So, that was...something wasn't it?
I hit my lowest yesterday, not gonna lie. Seeing everything was like a gut punch, so I sat with my feelings for a while, cried and listened to some music.
And then I started thinking...
Quitting is what the Antis are banking on.
They're going to fucking gloat that they "won" and I realised...
We have to remember that we're dealing with unhinged, mentally ill individuals. And while I fully believe that Infold has created a monster of their own making, no person deserves to be threatened and made to fear for their lives over a video game.
You can't rationalise with mentally ill people (I should know, I work in a mental health hospital). But given that Infold was hit with multiple attacks on their HQ shortly before the 9th, it's no wonder we didn't get any form of response. We saw how the issue escalated when they doubled down on including Valko before they backtracked.
I can be patient. I really can. And I'm not saying that this hasn't been hard, I miss Caleb so much... but I want to push until they acknowledge us with something. I have to. I can't let hatred win. I won't accept it until something happens. They release Valko or the company folds.
They see us. I know they fucking do.
The censorship upsets me but the haters have already proven that they will sink to multiple lows to get anything flagged. Their rivals have money to push against them (and a certain one keeps advertising their game despite this knife attack. Bad taste but okay). My best hope is that Valko is being reworked to avoid any more controversy (but we know that when you give idiots an inch they'll take a mile so who knows).
I'm tired but quitting just gives in and I can't do that right now.
We should be proud of everything the movement did and is still doing, the charities, the trending tags, the petitions. It wasn't wasted effort, we made a real world difference, for every anti and hater, we doubled it back to make a REAL WORLD DIFFERENCE. And my god, that speaks volumes. What are they doing? Nothing except throw tantrums over a game.
I don't blame people for dropping off the protest, and I dont blame anyone for feeling low and taking time away. You need to take care of yourself first and foremost.
But I can't stop. I won't stop. Not yet.
I'm old and I'm fuelled with too much spite.
Again. Please remember that if they wanted to remove Valko, they would remove everything related to him. We still have his unlisted videos and his stories in the game. If he truly wasn't coming, everything would be gone.
I'm not stopping until this has an end.
I'm going down swinging. You fucking try me. 💪