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 “rights” 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.