My frustration with
@TwitterSupport was already pretty intense, but intensified further yesterday after red rose Twitter mass reported a pointed, but obviously tongue in cheek tweet I wrote in response to their attacks on @NancyPelosi and @HillaryClinton.
I was suspended.
@TwitterSupport was already pretty intense, but intensified further yesterday after red rose Twitter mass reported a pointed, but obviously tongue in cheek tweet I wrote in response to their attacks on @NancyPelosi and @HillaryClinton.
I was suspended.
The grounds for the suspension were ridiculous. They argued I was promoting self-harm.
Really?
Because,
1. No one is going to read that tweet & then punch themselves in face.
2. Find anywhere on my ten year long timeline where I've so blithely promoted violence.
#IllWait
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Really?
Because,
1. No one is going to read that tweet & then punch themselves in face.
2. Find anywhere on my ten year long timeline where I've so blithely promoted violence.
#IllWait
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I stand by the merit of the tweet and my intentions.
I was obviously not saying that Clinton and Pelosi could or should not be criticized, nor was I saying that men specifically should not be able to engage either critically.
This, of course, is what red rose read though.
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I was obviously not saying that Clinton and Pelosi could or should not be criticized, nor was I saying that men specifically should not be able to engage either critically.
This, of course, is what red rose read though.
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The tweet went viral and it went viral because a great many women read it and understood exactly what I was really saying. A great many men understood as well.
You should have read the comments I received which contained impressive levels of actual violence.
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You should have read the comments I received which contained impressive levels of actual violence.
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The ways in which so many accounts claiming to represent liberal/progressive men have spoken about Democratic women leaders and to progressive women on Twitter has very often crossed the line from "possible or accidental" sexism" to undeniable full blown misogyny.
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It's gone on for three solid years & flare ups appear regularly.
This behavior was witnessed by so many, so often that the white guys who engaged in the behaviour came to be known as #DudeBros or #BernieBros.
And despite being called out on their behavior it continues.
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This behavior was witnessed by so many, so often that the white guys who engaged in the behaviour came to be known as #DudeBros or #BernieBros.
And despite being called out on their behavior it continues.
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When you tweet about women using different standards and expectations than you apply to men, you are being sexist
When you refer to a woman using sex, sexuality, or appearance as a reference point you are being sexist.
When you use terms like bitch, cunt, or whore: SEXIST
When you refer to a woman using sex, sexuality, or appearance as a reference point you are being sexist.
When you use terms like bitch, cunt, or whore: SEXIST
When you resort to mocking feminism or feminists in order to make your point or counteract someone else's you are being sexist.
These are not, by and large, hard things to avoid doing.
At all.
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These are not, by and large, hard things to avoid doing.
At all.
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Overall, the responses were incredible for their level of faux outrage. Some said my made him realize the Democratic Party was evil and worse than the Republican Party!
Really?
The level of power ascribed to me and the tweet ranged from total to less than none.
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Really?
The level of power ascribed to me and the tweet ranged from total to less than none.
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