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/22 And in the end, he might have said something compassionate regarding the latest target of hate. And in doing so, he became the latest form of sympathizer. Those... tragically... never last long in this world.
February 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
/22 And in the end, he might have said something compassionate regarding the latest target of hate. And in doing so, he became the latest form of sympathizer. Those... tragically... never last long in this world.
/21 You see, in his heart, while *not* in the right place - was probably not hateful. Misguided in attempt to stay alive maybe. Instinctively seeing where the wind was blowing. Doing what he felt he needed to do to keep his family safe.
February 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
/21 You see, in his heart, while *not* in the right place - was probably not hateful. Misguided in attempt to stay alive maybe. Instinctively seeing where the wind was blowing. Doing what he felt he needed to do to keep his family safe.
/20 I highly doubt he was actively in the resistance. He probably just said the wrong thing at the wrong time, to some upstart commander who wanted to show how ruthless he is. In this way, my friend was doomed from the start.
February 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
/20 I highly doubt he was actively in the resistance. He probably just said the wrong thing at the wrong time, to some upstart commander who wanted to show how ruthless he is. In this way, my friend was doomed from the start.
/19 No doubt strong supporters got shots to the back of the head just because they were introverted and didn't show all of their support for the party outwardly enough.
In fact, ironically enough - I recently heard that my friend had since been executed, all these years later.
In fact, ironically enough - I recently heard that my friend had since been executed, all these years later.
February 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
/19 No doubt strong supporters got shots to the back of the head just because they were introverted and didn't show all of their support for the party outwardly enough.
In fact, ironically enough - I recently heard that my friend had since been executed, all these years later.
In fact, ironically enough - I recently heard that my friend had since been executed, all these years later.
/18 But when is it right to do that? Up to a certain point it seems like you have to resist. Eventually that is unsafe. But what is that moment that you need to not only not-resist, but instead show strong support? Hard to define.
February 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
/18 But when is it right to do that? Up to a certain point it seems like you have to resist. Eventually that is unsafe. But what is that moment that you need to not only not-resist, but instead show strong support? Hard to define.
/17 Unless, I mean if I was some kind of upstanding party member, maybe they would have given me some benefit there. That's a mistake I guess I regret *a little* - that I didn't pretend to support all of this, more.
February 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
/17 Unless, I mean if I was some kind of upstanding party member, maybe they would have given me some benefit there. That's a mistake I guess I regret *a little* - that I didn't pretend to support all of this, more.
/16 When they arrested me, they didn't really say it was for anything specific. They weren't really required to do that anymore. And it wouldn't have mattered. Even if I was truly innocent of having resistance related thoughts - they didn't tend to bother with that anymore.
February 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
/16 When they arrested me, they didn't really say it was for anything specific. They weren't really required to do that anymore. And it wouldn't have mattered. Even if I was truly innocent of having resistance related thoughts - they didn't tend to bother with that anymore.
/15 And I don't know how it happened. To be fair, he might have been held at gunpoint and told he needed to inform of at least five friends who have expressed thoughts of resistance. It's possible. They ARE known to do this.
February 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
/15 And I don't know how it happened. To be fair, he might have been held at gunpoint and told he needed to inform of at least five friends who have expressed thoughts of resistance. It's possible. They ARE known to do this.
/14 That's a quick way to be seen as a gay sympathizer and getting in some deep shit yourself. Slippery evil slopes my old friend. How far you fell.
Despite seeing how all of this has played out in others, I hadn't seen it coming from Mal.
Despite seeing how all of this has played out in others, I hadn't seen it coming from Mal.
February 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
/14 That's a quick way to be seen as a gay sympathizer and getting in some deep shit yourself. Slippery evil slopes my old friend. How far you fell.
Despite seeing how all of this has played out in others, I hadn't seen it coming from Mal.
Despite seeing how all of this has played out in others, I hadn't seen it coming from Mal.
/13 Even if they know or knew or even love their great friends who happen to be gay or trans. Because the dehumanization was *strong*. And the pressure from other like minded folk? Well you can't be seen defending gays.
February 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
/13 Even if they know or knew or even love their great friends who happen to be gay or trans. Because the dehumanization was *strong*. And the pressure from other like minded folk? Well you can't be seen defending gays.
/12 And well after the policy offense excuses are gone, the hate remains. Because you need to keep these guys down - don't let them get any power back!
Hate towards gays and trans seems to come easy for this group.
Hate towards gays and trans seems to come easy for this group.
February 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
/12 And well after the policy offense excuses are gone, the hate remains. Because you need to keep these guys down - don't let them get any power back!
Hate towards gays and trans seems to come easy for this group.
Hate towards gays and trans seems to come easy for this group.
/11 These other races were getting an unfair advantage. So they had to be taken down a peg. And at first, it was just policy. Well in some cases it was immediate deportation. But even that doesn't last long. It becomes concentration camps. Ethnic cleansing machines.
February 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
/11 These other races were getting an unfair advantage. So they had to be taken down a peg. And at first, it was just policy. Well in some cases it was immediate deportation. But even that doesn't last long. It becomes concentration camps. Ethnic cleansing machines.
/10 Or... I could be wrong and he had been harboring hate for years. I know that is the case for some.
The races? They became a concept. Related to a policy or policies that the libs had in place that took money our of their pockets.
