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AngryAmish

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21. I was taken in by the marketing firm hoax

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #20)

Wed Sep 24, 2014, 06:21 PM

Sep 2014

Also taken in by the Watson nude hoax.

I'm a sucker.

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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