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I don't know. My wife does not have those experiences. She happily buys stuff at Amazon, chats with relatives and friends on social media, and is active in some
by mpfundstein 5y ago
I don't know. My wife does not have those experiences. She happily buys stuff at Amazon, chats with relatives and friends on social media, and is active in some subreddits.
I don't know of a single harassment issue so far.
maybe less generalisation would help?
- Gigachad 5y agoI’m guessing these experiences come from being someone who runs a blog and is somewhat of a public figure.
- mpfundstein 5y agoagree. but the title does not say this. it says "thats how it works when you're an (arbitrary) woman on the internet". but would not be click-baity enough I guess.
- cycomanic 5y agoI'm sorry what is the purpose of this nitpick? It's a title obviously it doesn't tell the whole story, that's why there is a story. What's next are you going to complain that there is no actual mockingbird being killed in Harper Lees book?! Is it that you don't agree with this person's politics why you are so dismissive?
- detaro 5y agoWell, then we hope nobody "influential" picks on a meaningless random tweet by your wife so she stays arbitrary.
- fknorangesite 5y agoSure. And, also, being a woman. Do you genuinely think that a man with this level of medium-notoriety would so consistently get abuse like this?
- giantg2 5y agoIf they are against hate groups and ran a piece on them... then yes, I do believe a man would get similar levels of hate.
- culi 5y agoI think that, no matter what hate groups they cover, I find it really hard to see a man getting death threats for tweeting about being annoyed by someone interrupting their workout to comment on their body. I feel like there's a qualitative difference in those two experiences
- giantg2 5y agoIs the workout thing why they're getting death threats; does that predate the notoriety?
- culi 5y agoDid you read the article? They make a comic. Their tweet didn't have any other context
- giantg2 5y agoI read the article. The tweet was not a comic, just a tweet. I don't see how that connects to the comic. If they were already known to the hate group, then I think they're using that as an excuse. If it predates the notoriety, then that's different.
- culi 5y agoSorry I misunderstood your comment. It seemed like you weren't sure if the vitriol was due to the tweet itself or some other notoriety. I don't have any more information than you do, but I'm sure you can figure it out based on the date of the tweet
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- magneticnorth 5y agoThe article talks about how the proud boy leader made a vitriolic youtube video in response to one of her comics, not that she interacted with him.
- stoplight 5y agoI don't know. I am a woman who does not have those specific experiences. I happily buy stuff at Amazon, chat with relatives and friends on social media, and is active in some subreddits. I do know several harassment issues where I have received unsoliticed dick picks, been (verbally) sexually harassed, and received lots of creepy messages from strangers on the internet. Both can be true at the same time. Maybe believing women would help?
- stjohnswarts 5y agoShe has a last name that is quite common amongst the Jewish people, although she isn't Jewish, but that's all it takes to get death threats on the internet and 4chan in particular as it has a heavy concentration of white supremacists and fascists. A woman with an opinion and posts it online makes it 10X as dangerous for her. There are a lot of crazy and violent people on the internet looking for a "cause".