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So somehow I didn't see this before in spite of it saying it was posted 2 days ago (which alludes to the timing being they posted it with the thread itself), but OP does have a link posted to it: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/10483129/7646910
What say you?
I'm asking for independent verification of the story outside the original Twitter post. An extraordinary claim such as this arouses the skeptic in me. Even in the original Twit, there are commenters doubting the veracity of the story. I'll admit to not doing a deep dive, wasn't worth the effort, but I did actually search for other news sources of the story and found none. I'm not questioning whether it could happen, but I am questioning if it did in this case. In the age of bots, a bit of skepticism should be a good thing.
I still stand by my original statement that use of Twitter is Nazi collaboration; every Twit, every comment, is putting money in Elon's pocket. For some reason, boycotting Tesla was a moral imperative, but boycotting Twitter seems to be controversial. Same Nazi salute throwing owner. At least Tesla owners have the excuse of being stuck still paying off their bank loans.
Independent verification how though? A reporter coming to their home and looking at the bruises? And then you can say, "But they could have gotten the bruises some other way." I understand being skeptical, it's a bizarre story no doubt, but that's part of what makes it concerning: how easy it is to dismiss it as made up. The person put it well themself: "Try explain this to a normal person and enjoy your schizophrenia diagnosis."
Just seems like a story of a person's house being raided and a physical assault taking place would appear outside of a first person account. I'm not saying the story isn't true, just that I can find no verification of it being so. Isn't this how conspiracy theories start?
I mean, some of the shit that has since been verified about what the CIA has gotten up to would sound like unhinged conspiracy theory at a glance. Like MKUltra. That doesn't mean we should automatically believe every claim, but a story sounding odd in the same world with those kind of organizations is not reason alone to dismiss it.
Either way, it's a good opportunity to remind people to take care in opsec and don't assume the state will side with you on flimsy notions of liberal "democracy" rights if you're opposing the dominant narrative.