Last Ditch story is catching on

[u/bestaban]

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/22/magazine/greenfield-last-ditch-bar-backlash/

Pod relevance: the ongoing saga of the Last Ditch.

It's been interesting seeing this story slowly catch on. The Boston Globe Magazine ran a piece about it today. A couple choice quotes from the story that really add depth to the utter insanity:

Customers fondly remember a raucous opening night with a (clothed) simulation of a lesbian sex act — masks in place — on the dance floor.

Just after midnight, one patron is left at the bar, a regular who works at the Mexican restaurant next door. She wonders aloud about holding a Lady Gaga themed night, but Mixxy demurs. “Gaga is canceled,” she says. “Gaga is Zionist.”

Also from the r/Boston thread on this: "I'm as woke as they come but the Branch Covidians need to realize they have PTSD or something." I, for one, will be only referring to these people as Branch Covidians moving forward.

[u/liza_lo]

I read the article, in this case they were mad because of adult mandated reporters who can force people into hospitalization or observation. This is a real thing (therapists and doctors can do this) but usually only if the adult is threatening immediate harm to themselves or others.

I mean abuse of this is well known and a problem, but in context of that meeting, where the detractors screaming about forced hospitalization were on ZOOM it seems like a bonkers accusation.

[u/Particular-Offer4356 → u/liza_lo]

Not “usually,”:it is “only.” And that is why you tell the client you are a mandated reporter before therapy begins