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[heinous]

I opened reddit the other day and instead of a stream of endless porn I had to click every link open. What's going on with it?

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[agunrack]

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RawDealDemo

3h

This post was written about me.



I am here to tell anyone who would like to talk to me about any of the things they have read here, or been told about me, that I am easy to find and always willing to engage in any sort of honest, open, conversation that you would like to have.



Here is my Reddit name. I am also on IG, FB, and my email is rawdealdemo@gmail



I am not hiding.



The thing I find most telling about these attempts that take place every so often to light the torches and rally up the posse, posting screenshots from 10+ years ago with absolutely no context, is the people who make them, unanimously refuse to first speak with me directly. They come as total strangers to me, with no interest whatsoever in wanting to change that, – but most importantly they are not speaking on behalf of anyone who claims to have been wronged by me. These are not people acting as any sort of go-between for a victim.



Whoever it is who decided to post this here yesterday, use my name as some sort of warning to others – is UNREACHABLE through their own username. They don’t want to have an actual back-and-forth, to be asked why spread around a bunch of screenshots without first making sure they know what they’re talking about.



But let’s be honest, it never seems to be the point with this sort of stuff. Their agenda is not some sort of, good-faith attempt at getting to the truth or some sort of deeper understanding. It’s is a search for something else entirely. I'm still unable to figure out what, exactly.



Last year your faithful moderator here: Bulldoze97, made a similar post, under the heading: I don’t like to spread rumors but..



In which, of course, they did exactly that, but at least were willing to have a talk with me on the side about the things they’d heard, allowing me to walk them through my side of the story, while they bragged, openly, about being able to say whatever they want here on reddit from the safety of their anonymous (and, I must say, quite ironic) username.



After this discussion they decided to remove the post about not liking to spread rumors. I told them I didn’t care at all if they removed the post, was not asking them to remove the post. That what I needed them to know, was maybe before flying off half-stupid, saying a bunch of reckless things about someone they’ve never spoken to before, calling people “pussies” in the comments section, maybe Bulldoze97, a MODERATOR on this page, could first go the extra step by talking to me.



A screenshot was sent to me yesterday of a carefully edited snippet from that conversation. Which is interesting because the day we had it, which ended with them calling me ugly, a pedophile and telling me to blow my brains out, Bulldoze97 deleted their side of the conversation. But I have the entire thing here, where they say some wonderfully strange and delusional things, at one point claiming I was trying to bait them into telling me who they actually are so I could have my “boys” crack skulls for me, people like Pat from Have Heart!! (One of the kindest, gentlest, most integrity-filled people I know, btw)



I’m not going to post the entire convo here (tempting as it may be) because I feel so sad for this kid. I don’t live in a world where you look to destroy someone from the safety of the internet, but trust me, ol' Bulldoze is as uninformed, and made of plastic, as I’m sure most of you here already suspect.



The person before Bulldoze97 (sorry, I just love writing it) we’re going back to 2020 now, who spread these same exact screenshots around IG, building their case around the question: how can they and I have so many mutual followers, when this is who I truly am -



This person, proved to be just as spineless, making no attempt to contact me about the warning they needed to put out into the world, did not bother to tag me or reach-out after having levied these accusations. So again, I had to find them on my own, request we have an actual discussion. In which this person, just like Bulldoze97, claimed to have long lists of people with serious issues regarding my continued presence in the hardcore scene, that their inboxes were overflowing with people eager to confirm these accusations, and everywhere they go they hear these truly terribly things about my behaviour – which is strange because everywhere I go no one seems to have an issue or want to discuss these things face to face. I live and breathe in one of the most thriving HC scenes in the world, and NOT ONCE have I been pulled aside and told my presence in a room was making someone there uncomfortable.



Now I know this particular forum is filled with a certain type of tough-talking, kick-ya-in-the face, take no shit, Bulldoze fan - hell the person who MADE THIS POST, has already gone off to hide under some other user name, but I find it impossible to believe that the actual HC scene, the one made up of real people, faces, names and voices, have all turned into such a tribe of cowards that I would be allowed to even exist in this scene, unchecked, un-dealt-with, If I was an abuser of women, a predator of young girls. Trust me: I would have been ERASED, by people who are not hiding behind some anonymous username, a long fucking time ago.



I wanted to come here to implore anyone who may have concerns about me, who have read some fucked up shit and would like to hear my side of the story – to please reach out. I am here to talk and listen. I have responded to every message sent to me since the beginning of Bane and they were showing up in my actual mailbox.



What I will not do is root around in the muck of these comments sections, on a fucking post made by someone who has already erased their profile. I am not going to engage in flippant, spiteful, always un-cleaver, one-liners from people desperate for some drama from the safety of their keyboards. For me that has always seemed to be a form of anti-communication, and worse, boring.



In the years since these screenshots have started making the rounds, after I told Bulldoze and the person on IG, to please spread the word, that I am always here for a discussion (and being told by both of them that they would do so) two people have reached out to me personally.



TWO



One of them a friend, the other was three days ago, the day after the Bane announcement.



Even today, fresh on the heels of this newest post, it’s author, once again refusing to tag me – and me unable to even contact them for a discussion regarding the things they insist I need to address, I have not received one single message or inquiry, looking to get to the bottom of these allegations. Crickets in my inbox



So I am here, hoping to change that – to tell anyone interested: I am here for whatever dialogue you’d like to have.



Call me a crazy person, but I still believe with all my heart, that communication, critical thinking and human compassion are the bricks that this scene of ours have been built on.



-Aaron Bedard

[meatballmaniac]

I scrolled down to the punchline

[jonsetsfire]

Feb 13, 2023 10:37:41 GMT -5 heinous said:

I opened reddit the other day and instead of a stream of endless porn I had to click every link open. What's going on with it?

I had the same experience the other day. Fucking updates being a boner killer.

[Prostate exam event]

Really gotta dig for porn on Reddit these days

[Deleted]

I never thought to look at reddit for porn.

Thanks op!

[Deleted]

Feb 13, 2023 10:51:43 GMT -5 meatballmaniac said:

I scrolled down to the punchline

I did the exact same thing

[Guybrush Threepwood]

A fun game on reddit is to message mods of really liberal subreddits politically incorrect slurs in all caps.