US Politics February 2019: This is one of the great losers of all time.

Yeah i am not suggesting people with mood disorders—like myself—are “likely” to act out in this way or anything like that.

sorry to get all post-structuralist or whatever.

xpost, again

Treesh, "weird and reckless behavior" correlates much more strongly to "male and under 30" than it does to "mentally ill".

Stone is taking the witness stand

He’s 36! Xp

that doesn't invalidate my point at all

Judge Jackson also just read from Roger Stone's financial filings, according to which he makes $47,000 a month as a consultant

— Rachel Weiner (@rachelweinerwp) February 21, 2019

WTF who pays him that ?

This will be a thing.

Stone's lawyer says the judge's questions would be better addressed by Stone, so Stone is now getting up on the stand and sworn in. This means he'll be able to be cross-examined by the government

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) February 21, 2019

Eliza very OTM

Well, he’s likely going to fucking prison anyway so I don’t see why it is also demanded of everyone that they think the worst of him

Oh good grief.

Stone repeats he's under stress, says thoughts of being raped in prison if he's convicted are stressing him out. Says he let the court, his family and his attorneys down. "I can only say I"m sorry...forgive the trespass."

— Britain Eakin (@BritainEakin) February 21, 2019

Ahahahah

Jackson now pressing Stone on his apology, wants to know why he said he didn't select or review the photo. "How hard was it to come up with a photo that didn't have the crosshairs on it," she asks him.

— Britain Eakin (@BritainEakin) February 21, 2019

Stone says the crosshairs are a Celtic occultic symbol, he discovered, after having researched it. When ABJ asks what it means, Stone says, "I don't know your honor, I'm not into the occult."

— Britain Eakin (@BritainEakin) February 21, 2019

jfc

Eliza very OTM

i'm sure that's a common explanation given about people who post things with swastikas on them, and hopefully it commonly does not work on the judge

if this judge buys this

xps to treesh: I think the majority objection to your previous comments had more to do with glibly presuming mental illness was a factor than your sympathy for his being the target of a massive pile-on. That's shifting the ground and not a worthy response to what others here have been pointing out.

IT GETS BETTER

Judge ABJ is holding Stone's feet to the fire. "What was the lapse of judgment you regret?" Stone replies: he shouldn't have made the post.

— Britain Eakin (@BritainEakin) February 21, 2019

ABJ wants to know how Stone can be deeply, sincerely sorry when he's been on a media spree talking about his Instagram post. Stone: "I have no rationalization or excuse ... it was just an error."

— Britain Eakin (@BritainEakin) February 21, 2019

Stone says it's conceivable the image was selected from his phone, which "is used by numerous people." Says he has five or six people (volunteers). ABJ is not happy.

lol who the fuck just lets other people use their phone ?

"I have no rationalization or excuse ... please accept my rationalization that it was just an error and therefore insignificant. I would also like to quote the Bible to the effect that if you can't excuse my little errors, then you are a monster without mercy and god hates you."

your honor it was a sheriffs star

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gaXigSu72A4/hqdefault.jpg

Let he who has not accidentally gone on a media spree after sharing vaguely threatening photos of the judge at their trial cast the first Stone (preferably into a pit with no bottom).

Oh and separately

hoo boy https://t.co/ncmHrD2BRh pic.twitter.com/Lc3VMNJZiN

— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) February 21, 2019

also

1. What happened yesterday in North Carolina was one of the most extraordinary things I’ve ever seen in politics.

For months, Mark Harris claimed he was SHOCKED to learn a campaign operative was running an election fraud scheme

Then his son testified https://t.co/Dkof34zqZo

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 21, 2019

Dude made his own daddy cry hardcore, dammnnnnn.

treesh i think it's fair to say that you should take Eliza's views into consideration when using phrases like "mentally ill" in a casual way, even if they weren't shared by a lot of other people here (which they are) (which includes me)

Fair enough.

Sorry eliza. Don’t tell me to kill myself again, though, please.

pretty sure Eliza wanted you to stroll into an ocean of fucking, which, you know, who among us wouldn't welcome such a prospect

gaslighting him over it is nagl

wait what

pretty sure that was a james mason in star is born reference.

isn't there some specific thread already where everybody schools Tresship ?

good point

dan m seemingly could not tell that your suggestion about Eliza's true meaning was designed to be unbelievable in a way that you hoped would be disarming.

isn't there some specific thread already where everybody schools Tresship ?

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this one?

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dan i'd like to point out that you just got schooled on your sense of humour by.. Aimless

a mere glancing blow

:D

no I could absolutely tell that, I just don't think casting generalizations about mental illness nor telling people to kill themselves are good things

gaslighting means so many things now it is hard to keep up

i apologize for using the phrase mental illness. i knew better but wasn't thinking.

however i still think his motives seem opaque and if he was a friend of mine i'd probably advise him to do some work to find out why he acted in that way.

his actions were destructive but -- maybe -- not malicious. i'm sick of the public shaming culture. he should be held accountable but this doesn't need to define his life.

it's a pretty incredibly fucking bad thing to do and almost monstrously selfish

and yeah it shows a lack of judgment that's so incredibly out of the ordinary that you do sort of have to wonder about his sanity. but whatever.

i'm sick of the public shaming culture.

Yup, this stroy has received quite a lot of attention. It is germane to point out that this is true largely because it was intended by the perpetrator to generate a lot of attention, who designed it purposely to draw the maximum possible publicity to what he did. It worked. This is not how "public shaming culture" generally operates.

BURN.

Judge ABJ: "It's the lawyers, not Mr. Stone, who were appalled. So thank you for the apology, but it rings quite hollow."

— Britain Eakin (@BritainEakin) February 21, 2019

11:21: "He’s probably mentally ill. "
2:47: "i'm sick of the public shaming culture."

You should post less.

!

Judge ABJ says his release under the current set of conditions without modification does pose a danger to the others and/or the community.

— Britain Eakin (@BritainEakin) February 21, 2019