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13. Reminds me of the how the right changes things up when called out about fake Obama story/outrage

Wed Sep 24, 2014, 04:39 PM

Sep 2014

"So what if the story was fake, it sounds like something he would do" or "Ok, so it was all BS, but he has done other things and the whole conversation was about Obama's failings anyway - so we don't need true stories to be upset about, the fake ones are part of the discussion" and so on.

I recall discussions about the whole discussion of 'xxx said all sex is rape' when, ok no they didn't, but does it matter now if the story isn't true? It's all about the discussion - so base it off anything you want - because even if THAT outrage is something made up there are others that can take it's place.

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Emma Watson threat looks like it was a marketing hoax [View all] Bonobo Sep 2014 OP

Were the replies to the hoax part of the hoax? Or did 4chan do those all on their own? Cerridwen Sep 2014 #1

Those responses Dorian Gray Sep 2014 #2

I agree. Unfortunately, I have read worse. Cerridwen Sep 2014 #3

It's always Dorian Gray Sep 2014 #4

It's called trolling for a reaction for a reason. You took the bait, so it worked. DavidG_WI Sep 2014 #79

Actually, 4chan was trolled and took the bait. I've been offline for 2 weeks-ish. Cerridwen Sep 2014 #82

Does that make it a better or more acceptable form of harrassment? Skidmore Sep 2014 #5

Not at all. Bonobo Sep 2014 #6

It won't stop a certain set... DavidG_WI Sep 2014 #72

I don't understand what they are "marketing." enough Sep 2014 #7

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If the entire internet and global media weren't salivating over... Iggo Sep 2014 #9

Yep. Trolled again LittleBlue Sep 2014 #11

Emma Watson got tormented by these "pranksters" because she was a high profile woman. pnwmom Sep 2014 #22

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People are so gosh darn gullible. Kurska Sep 2014 #55

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Biggest lesson of tricking someone Kurska Sep 2014 #60

Nothing new here... DavidG_WI Sep 2014 #73

whether the threat is real or not is not the issue and not what the discussion is about seabeyond Sep 2014 #10

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Reminds me of the how the right changes things up when called out about fake Obama story/outrage The Straight Story Sep 2014 #13

Really? It reminds you of that? kcr Sep 2014 #17

That is not at all what they said, and you know it. arcane1 Sep 2014 #31

Well, you told me. kcr Sep 2014 #39

The threat still existed even if it was a lie. The disgusting misogynist 4chan comments to the Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #37

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Really Warren? Here is the thread in HoF. Not one who says 4chan should be shut down. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #52

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The fake PR firm doesn't give a flying fuck about 4chan being shut down. Advocating for such was Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #66

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Stop giving damn and it stops being effective... DavidG_WI Sep 2014 #74

bullshit. staying silent to ugly, nasty, mean.... is NEVER the answer. nt seabeyond Sep 2014 #84

Then the marketing hoax people are harassing her. That doesn't make it okay. n/t pnwmom Sep 2014 #14

Exactly. And the misogynist responses to the original story were frightening. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #15

Apparently, for some, it is okay. kcr Sep 2014 #18

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serious women, doing serious work, in front of govt bodies. think sandra fluke. slut. take a video seabeyond Sep 2014 #41

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Calling it a hoax can mislead people into thinking she wasn't actually victimized. pnwmom Sep 2014 #34

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I'm not saying they cared about the contents of the speech. Just that she had gotten a lot of pnwmom Sep 2014 #50

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ya. here is a thread from DI. would you like to name the du men on that thread saying just that? seabeyond Sep 2014 #43

What a disgusting website. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #44

yes. and i know at least a handful are regular du men. this is what they think of women. nt seabeyond Sep 2014 #45

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Apparently the marketing hoax was coordinated by celebs? davidn3600 Sep 2014 #16

Apparently it was NOT. It was just the work of another group of "pranksters" pnwmom Sep 2014 #19

No, the "pranksters" weren't a marketing firm -- the firm was fake. But the pain to Watson was real. pnwmom Sep 2014 #20

I was taken in by the marketing firm hoax AngryAmish Sep 2014 #21

But the part that wasn't a hoax was that she was targeted because she was a woman pnwmom Sep 2014 #23

Rantic does not exist. AngryAmish Sep 2014 #27

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The "pranksters" behind Rantic exist, and they're creeps. n/t pnwmom Sep 2014 #32

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But in this case they victimized an actual woman, not a cartoon character. n/t pnwmom Sep 2014 #33

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The problem is that the OP didn't make the point that the damage to Watson pnwmom Sep 2014 #36

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no. the probem some have in htis thread is the dismissal with hoax, you suckers. when the seabeyond Sep 2014 #42

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The vile disgusting misogynists that were cheering on this "hoax" didn't know that... Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #51

he is not merely downplaying. he is purposely ignoring. it has been made clear seabeyond Sep 2014 #53

Yep. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #57

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Perhaps not lecturing but attempting to lead the conversation away from a Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #63

Every fucking day. JTFrog Sep 2014 #64

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The motives are clear, Warren. Profit at the expense of a feminist. Most feminists realized that Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #62

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so it's like the right wing going on about some Michelle Obama "whitey video" JI7 Sep 2014 #29

No, because the threat actually existed even if it was a lie. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #40

Honorable Judge... DavidG_WI Sep 2014 #70

What's wrong with being naked? What a Puritanical society we live in. Maybe if we sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #65

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And theres plenty here playing a fine outro indeed. nt DavidG_WI Sep 2014 #75

that you support the meme of arent we all fools, as a woman is publicly threatened says a hell of a seabeyond Sep 2014 #85

It seems that way. They probably had that all figured out when they sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #86

we are talking about a womans consent. not nudity. seabeyond Sep 2014 #87

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i specifically addressed sabrina taking it to nudity. it was never about mere nudity as you both seabeyond Sep 2014 #89

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Not surprising in the least... DavidG_WI Sep 2014 #69

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Both of them where... DavidG_WI Sep 2014 #77

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And so were you.... JTFrog Sep 2014 #83

Update on this from the Guardian LeftishBrit Sep 2014 #80

Which of course DOESN'T mean that there are no sexist threats to women on the Internet LeftishBrit Sep 2014 #81