This dangerous and un-American behavior can not be allowed to continue.

Dream said he never voted for Trump and isn't republican, but didn't that reddit account in question say they didn't register to vote because they didn't want to get doxxed? Also, betting on Trump's tweets doesn't prove his stance on real issues either? It actually makes light of what trump was doing. It feels idk that his statements do not prove much of anything. Has anything new come out? The accounts I was looking at either stopped talking about it or went private

Oh, so we’re discussing whether or not we think he’s lying, now? Frankly, the main reason I am inclined not to believe him is the fact that he’s using the same strategy he did during the cheating scandal - first, putting out vague tweets that outright deny any involvement or truth to the accusations on his private; second, putting out a more thought-out thread soon thereafter that appeals to his audience and the victimhood argument; and third, putting out a longer response that comes up with a seemingly plausible explanation for everything, without actually, explicitly deny the accusations. 

First, he outright denied the accusations at first. He said it wasn’t him, he denied that the Reddit account was even in his ownership, and then flipped the narrative when evidence came up that makes it seem like yes, it was his, or at least partially his. That is just... very untrustworthy, imo.

Second, and I know this is circumstantial and disputable, but the Redditor’s writing style screams Dream. He writes like that in his many Twitter threads, twitlongers; he even speaks like that in his serious streams and videos. I’m sure someone on Reddit or kiwifarms or the like will come up with a better analysis of the parallels in writing style, but anyone who was a fan of his - as I was - cannot deny the similarities, right?

Third, he immediately started deleting posts from the Discord he was in that was mentioned in the slideshow. Please tell me how an innocent person’s immediate reaction, before even posting a reply on your private, is to start deleting all your publicly available posts from the same time frame as the accused Reddit posts? What? He did this immediately after- like, within half an hour of the slideshow being posted to Reddit, for fuck’s sake.

Fourth, and most importantly, let’s dissect the absurdity of what exactly he is claiming. He is saying that he shared a Reddit account in 2017 with an irl work friend, and that none of the political posts besides perhaps the kneeling for the anthem one were his, and that even if they were posted by his friend, they were likely troll posts. I just... what? How in the world does anyone believe this? That is the furthest reach I have ever seen someone claim in a public “apology.” First, who shares Reddit accounts when they post personal things, like pictures of your cat and political ramblings? What in the world? Would you really share that kind of account just to play in a fake football league? Why wouldn’t his friend create his own, separate account, for his political ramblings? Second, the post to r/politics describes Dream’s biographical information perfectly. So tell me, why post just that one post to r/politics, but then supposedly not post other posts to other, relevant political subreddits? Third, he lies about the Kaepernick timeline in the damn pastebin “apology,” making it so suspicious as to why he would try to distance himself as much as possible, timewise, to the rest of the posts that were made within the same time period. 

These are just the reasons I see for why I distrust Dream on this. And for people to claim that he has changed for the better and that his political views have become more progressive seems disingenous when we’re talking about someone who cannot admit the truth, and reconcile with his past political beliefs. Like, how can we believe that he changed, if he can’t even fess up to the past? I don’t know about y’all, but every single person I know who has been able to change their political views, through education and empathy - including myself - acknowledges and constantly brings up their past, because of the shame and disgust they feel for that past. The few people I know who do not acknowledge that they used to be bigoted or lean right or support Republican policies are the people who, to this day, simply convince themselves of their left-leaningness, while still peddling in whatever backwards beliefs they claim to have learned from and moved past.

Here are more compelling reasons and evidence as to why he is likely lying about sharing the account: https://twitter.com/jessislive_/status/1379958002501963778

Trigger warning for the above thread’s posts for typical right-leaning views that deal with racism and sexual assault victims (dismissing them). 

Intro to this blog

Hello... Internet... am I in the right spot?

My name, for the purposed of this blog, is Alex Capistrano. If ever my meager writings here were to gain enough traction so that the general public would be interested in my person, they would not find me by that name. I have adopted the time honored tradition of cowardly writers who fear they have too much to lose (and may be right) and have opted for a pseudonym. 

I wanted to start this blog for many years and for many reasons. Many years because, once again, I’m a coward, and many reasons for... well that’s what I’m about to tell you.

The only two facts I will reveal about myself are that I am cemented in the Orthodox Roman Catholic Church and that I flirt with the ideals of conservativism and existentialism. The flirting is the second fact. I believe I have the right and duty to change my mind with what if need be. 

I have found that the general mind has closed itself off to freedom of opinion and civility towards those who possess differing opinions. As a unitarian, I have been disappointed time and time again with the incessant demonization of certain mindsets by the media and politicians, mainly those of conservativism, personal responsibility, true inclusivity, and religious orthodoxy. It has gotten to the point where I have no faith that any public outlet for my beliefs would end without myself being cancelled or blacklisted for something completely innocent if not unpopular. Due to the nature of my career I cannot risk that, and hence the pseudonym. 

I also want to be very clear, this is no blog written by some bigot as an outlet for his bigotries. I’ll rephrase that in a more familiar dialect for some of you... 

I ain’t one o’ them good ole boys. I nary have thought none about the glory of the South and I ain’t got no fanciful ideers about Blacks or Jews or Mexicans or Italians. Seeing as how I ain’t got no wings nor a halo, I ain’t got no guarantee of who’s going to heaven or hell. I ain’t got the faintest notion of how to tie a noose nor would I ever want to be around one. I’ll be friends with a queer just as much as I’ll rope a steer. I don’t think because I’m a man I’m better than my sister nor that I should sleep with her. 

Not to leave out the other bigots in this country, I’ll similarly translate into your dialect...

I, as a penis-owner, don’t believe that I am beneath vulva-owners. I believe that the brave, brave people in the LGBTQQIP2SAA community shouldn’t be completely appeased for any half-baked theory or new term they came up with while smoking an eye-opening amount of marijuana and participating in a non-labeled, polyamorous orgy, no matter how much science they ignore. I don’t believe that white skin makes you naturally racist and black skin makes your naturally oppressed. I also actually give a crap about Asians and Jewish people. I believe in true masculinity and femininity despite being sooooooo tooooxxxxiiiiiccccc. I’m not going to spit on you, bash you over the head, or dox you if I disagree with you because, even though it’s much more difficult, I believe in freedom and fairness. Triggering words and phrases like white fragility, mansplaining, checked privilege, and “shaming” are kept strictly out of my safe space. And if you disagree you’re literally Hitler, or even worse, a straight, white, Christian, Republican, man. Gross!

You can tell I don’t like either side. I’ll also make a few more non-sarcastic clarifications. While I am conservatively minded, I am more interested in the truth than being a Republican; I believe anything that is big should be avoided with the sole exception of the Church (that’s Church with a big C, not Francis’ little c boys’ club in Rome); I have no patience for those who believe art is a secondary desire for mankind and not a primary necessity (not the primary necessity, but necessary nonetheless), AND most importantly, I believe in civility in discord and unity as a people. Whether or not America is fit enough to be the exemplar for that people anymore is becoming doubtful to me. 

Anyways, man, I don’t know what the hell I’m doing. I just need a place to speak my mind. Not every post will be about the power of personal action, the evils of generalization, and the necessity of locality. All I can promise is that it will be devoid of hate and judgement, and in turn hopefully this blog can serve as a platform for people who are over hate as well.