Brad Ruwe

Copied from Slack discussion:

I think this vote will be important but not for the reasons people think it is. This is a chance for Sabrina and OSDM to collect more data. See who we all forward the vote to. Will the PrOSDM crew only pass it among themselves? Who will have the balls to end the vote? Will people send the vote to someone they know…[Read more]

All roads lead to Batman. @thebuz would be proud.

So about the “relocation and resources in a different field” if we absolve, what if that means Briarberg? All of their resources are shifted to Jaime and Mason and co? They’ve made it clear in the past that Briarberg was formed as an “alternative” to the OSDM, and it’s likely they share many of the same goals, just with a different approach.

If it means the end of OSDM harming people? Absolutely. Risk I’m willing to take.

Sensing a lot of people who assume they have this all figured out today. Just saying.

My understanding is Bryan votes. He then either elects to stop the vote, or pass the vote on to the next person. That person then makes the same two decisions. Dissolve / Absolve, then Stop / Continue.

Want to confirm;

Dissolve = The final reduction happens with the LA crew
Absolve = They remain within OSDM but just moved?

@blondie Exactly. Focus their resources on the area that needs it most. Could be they need to bring in reinforcements to handle the “troublemakers”, as well as collect more data on one of their biggest sources.

@bruinbown I absolutely had the suspicion. Though today is supposed to be the completion of the reduction, yes? Is it possible the LA operation could be shuttered today?

Who are we kidding, this is “reduction” not “closure”. I get the feeling all of their attention may be on this single operation now.

This reminds me a lot about Noah crashing the “Resistance” meetup. He was on his phone for most of the time, texting someone when it was just him and me waiting outside for @chelsea to come back with drinks. Think he was also reporting back to DLB? Or was there also an argument about that? It’s possible he was only supposed to show up to the…[Read more]

So OSDM was basically a Cabin in the Woods type organization then yes? Branches all over the world, setting up their own narratives to achieve their desired end?

When do we get the mermaid?

Yes, what happens to those let go from OSDM is a key point for me right now. If they’re let go, then cool, put up the banners that we shut down a good number…[Read more]

Welp.

The events of the past week reminded me of a Facebook post that went up back in early August. This is a tricky situation. If anyone wants to point any sort of blame at BOS, sure this may be it. That our actions did not prevent OSDM from retaliating against innocent people. BUT, unfortunately we know OSDM is much bigger and widespread than we…[Read more]

That’s a cute story @larry. Too bad it has nothing to do with this.

This is not a case of our action having unintended consequences. This is us taking one action, and a separate group of people deciding to make their own action. This isn’t passing a law that has negative results, this is an organization with their own motives making a decision to…[Read more]

@bcbishop If I was told my decision would directly bring harm to an innocent (child or adult), I’d of course rethink my decision. But that’s not what is happening here. This is an organization who has been known to pull this shit to people. BOS pulled no trigger on these people. BOS shot the OSDM in the leg, and they in turn decided to pull the…[Read more]

@bcbishop Sabrina said it herself:

“We all play a role until we are no longer valuable.”

At some point, the OSDM would deem them as no longer valuable. They’ve been keeping the employees and their families living in fear of this. They’ve shown time and time again (including with Joyce mind you) that they do not value the lives of their…[Read more]

@bcbishop Reposting something I put up in the BOS slack channel:

“Collateral damage I think would be people being harmed as a direct result of our actions. When it’s OSDM doing this shit because they didn’t like what we did, that’s not collateral damage, that’s them continuing to be fucking evil”

We don’t want to see people hurt any more. Morgan…[Read more]

Let’s be real here for a second, we don’t know what any of this means. We don’t know what “downgrading” is. We don’t know who these people are or what the OSDM plans to do with them. I will admit it doesn’t sound good though.

Welp.

@coryphella So basically if you want a resistance, a resistance becomes reality. If you want an actual cult, an actual cult becomes reality?