A feminist threatened with rape online was given the chance to meet one of the people that threatened to rape her, who is now serving jail time for online threats.The troll looks exactly like you would expect.http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/30075370¨Quote"I want to warn people about what happened to me, and hopefully through being known as a Twitter troll, I can help kids in the future not muck up their life the way I mucked up mine,"
Hm...The fact the perpetrator in this case is a female really pokes holes in the commonly held notion that all trolls are nerdy, sexist, men.
well, this is quite a twist. I guess feminism can't fully be supported when there are some women out there that disbelieve it, Even though the troll threat was bad and there should be a better way to get your opinion out besides what she said .
i'm not sure how trolls being both female and male means feminism cant be supported. º_ºThat seems completely unrelated?
Flowrellik said, November 18, 2014, 06:24:50 pmwell, this is quite a twist. I guess feminism can't fully be supported when there are some women out there that disbelieve it, Even though the troll threat was bad and there should be a better way to get your opinion out besides what she said .you really need to stop glancing at these links and issues we bring up and then post the first thing that comes to your mind. these are complex issues, if you don't want to look stupid, you really need to read the articles thoroughly and more importantly understand the concepts behind them. if you can't do either, its better not to post on the issue. it makes you look ignorant. and you have done this a ton of times.and yeah, its no big twist. theres bad people of both gender on either side
It's more than not reading the article. He's looking at a bad person that happens to be a woman, and concludes "well I guess we should ostracize all women then !"
Iced probably withheld the gender of the troll intentionally so you'd open the article expecting it to something GG related only to be surprised. Smart IMO since it opens peoples' eyes.Flowrellik said, November 18, 2014, 06:24:50 pmwell, this is quite a twist. I guess feminism can't fully be supported when there are some women out there that disbelieve it, Even though the troll threat was bad and there should be a better way to get your opinion out besides what she said .wat
I think public schools can very much demonstrate that a girl can be horrible to another girl. Strangely though, it's more surprising on the internet possibly because the vast majority of users are perceived to be guys.
The fact that the troll is female should just be more evidence to the iron-clad truth that nobody can fucking get along on the internet no matter who they are or what they might have in common.
Pusha 2 said, November 18, 2014, 08:42:15 pmIced probably withheld the gender of the troll intentionally so you'd open the article expecting it to something GG related only to be surprised. Smart IMO since it opens peoples' eyes.Mostly so that upon reading it people could have their pre conceived notions of what a troll is, challenged. But yeah I thought it was more interesting to withold it
Cop out with alcohol instantly. Figures. I think it's incredibly fucked up for someone to say things like that, then to try and tell them you're a good person afterward is even worse. Though they never mentioned what the relation between the two girls prior to meeting was, they're on Twitter but what was the other girl doing to get bullied in the first place? I mean if you're putting up blogs/videos/music or anything like that like most other people you've got to expect some harsh criticism and derogatory comments. I mean look at how bad some celebrities twitters get blown up. I totally understand getting upset over seeing rude comments like that often, but I hardly see how it could make one suicidal, especially when you're putting yourself in the position for people to comment on your stuff.
The main issue I think is that people hope to be judged by the content of their character, not their race, religion, gender, income, education level etc. Feminism deals with one node of that greater goal. I think the spirit of that goal warrants a more complete look at the personalities of both the bully and the person being bullied.It just seems to easy to write the bully off as 'a bad person'. Judged. Done.That label just seems to carry too much weight to me... too black and white. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying I think she's totally innocent or anything, she said some fucked up shit.It's just that it's really hard to judge a whole person by a few things they say without knowing the context of their lives.Rather than just writing people off as 'good' or 'bad' people, I think understanding the factors in their lives that lead to this kind of thing and working to resolve those is more in line with the greater intention. Rather than just saying 'bad' and throwing her in a cage for a couple weeks.
GLB said, November 18, 2014, 10:11:10 pmI think it's incredibly fucked up for someone to say things like that, then to try and tell them you're a good person afterward is even worse. Though they never mentioned what the relation between the two girls prior to meeting was, they're on Twitter but what was the other girl doing to get bullied in the first place? I mean if you're putting up blogs/videos/music or anything like that like most other people you've got to expect some harsh criticism and derogatory comments. I mean look at how bad some celebrities twitters get blown up. I totally understand getting upset over seeing rude comments like that often, but I hardly see how it could make one suicidal, especially when you're putting yourself in the position for people to comment on your stuff. common sense... where did it go afterwards?
Jango Hakamichi said, November 19, 2014, 03:28:22 amI'll tell you where it's not.Sick Burn!Someone needs a burn heal afterward!
