NYT has been discouraging reporters from sharing photos of luigi mangione - not due to concerns for his safety but to dissuade sympathy - and refuses to post his alleged manifesto in full. and today, they published an opinion by bret stephens about how brian thompson is the "real working class hero" of this story.
reddit deleted luigi's account, which was completely innocuous and consisted mostly of him giving out advice in health subreddits. they're also deleting any post that includes his alleged manifesto and banning users for sharing it.
luigi yelled that this was "an insult to the intelligence of the american people" while he was being dragged by police and news pundits are framing it as a deranged and violent outburst. news media are picking apart details of his life to paint him as a cold-blooded and mentally ill individual. even something as innocent as playing "among us" with friends is being framed as some insidious look into an assassin's disturbed psyche, ffs.
news media are also capitalizing on luigi's supposed "bizarre and impossible to understand" politics as an obvious way to paint him as a scary individual when the guy is... a centrist, at most. whose views are similar to those of your average college-educated white guy.
multiple news media also keep harping on about how luigi comes from a rich family. an obvious attempt to break the class solidarity that's been formed around this case by continuously trying to tell us "oh he's not like you guys" while ignoring the now pretty well-documented accounts of his multiple health struggles throughout the years.
and all this, and he hasn't even been found guilty of the crime he's allegedly committed. luigi is, as of right now, still innocent until proven guilty. and the news are trying to tear him apart because they obviously fear the symbol he's becoming for low and middle class america.
oi! send me your favorite reaction / expression panels from Rekindled, I'm working on a thing 👀
*deeply tired sigh*
Don't get me wrong, I'm going to enjoy writing this a lot, but it will be a slog.
okay, the next chapter will be out this weekend, I PROMISEEE
... That’s not the point.
choosing to subtitle sherlocks Hindi conversation in papyrus is so stupid (and probably orientalist) but it does make iyengars response in English EXTREMELY fucking funny
Getting work done on my house and the contractor was like “I saw ur sign….. r u yknow in the community or an …ally?” And I was like doing the major side eye and was hesitantly like “……in the community…” and the guy whips out his phone and goes “cool let me show you a picture of my daughter and her 4 kids and her wife and did u know the baby is theirs biologically which is very cool and” then I got to listen to him tell me all about being an ally and how much he loves the queer community and also he thinks it’s despicable all the friends they lost when his daughter came out and they haven’t won the best yard since they put a pride flag out and how it’s about making sure people have safe spaces and know they aren’t alone- to my complete astonishment I really did get the full essay from him
hello!! i’m a disabled trans guy and i really need help paying my rent next month. i’ve had to miss a few days of work for doctor appointments and my job barely pays me enough to keep my low income apartment, while also staying fed and warm. my electric bill is definitely going to skyrocket after the cold weather hit.
if anyone could toss me $100 to help cover next months rent and bills, i’d really appreciate it. even if you can’t do that, any amount helps right now. i’m willing to send proof that what you’ve sent is going into savings and not being used for anything but necessities.
i have both myself and my two cats to care for!! and i hate e-begging as much as the next guy, but times are desperate right now. 😭 i don’t have anything to offer in return, but here are pics of my baby cats.
paypal / cashapp !!! (also willing to use other means for payment if you have neither)
Same on AO3. I try to publish something, either a new chapter or work, twice a month.
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