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Claiming 4chan or reddit unanimously support the Emma Watson stuff is stupid. You can be a very heavy user of 4chan, not hang out in /b/, and be completely una
by x0x0 12y ago
Claiming 4chan or reddit unanimously support the Emma Watson stuff is stupid. You can be a very heavy user of 4chan, not hang out in /b/, and be completely unaware of the Emma Watson site. Similarly with reddit.
The site threatening Watson was greeted with glee on 4chan and Reddit, where
commenters explicitly stated their hope that the threats would force her to
abandon her feminist campaigning.
The plural of anecdote is not data. There are misogynist commenters on 4chan and reddit, but using a handful of idiots to characterize everyone on those boards verges on nutpicking. And Amanda, if you're reading this, I'd bet good money the reason people don't argue with the misogynists on those sites is the same reason you don't wrestle with pigs. I assume moot uses /b/ as an asshole sink: the assholes go there, make a lot of noise, and hopefully leave the rest of 4chan alone.
I agree with the rest of her article -- the US and world are often quite hostile to women, and it's still true that a woman who sleeps around is a slut but a guy who sleeps around is a stud. Hopefully the Emma site is just some dickhead with $7 for godaddy and too much time on his hands who figured out a way to troll a ton of people.
I wish I knew the correct response to the people who deluge outspoken women with rape threats. Perhaps part of the answer is George Tierney of South Carolina [1].
[1] http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2012/05/20/internet-man-does-not-want-to-be-on-the-google-anymore/ http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2012/05/20/internet-man-does-no...
- nickthemagicman 12y ago"woman who sleeps around is a slut but a guy who sleeps around is a stud." Of course this is true. Hes a stud because it's a challenge for a guy to get a girl. That's why the colloquialism is "Getting lucky". A girl can walk into any bar any night of the week and within 30 seconds have a guy going home with her 100% of the time.
- emcarey 12y agoTo be clear- I AM NOT saying that reddit or 4chan supports these communities. I love reddit. I just think it's time we stop saying well it's the "internet" so trolls will be trolls and women just have to 'deal' with it. We can say 'no, this is unacceptable behavior' and not allow violent threats against women to be tolerated on the platforms that we love.
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- nickthemagicman 12y agoAnd how the hell do you plan to stop it? You should know there's also racism on the web, vulgar pictures of Mohammed, massive amounts of patent law violations, criticism of govts, violent threats against every race class and walk of life on a microsecond basis. Yet somehow offended rich first world women is finally the 'intolerable' situation big enough to "not allow on the platforms that we love." Please. Trolls are the canary on the coal mine signaling a free uncensored internet. You should be grateful for them. And yes you do have to suck it up and deal with it just like everybody else. Which apparently isn't a problem for Jennifer Lawrence.
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- sauere 12y agoHave you ever been on 4chan for more than 2 minutes?