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ismnotwasm

(41,978 posts)
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 05:45 PM Oct 2014

Tumblr Penalizes Woman for Doxxing Creep Who Issued Rape Threat NSFW

Since I just hid an irony impaired thread about misandry ( when are these guys going to get it? They're losing)

Thought I'd post this

Isn't that interesting.

Tumblr emailed me to tell me they deleted my post calling out the dude who sent me a rape threat.

But hasn't banned the dude who sent me a rape threat, even though I reported him.

I guess Tumblr just wants to make their site safer for people who send rape threats than those who receive them.

I guess it's not considered harassment to send rape threats, but if you name the person who sends you rape threats, you are harassing them.

INTERESTING
Misandry Mermaid also had her account temporarily suspended by Tumblr, though for a time, she thought she'd been permanently removed from the platform. The original harassing message sent to her was:



Misandry Mermaid's original post doxxing her harasser is still down, but it has been stored on Google cache. With the help of her followers, she managed to get ahold of and post a number of salient details about her anonymous harasser: a photo of him, his name, his birthday, his address, a picture of his house, his phone number and the names of his parents. (At least one person apparently called his parents and spoke to them about his messages.) She asked them to report him for harassment, and a Tumblr was started in the actual name of this 17-year-old from Wisconsin. The blurb on it read:

I send women rape threats on the internet...I live with my parents...They defend my rape threats, saying I only do it because I have autism. I sure hope I'll never need to go to college or get a job someday, otherwise these rape threats I send people might come back to bite my misogynistic, rape-threat-loving ass. Welcome to my blog.


http://jezebel.com/tumblr-penalizes-woman-for-doxxing-creep-who-issued-rap-1542946983
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Tumblr Penalizes Woman for Doxxing Creep Who Issued Rape Threat NSFW (Original Post) ismnotwasm Oct 2014 OP
Unbelievable shenmue Oct 2014 #1
Since now that corporations are people, wonder how Tmblr would feel if it got rape threats? Dont call me Shirley Oct 2014 #2
Wonder how the men at Tumblr would feel if their mothers sisters or wives were asked VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #3
Some persons of the opposite gender would be horrified and protective, others would blame the woman Dont call me Shirley Oct 2014 #4
This is what needs to start happening all over the internet every time sufrommich Oct 2014 #5

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
2. Since now that corporations are people, wonder how Tmblr would feel if it got rape threats?
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 06:01 PM
Oct 2014

Wonder what Tmblr would do if it got rape threats?

I don't have a Tmblr account and now I never will.

 

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)
3. Wonder how the men at Tumblr would feel if their mothers sisters or wives were asked
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 06:08 PM
Oct 2014

that disgusting rape question?

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
4. Some persons of the opposite gender would be horrified and protective, others would blame the woman
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 06:15 PM
Oct 2014

(I'm not allowed to say the M word, because I get censured for being sexist)

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
5. This is what needs to start happening all over the internet every time
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 06:28 PM
Oct 2014

one of these assholes does it,I would stop short of outing his address though,let them know what harassment feels like. Shame on Tumbler and shame on his parents for excusing it because of his autism.

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