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[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago (22 children)

The world according to Downpunx

Genocide against Jews, bad.

Genocide against Palestinians, good.

[–] MxM111@kbin.social -3 points 2 years ago (21 children)

I seriously think he was sarcastic, but you are damn serious. I don’t think anyone suggest here in the federation that genocide is good. But there is opinion that even for the sake of Palestinians, or especially for the sake of Palestinians,Hamas should be gone, otherwise peace is not possible. Hamas is not somebody anyone should support if they care about future prospects for Palestinian people.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Mate, we’re talking about Downpunx here.

He is 100% serious and he has come out saying he doesn’t give a shit about Palestinians and that they’re animals in the past among other fucked up things.

Look in any thread mentioning Israel or Palestine and you’ll find him there 7/10 times.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

For a while, I thought he might be a pro-Palestinian troll, but you're almost certainly right that downpunx is 100% serious.

They're clearly not well. People should downvote and move on, rather than feed the troll. Even negative attention is still attention.

[–] DroneRights@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Downpunxx is fucking awful, but he's genuine in his opinions. What is with this obsession over calling people trolls? You say he isn't a troll, then say not to feed the trolls. Why call someone you know isn't a troll a troll? Why does everyone want to use the word troll so much?

[–] livus@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

@DroneRights I think it's because we lack terminology. In the old days he probably would have been called a griefer.

He posts the same copypasta dozens of times around the fediverse, often with name-calling addressed to anyone who reads it. It's not a genuine engagement, it's designed to annoy.

He may be motivated to act like a griefer because of underlying feelings that make him want to lash out, but that doesn't change the nature of it.

[–] DroneRights@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Whatever happened to just calling someone a shithead? That's what I use and it's plenty good enough.

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