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M. K. Martin

@mkmartinwriter.com

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M. K. Martin @mkmartinwriter.com · Dec 30

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M. K. Martin @mkmartinwriter.com · 4h

And yes. I’m happy to never see or hear your name again.

M. K. Martin @mkmartinwriter.com · 4h

You haven’t seen them dog piling me because you don’t get my notifications, John.

M. K. Martin @mkmartinwriter.com · 4h

So you’re not willing to do anything to demonstrate you’re sorry.

You want to mock me (as you admit here) but prefer if I don’t resist?

No thanks.

M. K. Martin @mkmartinwriter.com · 4h

Btw I wasn’t rude initially.

I simply responded No to your article then you berated me for not reading it (which I had because goddess help me I used to respect you as a writer).

When I suggested you edit your title because like many I didn’t know you were freelancing you started ALL CAPS ranting

M. K. Martin @mkmartinwriter.com · 4h

You ‘snapped slightly’ so now I have to block multiple accounts eager to join you in mocking me.

Now you want me to quietly go away.

You set 50k+ people against me and I’m the problem?

M. K. Martin @mkmartinwriter.com · 4h

So you’ll take down the screenshot you posted to incite a dog pile?

M. K. Martin @mkmartinwriter.com · 5h

It’s extreme behavior to take my post out of context to incite a dog pile but in your own words, you warned me.

How dare I have my own thoughts? How dare I interact with a public post on a public platform?

You’re not the first patriarch I’ve annoyed and you won’t be the last.

M. K. Martin @mkmartinwriter.com · 5h

So you missed the part where he was upset over the title, did you?

It’s ok. It’s been a long day.

Go read the whole thread. Only then can you comment wisely 😜

M. K. Martin @mkmartinwriter.com · 5h

Ya’ll he did it!

He was shit posting about Americans (low hanging fruit these days I know) & when I pointed out how many nations were former UK colonies he posted a screenshot sans context of the thread.

The rage of white men when called upon to do the minimum self-reflection is incandescent.

M. K. Martin @mkmartinwriter.com · 5h

I’m sorry if Americans are a bit on edge these days and not at our most palatable as the Christofascists destroy the country and disappear people.

How rude of us.

BTW thanks for taking the time to read the full thread so you have the context

M. K. Martin @mkmartinwriter.com · 5h

John spent the day throwing tantrums because people need to read the whole of his click-bait titled article before they respond to it AND posted this entirely out of context because I hurt his feelings.

Looking forward to blocking toxic replies so take your one shot at me 🤩

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M. K. Martin @mkmartinwriter.com · 6h

I mean what I mean when I post what I post.

When I need a British dude high on self-righteousness to edit for me, I’ll damn well tell him to do so.

Until then, he shouldn’t try to do editing work for free!

M. K. Martin @mkmartinwriter.com · 6h

You got called out for your article’s click-bait title & proceeded to flame many people.

You got called out for passive-aggressive ‘I think we were both wrong’ faux apology.

And yet, here you are, back again.

Yes, indeed, one of us is unhinged.

Maybe learn something from today’s interactions?

M. K. Martin @mkmartinwriter.com · 7h

I appreciate your apology.

Do not attempt to apologize for my behavior.

If I feel I was in the wrong, I'll do that on my own.

Sadly, you seem to have a knack for bringing out the worst in a lot of folks.

On the plus side, you got a lot of engagement, so I hope alienating so many was worth it.

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M. K. Martin @mkmartinwriter.com · 8h

Really?

You're rich enough to easily afford a comfortable upper middle class life in a developed nation.

And powerful enough that you felt confident threatening to retweet me out of context to your 50k+ followers when I had the temerity to agree with your conclusion that leaving Twitter was fine.

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M. K. Martin @mkmartinwriter.com · 8h

Uh-oh. He’s gonna retweet me. I’ve been warned.

Took an entire three exchanges in which I was polite but disagreed with his patronizing and tantrum-throwing for John to threaten to set his 50k+ followers on me.

What a bold move by a brave champion of free and open discourse!