this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2026
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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards
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There's been an another doubling down with an extra edit to double the downing: https://lemmy.today/post/57202811
I do feel bad they're getting harassing DMs and death threats though, that is taking it too far. But I don't know what sort of reaction they expected from doing something so underhanded and then taking the high road after.
Oh yeah, that's fucked up. The kind of people who make that big of a deal out of it, enough to send threats, are reinforcing his reasoning. It sucks that he's stuck inside the meat grinder now, but he did throw himself in.
O irony
It reads like no one gave them a chance to open a dialogue on a post where they shut down the dialogue.
Could you clarify?
The previous post was a monologue from the get go, it was explicitly created with the comment section muzzled
He starts off the second post by blaming the audience for not wanting an explanation, otherwise he would answer questions. I'm saying that's hypocritical because the comments are shut down.
Yeah, that's what i was hoping you meant. What he's clearly complaining about is people don't want to countenance his unrepentant violation.