it's not just impolite, it's verging on slander, it's a deceptive attack that you should fully understand will be read by other people as indicting his character
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December 20th
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Also for practical purposes it's much more clear who is being referred to in the local context especially since there's tons of writing from/about Ziz
Plus it's just a much cooler name for a community villain.
Plenty of people love to be anonymous trolls.
In addition, having information from anonymous sources casts doubt on whether those sources exist at all, or are credible individuals rather than trolls
You are given millions of words of context and examples to learn from.
One of the things to learn is that a few downvotes is basically meaningless, because lots of people disagree in lots of ways and you need to stop caring that much.
I've said this many times but downvotes are a valuable signal that wastes way less time of everyone involved.
Explanations of downvotes don't just take the time of the person writing them, they also take the time of everyone else who has to read them, and multiply the impact of trolls and prolific bullshitters.
If you are getting a lot of downvotes, then it's almost always for a good reason and rarely that mysterious, and if you pay attention you will soon figure out what people don't like about your content, for example that it's whiny.
I think this essay is blatantly manipulative bullshit written in a deliberately hypnotic style, that could be modified to target any topic anyone cares about.
a wood famous for being flimsy seems like a bad choice here
You could do variants where instead of removing everything after a certain year, remove all references to a certain person, or place, or organization.