#FREESHKRELI ~No Assumptions Beyond This Point~

#MILO #Milo Yiannopoulos #response

Pictures when it happens please?

And know which of his many outfits you’ll choose?

I haven’t been very well lately. Here’s a clip of me singing part of “Reluctant Heroes” by mpi. The song’s from an anime called Attack on Titan.

#attack on titan #reluctant heroes #snk #shingeki no kyojin #music #cover #anime #voice reveal #off topic #kind of

theshkrelian-blog

Hi. I’m a Martin Shkreli supporter. Ask me anything! Lol. No, seriously though. Everything you know is probably wrong. This is going to be great. #freeshkreli #martinshkreli #daraprim #satirematters

#response #pharma bae #martin shkreli #freeshkreli

Welcome to Tumblr, fellow fan of Martin. I recommend you source your information on your answers to make the research easy for people. Judging from my past experiences, words of truth alone are sadly not enough for people to understand.

(Warning though, some people still won't believe you no matter how many sources you include.)

Calm before the storm.

#musings #too many thoughts #why

Okay, I’m all for taking the red pill, but not THAT red pill!!!

#politics #anime #red pill #fma #philosopher's stone #solf j. kimblee #gif #not mine

leiko-tomago

Happy Fullmetal Alchemist Day (October 3)

#fma #fmab #fullmetal alchemist #fullmetal alchemist brotherhood #October 3 #off topic #not a response #gif #anime #thank you fma #you changed my life for the better

I feel like I'm being watched by those who would consider me an enemy.

#or at least one person in particular #if you're reading this #you know who you are #what exactly are you waiting for?#feel free to respond #and yes I will explain those things in the other sections #maybe it's just a coincidence #musings

grauerwolfgehenkt

#response #pharma bae #martin shkreli #freeshkreli #I miss him so much

This is just what I needed. Hope he is safe. ;_;

Excerpt from a very long response to an anon about feminism. I found it surprising that Tumblr didn’t seem to recognize the words intersectional, nonbinary, transphobic, cis, positivity, and mansplaining.

#still have a lot more to write #sorry it's taking so long #maybe it's just my computer which doesn't recognize the words #feminism #tumblr

if Martin Shkreli really cared about the people being treated for AIDS with daraprim, he wouldn’t have jacked the price of it.

“he raised the price to fund for finding a better medication for the treatment” is a weak argument. for example, chemotherapy is a terrible thing for cancer patients to go through, but right now it’s one of the best options we have for treating cancer. it’s better than just, ykno, dying early from cancer, so I’m glad that treatment exists until there’s a better option

there’s something not right about him raising the price of daraprim since AIDS affects a lot of LGBT people. I’m not saying he’s homophobic but his actions still effected a lot LGBT people

I’m glad that jerk is going to jail

Hey, thanks for taking the time to address my points. :) You’re the only person on Tumblr I can think of who’s actually made a counterargument, and I appreciate that.

There appears to be a misunderstanding; Daraprim, the drug Martin Shkreli hiked the price for, is a treatment for toxoplasmosis, not AIDS. Now people who have AIDS are particularly vulnerable to toxoplasmosis due to their weakened immune system. I believe this misconception kind of went like a telephone game:

Daraprim treats toxoplasmosis, and AIDS patients are particularly susceptible to it.

Daraprim treats toxoplasmosis, and people with it are sometimes AIDS patients.

Daraprim treats a parasitic disease which infects AIDS patients.

Daraprim treats a disease which affects AIDS patients.

Daraprim treats AIDS patients.

Daraprim treats AIDS.

See how the message changes?

Now with your cancer analogy, you raise a good point. Sometimes, people have to undergo dangerous treatment to help treat their illnesses when they don’t have better options available. In the case of cancer, chemo, while risky, is the best option for a lot of people since they don’t have a safer, more efficient, and more effective alternative. Yet there’s a major difference between cancer and toxoplasmosis.

