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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 3 Aug 2014

    RT @zachinglis: @aral “Your tweets are like rape on this community…” Wow. Just wow. *steps away from Twitter*

    9:18 AM - 3 Aug 2014
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    • Ben Brignell onur uyar Nick Carter Break Up PG&E Perini David Endersby Laurian Gridinoc
    11 replies 3 retweets 5 likes
      1. New conversation
      2. Chris Garrett‏ @chrsgrrtt 4 Aug 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @zachinglis Aral, you've blatently misquoted there. That's dirty and damaging, I would hope you'd rescind.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 4 Aug 2014
        Replying to @chrsgrrtt

        @chrsgrrtt Can you please explain to me how I have misquoted?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Chris Garrett‏ @chrsgrrtt 4 Aug 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral you cut half the tweet off, leaving it devoid of the context it was intended in.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 4 Aug 2014
        Replying to @chrsgrrtt

        @chrsgrrtt I quoted and truncated to get my comment in. People can find the original tweet… in fact, I’ll find + tweet it now…

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Chris Garrett‏ @chrsgrrtt 4 Aug 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral very opportune truncation, but thanks for addressing.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 4 Aug 2014
        Replying to @chrsgrrtt

        @chrsgrrtt Let’s just say that when someone says “your tweets are like rape on this community” that’s the bit that sticks out.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Chris Garrett‏ @chrsgrrtt 4 Aug 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral when you truncate the tweet to that, maybe. If he had enclosed that in speech marks, as he should have, you would see the meaning.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 4 Aug 2014
        Replying to @chrsgrrtt

        @chrsgrrtt Well he’s deleted the tweet — nice — so there goes that idea.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Michael Hastrich‏ @mchaste 3 Aug 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral wow, can’t believe the stuff you have to put up with. Just wanted to let you know there are people out here that appreciate all you do

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 3 Aug 2014
        Replying to @mchaste

        @mchaste Thank you, Michael :)

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. End of conversation
      1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 3 Aug 2014
        Replying to @id

        @id Yeah, let’s not even go there :)

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Break Up PG&E Perini‏ @pcperini 3 Aug 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @zachinglis Jesus Christ.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Zach Inglis  ❤️‏ @zachinglis 3 Aug 2014
        Replying to @pcperini

        Zach Inglis  ❤️ Retweeted Zach Inglis  ❤️

        @pcperini @aralhttps://twitter.com/zachinglis/status/495979910432043008 …

        Zach Inglis  ❤️ added,

        Zach Inglis  ❤️ @zachinglis
        This people… This is my tweet… http://cl.ly/image/24443I0b412B … This is Aral’s tweet… http://zch.co/WsQK  Spot the difference.
        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. Nicholas Armitt‏ @hobbs 3 Aug 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral think @zachinglis should step away, get some perspective and apologise to anyone that has been raped.

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Zach Inglis  ❤️‏ @zachinglis 3 Aug 2014
        Replying to @hobbs

        Zach Inglis  ❤️ Retweeted Zach Inglis  ❤️

        @hobbs @aral I've been raped. That was my problem. Read this:https://twitter.com/zachinglis/status/495979910432043008 …

        Zach Inglis  ❤️ added,

        Zach Inglis  ❤️ @zachinglis
        This people… This is my tweet… http://cl.ly/image/24443I0b412B … This is Aral’s tweet… http://zch.co/WsQK  Spot the difference.
        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Zach Inglis  ❤️‏ @zachinglis 3 Aug 2014
        Replying to @zachinglis

        Zach Inglis  ❤️ Retweeted Zach Inglis  ❤️

        @hobbs @aralhttps://twitter.com/zachinglis/status/495979910432043008 …

        Zach Inglis  ❤️ added,

        Zach Inglis  ❤️ @zachinglis
        This people… This is my tweet… http://cl.ly/image/24443I0b412B … This is Aral’s tweet… http://zch.co/WsQK  Spot the difference.
        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Nicholas Armitt‏ @hobbs 3 Aug 2014
        Replying to @zachinglis

        @zachinglis @aral then why say it when you know it’s offensive, saying so in the same post is no excuse you just trivialise it.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Bhavani Esapathi‏ @bhaesa 3 Aug 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @zachinglis exactly which community is the reference to?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Zach Inglis  ❤️‏ @zachinglis 3 Aug 2014
        Replying to @bhaesa

        Zach Inglis  ❤️ Retweeted Zach Inglis  ❤️

        @bhaesa Wrong link. Full quote: https://twitter.com/zachinglis/status/495979910432043008 … - An explanation on comparing the two was incendiary and not clever.

        Zach Inglis  ❤️ added,

        Zach Inglis  ❤️ @zachinglis
        This people… This is my tweet… http://cl.ly/image/24443I0b412B … This is Aral’s tweet… http://zch.co/WsQK  Spot the difference.
        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. End of conversation

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