OK, time for me to be ‘that guy’ again. I hate having to do this. But it cant’ be helped. This is too important. I started my long strange journey in SpyGate in early 2017. By July 2018 I was a paid columnist at the Epoch Times, researching and writing columns on the growing scandal. I have more than 8 years invested in SpyGate writing and research at this time. A few people in the SpyGate space have more than I do, such as
We have social media influencers now, and that’s a massive problem, because I have spent the last few years watching these people jump in and out of subjects they know almost nothing about, but I do, and how they don’t even bother to do basic fact-checks before scattering wrong hot takes all ‘cross the fruited plain.
I fully understand there will be very large, very popular accounts on here that will jump into the SpyGate space to begin regularly commentating on it and sharing their hot takes as the arrests happen, arraignments occur, pleas are entered, trials are scheduled, etc. etc.
Let me be clear: this is MY space.
And not just mine.
There are others who’ve been on this beat for a LONG TIME NOW and we KNOW OUR SHIT. We’re not click baiting it or building brands on it, and we don’t pretend to be jacks-of-all-trades who have to rush in and give our off-the-cuff pronouncements on EVERYTHING. I
‘m saying this respectfully just before everything goes crazy: honor those who were here before you, who invested the time, years of their lives, reading and researching the documents and the case filings. We are a resource. WE WANT TO HELP YOU. We want to help you GET IT RIGHT.
Use us. Ask us. We’ll show you what we know. This doesn’t have to go bad. But if I see the same accounts rushing into MY SPACE monetizing extremely dumb and stupid and inflammatory hot takes to get the views and clicks like they have on other topics in the past? I’m going to start calling people out and if it continues I’ll get savage.
This is not a game. I am not going to let ANYBODY fuck this up. We have been waiting for movement on this SpyGate scandal for years now and if it’s placed in jeopardy by people click-baiting easily disproven crap I’ll do what has to be done.
I don’t want people @’ing about ‘hey we’re on the same side’ and ‘can we all just get along?’ when I do it, either.
This is about JUSTICE. Some people have been waiting almost a DECADE for it. Nobody is gonna be allowed to derail this for their fucking clout chasing and TV hits. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
