Libs there seem to actually not understand that he isn't actually important to leftists. Why would he be? It's not as if he has any political power, influence, or muscle. He's just some lib on social media who posts 500 times a day. People like me make fun of him over there because he's a highly amusing proxy for libs in general. His Bluesky fans are impassioned to the point it's as if he's a beloved sportsball hero.

Libs seem to actually get mad in a honest-to-god "HOW DARE YOU!" way if you make fun of him. It's kind of bizarre. And he's very clearly often full of shit some of the time!

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As far as I know - he's never posted a single video or even just a photo or two. How is that even possible? He must live with his phone in his hand. All of this "I'm chasing ICE" and "I'm interfering with ICE" stuff seems to only be happening in his head.

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago

Yeah how has there been no videos? That would do numbers wouldn't it?

[–] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

so who is this guy? Without looking, I'm going to assume podcast host

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Actually no.

Will Stancil

William Stancil (born July 16, 1985) is an American lawyer and researcher on housing policy who was a candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2024 in District 61A. He is notable for his presence on X and Bluesky, and has been called the "most harassed guy on X" by Slate and the Minneapolis–Saint Paul region's "most prolific public intellectual on social media."

He has ~83K followers. I think he's popular at Bluesky because even if libs don't like him or think that he's silly - they think he's fighting some kind of good fight against the right and the left. He says he gets death threats. And from the left too. I think it's clear that he's an active fantasist. He's annoying and he punches left. That's not unusual at all but he's somehow made that a strong brand for himself. Don't ask me how.

[–] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

so...future podcast host?

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm actually surprised he hasn't started a podcast. I wonder why he hasn't.

[–] Indifference_Engine@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

Maybe he has a really high squeaky voice

[–] arcticx@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

The final boss of internet lib brain

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm inching ever closer to actually getting a bluesky account lmao

[–] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This did the opposite to me.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago

My self hatred is legendary

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

This link lists the top 1,000 accounts.

If anybody is thinking of making an account - a great place to start is by blocking many of the top accounts. They can be super-tedious and they get reposted, quote-posted, etc. Blocks are nuclear. For example - if you block BrooklynDad_Defiant! - you'll see never see any of his posts. It's like he doesn't exist there. It's great.