Post B2ebVANHcT0FRgISfo by petealexharris@mastodon.scot
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(DIR) Post #B2eVli0bjiGqfWCAgi by gleick@mas.to
2026-01-24T23:12:42Z
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This is a brave man, with a phone camera in his hand, moments before he is tackled and murdered.
(DIR) Post #B2eVlj4BnsjJwusXuS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-25T10:58:36Z
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@gleick I can't prove it but I think they killed him because he made them feel small. You know, by really doing all of those things we like to say "makes a man a real man" Stepping up to protect smaller people from the bullies. With calm with honor. Like at his job. Never losing his cool while doing it. It was an inverted mirror for these little wannabes in all of their mismatched gear looking like boys playing "army" ... His presence set them off.
(DIR) Post #B2eVljflYAmtpSSYTo by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-25T11:08:12Z
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@gleick There are a lot of men who will say "I can't stand it when I see a man hit a woman." They will brag be proud of it. But, then there are the people who really feel this way. Who act accordingly. (often not the same people)They can't stand to see a bully. A bunch gear-balls knocking people smaller than them over. And they respond. A controlled de-escalating response. To step in the way. Hit me instead. I'm filming you. I'm calm. Leave them alone. A real hero.
(DIR) Post #B2eVlkKB7v77qnMpTE by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-25T15:09:33Z
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@gleick TBH when a guy says "I can't stand it when I see a man hit a woman." it's a little red flag for me. The men I know who have said that have always tuned out to be people with little respect for women, or boundaries or... other people. But maybe my experiences are skewed.
(DIR) Post #B2eVlkvksDAhjKwq2a by MiriShuli@mstdn.social
2026-01-25T15:54:42Z
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@futurebird @gleick I don’t think it’s skewed. The men who say things like that mean they should be able to control “their women” without hitting them. It’s about the perceived violence of striking rather than the real violence of control.
(DIR) Post #B2eVlrKR5MTlZcXdLM by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-25T11:17:26Z
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@gleick My aunt used to tell my cousin who was, like everyone in our family, a huge nerd, but he was also physically huge. Taller than all of us. Just an imposing figure and a Black Man... she told him to be careful."Just seeing a man like you can make some of these cops angry. You need to understand that."I guess it happens to white men too. And this government tells them "don't worry, no consequence, express your inner emotions."
(DIR) Post #B2eVoNV8RJjJvykNg8 by huxley@furry.engineer
2026-01-25T15:27:53Z
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@futurebird @gleick I think I know what you mean. It's the kind of statement that shows more concern for a gender hierarchy than for the general principle of nonviolence. (personally I can't stand when I see people hit each other in anger, period)
(DIR) Post #B2eWDgA8C8CX3BzGGu by brightstardust@mastodon.social
2026-01-25T15:54:34Z
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@futurebird @gleick This, 1,000,000%.
(DIR) Post #B2eXnfV6ETdHNRWHsO by cthululemon@social.cthululemon.com
2026-01-25T17:43:12Z
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@futurebird @gleick We are pain and what cures pain, both. We are the sweet cold water and the jar that pours. I want to hold you close like a lute, so that we can cry out with loving. Would you rather throw stones at a mirror? I am your mirror and here are the stones.—Rumi, probably
(DIR) Post #B2ea7hZoQJS5W2P916 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-25T11:26:16Z
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@melioristicmarie @gleick I think their families don't "raise" them. They get a smattering of "church values" and internalize that American Dream. Then realize they are too poor, to ever touch even the hem of her skirts. So when some online "masculinity philosopher" says "you are beta, you need to become an alpha" that makes total sense. Why else are they failing so profoundly to live up to that image?And maybe this new job at ICE will make them feel like a real man. It won't.
(DIR) Post #B2ebVANHcT0FRgISfo by petealexharris@mastodon.scot
2026-01-25T11:13:23Z
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@futurebird @gleick When someone does something so needless and vicious, the simplest explanation that fits the facts is they wanted to do it.ICE have been recruiting people who want to be cruel, who want to dominate and bully, and yes, want an excuse and an opportunity to kill.Seeing one of their number get away with it and even be praised for it and shielded from consequences has emboldened some of them to look for opportunities with even thinner excuses to do the same.
(DIR) Post #B2ebcyp0SMlNvozR56 by gleick@mas.to
2026-01-25T16:43:16Z
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@futurebird I think you're exactly right. And I think it was the same with Jonathan Ross’s murder of Renée Good. When she said, “That's fine, dude, I’m not mad at you,” it made him feel small. It showed him that she was brave and he was ineffectual. He couldn't bear it.
(DIR) Post #B2edEyjjJyTScsCldI by gardengeek@mstdn.social
2026-01-25T11:23:29Z
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@futurebird thank you 💗 this is spot on. @gleick
(DIR) Post #B2gy6WNJN6dFhWRmgC by Su_G@aus.social
2026-01-26T23:28:28Z
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@futurebird There’s also a class of people who talk a big game but play a small one. People who brag about themselves… and talk an awful lot… but don’t walk any of the talk. 😐@gleick