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Here's a pastebin of his last tweets: http://pastebin.com/yk8bgru5 http://pastebin.com/yk8bgru5
by jarcane 11y ago
Here's a pastebin of his last tweets: http://pastebin.com/yk8bgru5 http://pastebin.com/yk8bgru5
- seibelj 11y agoWhat was up with all the racist stuff? Totally bizarre
- pen2l 11y agoIt wasn't racist. As others have pointed out, Ian was making a statement about certain demographics being ignored when they speak about police brutality. It's very clear for those who have known Ian personally over the years what he meant (I agree it sounds weird for those who may not have known Ian very well, I guess that happened because he was in a very panicked state of mind and didn't really think how things could be taken)
- dpeck 11y agoI didn't read it as him being racist. The wording may have been harsh, but I read it as saying that police brutality isn't something that only happens to black people. I would think any racist feelings he had would have come to light long before now.
- ianremsen 11y agoI'm sure he used said language in a provocative and mocking manner, not because he was actually racist or racially insensitive. I'm sure the stress and pain of the situation didn't help him choose his words thoughtfully.
- bjackman 11y agoI think he's not being racist, rather intending to highlight the racism of others: "They don't care when the victim of brutality is black, maybe they'll care when it's a wealthy white man"
- bitL 11y agoCould be a major head injury that is later fatal if untreated - that can cause immediate personality changes. I don't think Ian was used to be beaten regularly to withstand that...
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- hkmurakami 11y agoThanks. That was difficult to read and frankly distressing (it has certainly affected my own mental state at the moment), but I am glad I got to read it so that I can have this inform my perspective regarding the abuse of power by police in the ongoing future (Admittedly I had been on the blase side on the matter, and like Ian himself wrote, "i'm hoping coming from a successful white guy it will help everyone").
- noobermin 11y agoIs this really true? This is almost stranger than fiction. I mean, anyone can post something on pastebin. Can anyone else vouch for the truth of this (Having seen it on twitter).
- lettergram 11y agoHere is the reddit discussion from yesterday: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3yktcg/ian_murdock_debian_founder_is_threatening_suicide/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3yktcg/ian_murdock_d...
- merlincorey 11y agoYes, it was on twitter yesterday. * http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:le7oSCjuRxgJ:https://twitter.com/imurdock+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=nl http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:le7oSCj... * http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:umvcoAjl8SIJ:https://twitter.com/imurdock/status/681598929205526528+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=nl http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:umvcoAj...
- jansanchez 11y agoSeems to be true, per google's webcache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:le7oSCjuRxgJ:https://twitter.com/imurdock+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:le7oSCj...
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- nice_byte 11y agoIt's true, I saw it with my own eyes before the account got deleted.