I did edit it. I certainly didn’t edit to make it larger. I added more context to it. If you saw it before you will see ther post is slightly longer and has an extra analogy at the end. There’s no argument, just an accusation based on an incorrect assumption. I hit a markdown button on my app which added the styling to it.

I understand if you disagree with what I said but please don’t accuse me of accepting things that I don’t. Quick question though friend, possibly unrelated, but please answer. do you see a difference in someone saying

I can understand why this side would be angry enough to do some violent things, if you look at the history associated with the people they were violent against

and

this is a public call to violence, lets burn those people on the other side because after the history they deserve it and there will be more blood shed from us which I support

this is entirely hypothetical, don’t read into it any more than what’s there.

Go ahead and downvote me into the cellar and take this however you will but, I think the interpreted definition of hate speech is way too broad. Commentary can be abhorrent and repulsive without being defined as hate speech. I find it far more important to a enriching conversation to try to engage with people in their echo chamber, and try to find common logical ground to allow their own brains to start moving them away from their loathsome point of views. It may not always work, but it’s the only way we actually bring people back into the land of reasonable once again.

A great quote from comedian Doug Stanhope: If you never leave your house, the current climate is whatever you set your fucking thermostat to last. It’s why so many younger people today are offended by things that weren’t intended to be offensive by its author in the first place. It’s hard to have empathy for another point of view if you assume everyone is familiar inside your echo chamber and know what frequencies shatter the glass.

If by arrangements you mean binge drink to beat the radiation to the punch with fatal alcohol poisoning, I’m all in!

If by arrangements you mean binge drink to beat the radiation to the punch with fatal alcohol poisoning, I’m all in!

Since you brought it up, I’m unconvinced the introducing crack to black neighborhoods thing is entirely related. Pretty sure the CIA already had their hands full with the war(s) to take a huge interest in MLK when he was rallying against racism, it was more until he started speaking out for unions and against unchecked capitalism. During the social justice years they only smeared him with the out-of-context details of his extramarital affair to media outlets (TMZ level bullshit) in order to discredit him. As soon as you get in the way of the generational wealth of very powerful families though, it’s a whole new ballgame. That’s when the assassination talks probably kicked into high gear.

seriously, was that really all? just a little gallows humor

maybe she can start a new career as a stand up comic

this is fascinating and very insightful, thanks for sharing!

I strongly believe he was going to retire the whole time, and volunteered to be the fall guy in exchange for a golden parachute. It’s a win for all parties involved, because unity gets their PR scapegoat and he was likely going to get a nice financial package on the way out the door anyway.

I don’t care much what the new direction is anyway. I’m using unreal for my games but I admit even with the new pricing structure, I’d probably pay a lot less under Unity’s install fee thing, which caps out at 4% rev share, assuming one of my games ever even got enough sales to hit a million dollar threshold as a solo developer. The issue for me was the magical telemetry spyware that’s apparently going to be in every new build now. Its to the point I’m reconsidering if I’ll buy unity games ever again, or even install any of the ones I have on steam if they decide to update the build.

(That last part hurts my soul deep because Cities Skylines 2 is literally about to release on steam. 🥲)