Weapons

Someone's going to die. And it doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter if threats have been implied or bluntly made. It doesn't matter if people who make themselves blackmailers or threats themselves because they crack a bad joke and hide in plain sight like John Wayne Gacy. He's a clown, he can't be dangerous, right? You pull a knife on someone, then hide it, erase any evidence, it didn't happen. Despite the witnesses seeing it, it doesn't matter. Because everyone watching has the memory of a wrestling fan. Because it doesn't matter what was said or who was hurt, no one cares. Not really. Because it's happened before, it will happen again. Because the ones who claim to be against it lie.

Words have become weaponized, the cloak to hide the dagger. They threaten, they endanger, then they hide it, erasing it, getting rid of the evidence. And it works. Some RLSH fall for it, even have identities as RLSV because they're so bored they want to play both sides and stir things up, hiding behind imagery and words. Weapons. And no one cares because there's no evidence that anyone was hurt.

Originally the world of larger than life heroes and villains was stepping out of the norm, the everyday, breaking the everyday rules to do what they wished. Now in mainstream culture it's become its own world with its own rules. The problem is, the current communities have made their own rules, in their own favors. You can stalk, reveal people's private information and play peekaboo with the evidence, and there are no repercussions, no consequences. It doesn't matter.

Actually, it does. People have bought into the dak dak of the Mars Attacks martians, saying "we are your friends" while shooting you and everyone around you. No one cares. Because when someone is called on their threats and bullshit, jokes are made, evidence is erased, then they come back and do the same thing again, only escalating it because they can. Because it doesn't matter. Because no one cares. And it's going to keep happening every few weeks. Because that's what they do, because no one cares. And no one will until someone is harmed or dies.

In this slice of the internet and real world, words have become weaponized to threaten, to imply intent even when not being blunt because it can be covered up by lies. The same people who admit that they have been violent, who have considered killing someone stares you in the face, but it doesn't matter because they pretend to change or cover it up with lies. Words have become stagnant, useless. When they're not used to attack, they're lies. There is no honor because the RLSV thrive in it, the RLSH do nothing, and pretenders who act like informants from one community to another blur the lines with more lies and attacks. It's going to keep happening and getting worse until someone is harmed or dies.

And then when it happens, people will have the gall to be surprised. Someone opens a door they shouldn't have and wonder why they're being attacked. They didn't mean any harm, they said so and erased the post that made the threat in the first place. It wasn't supposed to matter!

It doesn't matter that people with ties to violent groups attacks you with words, wishing to supposedly socialize only to gain information or attack you. It doesn't matter because it continues to happen, hiding actions with words. Unfortunately when words become useless, diplomacy becomes impossible. Because the ones that claim to wish it have proven time and again they have no honor, giving their word means nothing. They'll say whatever you want to hear and go back to attacking you or those close to you again after a few weeks. Everyone drinks the kool aid and nothing happens. And nothing will change until something else changes it.

The strange thing is, no one seems to notice that the rules of the game have changed.

Everyone is still playing the game as if the words still matter. That the weapons and lies will still work, because they always have. Or at least, the lies should cover the attacks. No one is supposed to look at the intent or the implications, scoffing the threats in the midst. Until someone is hurt or dies, it's going to keep going, same as it ever was. The problem is, it's going to stop in the near future. Recent events have reminded me about that which is important, worth living for, worthy dying for, and worth killing for. Very few people in this community seem to have the fortitude to follow through on their actions as long as an audience is watching. A strange paradigm for people who seek the limelight.

Case in point: Some time ago, Krampus expressed that there is doubt as to what's worth living for anymore. Someone who has attacked me in the past suddenly claimed to cease attacking in a chat room until this passed. A bit surprising, not to mention uncharacteristic. I mean, this never stopped them or their followers before. Could this be a sign of mercy, that these people are different from their personas? Of course it wouldn't last, the attacks would resume shortly after, attacking people, those close to them, encouraging others to do so and to follow suit. A history of attacks, stopped for a brief moment. Then I realized the truth beyond the lies. It wasn't that the heart of this person had changed, it wasn't that an act had ceased. It was because this person who had built a platform on attacks was suddenly in a spotlight they had no control over, faced with an encounter they didn't prepare for. Because of their history, they had to cease the public attack. Not out of the goodness of their heart, not for breaking character. But because they had an opportunity to influence a suicidal person to jump, or to push them. And everyone was watching. This is exactly what they strive for in action, despite their prose. The momentum of intent caught up with them, and suddenly remembered their lie. They're not supposed to want someone to actually BE harmed, because they could be blamed. At least, that's the cover story. You had a chance for a sliver of street cred, to have blood on your hands in one of the most circumstantial of ways. And you decided against it to cover your own ass.

