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with everything that’s happening on twitter, i think nows a good time to deactivate.
i’ve considered doing it on multiple occasions, but i stayed on because of my friends.
now, they’ve all either left themselves or they hate me for supporting pokeonion.
i’ve considered doing it on multiple occasions, but i stayed on because of my friends.
now, they’ve all either left themselves or they hate me for supporting pokeonion.
before i leave, i would like to address the document people are circulating.
i would like to begin by saying a lot of the shit his friends did was stuff i very much condemn, but i dont think onion should get blamed for shit his friends did. yeah, he did allow it, but..
i would like to begin by saying a lot of the shit his friends did was stuff i very much condemn, but i dont think onion should get blamed for shit his friends did. yeah, he did allow it, but..
...i’ve been in a similar situation, where a lot of people i’m friends are saying terrible things, its hard to get them to stop, and you dont want to cut ties with them because they’re your friend but at the same time you can’t justify their actions...
...and its especially hard when its several friends who are deadset on their beliefs.
does that make it the right thing to do to tolerate this kind of behavior? absolutely not. but i firmly believe we are not defined by our mistakes
All the other things onion did...
does that make it the right thing to do to tolerate this kind of behavior? absolutely not. but i firmly believe we are not defined by our mistakes
All the other things onion did...
...are all bad, but they’re not so incredibly terrible i’m willing to cut ties with one of my closest friends in this community. its important to see people as human beings and not just focus on the good or the bad, but focus on both
Fundamentally, Onion is a good person. However, he has done some bad things. But I don’t think he did those things out of malevolence, but out of stupidity. He didn’t think about how people would view his jokes in the future, he was just making a stupid, edgy joke.
This is the type of foresight anyone using the internet should at least try and have. You have to think about all the ways things you say could be interpreted, because people will constantly misinterpret things, both on accident and on purpose
The main reason why I’m deactivating is i’ve been included on the document of onion supporters for people to block, and I honestly think its really, really lame to block out opinions you don’t like.
You should only block people if they’re actively being assholes or detrimental to your mental health, not just because they support someone you don’t like. I’m sure I’ve lost plenty of friends over this based on the timeline and how much my mutuals hate onion, and it makes me sad
But in the end, if they’ll cut ties with me purely because my opinions conflict with theirs, then to put it bluntly, we weren’t very good friends anyway.
I understand I’m not perfect, I’ve had my share of bruh moments, as we’ve all...
I understand I’m not perfect, I’ve had my share of bruh moments, as we’ve all...
But I don’t think I’ve done anything so horrible that I should be blocked on sight for it.
I’ve always supported progressive movements like BLM and LGBTQ, I’ve always tried to maintain a professional tone in arguments. I’ve tried my best to be kind.
I’ve always supported progressive movements like BLM and LGBTQ, I’ve always tried to maintain a professional tone in arguments. I’ve tried my best to be kind.
And i’ve probably failed sometimes at these things.
Hell, maybe I am making a mistake by siding with Onion.
But i’ve seen a lot of drama in poketwitter, and i’ve seen terrible people on all sides, and twitter as a whole is just such a shitty place...
Hell, maybe I am making a mistake by siding with Onion.
But i’ve seen a lot of drama in poketwitter, and i’ve seen terrible people on all sides, and twitter as a whole is just such a shitty place...
And if I’m being honest, I’m also scared. I’m gonna be the bigger man here and admit it. I don’t want to be harassed into privating or deactivating like onion was. I feel no shame in admitting that.
Wanted to deactivate this account and disassociate myself from twitter for a while too, only stuck around for all my friends who are probably blocking me now. So yeah, this is the end. I’ll keep this thread up for 24 hours and then deactivate.
I wish no ill will to anyone involved in this whole drama. I hope you all have wonderful lives and that I never have to deal with some of you guys again.
Thats about all I have to say, so goodbye, shitty platform.
Thats about all I have to say, so goodbye, shitty platform.
