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@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 Rant incoming. This is exactly why I'm flipping pissed there's no attention on this b/c nearly everyone is assuming the wrong narrative. Press & politics aren't picking it up because they're AFRAID of it being an #LGBTQ+/#trans issue w/o looking past it & seeing the REAL story.

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 Cyberbullying has infected our community. These users carry very far-right beliefs w/ a very specific agenda: dump Trudeau, dump Singh, cancel The Social, praise Don Cherry, celebrate Adam Skelly (now) & TARGET OUR COMMUNITY. It's incredibly linear, systemic & super predictable.

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 Considering the political leanings and the fact that it's oh-so-coincidental that OUR community is getting heat, especially yours truly, I struggle to not imagine DW blowing a dog whistle especially considering his COVID beliefs & political leanings, including w/ Gary Marshall.

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 Don't forget the $1.4M case against Rogers. Why do you think he hasn't apologized? If the case is still open (?), an apology nukes his defence in it. Why do you think I kept asking "WHERE'S THE APOLOGY, ADAM?" It -doesn't exist- & I'm pressuring Adam's decisions, not Dave for it.

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 Which leads me to seeing this whole thing come together. While it might be an in-house effort to try to scare people away, it's possible that some Goomba tripped over this & decided to be a vigilante. Either way, why else would Energy dig their heels in the ground & not speak up?

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 Why else would Adam stay silent & Tyler fall off the map to "his" community which he's an "#ally" for? My guess would be that there's a big sack of cash riding on this & they want everything to disappear so they don't become a +$1M liability. Great forward thinking in that shop.

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 Which goes to the REAL narrative. Being mute about cyberbullying enables a god damned plague. Even though it may have started with one user, all of a sudden there became more w/ the same message (and very similar script, if I may add. I predict a human running bots from my eyes.)

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 That said, the community these users are a part of (read: Parler's finest) QUICKLY hop on each-others' bandwagons to spread their message of "freedom" & "liberty" ... a BBQ GoFundMe shows that quickly. They don't have boundaries & use objective reasoning as well as a bobblehead.

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 Somewhere down the line Adam either comes up w/ this great idea to ignore the realization of cyberbullying or takes the advice of some cementhead who says to hush up b/c $1.4M is worth more than people's lives. Remember my script for him? It had ZERO commitment in it ON PURPOSE.

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 I wrote it as neutral as possible so that it didn't obligate the company to any direction aside from having conversation w/ our community BUT DOES NOT CONDONE THEIR BRAND AFFILIATED W/ ABUSE OR HARASSMENT. Why the hell would I put words in their mouth they aren't able to speak?!

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 But nooooo, Adam has a better idea. Listen to the advice of whatever version of coleslaw had an opinion & instead blatantly and unapologetically throw THE ACTUAL -GENIUS- OF THE CROWD to the wolves as if that's the most effective solution.

Wrong. Flipping. Bitch. To. Cross.

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 I gave Adam & Tyler plenty of "Hey, these users are ruining your brand" opportunities because if I explained the depth of what cyberbullying can do to a community without restrictions or control I would have needed steel wool to clear the fog that would have been over their eyes.

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 You'd think that would be lots but clearly not. So instead, we're experiencing the REAL STORY. The whole time was literally business w/ an #LGBTQ+ overlay. Now, our #community is poisoned because the abusive users congregate, multiply and harass incessantly. #Cyberbullying 101.

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 What COULD have happened was back in September when Energy was first made aware of this, they could have put an end to it. Con-effing-gratulations w/ the proactiveness. I suppose that's my fault for expecting more from Winnipeg's worst radio station on Canada's worst radio group.

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 Worst being subjective, of course. I'll wait for the Numeris data in the spring, should they make it that long. I will end this radio group with my own hands if I have to for the enablement of this cyberbullying. There is NO affirmation these users will not continue be predatory.

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 The absolute silence instead of a quick smack from Energy saying "Piss off w/ that stupid shit while waving our brand" would have immediately changed the course. Instead, an unforeseeable network of Parler-posterchildren received a hall pass to prey on our community w/o barriers.

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 It has been evident that these users don't stick to Twitter. It has been very clear that these users have no problem stalking on other platforms to try to inflict mental trauma. I know first-hand of doxxing efforts on multiple community members, we know of the deadnaming, etc.

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 There is ZERO affirmation that there is safety because this is exactly what cyberbullying revolves around. Abuse a victim to the point of submission, even if that means to suicide. The agenda of a cyberbully is to assert their lack of self-worth onto someone they feel is weaker.

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 Since there is ZERO confidence these users have boundaries, the only solution to resolve it is twofold.
1) STAND UP AS A COMMUNITY! SEE THE BIG PICTURE! There is NO partisanship to cyberbullying & at no point should it be difficult for our prominent voices to stand in solidarity.

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 2) These users must be removed from digital communication indefinitely. Tell me a situation where I should feel confident that Shreeky & Co. isn't smashing my name into Google every 15 mins b/c of an obsession? What if they prey on someone who can't handle this & commits suicide?

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 These users block as many people in our community to funnel attention so that their abuse and harassment isn't seen by other people to minimize the risk of being reported to Twitter let alone authorities who handle cyberbullying & cybercrime. They cloak their actions w/ blocking.

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 THIS is the narrative. Believe me, as a #transgender woman & an #advocate I appreciate the extra recognition. What that does though is scare away the people who CAN HELP MAKE CHANGE b/c what they feel is "#Trans woman bullied by radio station fans." That is NOT the story anymore.

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 "Local radio station enables toxic #cyberbullying in the community it affirmed to be a safe space for" is the REAL narrative. I'm flipping flattered to take the heat. It shows what I'm doing is RIGHT & they are SCARED but what happens to the next person who CAN'T take this abuse?

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 As I mentioned earlier, this group of cyberbullies operate w/ a very predictable & systemic scheme. They are flanked by a network of people who've apparently never experienced an authentic hug in their lifetimes. They prey & will continue to prey until they are forcibly stopped.

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 THAT is the narrative. THAT is what needs attention. THAT is what life looks like when you don't live wrapped up in privilege. #Allies amplify the voices of who need their voices amplified, not decide if their voices SHOULD be amplified. This is a #community issue to be amped up.

@mike_yung @PrairieTheatre @Brittan60572844 /rant

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