this platform and βdiscoverβ my (Google indedexed and immediately sent to tens of thousands of people) secret messages... on that day my house of cards will crumble.
Sounds like you did everything right
@ErikUden There's a difference between empathy for a guy like Kirk and not taking joy in his death. Kirk was a dick. But that doesn't justify killing him or celebrating a violent act, just because the victim of that act was somebody we don't agree with or like.
The even more terrible thing is that in the same day, there was yet another school shooting. Violence is being normalized. Lives are becoming less and less precious. And the guy in charge loves every bit of it. He gets to use the army.
@ErikUden
No f*ing surprise.
Also: No prayers by Bibi, just hypocrisy for religiofascist minions everywhere.
@ErikUden I've read exactly this description multiple times, but haven't watched the videos.
He _could_ survive - paralyzed, most probably.