How the Snakes Stole Christmas! (Classic Seuss)
LAST week we wrote about a bunch of militants who hate women (maybe envy women, as so many incels do). The had gone on a self-harming prowl. Today is Christmas, but it is also a Monday and we promised to tackle this issue every Monday without exceptions. Only Mondays.
My wife, a devout Christian, has also endorsed this meme (she's among the victims):
Some time next year we'll show the finer details. We'll remind people to pay careful attention and notice the timing of frivolous reports; there's a clear pattern and it shows clear coordination between the "puppetmaster" and "socks" [1, 2]. They even talk to one another in the open in toots that have since been deleted (we've archived the cache), e.g.: "@starstreak@tech.lgbt @mjg59 you're just saying what I'm saying but with different word. If normal people keep lurking around there, they make it acceptable for advertisers to stay there."
These are not rational people but serial vandals who use the Web as a weapon and whose track record doing this goes a decade and a half back. Maybe even 20 years. Being sick in the mind can be a feature when you want to use "human fodder" with minimal accountability (or risk to oneself).
The "puppetmaster" and "socks" were discussing how to deplatform (take offline) sites. They were very blatant about it, even out in the open. And remember that they try hard to marginalise Richard Stallman and Eben Moglen not because they are bad people or have objectionable views. It's because this duo strives towards software freedom, not merely some crowdsourced development (sourced for and by monopolistic corporations, not grassroots or communities) of a kernel, on top of which to run DRM and proprietary "apps". Companies that cannot kill the idea or dispute the rationale for people controlling their own computers (that they bought) resort to character assassination, instead. It's easier to kill people or mock them to death (pathetic cheap shots like these, or name-calling while talking about death of still-living people who fight cancer) than to discredit popular ideas.
Anyway, next year we'll reveal the "anatomy" of such attacks, wherein lunatics with documents (no need to hypothesise; it's verified) assault sites and people, then try to invert the narrative, painting themselves as the victims after endless provocation including abuse of wives, mothers etc.
We'd like to keep today's part short because it's a holiday, but there's plenty more to come. █