It’s estimated that 14,738,719 people had some form of cancer in the United States during 2014. That is a lot. Now a lot of people have toxoplasmosis as well, yet very few people are affected by it since most people have an immune system strong enough to fight it off. It’s considered a rare disease, meaning less than 1 in 1500 Americans have the illness. Cancer harms a lot more people than toxoplasmosis, which is why there’s a lot of active research going on to find a cure. Toxoplasmosis, on the other hand, doesn’t have nearly as much research going into better forms of treatment. In fact, Martin Shkreli and his company are the only people to my knowledge trying to find a better treatment. They have to get the money for research and development since as far as I know, others aren’t attempting to make a better drug

And people who need Daraprim are still able to get it, sometimes even for free. The price hike applies to insurance companies and hospitals.

See here for more information on Daraprim.

it still doesn’t erase the fact that many AIDS patients need that medicine and that the price hike is so ridiculous he should’ve just given the medicine away for free in the first place or not do anything at all, especially since some health insurance companies can be super stingy with more commonly used but very expensive medicines

toxoplasmosis being very uncommon doesn’t matter either. 1 in 1500 is still a lot of people, and he still hurt a lot of AIDS patients, unintentionally or not.

I do not wish to have a further discussion though. I do not like the way you talk to people like a naive child. I’m not gonna have a discussion with someone unless they act like an adult

This was a good debate to read but you lost me when you described antikripkean as someone who talks to people like a “naive child” and said “im not gonna have a discussion with someone unless they act like an adult”. I would agree with you, arguing with immature people is a waste of time, except antikripkean was very mature with her argument. She was polite, her statements and points were well articulated, and her claims were backed up with cited sources she provided links to.

she was fine with me but the rest of her blog shows otherwise

Your blog is literally called “the butt ghost”. That can be viewed and read as immature and childish, but it isn’t stopping me from having this conversation with you because I can tell through your previous posts you are an intelligent and mature human being. And from what I have read on antikripkean’s blog, all I am seeing is a cheerful and kind personality and tone to her posts.

there’s a difference to being silly and saying things like “this blog is what happens when a fan girl gets interested in the real world” and treating actual jagoffs like milo yiannopoulos and martin shkreli like how fangirls react to celebrities and entertainers. one runs a business (or did, idk) and the other is a writer and was an editor for Brietbart. they may be entertaining in their own right but they’re not celebrities.

She’s taking a liking to public figures. Martin Shkreli ran a YouTube channel and often connected with his fans while hosting livestreams. Milo can be really funny and is a good debater. Both of these people have interesting personalities some people are drawn to. Does it really matter if they qualify as celebrities? Would it magically be okay if Milo and Martin met the standards of being a celebrity?

You referred to her blog description as something childish. I see it as the opposite. Fangirls, while sometimes immature, are often quite passionate about the fandom they are a part of. Take that energy and aim it towards real life issues. I read it as antikripkean is someone who became interested in real world problems and big issues, which I think is the opposite of childish.

Antikripkean is enthusiastic about what she stands for. From reading some of the longer stuff she posts on her blog, it’s very clear she puts lots of effort into these posts. Antikripkean does lots of research to formulate arguments and back up her claims, so it isn’t like she just picked two random obscure people out of the blue. No, she picked two public figures who have been on the news, interact with their fans, and pretty much qualify as famous.

I also think being a fan of someone who speaks out about problems in society and an intellectual who runs a drug company is actually pretty mature compared to being a fan of an overrated artist or television show.

so out of all the public figures you and her have to look up to, you both choose the ones that actually made the world worse by doing and saying terrible things? y’all can at least own up to liking terrible people, but both of you are so willing to defend their actions

Milo is far from a “good debater.” you may think so, but all he does is spew useless garbage. was it being a “good debater” that got him banned from Twitter? was being a “good debater” lead him so his recent Berkeley stunt? the truth is that he’s incompetent and the only reason why he became famous in the first place was a combination of being involved in GamerGate and showing charisma, but behind that facade he is an unpleasant troll

