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Stoobz

@stoobz.bsky.social

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I mean, I have hobbies, but I mostly just post rambling diatribes about politics to get them out of my head. If that's your thing, I'm sorry.

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Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 6h

I mean, the media is all owned by billionaires who are in Trump's pocket. Don't expect them to care about any violence they can't blame on Antifa.

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 6h

Well, the good news is that my current position affects you exactly as much as my old opinion affected them.

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 6h

...an American with a conservative media diet. But Leo Frank? That's the kind of obscure shit that only fascists care to defend.

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 6h

The fact that you have strong opinions on obscure historical race conflicts. Normal people don't have those, only anti-racists and fascists. Before their evidence was all stuff that you could believe just from propaganda, so I was doubtful.

Like, Trayvon Martin could be explained just by being...

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

...fascists and anti-fascists. You don't seem to be the latter. Sorry dude, they eventually came through with the receipts, just took them a while.

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

I mean, he's correct there. Free speech just means the government can't have you arrested for saying something they don't approve of. It has no bearing on social media.

And yeah, you hold a lot of highly specific views about obscure racial conflicts. That is a trait of two kinds of people...

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

The meaning of the word average is such that 50% of people are above average and 50% of people are below average. I don't know what more proof I could give you than that.

Unless you have data proving racial differences in intelligence? I am happy to take back my claim if you do.

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

Dude, you are acting like you all didn't have the option to walk away at any time. I have no idea why you all cared so much about my opinion of some internet guy. But nobody was trapped in this discussion, you all chose it.

I have literally no power over any of you.

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

Ah, generative AI, a very good source that everybody should take seriously.

Come on, really?

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

Unless you are enjoying this. I guess I can continue if you like. But really, I was only hanging around to see if anyone would actually give me evidence against Gideon, and that's done now, so this is just a waste of time.

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

Okay, I have my answer on the Gideon question, and there is nothing more productive to be had from this discussion. You like Mr Kweli, I think he's a lying piece of shit, and in both of our cases that is based on our personal experience of him, so lets just agree to disagree and move on.

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

You are free to pretend otherwise, if you want. I'm sure sooner or later he will try to sell you some crypto or some other bullshit grifter shit.

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

Sure thing, yeah, a celebrity lying to his fans about me and missrepresenting my comments wasn't an attempt to make me look bad.

Look, the guy is a piece of shit. The amount of evidence I have for that is pretty much insurmountable. I can't think of anything that would convince me otherwise now.

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

...towards me. And I still consider you dishonest. It was someone else who provided actual evidence, you were too busy with baseless personal attacks to do so.

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

...which you refused to provide. As soon as someone did provide it, I changed my mind. Just, you are too dishonest to engage in an actual conversation, preferring to grandstand to your fans.

I never called you dishonest for calling Gideon a fascist. I called you dishonest for your behavior...

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

I mean, not a week, not my friend, and I never defended him, I just refused to commit to calling someone a fascist until I was persuaded that they were a fascist.

See, that's the issue. I have nothing to apologize for. Being incorrect is not a sin until you are given evidence that you are wrong...

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

In that case why did he need to dishonestly misrepresent me? If I looked bad all by myself, he could have just let the thread play out. He chose dishonesty regardless of whether it had an actual impact.

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

We should definitely look more closely at any potential ties between him and Epstein.

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

I have made almost no claims, beyond expressing my opinions based on the behavior I observed.

And again, I have no power to shield anyone. You were always free to call Gideon a fascist. You just chose to argue with me about whether he was a fascist or not instead.

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

Sure, except for it not being a lie, just a description of his actual behavior, continuously in public for multiple days straight. See, the dishonesty continues. You can't even acknowledge his actions. You have a thought-terminating cliche to deploy, and so you never need to self-assess.

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

...that only an actual fascist would care enough to litigate.

Double-score there, because that wasn't one of the things I asked for, so you didn't even have to listen to a white man to achieve it, which apparently is important to you.

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah. You posted stuff that a conservative conspiracy theorist who isn't a fascist might easily say. You posted stuff that people might believe simply because they were propagandized.

Then YOU, not anyone else, posted something that was obscure enough that there was no recent propaganda, and...

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

Sorry, I guess I should say "...wanting convincing evidence...."

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

...wanting evidence before labeling someone a fascist (who, to be clear, I have already said I believe it is okay to do violence to) is something only a fascist would do.

Stoobz @stoobz.bsky.social · 7h

Shielded him? Yeah, it became impossible for you to call him a fascist because I disagreed with you.

Or maybe I just had an opinion you didn't like, and it had no effect on literally anything until you all chose to engage with it continuously for four days, while constantly insisting that...