DaveSteiny

@SmashJT @TheCartelDel Have any of your own original thoughts?

Your simp framing here leaves out seriously massive amounts of context and rewrites the entire situation into a one-sided victim narrative. But deep down, you know this. First, Alyssa Mercante is not some random private citizen who was suddenly targeted out of nowhere. She is a public-facing games journalist who actively inserted herself into highly controversial culture war topics online, publicly attacked critics, and repeatedly engaged with the very discourse she now claims harmed her. This lawsuit itself has caused enormous damage to me and my family. My home address was doxxed through her legal actions. My wife was directly contacted through DMs, she portrayed me as a scumbag and tried her best to disrupt my private life. My family has been dragged through stress, fear, financial strain, and nonstop public scrutiny for the better part of a year and a half. That part always seems to get conveniently ignored. Third, people keep pretending this is some straightforward “harassment campaign” case when in reality it revolves heavily around public commentary, criticism, opinionated content, reporting on public behavior, and online disputes involving public figures in the gaming industry. Covering, criticizing, and responding to journalists and activists online is not automatically illegal because someone dislikes the criticism. Fourth, the idea that I “should have just stopped talking” is absurd. Alyssa continued publicly posting about these topics, continued engaging in the culture war discourse herself, and continued escalating things publicly while simultaneously claiming she wanted silence. Public figures do not get unilateral control over criticism simply because they file a lawsuit. Fifth, people are presenting routine discovery disputes and procedural motions as if they are final judgments on the merits of the case. They are not. Discovery disagreements happen constantly in litigation. A judge ordering additional discovery compliance is not the same thing as ruling someone liable for defamation. And finally, the “he deserves this” attitude toward financial destruction should concern anyone who values free expression online. Whether people agree with my commentary or not, cheering on crushing legal costs to silence criticism sets an incredibly dangerous precedent. No, there are not “no winners here.” There is a very real conversation to be had about weaponizing litigation, public pressure, and financial exhaustion against independent creators who speak critically about powerful industry-connected figures. People can disagree with my content all they want. But pretending this situation is black-and-white while ignoring what has been done to me and my family is …dishonest, at best. Embarrassing post, lil bro.

For anyone trying to understand the context of this. (rewrite - please read the final line before replying) Alyssa Mercante (journalist) is suing SmashJT (YouTuber) over what she in court describes as an extended harassment and defamation campaign tied to "videogame culture war". It pretty much boils down to allegations that he: - repeatedly wrongly accused and defamed her across Twitter & YouTube, - encouraged people to ostracize and target her, - damaged her reputation and career, - and contributed to her losing income through journalistic opportunities. The big issue for him is that he apparently just... kept going. Publicly. Constantly. He could have stopped being a horrible person at any time. Even after the lawsuit was filed he just never stopped Tweeting and Streaming talking about her. And there are tons of screenshots, tweets, clips, and YouTube videos documenting it. Now from what we're seeing, he's losing major parts of the case, is reportedly closing in on $80K+ in legal debt, and could potentially end up paying punitive damages on top of that. All because he seemingly refused to stop posting about her online, disparaging her reputation and making false accusatory tweets. Alyssa just wanted to not be falsely accused of weird things and harassed constantly, and SmashJT didn't want to stop attacking, now he's facing consequences of his actions. No winners here, not because Alyssa isn't going to win. But because she DESERVES more money than whatever he can pay for what he put her through.

@SmashJT Just like you should have taken a step back and reevaluated your continued attacks on Alyssa. Oh well, time to find out actions have consequences.

Welcome to the crowd that supports Alyssa’s continued attack on me and my family. This SHOULD make you take a step back and reevaluate.

@HikaruAkiraFox @RocksyThePuppy @SurvivalGN No one should listen to your opinion, you are a weirdo loser who was probably shoved into lockers in high school, which was probably deserved.

@RocksyThePuppy @SurvivalGN And yet Wokenautica still fell worse. That is the point.

What happened to Subnautica 2? The game peaked at almost 500k players on launch day and lost 70% of its player base within a week.

@pandapandagamee yep and here's the other one, just for you you will never, ever be a woman

these "people" really only have the same like 2 jokes huh

@PerniciousPol @TangentSinePiE

@TangentSinePiE This same joke ag-AAAAACK!!!

@ElijahSchaffer I mean if they were actually in the 4th grade, you'd end up wanting to molest them regardless.

None of these people read above a 4th grade level

@njkol8000 @GermanErwachen No response from OP because he's an intellectual coward and cockroach. It took 10 seconds of looking up any accounts to show how Mussolini died like a little bitch and then was strung up for the people to desecrate his corpse. Just like how all fascists should be handled.