Martin Shkreli is probably worse for thinking raising the price of medicine by a ridiculous amount was totally a good idea, being found guilty of fraud, and thinking that bidding $5000 on whoever to get a lock of Hilary Clinton’s hair would not land him in trouble at all. so he must have really sucked y’all in with whatever nonsense he shared on youtube

enthusiasm is one thing and fangirling is a whole different thing. there’s nothing wrong with enthusiasm, but talking about Martin Shkreli like he’s a “pwecious babu that has done nothing wrong” is downright disturbing. I’ve seen some of her posts and they’re… concerning. like being concerned that Shkreli won’t get to eat his favorite foods like McDonalds while he’s in jail. I see this kind of talk out of fans of youtubers and kpop. this is almost comparable to those weirdos that are fans of serial killers; they don’t care about what they’ve done wrong and worship them to the point of being disturbing

so yeah, being fans of an artist or TV show is better than worshiping a guy who’s in jail and a guy that is struggling to offend people

anyway, I’m getting tired of this conversation. I don’t want to have a discussion with either of you or anyone else from the “Martin Shkreli fandom” anymore

bookareida

Yo what’s up kids.

Disclaimer: I’m a personal friend of Martin’s.

I’m nice (most of the time) but maaaan. This is some BS right here.

No. One. Has. Had. To. Go. Without. Daraprim. Because. They. Couldn’t. Afford. It.

Insurance companies cover the cost. If someone can’t afford it (for some reason, again, insurance covers it. (Also, if you’ve got aids/cancer, you are able to get insurance)

Martin himself offered to help. So, no, AIDS patients have NOT been harmed by this.

And Martin made the world “worse”?????

@gigasghosts Have you heard of Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration?

(The answer is no, you haven’t. You can google.)

PKAN sucks. Is a super rare genetic disease that starts its effects in early childhood. It’s hard to study because it’s so rare. It’s hard to get funding for treatment research because it’s so rare.

Do you know who figured out a treatment for PKAN despite him having no formal medical training?

Martin. Shkreli.

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=9629862.PN.&OS=PN/9629862&RS=PN/9629862

(I’m on mobile, sorry.) There’s the patent. Look who’s name is on there.

I can easily rant for ages about why Martin is a good person but there’s one HUGE (and easy to understand unless you’re a fan of sick kids) reason why Martin is an amazing person, @gigasghosts 🤷🏼‍♀️

People aren’t blindly defending his actions here. YOU are blindly disliking and attacking someone based simply on the small bits of info you’ve picked up along the way.

Sit.

Down.

I said I don’t want to talk anymore, you dense motherfucker. stop trying to convince me that dimwit is a good person. you didn’t even read the other things I don’t like about him so shut the fuck up, y’all are really driving my patience

bookareida

lmao kid, I don’t give a fuck if you want to talk anymore. If you didn’t wanna talk, you wouldn’t have responded ;)

I’m not a fan here. You came after my FRIEND with your ignorant bullshit, and I called you out.

Those two were VERY nice to you. They tried to teach you something and you blatantly ignored EVERYTHING they said.

Don’t like Martin cause he’s a sarcastic asshole and you can’t handle satire? Cool. That’s valid. You don’t have to like everyone.

You should generally be ready to back your shit up when you wanna spew your bullshit alternative facts.

(Or I mean, you’re totally able to shut up and stop responding.)

:)

#not a response #hurray for friendship #hurray for sources #hurray for Martin #pharma bae #Martin Shkreli

I SAID I wanted to end the conversation TWICE, but you and the other two decide to butt in and add your two cents to defend your shitty friend. I didn’t even want to have a conversation with any of y’all but y’all love to stick your noses into my business even after I wanted the conversation to end, so stop talking about your satire and alternative facts nonsense

that doesn’t stop Shkreli from being a creep that deserves to be in jail for his crimes either. or maybe you forgot about those frauds and that stunt he pulled with Clinton? I really don’t want to hear what you have to say about those either bc I know exactly what you’re gonna say since you’re clearly still tight with the guy

so I’ll say this one more time. this conversation is OVER

if Martin Shkreli really cared about the people being treated for AIDS with daraprim, he wouldn’t have jacked the price of it.

