#TrustAndSafety: The day Freedom of Expression on Twitter Died.

     It's official, ladies and gentlemen. Freedom of Speech on Twitter is dead. Twitter has created a "Trust and Safety Council" to dictate what is and isn't acceptable behavior on the social media platform. Every single person on that council is a special interest group that seeks to further their own agenda and nothing more. Among them is counter one Anitsa Sarkeesian, who is infamous for attacking gamers over and over again and then screaming "HARASSMENT" when they inevitably fight back. It would seem that if you cry harassment enough that you get invited to twitter to destroy free speech! Twitter has a long history of pandering to the extreme left and political correctness at the expense of their own stocks and value as a company out of fear of being the latest target of the Social Justice Nazi harassment brigade. In a way...poetic. In every way...absolutely despicable. What Twitter has done is give a bunch of people who consider criticism in any form to be harassment the ability to make it harassment. These people all want the same things: to have their ideals go completely unchallenged and for Twitter to be made in to their personal "safe space". For years, ever since the Gamer Gate controversy began, these people have shown over and over again that they want to censor everything they deem "problematic", silence anybody that disagrees with them, and force people in positions of power to give them what they want. And now, Twitter is actually doing it.
     Allow me to explain exactly what is going to start happening. Trust and Safety council gets founded, people complain and express their frustrations at Twitter and everybody involved, and then it just kind of sits there for a while. Waiting. Then, when it all dies down and people think nothing is really going on. Whoops! A well-known figure who openly denounces SJ culture gets banned for "instigating harassment" and "hate speech" and "being problematic". People are going to flip, it's all going to be blamed on the Trust and Safety council, and rightfully so. Then, with all the rage and frustration, the council is going to go to Twitter and say "Look! Look at all these people who are angry! This is all mass harassment! They're from a terrorist group called #GamerGate!". And then over the next several weeks, you're going to start seeing major figures in Gamer Gate get banned. And then less major figures will start getting banned. All for "instigating harassment" regardless of what they actually did. Then you know what will happen? Major right-wing political figures will start to get their twitter presence removed all in the name of "safety". After all! You don't like gay marriage, that makes you problematic! And we can't have ANYBODY that is...problematic... And then what's left? You ever told an SJW to fuck off? Banned. You follow somebody who posts to Gamer Gate who got banned? Banned. You get blocked by Sarkeesian in the past? Banned. Don't like feminism? Banned. Ever said anything that could ever be considered offensive by anybody ever? Banned. Banned, banned, banned, banned. BANNED.

BANNED

     It might take a while. It might not happen for months, maybe a year or two. But this is merely the first step towards total censorship of anything the extreme left doesn't agree with. When you give people who's entire purpose online is to push a political agenda the tools and power to do so...it doesn't matter what their "intentions" are, they will always... ALWAYS abuse their power to ensure that their narrative remains unchallenged. The people on this "Trust and Safety" council are in it for their own sakes. They don't care about anybody unless that person shares political ideals with them. Don't believe me? Just watch. How much you willing to be that if a Social Justice Nazi doxes somebody and sends them death threats...that nothing will happen to them? Oh but God help them if a white christian male who's voting for Donald Trump does it...they'll be banned instantly. "It's okay when WE do it, because we're the RIGHT people doing it for the RIGHT reasons."

