Comments | zeroenthusiasm: All cancelers are bastards.

zeroenthusiasm

All cancelers are bastards.

May 16, 2021 13:46

My opposition to what some people call “cancel culture” or “callout culture” is a direct logical extension of my opposition to the police and prisons--the opposition to retributive or punitive interpretations of justice ( Read more... )

cancel culture, anarchism, rants

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Community anonymous May 21 2021, 15:31:12 UTC

I think most of these authors would be squirming in their seats to know that someone who has committed multiple acts of gendered and sexual violence from grooming, to looking at underage girls, to rape is using their work to avoid any kind of accountability. You weren't cancelled you refused to take responsibility for anything you did to the MULTIPLE women who came forward. Your definition of "anarchism" is just in service to your avoidance of accountability.

RE: Community zeroenthusiasm May 21 2021, 17:21:02 UTC

Hello again! It’s clear to me you probably haven’t clicked on any of those links, but I hope you do because there’s a lot of interesting information and perspective contained in them. Based on their work, I believe the authors would likely view me as the complex human being that I am and approach me with compassion and understanding, regardless of whether or not they believed I’ve done the things I’ve been accused of.

This entry is not just about the very real consequences of false accusations, which do happen and which I have been at the receiving end of, but is also largely a call to oppose punitive forms of “justice” for those who have done serious harm to others. A more in-depth entry about the details of the false accusations made against me will come soon ( ... )

RE: Community zeroenthusiasm May 21 2021, 17:21:37 UTC

Accountability has always been very important to me, which is why it’s always been crucial for me to remain open and honest in my public writing even when it came to things I was ashamed of. Not everything is available for public consumption anymore-I am a human and I am entitled to having certain things I keep to myself or between me and my loved ones-but I’ve never misrepresented myself. Offline, I have told literally every woman I’ve met since Kara’s first accusations back in 2014 that I am an accused abuser. Every person I am close to knows every shitty thing I’ve ever done, because I am accountable. I have risked relationships by going out of my way to divulge facts about my past to others I’ve cared about. I have opted to be honest to others during situations where I could have easily remained silent and avoided consequences. I have attempted to make amends with those who I have hurt over the past decade or more, and I always did so without needing to be pressured into it with threats of social excommunication. There are some I ( ... )

Re: Community anonymous May 21 2021, 20:06:47 UTC

Dave it was more than one person. You were actively grooming young girls throughout the vegan scene in New York. Multiple women have come forward within the Vegan community with stories of your behavior towards women. Ironically for all of this anti-cancel culture business, you would make long posts cancelling these girls when they would spurn your advances or tell you you were making them uncomfortable. In a very similar manner to what you did to your last partner. The irony again is that you hate cancel culture but sure love writing long diatribes about how bad your partner was or how bad their new partner is. You gave the same treatment to anyone who privately asked you for accountability or ran afoul of you in basically anyway. All the while from your defense of pedophilia to the numerous womyn who expressed to others that they didn't feel comfortable using a community space with you your sexual and gender violence has continued unabated and without accountability.

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anonymous May 21 2021, 15:33:48 UTC

TW: Sexual assault, underage sexual assault etc ( ... )

zeroenthusiasm May 21 2021, 17:37:26 UTC

Yeah, I saw this when it was first posted. My brother did a lot of things back then that were harmful. His behavior towards women was actually a huge reason why I stopped talking to him for a number of years. For what it’s worth, he too holds himself accountable for things he’s done in the past, and he has gone out of his way to attempt to make amends with some people. He’s definitely a completely different person today, and I’m proud of him and lucky to call him my brother. Outside of apologizing, I don’t think there’s much more either of us can or should do about things we did as teenagers.

When I first read this, I was confused as to why my name was even included in it. As you can see, I’m not even actually accused of anything. I was sometimes very mean to Kaila back then, but we’d talked about those things and I’d apologized years later when we were both adults. Those conversations between us happened eleven years ago at this point, and the only reason her and I stopped talking was because her actually abusive boyfriend told her ( ... )

just some advice... anonymous September 23 2021, 22:54:22 UTC

instead of citing literally every single source that abusers use to try to absolve/DARVO their way out of accountability, you could actually reflect on how your harmful behavior has negatively impacted many people who now only feel safe outing you because they know they're not alone. there's a difference between fucking up and being a predatory piece of shit. know the difference ( ... )

Re: just some advice... zeroenthusiasm February 28 2022, 19:40:10 UTC

And instead of arguing, "These sources are invalid critiques on cancel culture because all of the people behind them are canceled," maybe you could actually read some things that conflict with and challenge your dogmatic ideas about vigilante retributive justice against others based on unverified claims on the internet. Sorry, but everything you've commented with here were things I'd already read and known about, because unlike you I actually explore entire ideas and their opposition before confidently espousing points of view online. And for the last fucking time, will someone please tell me who the "many" and "multiple" people are who have been abused by me and called me out?!

Even though I can tell by some of your unfinished sentences that you copied and pasted many of these lines about the people cited in this entry, and it's an embarrassing indictment unto itself that you seriously cited Tumblr and Twitter, I'm going to humor the accusations just a little because they're all so absurd...

Dr. Christine Marie was an actual victim ( ... )

Re: just some advice... zeroenthusiasm February 28 2022, 19:40:23 UTC

Gem's account of the "rape" they are allegedly guilty of does not meet the criteria for sexual abuse of any kind, and the anonymous "victim" has never publicly spoken on the issue. Instead, dozens of other people unrelated to the situation have over the past couple of years. I was almost in tears watching Gem's brutal public evisceration as they were bullied and gaslighted into admitting wrongdoing and agreeing to ruin their own career and source of income, while the "abolitionist" on the other end childishly patted herself on the back and eventually brought the conversation to demands for Gem to give away their social media followers and money, which is very indicative of just what these sorts of campaigns are really about ( ... )

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Re: just some advice... anonymous September 23 2021, 23:04:28 UTC

thenewinquiry[dot]com/trust-in-instinct/

Re: just some advice... anonymous September 23 2021, 23:06:03 UTC

syrens.wordpress[dot]com/2017/01/11/initial-impressions-of-conflict-is-not-abuse-with-bonus-look-at-the-mess-inside-my-brain-boundaries/

Re: just some advice... anonymous September 23 2021, 23:07:50 UTC

twitter[dot]com/butchanarchy/status/1280957436136787968

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anonymous December 15 2021, 22:36:16 UTC

It’s a real shame we live in a world where liars have to be believed just because of what they are saying. Nobody HAS to be believed. Rape victims, like everyone else, have the burden of proof for their claims.

I’m sorry you’re in this position, Dave. I hope this horrible climate will die down at some point and you can live your life again.

zeroenthusiasm December 30 2021, 21:51:37 UTC

I appreciate the kind and supportive comment.

I obviously don’t have all the answers, but there are so many things inherently corrupt and cruel about the cancel culture methods and strategies. Like you mentioned, the total lack of due process or even inquiry is among the worst of them. We live in a world of liars-I have no idea how these people can play stupid and act like there aren’t many people who would use false accusations to harm others or carry out their own agenda. But this isn’t even solely about those falsely accused; this is also very much about how we treat legitimately harmful people, because even they deserve compassion, understanding, and their humanity.

I’ve accepted that my life is basically over. Kara obsessively checks this blog according to my IP tracker embedded in it, and I can only imagine how much more often she stalks my other social media that I actually use regularly. It keeps me terrified of ever trying to build a life for myself again. But who knows, maybe one day I’ll find the courage to.