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ItsjustMe
Nov 2020
OP
If only any of them could feel even the slightest bit of shame or remorse
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2020
#1
Where this has got to: it now involves a man who might be Patti LaBelle's nephew
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2020
#4
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)1. If only any of them could feel even the slightest bit of shame or remorse
when their egregious behavior is exposed...
Pachamama
(16,884 posts)2. That is funny....
Just imagine how many lying trolls are out there....
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)3. Opps
muriel_volestrangler
(101,262 posts)4. Where this has got to: it now involves a man who might be Patti LaBelle's nephew
The profile picture on the @DanPurdy322 account was a cartoon of a Black man wearing a beanie as its avatar and a Trump 2020 logo as its header. A quick look through the account revealed a history of racist and sexist remarks, including Black people cant count and Black women will be the death of America.
Then, things got weird: the account posted a video of a Black man who claimed to be Dan Purdy himself, and insisted that Brownings tweet was a real message from him.
...
Internet sleuths began to uncover the many different names Dan Purdy uses online. On LinkedIn he goes by the name William Holte, and on Twitter hes listed under a suspended account with several other aliases, including Pat Riarchy and White Goodman.
Stranger still, Dan Purdys photos and avatar have been traced to the Facebook account of Byl Holte, otherwise known as the adopted son and nephew of music legend Patti LaBelle. Yes, really.
While this may seem like a stretch, Byl Holte has actually written several articles on Medium complaining about feminism and anti-racism in the media and proudly calls himself an anti-feminist TV critic, according to Vox.
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/11/dean-browning-pennsylvania-twitter-gay-black-man-tweet-troll-dan-purdy-republican/
Then, things got weird: the account posted a video of a Black man who claimed to be Dan Purdy himself, and insisted that Brownings tweet was a real message from him.
Link to tweet
...
Internet sleuths began to uncover the many different names Dan Purdy uses online. On LinkedIn he goes by the name William Holte, and on Twitter hes listed under a suspended account with several other aliases, including Pat Riarchy and White Goodman.
Stranger still, Dan Purdys photos and avatar have been traced to the Facebook account of Byl Holte, otherwise known as the adopted son and nephew of music legend Patti LaBelle. Yes, really.
While this may seem like a stretch, Byl Holte has actually written several articles on Medium complaining about feminism and anti-racism in the media and proudly calls himself an anti-feminist TV critic, according to Vox.
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/11/dean-browning-pennsylvania-twitter-gay-black-man-tweet-troll-dan-purdy-republican/
Twitter has suspended the danpurdy322 account.
magicarpet
(14,113 posts)5. Oops,... you mean I shouldn't use my own name,...
... while I purport to be someone else.
This Internet stuff is so darned confusing for simple minded charlatans, cheats, and liars.
tanyev
(42,514 posts)6. I was born a poor black child.....