#RIPTwitter 

#RIPTwitter: Because apparently we don't know what we want to see

     The current number one trend on Twitter is #RIPTwitter. That seems a bit drastic, as what could possibly kill the social media juggernaut? Some new system that take what twitter does right and makes it better? Nope. Could it be something to do with Anita Sarkeesian showing up to tell twitter how to improve? Doubtful. How about Twitter itself? Ding ding ding. It would seem that Twitter has decided to get rid of the sensible chronological timeline, and replace it with one that uses an algorithm to essentially tell users what they want to see.
     There hasn't been any official word of this yet, but it would seem that it was leaked to several news sources that Twitter intends to release and algorithmic timeline as soon as next week. This would essentially spell disaster for the social platform, as it has been one of the only real-time focused sites out there. Many users have stated in the past that Twitter has saved their lives due to easy access to news reports and instantaneous messaging. Now, if that crucial tweet from your local weather station warning you to stay indoors gets put at the very bottom of your feed because the algorithm decided that you dont really want to see it...you're kinda screwed.
     This is just the latest attempt from the platform, who's obsession with pandering to the political correctness crowd is well documented, to attempt to arbitrarily dictate what people see. The algorithm (if it comes in to effect because let's be honest here, nobody is pleased, at all) might start off harmless, with just showing you the most popular tweets among those you follow, but what's to stop twitter from using their algorithm to detect things you say they don't like? Speak negatively against radical feminists? Flagged. Make a joke about ISIS? Flagged. You associate with the right wing? Flagged. And if you're flagged the algorithm decides that "nobody really wants to see anything you tweet..." and will shove you down to the bottom of every timeline. And if that starts, whats to stop them from shoving all their promoted tweets at the top, or ignore who youre following and just fill timelines with people who share twitters flawed political beliefs?
     When social media starts using algorithms to dictate what people can and can't see...they are essentially stating "we have a narrative we want to push, and you are going to listen whether you like it or not". Social Justice Nazis have in the past stated they want twitter to be turned in to a safe space, and this could very well be the first step to making that happen.

Don't assume anything yet, as there is no official word, and twitter could very well back off with this move due to the mass outrage, but that doesnt mean don't be weary. If this does come to fruition, mark my words, nothing but predetermined "safe" tweets from "designated safe tweeters" will show up for anybody in the not so distant future.

#Pawtendo: The Furry Fandom's Resident Ball of Abuse and Anger

     A Furry that goes by the name of "Pawtendo" has a long-standing history of generally being to other furries what furries are to regular people. Pawtendo has quite a history of being abusive, with a lot of controversy surrounding him that is documented in his WikiFur article, as well as an Encyclopedia Dramatica page that covers a lot more but in an equally abusive manner, so we'll ignore that for the purposes of this article. He has been banned from major furry websites numerous times, as well as appeared on Artists Beware frequently. He has had to change his Twitter handler (which is at the time of writing @PawtendoPlays) frequently as he can not seem to stop abusing people to the point where he gets a hate mob on his trail. I personally have seen him harass people for saying "feet" instead of "paws", attempt to get others to harass on his behalf to circumvent preemptive social media blocks, and attempt to con artists in to giving him free art (and when it doesn't work he resorts to more harassment). This person is already well-known for being extremely abusive so it should come as no surprise that he is now targeting a 14 year old artist.
     As documented here, Pawtendo has set his sights on trying to con a 14 year old out a measly $10 by insinuating that the artist (who isn't even old enough to legally receive payments) request payment for free art, which did not happen. In addition to this, Pawtendo was actually hitting on the kid claiming that he has a crush on them and trying to guilt trip them when they didn't express the same feelings back. It's a sad day indeed when a 14 year old is being the mature one when a 24 year old expresses romantic feelings. Of course, Pawtendo is desperately trying to deny all of this, but given that he has a history of lying and trying to cheat people out of money, as well as has been caught numerous times in the past flirting and trying to roleplay with underage kids (and subsequently throwing a fit when they reject him), most people are on the side of the young artist. I personally find it quite sad that this is even happening. The Furry Fandom prides itself on being inclusive and understanding to anybody that associates with the community, but unfortunately that means that a few bad eggs can and will show up every once in a while. Sometimes...it's the same bad egg multiple times. The fandom tries to police its own however, but sadly that can just result in a harassment war (which reminds me, please do not go and try to harass Pawtendo because you read this article. That just makes matters worse. This article is meant as a signal boost, so that people know to avoid this highly toxic individual, it's not meant to start a flame war. So please, be the bigger person.)
      This is all just one more mark on the list of shitty things that Pawtendo has done, and it certainly won't be the last. If you're part of the furry community or just on twitter in general...do yourself a favor and block Pawtendo. Even the people close to him have admitted multiple times that they tolerate him out of pity more than anything, and he attacks anybody for trivial things (I mean really...getting pissy over somebody saying feet and not paws? This is why people think furries have mental disorders). Keep him out of your life, and you will have a much more positive time. Trust me.

