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Brother has a story about my dad that’s relevant. I wasn’t there but it’s in line with something my dad would do.

A kid runs out from between two houses. A few seconds later five more kids come out, chasing the first. They catch up to him. Then they’re on him, kicking and punching. In a heartbeat, my dad crosses traffic, drives his truck up onto the sidewalk a few feet away, gets out and says “Five on one, huh?”

Picks one kid up by his shirt and just shouts in his face. Then he launches him several feet down the sidewalk. All the kids run away.

Dad gets back in his truck like nothing happened.

My brother says, “Wow, that was really scary.”

My dad says, “Eh, all you gotta do is grab one of ‘em by the fucking neck and the rest always run away.”

I think twitter mobs are the same way.

My thanks to you and Katie for being brave, Jesse. That said, I’m going to still post under a pseudonym until the climate gets a little healthier, but if I can pay $10 a month for free speech between here and BARPod I think that’s a pretty good deal.

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