“he raised the price to fund for finding a better medication for the treatment” is a weak argument. for example, chemotherapy is a terrible thing for cancer patients to go through, but right now it’s one of the best options we have for treating cancer. it’s better than just, ykno, dying early from cancer, so I’m glad that treatment exists until there’s a better option

there’s something not right about him raising the price of daraprim since AIDS affects a lot of LGBT people. I’m not saying he’s homophobic but his actions still effected a lot LGBT people

I’m glad that jerk is going to jail

Hey, thanks for taking the time to address my points. :) You’re the only person on Tumblr I can think of who’s actually made a counterargument, and I appreciate that.

There appears to be a misunderstanding; Daraprim, the drug Martin Shkreli hiked the price for, is a treatment for toxoplasmosis, not AIDS. Now people who have AIDS are particularly vulnerable to toxoplasmosis due to their weakened immune system. I believe this misconception kind of went like a telephone game:

Daraprim treats toxoplasmosis, and AIDS patients are particularly susceptible to it.

Daraprim treats toxoplasmosis, and people with it are sometimes AIDS patients.

Daraprim treats a parasitic disease which infects AIDS patients.

Daraprim treats a disease which affects AIDS patients.

Daraprim treats AIDS patients.

Daraprim treats AIDS.

See how the message changes?

Now with your cancer analogy, you raise a good point. Sometimes, people have to undergo dangerous treatment to help treat their illnesses when they don’t have better options available. In the case of cancer, chemo, while risky, is the best option for a lot of people since they don’t have a safer, more efficient, and more effective alternative. Yet there’s a major difference between cancer and toxoplasmosis.

It’s estimated that 14,738,719 people had some form of cancer in the United States during 2014. That is a lot. Now a lot of people have toxoplasmosis as well, yet very few people are affected by it since most people have an immune system strong enough to fight it off. It’s considered a rare disease, meaning less than 1 in 1500 Americans have the illness. Cancer harms a lot more people than toxoplasmosis, which is why there’s a lot of active research going on to find a cure. Toxoplasmosis, on the other hand, doesn’t have nearly as much research going into better forms of treatment. In fact, Martin Shkreli and his company are the only people to my knowledge trying to find a better treatment. They have to get the money for research and development since as far as I know, others aren’t attempting to make a better drug

And people who need Daraprim are still able to get it, sometimes even for free. The price hike applies to insurance companies and hospitals.

See here for more information on Daraprim.

it still doesn’t erase the fact that many AIDS patients need that medicine and that the price hike is so ridiculous he should’ve just given the medicine away for free in the first place or not do anything at all, especially since some health insurance companies can be super stingy with more commonly used but very expensive medicines

toxoplasmosis being very uncommon doesn’t matter either. 1 in 1500 is still a lot of people, and he still hurt a lot of AIDS patients, unintentionally or not.

I do not wish to have a further discussion though. I do not like the way you talk to people like a naive child. I’m not gonna have a discussion with someone unless they act like an adult

This was a good debate to read but you lost me when you described antikripkean as someone who talks to people like a “naive child” and said “im not gonna have a discussion with someone unless they act like an adult”. I would agree with you, arguing with immature people is a waste of time, except antikripkean was very mature with her argument. She was polite, her statements and points were well articulated, and her claims were backed up with cited sources she provided links to.

she was fine with me but the rest of her blog shows otherwise

Your blog is literally called “the butt ghost”. That can be viewed and read as immature and childish, but it isn’t stopping me from having this conversation with you because I can tell through your previous posts you are an intelligent and mature human being. And from what I have read on antikripkean’s blog, all I am seeing is a cheerful and kind personality and tone to her posts.

there’s a difference to being silly and saying things like “this blog is what happens when a fan girl gets interested in the real world” and treating actual jagoffs like milo yiannopoulos and martin shkreli like how fangirls react to celebrities and entertainers. one runs a business (or did, idk) and the other is a writer and was an editor for Brietbart. they may be entertaining in their own right but they’re not celebrities.

