Thanks for talking some sense and baiting some of the bad apples on Nostr to out themselves, nostr:nprofile1qqsw9n8heusyq0el9f99tveg7r0rhcu9tznatuekxt764m78ymqu36cpr3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnfw33k76twwpshy6ewvdhk6tcpzdmhxue69uhhwmm59e6hg7r09ehkuef0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtn4w3ux7tn0dejj7ne6u4e. Nostr content is getting so tiresome...

Fun fact: while you were taking a break, I got some heated DMs basically calling me a hypocrite for collaborating with you and Bitvora while calling this shit out on Nostr. Apparently, they took you for one of the racist / North American MAGA / authoritarian-dressed-as-libertarian sheep on Nostr. And Bitvora for one of the crappy, spammy Lightning service providers on Nostr (after I blocked a couple from spamming the relays I’m running and returned a few of their bribery attempts).

For the folks who need a reason for me to volunteer my time (why would anyone need a reason to maintain good software?), that’s why. Don’t take a good man, a builder, a second-generation Canadian, for one of the low-IQ, xenophobic racists loitering here.

Signed: a Brazilian-born, UK citizen who has contributed more to this country in the past ten years than all of the Tommy Robinson followers on Nostr combined. I never claimed any benefits, not even during unemployment (and yes, things got pretty rough for a while). I built two businesses from the ground up, volunteered quite a bit, and was subjected to the 60% UK tax trap for several years while paying extra fees like the NHS surcharge. Tax-wise, I am sustaining an average of at least half a dozen of Tommy Robinson’s “patriots” on the dole while they are busy coming to London to riot and paint roundabouts red. The only thing I have to say to the "patriots" out there is... Piss off! Stop complaining about the immigrants putting food on your table and get good. Real patriots should, you know, do something for their country other than seeding hate and trying to start riots.

You folks voted for Brexit. You folks did nothing while the corrupt politicians you voted for sold out. You folks let private equity take control of the country, including real estate. You are the ones about to elect Farage and swallow Musk’s fascist rhetoric of “violence is coming for you” while letting the US and Big Tech aristocracies weaken Europe and ruin our way of life. I have nothing to do with the UK’s decline. You do. Stop blaming immigrants for the consequences of your choices. Also, be careful what you wish for. Unlike you, I have real mobility (hint: moving abroad is nowhere near as easy as you think), so please take some responsibility and stop destroying the country that I love and that you are trapped in. Take some responsibility before it is too late.

PS: As a very white person (yes, there are lots of people of European descent in Brazil, mostly children and grandchildren of European immigrants fleeing their countries during difficult times, so do remember that tables turn), I can say that “Arabs”, “Asian”, and “Brown” people are doing very well, thank you. In fact, most British “patriots” I know would move to places like Dubai and Qatar without a second glance if they had the opportunity to.