Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) posted a tweet with a grim message Friday, noting that he was "not suicidal" in response to a commenter worried he could potentially face threats or other repercussions for his work on the disclosure of the Epstein Files.

  • pulsewidth@lemmy.world
    121·
    2 months ago

    Wild to me that these people think this will save them. They need to learn that a text social media post, or a letter, or a signed affidavit (or whatever) is near useless to protect via dissuasion.

    Make a goddamn video post. Professionally shot, get your/a psych to be in it with you, get close family and friends in it. Make the videos creative commons so that news agencies have full rights to use them, post to multiple services, and make many versions of the video.

    Any group considering your murder knows about blowback and they surely weigh the risks. If you have a crappy 48 word post on Twitter as your only protection they know the death will be easily framed as a suicide by legions of happy-to-oblige media services that’ll repeat the official findings read on video by the coronor/investogator/official, or audio played on podcast, and easily sell the false narrative. But if there are a bunch of high-quality widely available (and free to news networks) counter videos - its going to weigh a much higher risk for them.

    • anon_8675309@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      I don’t think he thinks this will protect him. Only that if he dies soon it’s because it was not of his own hands.

  • A_A@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 months ago

    if the USA is to get out of this hell, it will needs all good gestures from anyone. So, don’t reject this one so to not discourage others.