As news of the Queen’s failing health emerged on Thursday hours before her death was announced, Anya tweeted her response. “I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying,” Anya said in the now-removed tweet. “May her pain be excruciating.”

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Others came to Anya’s defense, and specifically called out Jeff Bezos for picking out her tweet. One user found a post of Anya with Chris Smalls, one of the core organizers and founders of the Amazon Labor Union. “I have been wondering, why Prof Anya was selected by Jeff Bezos,” they wrote. “This is why.” Some pointed out that Carnegie Mellon had previously accepted a $2 million donation from Amazon.

:sicko-yes:

“I already got my tweets lined up for you when you go,” one told Jeff Bezos. The tweet ratioed Bezos’s.

:lets-fucking-go:

Meanwhile, Anya doubled down on her stance. “If anyone expects me to express anything but disdain for the monarch who supervised a government that sponsored the genocide that massacred and displaced half my family and the consequences of which those alive today are still trying to overcome, you can keep wishing upon a star,” said Anya in the remaining visible tweet.

Braver then the troops :rat-salute:

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Don't mean to rain on your parade, but he was probably looking for an opportunity to slander her. I don't think Bezos is capable of normal emotions like unhappiness. He only sees things in terms of opportunity cost and monetary benefit.

      • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        He only sees things in terms of opportunity cost and monetary benefit.

        I've been told that the parts for building a :gui-better: can be ordered for $150 on Amazon, although that may be higher now due to inflation.

  • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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    2 years ago

    this kind of shit is how you know the campus free speech warriors are full of it. the monarch of ANOTHER FUCKING COUNTRY DIES and she's a little mean about it and the hogs want her head

    • ides_of_Merch [none/use name]
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      edit-2
      2 years ago

      free speech warriors

      the vermin at Unherd.com are revealing they actually are in fact the herd of NPCs who lack critical thinking

      https://unherd.com/thepost/the-queen-became-a-true-christian-leader/

      https://unherd.com/2022/09/our-queens-sacrifice/

      https://unherd.com/2022/09/america-cant-understand-monarchy/

      https://unherd.com/thepost/queen-elizabeth-ii-a-beautiful-anachronism/

  • CommunistBear [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    The fact that she didn't apologize and doubled down in spite of the backlash does make me genuinely happy. Fuck the Queen and fuck Bezos. No one should feel any amount of shame for expressing that

  • SerLava [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    On Friday, Anya told The Cut her email inbox was flooded with hateful messages, with subject lines that “all start with the n-word, bitch, genetically inferior.”

    :surprised-pika:

  • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    I love how the people who cry about even the slightest criticism of them using the n-word as being oppressed and beaten down into silence choosing to engage in the very thing they claim they're suffering.

  • D61 [any]
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    2 years ago

    Anya did nothing wrong.

    :stalin-approval:

  • Wheelbarrowwight [any]
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    2 years ago

    I mean I would have greatly preferred Liz 2 dying completely painlessly, in prison