Let me start off by saying that I believe in second chances. And I believe in taking people at their word. I never followed David Seaman but knew he was becoming a big face of the Pizzagate sphere, for better or worse. It got more and more clear over time that while people on Youtube and Twitter eat up whatever Seaman says that he had at best a mixed reception here at Voat. And by that I mean mostly negative. I never looked too much into the criticisms. At the face of it I thought it was nitpicking and I didn't want to assume bad faith.
Then one day I opened up my Twitter notifications and the newest alert was that David Seaman just followed my account. Pretty cool, I guess. I didn't follow himbefore he rage-quit Twitter for gab. I didn't follow him on gab either. I honestly wasn't impressed by his personality I suppose. He seemed kind of phony in his videos (personality-wise). Or maybe overly emotional, which was why I was worried about his (canceled) Daily Show appearance. I knew he worked at Huffington Post at some point, which I just automatically associate with low IQ's. But generally I felt he was just being hated on for no real reason.
I started these threads to encourage Voat and Seaman to clear the air:
https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1647256
https://voat.co/v/pizzagatewhatever/1647373
My main objective I guess was for Pizzagate research to go more smoothly, without infighting. Because at the end of the day we're about catching pedo fucks. I was met with some hostility, and I responded in kind. I realize now that the distrust for David may be warranted. Britt Pettibone told me he was an awesome guy in the past. So I didn't see the motivations of Seaman. Someone responded to the above topics linked that Seaman preys on cute young girls. I was weary. I messaged him on Twitter and asked to either set up an Ask Me Anything with him on Voat or to relay questions to him so he wouldn't be bombarded by attacks.
I basically straight up said I'll give you a handicap because Voat doesn't like you and I want you to say your piece. And what happened? You guys were right. He flipped out on me and called me biased, went hysterical about accusations I never even brought up, bragged about how many people he's woken up, and then rage-quit by unfollowing me. I was shocked. I never had strong feelings one way or the other about Seaman and just wanted to open a dialogue. And he freaked out at me.
http://i.imgur.com/fqscgxh.png
EDIT: After I messaged him I wrote this tweet expressing skepticism about all these rising journalists leaching off Pizzagate for name recognition-
https://twitter.com/PlZZAGATE/status/833385565382963200
Guess who immediately responded back saying I was the one being dramatic? LOL. GTFO.
http://i.imgur.com/D9AxhGu.png
So @Gammi @Forgetmenot @Don-Keyhote @TruthTrumps @nomorepepperoni @CipherPuppet @Flat_Truth @Antonius @Ramona @cantsleepawink @l4l1lul3l0 @LeHappyMerchant @Hey_Sunshine I want to apologize. Whether I argued with you or whether I promised to ask him questions on your behalf things didn't turn out how I thought they would. My bad.
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Mtnchan ago
He's holding himself out as the face of pizzagate to the cucked masses, and he's using our work. We're entitled to an opinion, entitled to express it, and charged with keeping things on track. We need to be wary of complex disinformation strategies designed to misinform, frighten, distract or entrap. It's interesting how strongly and quickly some have jumped to his defense.
PlZZAGATE ago
I know right? I blatantly defended him at my expense. It's in the OP. Like, nope, don't read what I posted just kneejerk call me a shill Satanist. I have submissions here that while not groundbreaking are evidence enough of me doing what I can to open doors to potential leads. Half the people calling me a shill don't even have submissions or never read the OP. I get defending a a guy with a large audience that can reach people, but that's seriously besides the point and people are losing their minds.
Mtnchan ago
It suggests he may be part of a team effort, unfortunately.
PlZZAGATE ago
I mean idk, I'm not going to call him a puppet or anything because again I never followed him in the first place. But I'm not going to call him authentic either. I think he's just leaching off folks with original information to feed his career.
Mtnchan ago
Regardless, their strongest strategy is to blanket paint citizen investigators as radical right wing nut jobs, and whether DS means to or not, that's exactly what he's doing / done. Remember this is spy games, for real. A lot of people have died over it already, can't be too suspicious about what they're capable of.
Mtnchan ago
Want to emphasize that last point, this is for real, let's not forget, we're pissing off some seriously bad people here. Millions have died for freedom of speech, there's always some political force trying to take it, they want to take it from us so they can keep doing whatever they want.