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Internet celebrity Etika may be losing it again [WARNING: RACIST AND HOMOPHOBIC SLURS] (Update: hospitalized again; see threadmark/staff posts)
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Considering how cops usually respond with the blam blam I see nothing wrong with the shield, gets him pinned and in cuffs easier.
Dude is acting erratic enough where this shit could have ended alot darker.
All the people saying "How can they let him go?? C'mon America!" would be the same people saying "How can the police just scoop people up and detain them without having committed a crime? C'mon America!"
(The real what the fuck America part should be the $30,000+ bills people are presented with after involuntary hospitalization)
As someone who's had family involuntary hospitalized, it's not an easy process. You need to be able to prove they are a threat to themselves or others, you can't just incarcerate someone for 2-3 days because they're seriously upset or mentally ill. Melting down his social media is damaging to his career, but not his well being. Honestly, blasting everyone with slurs probably won him some new followers. I hope he gets the help he needs, but if he's actively refusing help it's a lot harder than people seem to think.
(The real what the fuck America part should be the $30,000+ bills people are presented with after involuntary hospitalization)
As someone who's had family involuntary hospitalized, it's not an easy process. You need to be able to prove they are a threat to themselves or others, you can't just incarcerate someone for 2-3 days because they're seriously upset or mentally ill. Melting down his social media is damaging to his career, but not his well being. Honestly, blasting everyone with slurs probably won him some new followers. I hope he gets the help he needs, but if he's actively refusing help it's a lot harder than people seem to think.
He is a threat to his own life though. Cops kill for less. With his need to live stream everything, all it takes is one cop to mistake his phone for a gun and he will get shot. Yesterday was done properly, who is to say it will go that well the next time.
I wonder if the doctor that diagnosed him with agitation even looked at his Twitter account, or if Etika was able to get by simply by "switching it off."
Yeah, and we all know that the sooner you get treated, better will be the chance of recovery. Prevention is key.
At least everyone here will feel ok that they got to participate in the spectacle in real-time though, right? That is what this thread is about.
Nah I actually find this shock value bullshit really annoying.
I agree with you some people fit the bill though. I'm sure a lot of his idiotic fans are the same.
I really think people need to stop living off this bullshit streamer culture and being "fans" of people who film themselves being morons or just playing fucking videogames.
It's like these people go insane and/or lose their humanity being on a fucking camera in front of an audience constantly craving attention.
Shit gets to their heads.
Guy is "plugging his instagram" with SWAT at his fucking door. I guess that gets ATTENTION and it's CRAZY how he did it LIVE with THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WATCHING!!!1
Fucking delusional. Morons like Logan dipshit Paul are the same.
People really need stop living on fucking YouTube and Twitch.
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My father had to lose everything and was on the brink of being homeless before he could accept the fact that there was something wrong with him.
Mental illness is no joke and I really hope that Etika gets the help he needs before it gets to that point for him.
Oh I totally agree. I was just saying that this thread serves no purpose other than rubbernecking now. And considering the guy seems to feed off the internet drama, it doesn't seem particularly positive or productive.
There are certainly people who genuinely hope that he gets help and would like to know if he does. This thread would be a better place to check if that's happening than tracking his actual Twitter or Instagram, wouldn't it?
When all of his antics and a lot of his posts are being re-posted here, I'm not sure there's much of a difference. It certainly seems like the more people watching, the weirder things get and the more he acts out on it. That's why I'm not sure gawking under the pretense of care (not everyone) is necessarily the best thing in this situation.
It's clear he's not in his right mind, I'd like to believe he should be afforded a second chance to get well and right the wrongs. Maybe I believe in folks too much, cause if it came down to myself fucking up, I wouldn't want to be cancelled forever. But I guess that's just me
Can Twitter ban his account for this?
Because they seriously should.
I can openly admit I didnt read through the whole thread, my mistake.
Why is not allowing him to broadcast his racist and bigoted rhetoric equals to "canceling him forever'? He could still get help once he's offline, and heck, you can strongly argue that him staying online actually makes the situation worse for him.
