Ramsey Khalid Ismael — better known as Johnny Somali, the infamous American streamer arrested in Japan, Israel, and South Korea for his provocative behavior — has been imprisoned in South Korea.
  • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    People who say “violence is never the answer” probably never got bullied or harassed themselves.

    They’ll moralize about “just tell on them!” But that doesn’t do anything, and the harassment only gets worse after that.

    Throughout my life, I’ve consistently gotten in more trouble for sticking up for myself than I’ve ever seen my bullies or harassers get in. It’s like the system wants us all to be pushovers and peons, not deserving even the ground beneath our feet. Or maybe I’ve just been tagged from birth as a “peasant” and therefore never been allowed to have a spine.

    But honestly, you can see how much damage this is doing to society. “Violence is never the answer” means we have to tolerate intolerance. It gives free license to bigotry, and forces us to appease.

    Violence was certainly the answer back in WWII. Nobody was gonna stop the Nazis simply by asking nicely.

    But for decades now, people haven’t even been allowed to fight their bullies. And it shows…