Again, as the only mod online at the time, I was in a rush and didn't notice that he mentioned he verified through his Twitter (there was no link so I just saw a linkless post, which is always an automatic deletion for Rule 4). I repeatedly invited him to repost it, once someone pointed out he verified through twitter, but he still hasn't reposted, so I'm reposting for him as a gesture of good faith:
Seaman's post:
"Character attacks against me won't slow my coverage of Pizzagate, nice try. They haven't so far, and they won't, ever.
Most members of the community are savvy enough to spot an opposition research style character attack when they spot one, which is what that is. I've already addressed those claims in numerous videos, and won't be too detailed here as I don't want to repeat myself:
1) I am not promoting Pizzagate or information related to it to sell an out of print Internet marketing textbook I wrote eight years ago. That doesn't make a lot of sense and fails Occam's razor test.
2) My Wikipedia page containing my list of prior outlets and work I've helped break was deleted during this ordeal. It doesn't make me any less of a real journalist. The "stunt" I orchestrated while an intern at Gawker Media, now defunct, was approved enthusiastically by their video editor at the time. My "boss" at Jezebel, an internship I was no longer showing up for because I considered it a joke, became angry as she thought I was carrying out publicity stunts without her permission, when I had simply gone over her head. She published a second, friendlier piece on me after I met up with her and she saw the whole picture.
3) My choice to cover Pizzagate remains mine alone. It seemed newsworthy, it seemed in the public interest, and I don't like the idea of elites getting away with child torture and endangerment. It's not the first time I've raised outsized attention for a cause I thought the media as a whole was not reporting properly, nor was I alone in the effort- as anyone with a brain knows, Pizzagate is a global movement with thousands of people researching it and spreading the word. I threw in what I could, which was a popular YouTube channel and an equally popular Twitter account.
4) My research assistant regularly reads this subreddit and others. I don't personally come here usually, as the attacks like that one make my blood boil yet I don't want to give them any attention with an individual response. Also, I have a ganglion cyst on my hand which only recently burst, it makes typing more trouble than it's worth for me.
Keep up your research, recognize the paid attacks and divide/conquer tactics, and thank you all.
David"
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ivoaterd ago
I think he is making a very positive impact and people are just sick of his narcissism. Blowing up on negative criticism ('make my blood boil') and constantly making grand statements against anonymous posters is the sign. God bless this wacko child man. If it gets results I'll put up with this shit. May he find his way.
cakeoflightylight ago
I'm glad he's speaking out against the pedos. The more the merrier. I just wish he could focus on Pizzagate and not bring up so many side issues like what people think of him and giving attention to side issues that have nothing to do with Pizzagate. That video about Flat Earth was annoying because prior to that, nobody was talking about flat earth, now I'm sure that 90% of people who look up Pizzagate will see that David has to pick on flat earth as though it's some kind of prominent part of pizzagate research which it never was. I've never seen anyone talk about Flat Earth in a pizzagate video besides him. That is why people think he is a disinfo agent. Also, why doesn't David post his journalism curriculum vitae or republish his own journalism on a blog so people can see his extensive history as a journalist. I don't care what Jezebel (a leftist website named after a demon) says. I only care if he helps our cause.
bopper ago
Thought he was just saying that flat earthers were trolling him making him look bad, and he was hitting back at them?
cakeoflightylight ago
I've never seen a flat earth comment on any pizzagate related thread. He put out a video claiming that Flat Earth was being brought up with extreme frequency and that disinfo agents keep bringing the conversation back to flat earth. Then he called flat earth stupid and claimed no reasonable person could disagree. I don't give a crap what anyone believes about Flat Earth, and I've never seen any comments on the topic prior to his video, so I couldn't even imagine WHAT he was talking about. SO it put me on alert as to his intentions. I know we don't all trust each other on here, as we shouldn't. I think that Pizzagate research needs to continue no matter what, and we shouldn't get caught up in who is promoting us or attacking us as this is not about us. This is about how we can rescue these innocent children and stop the evils of our elites in the shadow government from getting away with this ever again.
Yates ago
He got swarmed on twitter by FE cultists and he responded when he should have ignored/blocked them. Also the title of that vid re: FE could have been more explicit as to his opinion. As it is it just has FE in the title along with a few other new age buzzwords so it's no wonder so many thought he was going off track.
But he should never have bothered to make that video. The FE people are connected to Cult of Siduri and they're obsessive and tend to swarm when they're noticed.
If David's friend is reading this, please tell him to ignore trolls. Reactions and responses like his please them and cause them to stick around for more of the same. Be a fucking professional and don't respond to every twitter taunt or troll army. And keep the new age crap on a separate channel ffs, why does he even have to be told that. He's a bit oblivious so maybe his friend can explain this to him.
bopper ago
Yes, I've followed your comments and I like your thinking. Flat earth topic is huge on the internet right now and there are two factions. They both vie for attention. So I think they were chiefly just using David as a platform to get their theory out. And they then turned into a real headache for David, and threw him off his game.
cakeoflightylight ago
You saw a lot of people doing this? Where were they doing it?
bopper ago
Some of his you tube clips were being hit w/ lots of flat earth comments, that's what made him so mad, and made him mention them. (You wouldn't have known it unless you looked at the comments, which I did.) They were kind of driving him crazy. He thought he was being trolled hard by 'opposition' to pizzagate, but most of them meant no harm, just were trying to get publicity, and also probably hoping to get David 'on board.'
cakeoflightylight ago
Ok.