Of course, that didn't stop you from eventually continuing your attacks, escalating and inciting, connecting to the very people you claim to want nothing to do with. The actions speak differently than the words. And your contradiction, your cowardice to claim a position of power despite what you really want between the lines? It disgusts me. And don't worry, there will be plenty of blood on your hands. Because everything that is building up to this point, you had a hand in it too. You promoted it. So no, you're not clean. You and your lives, every life you've touched will be investigated and judged.

Stop looking at the words, look at the actions, intent and the momentum of those who have used them. Diplomacy is impossible, pacts or agreements useless. There will only be what will be judged when it's too late to have stopped it. Sooner or later, a word, an inflection, a comment will set off a chain of events where someone will be hurt, or killed. Only then will it matter. And it will be too late by then.

You see, when someone claims to be a villain or a threat, yes, there are some who are genuinely harmless. These idiots are to be ignored. But when someone by association or history shows they are dangerous, I give them the only respect deserved: I treat them like threats. Dangerous, palpable, genuine. Threats and actual violence have happened here before. But no one cares. I threaten to meet that violence with greater force, then someone actually cares. And the funniest part? People care more about my reputation, my life, than that of my target(s) of wrath, the ones that provoked this. Really, that must suck to be an afterthought, that someone cares more for my reputation than the lives of my stalkers. That's the ugly truth, the truth I've worked hard to prevent coming to this point. But it fell on deaf ears in a media where words have become meaningless unless they're threats.

You see, Krampus is no fool. Someone with ties to gangs or organizations with histories of violence is a threat by their very nature and likelihood of danger. You deal with it legally, of course. But that doesn't always work. You try to avoid conflict by avoiding traps laid down, you try to avoid them. But when they push themselves in your face, threatening someone you care for, and doing so repeatedly, you assume the worst and prepare for it. So you don't just deal with one or two stalkers, you have to prepare for their gang affiliates, friends, associates with similar goals, anyone who jumps on the bandwagon with them, anyone who helps to inform them as spies and fellow stalkers, anyone who gives them an award for their behavior. You have to be ready for a very ugly war. You sever ties with those that are liabilities or friends who could be endangered, you call on allies who feel the same as you, ready to fight because they're not going to take this shit either and you'd defend them were the roles reversed. Normally I'm not one to involve others if necessary, but knowing that you're not alone should violence become a reality is rather comforting. Two members are tied to gangs stalking you? Build your own to counter it, it's worked before given the course of history.

And to those of you in these communities who claim to be heroes, who don't want this but allow, even encourage it, you're not innocent in this either. You swallow the pills, ignoring or chalking up your encouragement to part of a game. People wonder why so many leave this community due to the drama and bullshit, forgetting why yo took a stand in the first place. It seems the entire community needs a reminder of who they're supposed to be and who they really are. Watch them, it's going to happen soon. Because they can't help themselves. They can't stop. And anyone reading this who had the power to stop it are guilty by allowance. Accessory before the fact, or after depending on perspective.

No contact, no implied threats, no names or locations. Yet these rules are continually broken. Because that's what they do. The game is still being played by the old rules where people believe there will be no adverse consequences. And still, no one cares, no one does a damn thing. Now I am reminded what's important, what's worth living and dying for. If need be, killing for. And all you have to do is watch the communities, because the same people are so close from causing irreparable harm to come to someone's lives, impacting the community. And you could have done something to prevent it. But you didn't. Stop believing the words, follow the actions. Believe that which is less easily manipulated. And apparently I need to remind everyone that our community and key players within it, myself included, are being monitored by authorities. If anything were to happen to one, the other key players would be investigated with very real consequences. Oh, but that doesn't matter because it can be erased, covered up with a joke.

Do the words I write sound like I'm joking?

Or does it even matter anymore? Oh, and remember: whatever happens next, you wanted this. The lies are ignored, the actions and intent are the only things that matter now.