 

#TweetLikeAWhiteGay: Social Justice Bigotry

     We've come full circle, ladies and gentlemen. For many months now the "Social Justice Warrior" community has been mocked as a "who's the most oppressed" contest. But now it finally seems like they are proving the mocking to be based in truth. The Social Justice community has for a long time targeted people with their campaign of guilt and harassment against the majority (mainly straight white men) that they perceive to oppressing minorities simply by existing. The SJ crowd has been relentless in attacking anybody part of the majority for anything that they perceive to be "oppression", such as the time Social Justice Warriors harassed the man who landed a probe on a comet for wearing a shirt with sexy women on it that his woman friend made for him, or the time Rebecca Watson flat out supported the collection and distribution of the personal information of people she disagrees with for the purpose of harassing them. These people and their actions create quite a controversy nearly every time they open their mouths. And now, it seems that because they've grown tired of targeting the majority, now they're going to target their own. Hence #TweetLikeAWhiteGay, where white homosexuals have become the latest target. The tag is filled with mocking, fabricated lies, and putting words in the mouths of anybody who happens to be white and gay, all for the purpose of creating the narrative that white's are inherently evil simply because there's more of them in the west. Ironically, there aren't many people of color partaking in this, it's almost all white people partaking in the typical "white guilt" bs.
     It's not enough anymore for Social Justice Warriors to attack the people they claim are oppressing them, now they have to attack the people who they deem aren't oppressed ENOUGH. Gays now have the right to marry in all 50 states of America? Well now they just aren't oppressed enough, and so are free game for the mocking and harassment campaign. It would seem that now the only way you can be gay and NOT be a target for Social "Justice" is by not being white. Because racism is okay as long as the right people do it, because then it's not racism.

     Racism is racism no matter who it's against. "BUT BUT BUT MR. DRAGON RACISM IMPLIES PREJUDICE PLUS POW--" No. Shut the hell up. Racism is prejudice against somebody based on their race. Power has nothing to do with it. You can't take definitions and twist them to suit your agenda. What #TweetLikeAWhiteGay represents is the fact that the radical left is just as capable of being racist, homophobic bigots as the radical right and that is just said. These people have gone so far in to the left wing they have pulled a Pac-Man and come out on the right wing. Social Justice is a disease and this tag is just further proof of that.

     Thankfully, a lot of people seem to agree with me on this, which shows that there may be hope for humanity yet. And humorously, the tag is being flooded with furry pornography in an attempt (that is for the most part succeeding) to derail the tag. Nevertheless, the fact this tag even exists is just a testament to how low the radical left will go to preserve its victim narrative, but anybody with a sane mind can see that they are just a bunch of sad, racist homophobes who can't handle the thought that maybe they aren't as oppressed as they think they are. In the end, the bad ideas always fall and the good ideas will rise to the top and prevail. That's why the internet is such an amazing place, and why Social Justice wants to censor it so badly and turn it in to a "safe space". They know that their ideals are faulty, it's just that they are so loud and obnoxious about pushing their narrative on to everything that the good ideas, the ideas that promote TRUE equality, and TRUE justice, the ideas where EVERYBODY is equal and nobody is oppressed or made to feel like less of a person or mocked for who they are, those ideas are simply being hidden right now while the SJ crowd marches on their doomed crusade. But eventually, they will all be left behind as society marches on without them.