• StarlightDust
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    I do appreciate the work he does but his obsession with calling bad consumer practices rape is very manospheric and minimises actual SA and rape.

    • Treble
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      Meanwhile, I object the normalisation of shitty, dishonest businesses changing the terms on their customers and not taking ‘no’ for an answer.

      • Norah (pup/it/she)
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        Then don’t you think it’s a shame that someone who is so outspoken against those practices is alienating a chunk of his audience?

        • Treble
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          19 hours ago

          By saying what needs to be said? No.

          • Norah (pup/it/she)
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            18 hours ago

            Can you explain why you believe the word “rape” needs to be said in this context?

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                6 hours ago

                Honestly, as a survivor of sexual assault, we find this comment to be really awful.

                • Treble
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                  5 hours ago

                  I am too, kindly don’t presume you speak for anyone but yourse thanks.

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                    4 hours ago

                    I wasn’t presuming that, merely explaining where my opinion is founded. I don’t think the normalisation of mis-using that word for metaphorical purposes is a good thing, there isn’t really much more to it than that.

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        20 hours ago

        As someone who was raped and violently sexually assaulted, I’d very much appreciate you not doing that. The impact of those things are incomparable to the electric bill that was forced on me from before I moved into my property. Money might be the kind of thing that you need to properly support life but sexually violation of the body requires completely adjusting your thought patterns. It becomes a core part of your humanity. Money is money.