So there is this post by @DorenaVerne, a member of this group, with a screenshot showing an announcement by a certain insane Brit to have @Speck killed and then Dorena. Shortly afterwards, this guy has created a new sock puppet named "Schutzstaffel" with the SS logo as the profile picture.

Of course, Dorena being Dorena, her post has attracted a bunch of haters, including not ony that guy himself who responded with various sock puppets, but also some of the usual suspects. This included @Sylvia who is an old acquaintance of ours, and who takes every last opportunity she can to attack and insult both her and me. For no reason other than just because she can.

Sylvia refers to herself as "apolitical". However, first of all, she tends to immediately escape from any party when a left-leaning singer-songwriter such as Hannes Wader is being played. This has happened often enough that it has become a running gag.

AFAIR, when Dorena organised her anti-fascist event 10 months ago, she was one of the strongest opponents of this event. And whoever opposes opposition against the far right, even by stating that "politics have no place in OpenSim", has to be staunchly right-wing conservative at the very least.

Also, she is backed by a bubble whose goal is to destroy Dorena, her grid and all residents in it. They know that Dorena is weak. They know that Anachron is weak now, too, due to his cancer treatment plus his usual COPD on top. And they don't think anyone else would step in for the two. I dare say it's safe to assume that there are some outright fascists in her bubble.

So I did. I wrote a lengthy comment in German and English. And since I had little time because I was at a DJ party at the same time, I couldn't help but lash out a lot.

Dorena wants to see the other grid residents side with her when she or her grid is under attack. But this response of mine frightened even her. Not much later, I suggested she delete my comment again, so it wouldn't look like I took it back.

The same evening, after Dorena had deleted the comment and closed the comments on the post in general, Sylvia messaged Dorena. Not only did she insult me a lot again, but she also claimed she has a screenshot of my comment, she has a cop as a friend, and she was going to file criminal charges against me. Which, by the way, would be a first in the constantly in-fighting German OpenSim "community" where much worse things have happened than my comment.

Now she keeps attacking and insulting me in the Box and claiming the charges were filed. Interestingly, she has not messaged me yet, and neither has she shown any proof that she has that screenshot.

From my point of view, chances are slim that I'll actually be convicted. She is blowing what I've written out of proportion, she has no server logs to back her accuses, the only evidence she has (if anything) is a screenshot which she may just as well have falsified, and I don't think this justifies the authorities to go and find out my real-life identity. But still, this is worth mentioning.

OK. my first post in a while. I would say 'Happy 2025' but for out American comrades 2025 represents a strep into the unknown. It's not just the USA, or course as many European countries are facing an onslaught from a reinvigourated far-right, or have already succumbed. We in the UK face an uncertain political future too, with the performance of the new government elected in July thus far made things worse for people struggling with the cost of living, worries over healthcare and finding a decent, affordable home. The UKs Labour Party under leader Starmer is now acting as Reform UK the political company owned by Nigel Farage (Trump's butt-plug) who are gaining round and are now second in many places according to opinion polls.

For us in Opensim, and more partucularly the pages of OSW w have at least a small victory in that the person who inspired the creation of this group has been silenced.

But we shouldn't just focus on the negatives, but also reinvigourate ourselves and act in solidarity with each other.Thank you Xenon for your words, writing that post here has helped you with how you feel, or to come up with a new perspective, then this group is doing its job. But we should have fun and celebrate who we are and what we stand for. To this effect I am planning a social event later on this year so we can come together and have fun and enjoy each other's company. Watch this space for an announcement of time and place.

I want this group to know....I am so sorry for the horror and uncertainty our latest election has thrust upon the world. I feel hopeless and terrified. I mourn the reproductive women in my country; the immigrants who will be forcibly and horrifically removed; the POC who will be hunted and terrorized; for our LGBTQIA community. And I apologize that, one again, we are encouraging fascism across the globe. :(

On Sunday, France will vote in the first round of elections for members of the National Assembly. The latest polls indicate that the far right (the RN and right-wing traitors) will have over 30% of the vote, far ahead of the left-wing coalition. We risk ending up with a far-right prime minister.
Macron's 7 years of hard-line liberalism have destroyed social services: hospitals, transport, schools and fractured society. People are disgusted and ready to do anything to get by, even to believe the words of a racist bourgeois party that lies to them while pretending to help them.
I'm very worried.

Thank you all for your support. There are now six of us and hopefully more will join us over time. I think many are, very understandably wary and don't want to get dragged in to something they don't want to. But as I explained in introductory post on the front page, this group is simply about solidarity; standing together and supporting one another. Some of us will take on the fight, in the happy knowledge that there are others who think similarly.

I've just read the notorious Box on the front page. Apart from Pagane having another melt down, there are comments questioning the need for such a group. I can't be too hard on those people, but really they need to pull their head out of the sand. I don't wish to overstate things, but we are living in very dangerous times, the far-right mainstream political parties who are now gaining ground have been preparing for years, changing their image, softening their message and all the while attempting to persuade people to their cause, always ready to blame the 'illegal immigrant' the single-parent (usually a woman) poor people in general. That's just the start.

At the moment most of the comments in the box are dismissive and a little insulting to me, (I will not engage there) and at least one of them is revealing how well they did at Airhead Academy. That might sound cruel, but that person isn't really stupid (I hope) but they do rather overplay false equivalences and seem utterly incapable of seeing what is happening right in front of their eyes.

I've created a new group to show solidarity with anti-fascism and opposition to other hate groups and individuals. No heavy deal, you don't have to do anything to show your solidarity other than joining the group, and maybe, if you feel you can, displaying the logo on your region or in your club to show that hate groups and anyone associated with them are not welcome.

Obviously those who want to get a little more involved are more than welcome to do so, such as arranging events with a prominent anti-fascist message, even if it's only displaying the logo on promotional materials, to much more ambitious things such as art displays that highlight the dangers of the extreme-right.

This isn't a political group, so you won't be bombarded with ideology, it's simply a group for those of us who share a similar belief, that all humans are worthy. I'll even go so far as to say that members should leave both their politics and their religion at the door, whilst anti-fascism is a political stance, it is one that crosses political boundaries. We don't even have to like each other to show solidarity, a point worth remembering.

To avoid all doubt, fascists and their fellow-travellers, (Trumpists, Faragists, Lepenists etc are not welcome! Prospective members are vetted and are subject to approval, which means it's a safe space for the wary.