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It's important to question the validity of it at the same time taking it seriously. I found odd that the victim is talking about class action lawsuit and accus
by systemvoltage 5y ago
It's important to question the validity of it at the same time taking it seriously.
I found odd that the victim is talking about class action lawsuit and accussing a man of "mansplaining" her (it could just have been a woman saying it). This is just toxic twitter behavior that takes innocuous comments from people and putting it in the bin of sexism, racism, or something that is accusatory in nature to gain a false sense of moral superiority over others.
- otterley 5y agoI did notice some victim-blaming, which isn't right. But I do think that if you're going to accuse someone of serious malfeasance that might be a criminal act, a little more than a naked accusatory Tweet thread is needed.
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- giltron 5y agoThe exact comment was "Or maybe reset your phone before giving it to others (for any purpose)?" If my phone was account was hacked and someone said this to me directly, I would take it as a personal shot. Not sure why you are trying to detract of the alleged incident by trying to claim the victim is being "toxic".
- systemvoltage 5y ago> "Or maybe reset your phone before giving it to others (for any purpose)?" Yeah that's not a nice thing to say as well. But I don't sense any sexist aspect in there. Personal shots can be ignored instead of adding more fuel to the fire. > Not sure why you are trying to detract of the alleged incident by trying to claim the victim is being "toxic". I don't think I was, just pointing out a couple of odd aspects of people going off on Twitter without proof. I did say we should take this seriously but also expect hard proof to back up their claims.
- giltron 5y agoI believe tweets like this gets put on Twitter for several reasons: 1) Victim receives unsatisfactory response from Google (or no meaningful response from Google which I have personally experienced). They seek public attention to get Google to acknowledge the issue. ie. The victim followed the official steps for remotely wiping the phone (as it would not turn on) but appears that didn't work. https://mobile.twitter.com/avantgame/status/1467242719273631745 https://mobile.twitter.com/avantgame/status/1467242719273631... 2) They are seeking public attention/support. They may be looking for others with similar experiences that might help. Helpful responses include steps they can take to protect themselves right now. 3) Smear Google - We can wait and see but I do not see an indication of this at this time.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoYeah, I'm kind of tired of the “mansplaining” cop out. I've been "mansplained" before many times, and I'm a man. It's usually just someone who likes to bloviate to other humans regardless of their sex.
- MattRix 5y agoMansplaining is still a useful term, and no longer just refers to the original man-explaining-to-woman scenario. A woman can also mansplain, but that’s often called “womensplaining”. The truth is that most of the time it’s still a man doing it, and their target is most often a woman, so it’s still worth calling out in those situations.
- systemvoltage 5y agoHow about abandoning the toxic word all together. It's insane to me that we are so fixated on our identities.
- MattRix 5y agoThe word isn’t toxic, the behaviour is toxic. It’s easy to say “let’s not fixate on identities” when your particular identity doesn’t lead to other people treating you worse.
- systemvoltage 5y agoIf you're offended by someone on Twitter, I recommend getting some help. There might be mental health problems regarding low self-esteem.
- jfrunyon 5y agoNo. Mansplaining is used almost exclusively by women who think they are better than men, usually to try and shame men for explaining things that the woman either (a) clearly does not know or (b) is pretending to not know.