She’s taking a liking to public figures. Martin Shkreli ran a YouTube channel and often connected with his fans while hosting livestreams. Milo can be really funny and is a good debater. Both of these people have interesting personalities some people are drawn to. Does it really matter if they qualify as celebrities? Would it magically be okay if Milo and Martin met the standards of being a celebrity?

You referred to her blog description as something childish. I see it as the opposite. Fangirls, while sometimes immature, are often quite passionate about the fandom they are a part of. Take that energy and aim it towards real life issues. I read it as antikripkean is someone who became interested in real world problems and big issues, which I think is the opposite of childish.

Antikripkean is enthusiastic about what she stands for. From reading some of the longer stuff she posts on her blog, it’s very clear she puts lots of effort into these posts. Antikripkean does lots of research to formulate arguments and back up her claims, so it isn’t like she just picked two random obscure people out of the blue. No, she picked two public figures who have been on the news, interact with their fans, and pretty much qualify as famous.

I also think being a fan of someone who speaks out about problems in society and an intellectual who runs a drug company is actually pretty mature compared to being a fan of an overrated artist or television show.

#not a response #reblogged for anyone who wants to discuss this with me #OP wants to be left alone #I'm still up for discussion with both pro- and anti-Martin people #and people forming opinions #same goes for Milo #but I might be late responding #Martin Shkreli #pharma bae

so out of all the public figures you and her have to look up to, you both choose the ones that actually made the world worse by doing and saying terrible things? y’all can at least own up to liking terrible people, but both of you are so willing to defend their actions

Milo is far from a “good debater.” you may think so, but all he does is spew useless garbage. was it being a “good debater” that got him banned from Twitter? was being a “good debater” lead him so his recent Berkeley stunt? the truth is that he’s incompetent and the only reason why he became famous in the first place was a combination of being involved in GamerGate and showing charisma, but behind that facade he is an unpleasant troll

Martin Shkreli is probably worse for thinking raising the price of medicine by a ridiculous amount was totally a good idea, being found guilty of fraud, and thinking that bidding $5000 on whoever to get a lock of Hilary Clinton’s hair would not land him in trouble at all. so he must have really sucked y’all in with whatever nonsense he shared on youtube

enthusiasm is one thing and fangirling is a whole different thing. there’s nothing wrong with enthusiasm, but talking about Martin Shkreli like he’s a “pwecious babu that has done nothing wrong” is downright disturbing. I’ve seen some of her posts and they’re… concerning. like being concerned that Shkreli won’t get to eat his favorite foods like McDonalds while he’s in jail. I see this kind of talk out of fans of youtubers and kpop. this is almost comparable to those weirdos that are fans of serial killers; they don’t care about what they’ve done wrong and worship them to the point of being disturbing

so yeah, being fans of an artist or TV show is better than worshiping a guy who’s in jail and a guy that is struggling to offend people

anyway, I’m getting tired of this conversation. I don’t want to have a discussion with either of you or anyone else from the “Martin Shkreli fandom” anymore

machete-mom replied to your post “if Martin Shkreli really cared about the people being treated for AIDS…”

If you really look into it, Daraprim isn’t as expensive as some other pharmaceutical drugs. There’s more expensive drugs. I’m talking like $2,000. Daraprim is a drug rarely taken too. It affects like 0.001 % of the pharmaceutical industry. If you don’t have insurance then Martin gives you the drug for free in a heartbeat.

you’re right, it was about $13 until he raised it drastically to $750 (now it’s like $375 or smth idk). if he was going to give them away for free to anyone that asked, the price hike was unnecessary

#response #martin shkreli #pharma bae #daraprim

@machete-mom

Good point! :)

Have you seen this video yet? In it, it describes Daraprim's cost relative to some other medications.

if Martin Shkreli really cared about the people being treated for AIDS with daraprim, he wouldn’t have jacked the price of it.

