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Come all ye platonists

This is a Twitter/X Spaces conversation where a pagan/heathen content creator discusses ongoing harassment from Platonists after criticizing Plato, arguing Platonism has nothing to do with heathenry or Hellenism, and clarifies the incident that triggered the backlash. - The host opened a space to invite critics ("Church of Plato guys") to debate him directly after days of them spam-posting and harassing him in his replies, but they did not show up. - The core dispute: the host argues Platonism is not the original religion of Hellenism/heathenry, and that "there's nothing that Athens has to include Asgard" — i.e., Plato's philosophy is foreign to pagan practice. - The harassment escalated after the host posted a meme mocking Plato in response to Richard Spencer's claim that Homer's Iliad and Odyssey were "anti-white"; Platonists mass-reported the host's channel as hate speech. - A prior debate with "S" ended badly — S "got into Platonism" mid-debate, which the host says was unfair, though he holds no hard feelings. - The host and guest "S" discussed the "defector," a member who left the Platonist group after getting angry, which may have triggered the recent surge of debate and attacks. - The host clarified he runs two separate channels: his main one for video projects and "Pagan Revivalism" for podcast content, both pursued simultaneously. - The host remains unfazed, stating "it's the internet, you got to have thick skin," and distinguishes between reasonable Platonist debaters (like S) and the ones who lie and mass-report him for critiquing a historical figure from 2,400 years ago. Conclusion: The host invites critics to debate him directly rather than harass him anonymously —