I looked for a thread on here for Russ as I was starting to get a bit suspicious about his GoFundMe.
The blog is awful. I must have missed - how was it discovered? How do we know it’s his?
it gets shared on twitter all the time
here's what he's had to say about the grifting allegations this afternoon and there's several instances of books being paid for and not arriving
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oh ok, apparently the book's not actually published yet. was this on unbound or something? I'm not fully up to speed on him yet
Surely the whole point of free speech is that it does come without consequences, libel being slightly different as if you have said something blatently untrue then that isn’t really using free speech as such.Free speech doesn't come without consequences. There are some words biting him in the arse right now.
Absolutely! Well said. This should be the standard retort to every single one of those narcissists on social media.Free speech is about the government not being allowed to hinder you or imprison you (or worse) for your voiced opinions. It does not protect you from consequences (such as people forming unfavourable opinions of you or not wanting to listen to you anymore, or not wanting to pay you for voicing your opinions anymore).