I don't give a damn
I'm cross-posting this from my history blog 'cause I need to get back in the habit of posting here!
I thought I almost started a shitstorm on the internet yesterday. Fortunately or unfortunately (can't decide), no one pays enough attention to me for such things to happen.
Anyway, so I have this Twitter account. I use it mostly to follow the Occupy Wall Street movement. (And I have a couple of RL friends on there.) I just post random things on there 'cause I have the damn thing and should use it for more than checking on where the protesters are or the current game status for the Red Wings. So I posted this little gem:
Maybe #ows should adopt "Me ne frego" as their motto with all the arrests and violence.
Yep. Not a big deal...until some one remembers that this was the motto of the fascist squadristi. Yeeeeeeaah. Well, I realized what I had done shortly after hitting the enter button, but decided to not worry about it 'cause I have very, very few followers. Then one of RL friends with loads of followers retweeted the damn thing!
This has been very humbling. I just called a bunch of rampant protesters fascists (okay, so that's not what I really said, but still the comparison I made wasn't flattering and pretty much no one wants to be compared to fascists) and no one gives a damn. Hm. Unless my reference was hopelessly obscure and no one wants to research my brain patterns. Either way, I've certainly been put in my place.
Though, I will say that I have been spending so much time with the fascists that everyone is starting to look vaguely fascist to me. Mussolini, you rat bastard, stop invading my head!
I thought I almost started a shitstorm on the internet yesterday. Fortunately or unfortunately (can't decide), no one pays enough attention to me for such things to happen.
Anyway, so I have this Twitter account. I use it mostly to follow the Occupy Wall Street movement. (And I have a couple of RL friends on there.) I just post random things on there 'cause I have the damn thing and should use it for more than checking on where the protesters are or the current game status for the Red Wings. So I posted this little gem:
Maybe #ows should adopt "Me ne frego" as their motto with all the arrests and violence.
Yep. Not a big deal...until some one remembers that this was the motto of the fascist squadristi. Yeeeeeeaah. Well, I realized what I had done shortly after hitting the enter button, but decided to not worry about it 'cause I have very, very few followers. Then one of RL friends with loads of followers retweeted the damn thing!
This has been very humbling. I just called a bunch of rampant protesters fascists (okay, so that's not what I really said, but still the comparison I made wasn't flattering and pretty much no one wants to be compared to fascists) and no one gives a damn. Hm. Unless my reference was hopelessly obscure and no one wants to research my brain patterns. Either way, I've certainly been put in my place.
Though, I will say that I have been spending so much time with the fascists that everyone is starting to look vaguely fascist to me. Mussolini, you rat bastard, stop invading my head!