Twitter was David’s public platform and tools for practicing a new language – clear and understandable for everyone, it was a space where he made friends and enemies.

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Thu 2 Jul 2020 23:29

@sleafordmods @AliceWasWearing very gracious of you not to mention names but now you know as a result I’m going to have to turn to google to try to figure out who it was! Well, another excuse to procrastinate on writing …

Thu 2 Jul 2020 23:25

@lennyleia99 @NouriPen @leftyjew so if you want to know the actual moral reasoning behind the tweet that was it – a bit consequentialist, admittedly.

Thu 2 Jul 2020 23:22

@lennyleia99 @NouriPen @leftyjew this might possibly help prevent a murder, even if of a despicable person, and more importantly, allow the names & actions of culprits to be revealed publicly, which is usually very important for the survivors

Thu 2 Jul 2020 23:20

@lennyleia99 @NouriPen @leftyjew the odd thing is… ok, speaking just in a practical fashion, if the aim is justice, everyone making cynical jokes about her immanent “suicide” might make it a tiny tiny bit more difficult for whoever might otherwise be so inclined to actually arrange it.

Thu 2 Jul 2020 23:18

@lennyleia99 @NouriPen @leftyjew oh sorry if I was mistaken. For what it’s worth I suspect whoever made the joke is pretty angry too.

Thu 2 Jul 2020 23:15

@paniq Appealing to reality. I should avoid stating facts if stating those facts might be likely to invoke am emotional response?

Thu 2 Jul 2020 22:47

@welshbooky well you know I didn’t actually say it was funny. I carefully avoided saying that. I did think the process of my first thinking “my god that’s completely offensive!” then having to realise “well, ok, maybe not quite as completely offensive as I thought” was slightly funny.

Thu 2 Jul 2020 22:41

@NouriPen @lennyleia99 @leftyjew I’m guessing some people are just so angry on behalf of the survivors that they need to feel there’s something they can on their behalf, & thus convince themselves attacking someone who in fact feels just as angry about it, but expresses it differently, will somehow benefit them

Thu 2 Jul 2020 22:37

@nickmirzoeff yes like you I’m against the very existence of the prison system but if there’s anyone deserves to be in it…

Thu 2 Jul 2020 22:02

@lousy_punk @paniq I honestly can’t see how that wasn’t obvious but yes – thanks for pointing it out

Thu 2 Jul 2020 21:33

@paniq we’re talking about a bunch of people so rich & powerful they think they can openly rape children with impunity, & got away with actually doing so for years. So yeah. I think people who know that assume the law is broken. You don’t?

Thu 2 Jul 2020 21:31

@leftyjew @lennyleia99 We’d all love to see her put on trial and spill the beans. Obviously. I assume the person making the joke was expressing cynical resignation.

Thu 2 Jul 2020 21:30

@paniq obviously we’d all LOVE to see due process in her case. I assume the person who made the joke would too. They were expressing cynical resignation.

Thu 2 Jul 2020 21:18

RT @santiagov72: “In a way it’s hardly surprising. After all, this is what being “powerful” is largely about: not having to pay a lot of at…

Thu 2 Jul 2020 21:02

so this morning I saw a tweet expressing sorrow about Ghislaine Maxwell’s tragic suicide – next week. And I’d forgotten who she was & was thinking “I really can’t think of anyone that could be that that joke would actually be funny.” Then I realised who she was.

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Thu 2 Jul 2020 20:49

@dannywyo yes that’s because it’s not a book, it’s a twitter thread. Even despite that you have ignored words like “most” and pretended I’d written “all” which pretty much automatically disqualifies you as a legitimate critic

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Thu 2 Jul 2020 13:47

@rowyourbot there are many strains of Christianity, certainly. I was using “puritanism” as a very broad term for one of those strains, which has really been in there from the start.

Thu 2 Jul 2020 13:44

RT @Daniel_Propson: @davidgraeber What you’re talking about here describes a common pattern in Christianity of confusing temptation and sin…

Thu 2 Jul 2020 13:44

RT @Daniel_Propson: @davidgraeber People who spend their time trying to expel the *tendency* to sin are kind of like those who use aversion…

Thu 2 Jul 2020 13:42

@Soeren_Brandes an argument could be developed but the Gilded Age was after abolition had been achieved; also it was the heyday of anarchist labour struggle.

Thu 2 Jul 2020 13:40

@katzjudith week racism is systemic, but I was suggesting if you see that system as exterior, rather than as a corruption of your soul, you can actually address it.

Thu 2 Jul 2020 13:38

@PatrikAHagman yes I was using “puritanism” as short-handed for a particularly American form of Christianity, though variations on that attitude can be traced all the way back to the start

Thu 2 Jul 2020 13:36

RT @ColleenFights: @davidgraeber The way you suggest of understanding racism/sexism/etc makes the possibility for empathy much more presen…