Roger Casement was a human rights journalist and Irish revolutionary who was executed in 1916 by the British state for treason after trying to acquire military aid for Irish Republicans before the Easter Rising. Casement's work in the first decade of the 20th century exposed imperialist atrocities in the Congo and Peru.
Casement began his career working for Henry Morton Stanley and the African International Association, a front for King Leopold II of Belgium in his efforts to colonize the Congo.
In 1890, Casement met author Joseph Conrad, who had come to the Congo to pilot a merchant ship. According to author Liesl Schillinger, both were inspired by the idea that "European colonisation would bring moral and social progress to the continent and free its inhabitants 'from slavery, paganism and other barbarities.' Each would soon learn the gravity of his error."
In 1904, Casement published the "Casement Report", which, via interviews with workers, overseers, and mercenaries, exposed the enslavement, mutilation, and torture of natives on the rubber plantations. The report caused an international scandal and led to the creation of various reform organizations in the West.
A few years later, Casement traveled to the Putumayo District in South America, where rubber was being harvested in the Amazon Basin, and exposed the treatment of indigenous people in Peru. Finding conditions just as inhumane as what he witnessed in the Congo, Casement interviewed both the Putumayo and men who had abused them, publishing his findings in a first-person narrative that again caused an international scandal.
In November, 1914 Casement helped form the Irish Volunteers. He traveled to both the United States and Germany to both promote the Irish nationalist cause and acquire aid for it.
In 1916, Casement was captured by the British government and charged with high treason after he attempted to acquire military aid from Germany to aid the Irish nationalist cause. During trial proceedings, the government secretly circulated alleged excerpts from Casement's journals, the "Black Diaries", which detailed sexual acts with other men. The authenticity of these documents is still debated today.
Casement was hanged at Pentonville Prison on August 3rd, 1916 at 51 years old.
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Edit this implies by omission that im ok with harm to self provided it doesnt consume my life and lets face it id take that trade in a heartbeat
There was a post in r/chile about how most chileans still wear a mask at all time even after it stopped being mandatory since April
Most comments were “I use it because im ugly”
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Today I ate two entire bowls of fried rice. Worth every bite.
Show was incredible, just got home, talked to most of the bands who played tonight. Bought 2 shirts. When i got home I was assured by a passing woman my parking job will be fine.
:meow-melt: i love doing this, being a part of this, and so many people are going along with it
Every time i come back from playing a show I’m filled with the desire to put more into my performances and everything.
oh jeez that sounds so wonderful! thanks for sharing, it makes me really happy to see people find something that makes them happy! :penguin-dance:
I know we love each other here and all but sometimes I see people forgetting Hex is still on the internet and people lie a lot on the internet
I would guess it's less the thing itself and more the feeling of being dismissed after asking for something repeatedly. They might think you were doing it on purpose, and combined with other life stress it just came to a head. I'm sure they will feel embarrassed about how they reacted. I find it's hard especially for men/masc people to address these kinds of situations. For your perspective, it's probably shocking but for them it likely built up over time and they don't have the skills to have addressed it earlier. Unless things get really nasty and personal, it sounds like it should just blow over.
Yeah that doesn't sound too bad actually. I mean getting harshed on sucks, don't get me wrong but probably wont feel like a big thing in a few days. I think older friendships like that can be a bit more weird and have a level of intimacy to the friction. Just look after your own boundaries, maybe tell them you care but that you do better with a more calm style of communication.
You're more empathetic than I could see myself being in that situation. Well, less the 15yr history perhaps.
Pardon the likely projection, but it sounds like they have some hangups around communication, regulation & assertiveness if theyve let it work them up to this level.
Is this the only issue at play here? Are there other things happening between you or in this persons life generally?
If it is the sole issue it seems like a pretty significant overcorrection. How long had they been requesting you use these particular settings or whatever?it seems theres been either a miscommunication on their part, ignorance on yours, or emotional ignorance on theirs
Yeah aside from (maybe, perhaps, im giving your friend the benefit of doubt here) missing the initial point, I think youve (as you described in your words so take with as much salt as needed) responded as best you can with what youve been handed.
If its worth it to you (as 15yrs would suggest) then all you can do is wait for them to come around (and check in occasionally) unfortunately. They're clearly upset and will need time to process why/how/if to rectify it.
Also I'm really sorry this is happening at all, over something so trivial no less, and please know I'm more spitballing/soundboarding than calling you ignorant directly
<3 I hope they come around and you two can hash it out. In their own time of course (but also touch grass you fucking g*mer)
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Bruh, I just got some bad news.
Really really bad news.
I dont know what to do bad news.
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I've been in a bad mood and getting down on myself the last few days. But just a few minutes ago, I remembered that when I was in high school, I spat at a US Army recruiter and got an in-school suspension for three days.
If it seems like Call of Duty is going to break out between China and America I'm just going to keep my copy of Quotations from Chairman Mao in my pocket. That way when PLA paratroopers land on my drive way and search me for nihilistic rock music or consumerist propaganda they'll find it and we'll all laugh and they'll buy me a beer and I'll say no thanks I don't drink and then they'll say I passed the second test and then they'll let me hang out on their aircraft carrier and I'll get to sit in the captain's chair and wear the captain's hat.
Such a fucking shithole country
Imagine if we never stopped wearing masks