“he raised the price to fund for finding a better medication for the treatment” is a weak argument. for example, chemotherapy is a terrible thing for cancer patients to go through, but right now it’s one of the best options we have for treating cancer. it’s better than just, ykno, dying early from cancer, so I’m glad that treatment exists until there’s a better option

there’s something not right about him raising the price of daraprim since AIDS affects a lot of LGBT people. I’m not saying he’s homophobic but his actions still effected a lot LGBT people

I’m glad that jerk is going to jail

Hey, thanks for taking the time to address my points. :) You’re the only person on Tumblr I can think of who’s actually made a counterargument, and I appreciate that.

There appears to be a misunderstanding; Daraprim, the drug Martin Shkreli hiked the price for, is a treatment for toxoplasmosis, not AIDS. Now people who have AIDS are particularly vulnerable to toxoplasmosis due to their weakened immune system. I believe this misconception kind of went like a telephone game:

Daraprim treats toxoplasmosis, and AIDS patients are particularly susceptible to it.

Daraprim treats toxoplasmosis, and people with it are sometimes AIDS patients.

Daraprim treats a parasitic disease which infects AIDS patients.

Daraprim treats a disease which affects AIDS patients.

Daraprim treats AIDS patients.

Daraprim treats AIDS.

See how the message changes?

Now with your cancer analogy, you raise a good point. Sometimes, people have to undergo dangerous treatment to help treat their illnesses when they don’t have better options available. In the case of cancer, chemo, while risky, is the best option for a lot of people since they don’t have a safer, more efficient, and more effective alternative. Yet there’s a major difference between cancer and toxoplasmosis.

It’s estimated that 14,738,719 people had some form of cancer in the United States during 2014. That is a lot. Now a lot of people have toxoplasmosis as well, yet very few people are affected by it since most people have an immune system strong enough to fight it off. It’s considered a rare disease, meaning less than 1 in 1500 Americans have the illness. Cancer harms a lot more people than toxoplasmosis, which is why there’s a lot of active research going on to find a cure. Toxoplasmosis, on the other hand, doesn’t have nearly as much research going into better forms of treatment. In fact, Martin Shkreli and his company are the only people to my knowledge trying to find a better treatment. They have to get the money for research and development since as far as I know, others aren’t attempting to make a better drug

And people who need Daraprim are still able to get it, sometimes even for free. The price hike applies to insurance companies and hospitals.

See here for more information on Daraprim.

#martin shkreli #pharma bae #daraprim #not a response #reblogged for anyone who WOULD like to have this discussion with me #or with OP

it still doesn’t erase the fact that many AIDS patients need that medicine and that the price hike is so ridiculous he should’ve just given the medicine away for free in the first place or not do anything at all, especially since some health insurance companies can be super stingy with more commonly used but very expensive medicines

toxoplasmosis being very uncommon doesn’t matter either. 1 in 1500 is still a lot of people, and he still hurt a lot of AIDS patients, unintentionally or not.

I do not wish to have a further discussion though. I do not like the way you talk to people like a naive child. I’m not gonna have a discussion with someone unless they act like an adult

if Martin Shkreli really cared about the people being treated for AIDS with daraprim, he wouldn’t have jacked the price of it.

“he raised the price to fund for finding a better medication for the treatment” is a weak argument. for example, chemotherapy is a terrible thing for cancer patients to go through, but right now it’s one of the best options we have for treating cancer. it’s better than just, ykno, dying early from cancer, so I’m glad that treatment exists until there’s a better option

there’s something not right about him raising the price of daraprim since AIDS affects a lot of LGBT people. I’m not saying he’s homophobic but his actions still effected a lot LGBT people

I’m glad that jerk is going to jail