The races? They became a concept. Related to a policy or policies that the libs had in place that took money our of their pockets.
February 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
/10 Or... I could be wrong and he had been harboring hate for years. I know that is the case for some.
The races? They became a concept. Related to a policy or policies that the libs had in place that took money our of their pockets.
The races? They became a concept. Related to a policy or policies that the libs had in place that took money our of their pockets.
/9 Hate toward races, toward gays and trans, even the idea that women aren't equals to men. These are examples of things I could never imagine my friend would embrace. But its because that isn't how he thought of it.
February 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
/9 Hate toward races, toward gays and trans, even the idea that women aren't equals to men. These are examples of things I could never imagine my friend would embrace. But its because that isn't how he thought of it.
/8 Maybe because the targets of their scapegoating become dehumanized. The targets become *things* - or *animals* - or maybe *ideas* - but they are always separated from proper understanding of their true existence.
February 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
/8 Maybe because the targets of their scapegoating become dehumanized. The targets become *things* - or *animals* - or maybe *ideas* - but they are always separated from proper understanding of their true existence.
/7 I still don't quite understand how they did/do this. This indoctrinating. They take someone who has always seemed so kind - so compassionate - and they transform them into something else. Not in a way that they feel or recognize that they are being changed.
February 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
/7 I still don't quite understand how they did/do this. This indoctrinating. They take someone who has always seemed so kind - so compassionate - and they transform them into something else. Not in a way that they feel or recognize that they are being changed.
/6 Leading similar lives, having many of the same values... when it came down to the issues made important by this regime... Mal was for all of it, where I was disgusted by it.
February 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
/6 Leading similar lives, having many of the same values... when it came down to the issues made important by this regime... Mal was for all of it, where I was disgusted by it.
/5 So that must be *why* - and I just didn't see it coming. My own words and actions became a wedge that wounded Mal so deeply, that I became his enemy. And for both of us, despite coming from the same place.
February 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
/5 So that must be *why* - and I just didn't see it coming. My own words and actions became a wedge that wounded Mal so deeply, that I became his enemy. And for both of us, despite coming from the same place.
/4 But somehow this ideology - it drives in these sharp wedges into our lives. Takes our life long friends and dear family members and with a dull knife it tears these bonds and ties until it digs deep into our flesh. Creating wounds that cannot heal.
February 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
/4 But somehow this ideology - it drives in these sharp wedges into our lives. Takes our life long friends and dear family members and with a dull knife it tears these bonds and ties until it digs deep into our flesh. Creating wounds that cannot heal.
/3 But rarely was I involved directly in any kind of activity that I would consider materially related to any organized resistance. Especially around the time of my arrest.
February 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
/3 But rarely was I involved directly in any kind of activity that I would consider materially related to any organized resistance. Especially around the time of my arrest.
/2 I found it 'funny' that this friend, his name was Mal - even felt the need to "rat" me out. I wasn't really an active resistor of the regime. Sure, I HAD been vocal. Even tried to use whatever means I could find to convince others that it wasn't too late to think differently.
February 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
/2 I found it 'funny' that this friend, his name was Mal - even felt the need to "rat" me out. I wasn't really an active resistor of the regime. Sure, I HAD been vocal. Even tried to use whatever means I could find to convince others that it wasn't too late to think differently.
/6 Oh and what word is that?
Finish. This isn't finished... What hasn't finished?
Hope. Fight. Don't concede to dread.
Frozen, cruel cold. Off with you.
Brawling - I don't know this voice.
Crawling - I'll fight through. The ONLY choice.
Finish. This isn't finished... What hasn't finished?
Hope. Fight. Don't concede to dread.
Frozen, cruel cold. Off with you.
Brawling - I don't know this voice.
Crawling - I'll fight through. The ONLY choice.
February 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
/6 Oh and what word is that?
Finish. This isn't finished... What hasn't finished?
Hope. Fight. Don't concede to dread.
Frozen, cruel cold. Off with you.
Brawling - I don't know this voice.
Crawling - I'll fight through. The ONLY choice.
Finish. This isn't finished... What hasn't finished?
Hope. Fight. Don't concede to dread.
Frozen, cruel cold. Off with you.
Brawling - I don't know this voice.
Crawling - I'll fight through. The ONLY choice.
/5 Faster dying is faster.
Less resistance is less.
Defiant slaves are defiant.
Movement stalls.
I carry... onward...
Keep going... spread the word.
Less resistance is less.
Defiant slaves are defiant.
Movement stalls.
I carry... onward...
Keep going... spread the word.
February 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
/5 Faster dying is faster.
Less resistance is less.
Defiant slaves are defiant.
Movement stalls.
I carry... onward...
Keep going... spread the word.
Less resistance is less.
Defiant slaves are defiant.
Movement stalls.
I carry... onward...
Keep going... spread the word.
/4 That wind... it burns my lungs and tells me things.
Compelling false belief. "This is for the best."
"Save the rest for when you can save the rest."
Compelling false belief. "This is for the best."
"Save the rest for when you can save the rest."
February 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
/4 That wind... it burns my lungs and tells me things.
Compelling false belief. "This is for the best."
"Save the rest for when you can save the rest."
Compelling false belief. "This is for the best."
"Save the rest for when you can save the rest."