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Some kind of proof? I've heard many such stories about feminists receiving death/rape/etc. threats and it turned out as a scam to gain attention.
by jsf666 11y ago
Some kind of proof? I've heard many such stories about feminists receiving death/rape/etc. threats and it turned out as a scam to gain attention.
- DanBC 11y agoCaroline Criado Perez campaigned to have a woman on the back of any of the UK banknotes. She received many death threats, and many threats of sexual violence. Those threats were real enough to convict at least two people in criminal court. There are very many similar examples.
- dalke 11y agoDetails are summarized at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Criado-Perez#Harassment_on_Twitter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Criado-Perez#Harassme... . The details about the conviction are at http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/24/two-jailed-twitter-abuse-feminist-campaigner http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/24/two-jailed-tw... : > Two people were jailed on Friday for subjecting feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez to abuse on Twitter. > Isabella Sorley was jailed for 12 weeks at Westminster magistrates' court. Co-defendant John Nimmo was jailed for eight weeks. > Judge Howard Riddle said it was "hard to imagine more extreme threats". > He said that, despite the defendants' claims, the harm threatened against Criado-Perez "must have been intended to be very high".