The Nazis at Nürnberg didn’t beg for mercy before they were executed. Neither did Mussolini or Saddam. This is just a pathetic and impotent power fantasy, strong men face death with defiance and bravery

@robermem @GermanErwachen OP should follow suit, if he was a real brave man.

@GermanErwachen the defiance and bravery in question:

@GermanErwachen @AlexJoh84075368 "PLEASE WINSTON I'LL DO ANYTHING! I'LL FUCKING SUCK YOUR DICK! YOU WANT ME TO EAT YOUR SHIT? I'LL EAT YOUR FUCKING SHIT ON THE REICHSTAG FRONT LAWN!"

@AlexJoh84075368 You have no idea what that word means

@GermanErwachen en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Sass…. "As total defeat loomed in late April 1945, Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci attempted to flee to Switzerland. They were captured by Italian communist partisans and summarily executed on 28 April 1945 near Lake Como." - One google search later.

@MLBcathedrals Jays stadium I would put in the top 15 with all the new renos and the further addition of the new history sections sprinkled throughout, but everything else I agree with.

Elite list is solid. (You could argue Fenway and Wrigley are dingy cramped ballparks, but they make up for it in character and nostalgia) T-Mobile is Coors Field with a roof therefore, Coors>T-Mobile. Toronto did a great Reno, still not top 20. Globe Life isn’t even the best Globe Life (AC matters in DFW, but not aesthetically) Chase is not good, it’s not even average Yankee Stadium above Citi Field tells you this is a bad list The worst ranking on here is having Target Field so low (elite) and in the same category as Nats Park. Marlins, GABP and Kauffman should not be in the same category as Rate and Angel.

@escooterguy99 @balist2again @catgirlprostate What’s it like to know that when you die, your parents will throw a celebration as they no longer have to answer questions about why their son is such a weirdo loser.

@balist2again @catgirlprostate Ok faggot

Thinking about how a shocking number of right wing chuds were absolutely furious about this tweet because they genuinely seemed to think that jacksfilms enjoying fajitas is him covertly signaling his desire to end the white race

@amphibian_fucka @powdury Because normal, well adjusted people makes jokes out of race mixing, you fucking weirdo.

@davesteiny @powdury she isn’t talking about a real race retard

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@ak_mcfadden @feedthefish79 You really think the rest of Canada would get behind the Leafs if they were in the ECF? Get real.

@feedthefish79 It is what it is.

As a Leafs fan, I’ll never cheer for the Habs but I am envious of their playoff luck.

@MLBGuyRocked He was my favorite player growing up, I always tried to model my swing after him.

Carlos Delgado That guy rocked.

@NYSport1994 @45PacksOfRamen @NASCAR How about you don’t come into a thread about a 41 year old man dying young to bring in your shitty agenda? Fucking idiot.

@45PacksOfRamen @NASCAR

We are saddened and heartbroken to share the news of the passing of Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup champion and one of our sport's greatest and fiercest drivers. He was 41 years old. We extend our deepest condolences to the Busch family, Richard Childress Racing and the entire motorsports community.

@TwVille123 @FerronRay11491 @briantylercohen Maybe because in the past 12 months, almost everything Trump has tried to pass has been routinely unpopular. He has something that most of you sycophants don't, a spine. But keeping blindlessly following Trump.

@FerronRay11491 @briantylercohen Or in the past 12 months

BTC: "Neither one of you think that the Epstein files had anything to do with Trump turning on Thomas Massie?" Both: "No! Brian, no!" BTC: "I understand everybody on the right has to pretend the Epstein files are not a thing anymore, but everybody watching is going to know how clownish all of this is, that you are both pretending like the Epstein files had nothing to do with this, when the people Trump has turned on, he's done as a direct result of their support for the Epstein files!"

@Fa1thfvll @Ela_tan25 @nyaraVT You must be 12, go back to your colouring book, kid.

@Ela_tan25 @nyaraVT the far right is just the left /authoritianists

I know the answer.. but why does it have 4 blank spots instead of 2

@ValentinaForUSA @BWWings Aren't you the lady who won like 11% of the vote in her primary in March? How embarrassing, it must really sting to be THAT unliked by your own fellow Texans.

@BWWings You serve halal food IN TEXAS. No thanks.

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@Ariontus @aryanfawn Why are the guys with the Roman statue as their pfp's the biggest fucking weirdo losers. Get a hobby and touch grass.

@aryanfawn Racists are realists. Racism saves lives.

i am racist