“Israel Will Even Persecute Palestinians For Simply Talking To Journalists”

by Caitlin Johnstone in News From The Edge If The Narrative Matrix on Substack

“Israeli soldiers have been harassing a Palestinian activist who appeared in Louis Theroux’s recent documentary The Settlers to talk about Israel’s apartheid abuses in the occupied West Bank”

https://open.substack.com/pub/caitlinjohnstone/p/israel-will-even-persecute-palestinians

When elected officials worry for their own personal safety, it has implications for all Americans. A scholar explains how #democracy suffers when people are governed by fear:
https://buff.ly/3BIUBJB
#harrassment #politicalviolence

Keighley gets one thing right and dipshits of the internet come to ruin it as usual.

The Game Awards' first Game Changers recipient responds to "hateful" and "disturbing" comments accusing him of fraud

https://www.eurogamer.net/the-game-awards-first-game-changers-recipient-responds-to-hateful-and-disturbing-comments-accusing-him-of-fraud

Interesting that the new pick for fcc says he wants to "smash the censorship cartel", which could mean legal action against Bluesky if they ban transphobe harasser Jessie Singal?

"Free speech" surely doesn't mean forcing media to publish things they don't want to publish? The government saying "You may not ban this bad-actor"!

Forcing all centralized services like Bluesky to publish harassers and bullies doesn't sound very free to me!

Is properly decentralzied fediverse at an advantage here? Would government force my server to not block Singal? Could that even be done? Not by a foreign government presumably.

RE: https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/113655334940433120

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgnwynejd5o #law #harrassment #workplace

Just catching up with the WeDistribute.org articles about the harrassment of fediverse developers. I noticed at the time the vitriol against Ryan for adding ATProto support to BridgyFed...

https://wedistribute.org/2024/02/tear-down-walls-not-bridges/

... and stuck up for him.

But I had no idea what was happening to that poor guy from ContentNation;

https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/contentnation-mastodons-toxicity/

Seriously WTF?!?

Why I don't use any #Cryptocurrency and espechally not #NFTs:

#SmartContract-based #Malware is rampant and not only are there no repercussions for #dusting attacks but even the #OFAC had to address this problem because #tainting #wallets with #TornadoCash is just absurdly rampant.

• IF I'd ever use an #Cryptocurrencies at all, it would only be #Monero because it just doesn't allow the level of #harrassment I've seen already in the past, because it doesn't have #NFT or #SmartContracts or anything like that on-chain to the point that #AntiPrivacy functions like #tx_extragot yeeted by the devs...

This sounds like a reason to call for our MPs and other government officials to remove themselves from toxic corporate social media spaces and create government-run spaces, federated into the open social web, so that Canadians can interact with their elected officials and those elected officials can be protected from harassment!

#CdnPoli #CanPoli #OpenSocialWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon #TwitterMigration #harrassment
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/threats-harassment-mps-spike-1.7217040 #e4769

Good ol' boy law enforcement in Texas-
"Allegations that local officials abuse their power is a calling card of small-town Texas politics. In 2018, officials in the Hill Country town of Ingram fined a local business owner after he asked for records under the Texas Public Information Act—in retaliation for the request..."
https://www.texasobserver.org/small-town-politics-national-consequences/
#Harrassment #Legal #SmallTownCrooks

Several years ago, for reasons I cannot comprehend, a local person began harrassing me on FB, accusing me of being a pedophile. I blocked them and put the whole upsetting experience behind me. Then, during lockdown, I was on a zoom call hosted by a local organization and realized that this awful person was one of the folks on the call. I immediately left the meeting and sent a letter to the organizer saying that someone who’d been harrassing me was on the call and I did not feel safe there. They never responded, and I can’t help but wonder if that person noticed I was there and started lying about me to everyone there. Ugh.

I’ve had to deal with so much traumatic harassment on social media. I don’t know how kids deal with it these days. I was bullied horrendously throughout my childhood and it’s only because of my resilience that I survived adolescence. I don’t know that I would have if I’d also been bullied online. #harrassment #bullying #trauma #abuse

Are Workplaces Inherently Toxic?
Bullying. Harassment. Horrible bosses. How dream jobs turn into nightmares.
#workplace #harrassment #bullying
https://thewalrus.ca/toxic-work/

Public transit cops with time on their hands.
https://sfstandard.com/2024/03/22/bart-rider-detained-charging-phone/
#Cops #Harrassment #LawEnforcement

How much foreign interference will it take to prompt the Australian government to act?
"The Australian Jewish Association and a vexatious cartel of pro-Israel lobby groups are pursuing individuals in their workplaces across multiple industries in Australia, with individuals and groups targeted who have spoken out against Israel’s actions facing real and concerning consequences as a result.
https://michaelwest.com.au/israel-lobbyists-target-doctors-media-business/
#Zionism #IsraelLobby #ForeignInterference #bullying #harrassment #AusPol

Environmental campaigners filmed, threatened and harassed at Cop28 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/20/threats-intimidation-creating-climate-of-fear-un-cop-events?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #ClimateEmergency #COP28 #Harrassment

I have noticed today during the debates about Meta federating that the overwhelming majority of people, at least on my timeline, most vocally sceptical or downright opposed to federation with Meta are ladies. I want to recognize and amplify this in a respectful and meaningful way.

I want to point out my male privilege which is still very much dominant on the Fediverse.

This should be part of the ongoing discussion.

Many teachers said a principal sexually harassed them. He was promoted.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/08/11/joel-beidleman-montgomery-county-principal/

"they did not invite their principal. But Joel Beidleman showed up anyway, looking for the social studies teacher he had been sexually harassing...

In the living room, Beidleman told her: “You should just f--- me. Everybody thinks you should,”... He turned to co-workers and asked them: “Don’t you think she should just f--- me?”"