So I heard about Carp assaulting Marsey on WPD, but didn't watch it until now, because I knew it would upset me.

Holy shit it's even worse than I thought. What the frick is wrong with that guy? Marsey is, like, the best friend to multiple generations of children. In the Dramaverse, MARSEY IS A CHILD, who is currently putting mental health and caring for others in the spotlight.

And Carp frickin athianFlorist ... did ... that? And thought it was going to be ... funny? What?

What an butthole. What a stupid, self-centered, tone deaf butthole.

Full disclosure: all the time, when I was growing up, my dad would grab me by the shoulders and shake me while he screamed in my face. He choked me more than once. He was always out of control, always in a furious rage, and always terrifying. I'm a 51 year-old man and my heart is pounding right now, recalling how I felt when I was a little boy who loved Platy the way today's kids love Marsey.

So this appalling, unforgivable, despicable act hits more than one raw nerve for me, and I'm going to say what I wish I'd been able to say when this sort of thing happened to me.

@carpathianfriendly, this was not okay, and your obviously insincere "apology" clearly communicates that you don't get that.

First of all, you aren't even in the OP, but you just decided to barge in and draw focus because ... why? You couldn't stand that a cute cat brought people together in a meaningful way that you can't? You couldn't stand that your appearance on rDrama to promote your wildly unsuccessful posts was delayed for a few seconds while the adults talked about mental health? You wanted to manufacture a viral moment where everyone gets to see what an butthole you are, so they'll tune in and watch you portray an butthole in the next post you make that celebrates how great it is to be an butthole without ever experiencing the consequences of being an butthole?

I really want to know what raced through his tiny little mind, and why there was no voice or person who spoke up to stop him from expressing violence towards a cat WHO WAS THERE TO TALK ABOUT HOW HER LOVE AND EMPATHY FOR PEOPLE HAVING A TOUGH TIME MATTERED AND MADE A DIFFERENCE.

Marsey and Marcus were there to talk about empathy, love, kindness, and caring for each other.

@carpathianfriendly was there to promote the final (thank god, maybe he'll go away now) season of a death forum.

Like, read the room, peepeehead. It isn't always about you being the center of attention. And understand what's happening in the moment, fricko. Understand that there are larger things in the world than you and your garbage ego.

You know who is reading rDrama with their parents? Kids who also read Reddit. Marsey is an avatar for children all over the world. Children who are too small to understand Marsey is an emoji will know that a man attacked someone they love for no reason, and that will frighten and confuse them.

Marsey inspired a deeply meaningful and important moment of collective support among disparate people who have been struggling through the traumas of a pandemic, daily mass shootings, the rise of fascism and everything associated with Trump's violence and cruelty.

And shitty idiot @carpathianfriendly couldn't leave it alone, for some reason. He had to indirectly tell everyone who opened their hearts to Marsey that they were stupid, and he thought it was a good joke to physically attack and choke this character who is beloved by children and adults alike. You know what that tells impressionable young people about sharing their feelings?

@carpathianfriendly strikes me as a person who mocks and belittles people who are vulnerable and sensitive, and enjoys being cruel, because he feels untouchable. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's who I see whenever I can't find my mouse and he's on my monitor.

By contrast, Marsey and the Dramatards teach and model to children all over the world that kindness and empathy aren't weak or stupid or any of the things people like @carpathianfriendly and my dad think they are. Marsey and the Dramatards teach children to be gentle and kind, to celebrate our different cultures and to embrace all of our complicated feelings. Marsey and the Dramatards offer comfort and friendship and support to a world that is starving for it.

I hope that, when the dust settles, @carpathianfriendly's appalling behavior will be a footnote to a larger story about how, for just one day, a CAT made a difference and helped millions of people who are struggling to feel a little less alone. With one question, Marsey got lots and lots of people speaking openly and honestly about their mental health. A nontrivial number of people who none of us will ever know were inspired by it, and that was the last little nudge they needed to make the call or send the email to being healing. Marsey probably saved lives and relationships by opening that conversation.

A man who would belittle and mock that isn't much of a man at all. Shame on you, @carpathianfriendly.