Maybe. But I’ve watched much better people than him, who did far less to deserve it, die.

That one of the biggest cheerleaders of fascism here in the States, in both advocating for genocide here and abroad, got iced is basically celebratory. Insofar as it’s one less Nazi in the world, not so much that it’ll do anything worthwhile beyond that.

I watched it. Felt nothing.

I’ve been hyper-aware of the possibility of a school shooting since I was in grade school. I’ve watched Palestinians be murdered for over ten years. I’ve watched poor young Russian idiots and Ukrainian soldiers blown apart for the past three years. And I just saw one of the biggest cheerleaders of all that in the States killed.

“Sick reality” has nothing on it. A piece of shit who advocated for and contributed to the shittiest of shitty policy in the US, which has led to the deaths of numerous other people, was killed, and by one of the shitty policies he himself advocated (political violence or gun proliferation, as you prefer).

This isn’t even getting into the ‘less’ severe domestic dangers he was part of pushing forward - the concentration camps for immigrants, the rampant dehumanization of LGBTQ folk, the stripping of medical assistance to the filthy poors who are too sick to be worth keeping alive.

Fuck him.

At least one.

Yep. Several times. Felt nothing.

Am I numb? Maybe. But after shitwits like him supporting genocide, imperialism, school shootings, rape, political violence, domestic violence, and persecution, I’m done feeling empathy for fascists.

An autopsy may finally determine the true size of his face. Praying for the integrity of his facial features postmortem, for science.

“hide of a wild beast” is unfortunately as specific the histories go.

It’d be much cooler to celebrate liberty in December instead of some kid being born too, tbqh.

Later invention, I’m afraid! German-American cartoonist Thomas Nast is often credited with the modern design of Santa Claus during the US Civil War, of all times.

That being said, many of the traditions of Christmas are linked to Saturnalia.

Explanation: Saturnalia was an ancient Roman festival of merrymaking, where the social order was turned ‘upside-down’ in celebration of the liberty granted by Saturn. People exchanged small gifts, dressed in outlandish outfits, played holiday games, and drank and feasted to excess.

Emperor Julian was the last pagan Emperor of Rome, who attempted to enforce tolerance for all faiths in the Empire - something which the Christians, who had enjoyed ~50 years as an empowered minority with Christian Emperors persecuting their enemies, the pagan majority of the Empire, regarded as a great offense.

EMPEROR JULIAN GAVE US BACK SATURNALIA

With thanks to @Deceptichum@quokk.au

People remember names more than opinions. It wouldn’t surprise me if this was still a net gain for the company.

Perfect pizza places never have good apps, though 😔

Delicious

Terminally online behavior.

Uh, yes, that’s why I pointed it out?

Unlike, of course, seven months’ worth of impassioned ranting and lying about a commenter who rarely even interacts with you

Any drama must be posted as an observer, you cannot post drama that you are involved with.

When posting screenshots of drama, you must obscure the identity of all the participants.

Both of the top rules of the Fediverse drama sub are kind of antithetical to the point of FediverseSlander.

There’s a Fediverse drama sub, but it’s about recording rather than disproving drama, and doesn’t allow drama to be posted by anyone involved in the drama.

This is more about disproving false claims that come about in the process of Fediverse drama, and allows people to bring up their own cases, so long as they come with evidence that the claim is false, and not just counter-accusations or unsupported denials.

Isn’t the fight started with the slander, not with its rebuttal?

If they don’t, they don’t. It’s whatever in the end, at least from my pov. The point of the comm is primarily for venting and establishing the truth of a matter.

Informing the slanderers in question would be a nice option to have for those of us who want it, but not really core to the idea of the comm.