Etika's Twitter fans are literally the worst. I've got to stop looking at replies to his tweets because it just depresses me. I don't understand why anyone would want to harbor an audience like that.
Could be part of the reason he wants to destroy his career
bc his fans are dumb and send him stacks of cash anytime he asks lol, and it requires zero talent or effort from him to just act crazy and live it up from it. so why would he stop?
he's crazy but he's not gonna stop, all the publicity from threads like this, trending on twitter, kotaku, etc just make him act out more and more. just a self fueling engine at this point until it falls off the tracks
Staying online NOW I agree isn't good for his mental health. My stance is he shouldn't be banished forever based on his ill health at the moment. If he heals, and is in a stable place in the future why shouldn't he be given another chance? I'm all about redemption for humankind, we all fall short at some juncture or another.
so he had another stream this morning (2 hours ago i think) when another officer showed up to his door. He didn't get arrested though. Thats what I heard anyhow.
This is why I haven't let my son on social media and monitor his YouTube like a madman. SMH...
Assuming they know this person is on social medias at all (I don't know why police officers went to his appartment - for all I know his neighbors called them, or a fan of his called them, or his (ex?) girlfriend called them, etc), the police doesn't have the time to monitor h24 someone who is basically throwing a fit, unless there is real evidence he is a danger to himself or others.
He is out of control? It seems to be the case. Does he represent a genuine danger to himself or others? That's something else to determine, but its latest tweet is hella worrying.
As for Twitter banning him: at this point, no one should expect anything from Twitter (assuming people reported his tweets).
I think after the last couple tweets where he's asking for someone to kill him, yeah, officials should be using that to get him back into monitoring and actual treatment.
Honestly my patience for him ran out long ago.
He's not getting help
He's treating everything as a joke
He's saying fucked up things on social media to his impressionable young fans
He's scaring his (ex?) girlfriend
And eventually, a cop, who's not as patient, is gonna come to his home and accidentally or "accidentally" shoot him
Doesn't help that Twitter and Youtube are exasperating the problem by not banning him.
And before anyone throws a fit and tell a guy with social anxiety disorder and was once depressive that he's not empathetic to mental illness, how long would you last with someone like Etika before you realize that you have to cut him loose due to not even trying to get better?
He's not getting help
He's treating everything as a joke
He's saying fucked up things on social media to his impressionable young fans
He's scaring his (ex?) girlfriend
And eventually, a cop, who's not as patient, is gonna come to his home and accidentally or "accidentally" shoot him
Doesn't help that Twitter and Youtube are exasperating the problem by not banning him.
And before anyone throws a fit and tell a guy with social anxiety disorder and was once depressive that he's not empathetic to mental illness, how long would you last with someone like Etika before you realize that you have to cut him loose due to not even trying to get better?
He has never behaved like this before. Etika has always been a bit eccentric, but he has never pushed things this far. I remember he even watched a video about someone who was murdered after being swatted and he legit started crying because he was so sad.
1. This would be like his 5th chance.
2. Stop putting yourself in his shoes and getting paranoid of a non existent threat of permanent cancellation (whatever the hell that even means). It's freaking weird.
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For a person we should feel sorry and empathetic and pray for about because he is unraveled and all that bs...he has better grammar than me and takes his time to make these pictures and tweets.... Oh poor Etika, hope next officer has a tazer, some real pain might bring some sense on him.
Just watched his instagram stream. Man that was intense... props to Etika for staying chill looking through the whole mess, despite he expressing over and over how scared he actually was. I guess the fact he was live streaming help him to pull the necessary strenght to go through all of that. But he is now back to usual on Twitter... I just don't know what else to say so I think I'm just done with Etika. Just wishing him the best and hope he gets the help he REALLY needs.
Dude was diagnosed with "agitation". Chances that there's actually nothing wrong with him and he's been using the "mental illness" excuse as a scapegoat? Cause that would be a really bad look.
For a person who has built their entire personality on hyperbolic reactions, I have a hard time believing that was at all genuine.
Yeah ok red flag everyone, why the fuck aren't his parents or other relatives trying to get him help? am I missing something?
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