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A lot of people in this thread are attempting to describe Nasim as a 'weird' or 'unstable' individual. I wonder if there's some narrative building here going on here? Many want to explain it away with a cliche. It's a shame what happened. Too bad our world isn't more like K-Pax.
I think she's being labeled as "unstable" mianily because of her attempt at mass murder.
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The only channel I follow that does it regularly is Spectre Sound Studios, and I accept it because the services Glenn pimps are actually really damn good. And he makes it very clear that it's a paid interlude, not part of the actual content.
>And he makes it very clear that it's a paid interlude, not part of the actual content. I have to say that with the content creators I follow, that is the norm rather than the exception. There is always a clear delineation between advertisement and the content, even if the advertisement is embedded in the content (i.e native advertising).
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>If you search her name on twitter, around 40% of what you see is right wing conspiracy theorists who assert, without evidence, that she was a member of ISIS. I also noticed a smaller percentage of people asserting, again without evidence, that she was an NRA member. And neither appear to be true. >How do these get spread on Twitter? Are partisans mindlessly voting them up? Are bots behind this? Propaganda is part of…
I think a critical examination of the political sphere would show you that the far left has been using propaganda tactics for a very long time. It might even be most accurate to say that throughout recent human history that most of our current propaganda tactics were first discovered or invented by the far left.
As far as I can tell, most modern propaganda tactics originate or start with Russia’s new nonlinear warfare campaigns (gerasimov doctrine), and have been used heavily by Putin in Ukraine and more recently across Europe. I have a hard time seeing him as a far left figure, for obvious reasons.
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I've never heard of othorexia until today. Funny that in a country with an obesity epidemic whose number one killer is heart disease that obsessing about eating healthy food is considered a mental illness.
>that obsessing about eating healthy food is considered a mental illness. Mental illnesses, at least in present times, are defined and diagnosed when they are an impediment to functioning in a normal manner in society. A lot of people like to say, for example, that they "have OCD" but a psychiatrist would only diagnose you as having OCD if it cripples your life, not just if you have a mild obsession like double check…
Can we honestly and objectively say that being extremely health conscious is a sickness while habitually eating extremely unhealthy food to the point of obesity is not?
>>"my car attacked by anti vegan animal business supporting criminals"
>Her obsessions ran deep into paranoia that people who were not vegans were out to get her.
So anyone who suspects their car was vandalized by someone who disliked a controversial bumper sticker on it is mentally ill?
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It also seems to be standard corporate training procedure to tell employees that they should report any behavior like this that might suggest that a coworker is "at risk" for doing something like this.
Right, because everyone is automatically a knowledgeable psychologist. It's getting uncomfortably close to "report your neighbour" type tactics.
At what point did she wrongfully decide YouTube owed her anything ?
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Where has it been described that the woman was suffering from mental illness? That seems like a retroactive label.
I think mental illness is automatically implied when you go on a shooting spree for a video sharing site's monetization policies.
Firstly, my sympathies with the people at Youtube HQ. I have many, many friends in the bay area and so this kind of thing hits close to home. Secondly, I struggle when thinking about if we should give airtime to a shooter's grievances, or reasons. Or even mention who they are. I tend to be on the side of: don't give them any air time. And certainly, don't acquiesce to this type of behavior because it is almost by def…
We have "censorship" in Europe and we don't have people murdering others because of it. The problem isn't censorship. The problem is that the US is far more violent than other developed nations, and there is easy access to deadly weapons for anyone who wants one.
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"people like nicki minaj, miley, many others who have sensual things so inappropriate for children to watch, don't get age restricted. But videos, my workout videos, get age restricted." Very valid points. Has coherent thoughts, and from her videos doesn't appear to be mentally crazy.
> from her videos doesn't appear to be mentally crazy I strongly disagree.
If you search her name on twitter, around 40% of what you see is right wing conspiracy theorists who assert, without evidence, that she was a member of ISIS. I also noticed a smaller percentage of people asserting, again without evidence, that she was an NRA member. And neither appear to be true. How do these get spread on Twitter? Are partisans mindlessly voting them up? Are bots behind this? Man, do I feel stupid f…
Maybe it's just your feed? I searched by her real name AND her instagram name.
I did see a lot of weird things praising her, saying RIP, which I totally don't understand. Twitter is such a weird gross place. And some rather excellent yoga almost pornography, that might be her.
It seems like the most common right wing talking point I can see is saying that this was because she was 'a radical vegan'.