I was walking and a large pickup truck slowed down; he asked if I knew the house around the corner with the fence and a dog and I said yes. He asked if I knew somebody, I said no because I didn’t, and he then said “yes you do” before jumping into like 30 seconds of threats. I know the house he’s talking about but I don’t know anyone who lives there or on that street. I don’t think he followed me home but he was in a generic large white pickup truck and there were a few of those on the way back.
A long while back someone mentioned out their window that there was a guy in a truck harassing people so it may be the same guy with a pattern of doing this. I have no idea if he’ll stop, I have no plans to go back down that street but I have family that lives a block away around the corner so it’s not impossible he’ll see me again, it’s also a relatively small suburbs.
I used to have a small pepper spray I carried with me so I was going to get another one of those and I thought about a taser but I don’t know anything about them.
Something that I believe needs to be taken into consideration but has barely been referenced is how (un)educated someone may be when it comes to leftist theory/thought.
For example, at least one of the people who were banned for upvoting the comment explained how they interpreted it (and one mentioned ADHD too I think) in a way that conflicted with how an admin summarized it (a red-brown alliance).
A lot of other people summarized this site as the “dirty owl pig poop forum” in the other struggle session, so if the standard is going to be raised when it comes to how well versed a person is in leftist theory that’s fine but it should be openly stated. Given that there’s a disability community, and I believe at least one person with severe CFS, going down this route will probably lead to more conflicts, however.
Regardless, for anyone who genuinely cares about the users on this site or imparting leftist thought, having what’s pretty much a community to direct your “vitriol and scorn at” when someone slips up (on top of public ridicule due to the nature of the mod log) seems like an unfathomably bad idea.