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0 pointsminikites11y ago0 comments

Because I think both of your premises are incorrect. It's not "a few people", it's 50% of the population. It's not "100x" more hate, it a completely different kind of hate, one that is very threatening and personal, attacking people's core identity.

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yummyfajitas11y ago

It would be helpful if you explained the relevance of the distinctions you are making rather than simply their existence. Not to mention the relevance of this entire derailing of the underlying conversation.

The delete button works just as well for "I hate your core identity" as "I'm looking for a javascript spetznatz".

minikitesOP11y ago

So when prominent women receive specific death threats (see links below), they're just supposed to delete them? I don't understand why you think this isn't relevant; you said "just grow a thick skin" and I'm attempting to show why it's much more complicated than that.

https://twitter.com/femfreq/status/506307716558495744

http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/12/4693710/the-end-of-kindnes...

>But disappear is exactly what she did next. Andrew "weev" Auernheimer, a well-known provocateur, hacker, and anti-Semite, circulated her home address and Social Security number online. He also made false statements about her being a battered wife and a former prostitute. Not only did Sierra find herself a target for identity theft, but all the people who had threatened to brutally rape and kill her now knew where she lived.

yummyfajitas11y ago

I agree that for serious threats of violence, contacting the police or buying a gun is the correct response. For personal attacks/etc, including ones that "attack your core identity" (whatever that means), I do believe that a thick skin is the right answer. I was implicitly (though not explicitly) describing the latter situation.

You've provided no argument why that isn't the case apart from "won't someone think of the women" (ala Helen Lovejoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RybNI0KB1bg ).

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yummyfajitas11y ago

The delete button works just as well for "I hate your core identity" as "I'm looking for a javascript spetznatz".

minikitesOP11y ago

https://twitter.com/femfreq/status/506307716558495744

http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/12/4693710/the-end-of-kindnes...

yummyfajitas11y ago

You've provided no argument why that isn't the case apart from "won't someone think of the women" (ala Helen Lovejoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RybNI0KB1bg ).

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