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Researchers found an 'alarming' rise of hate on social media
By: John L. Micek- September 13, 2022 7:15 am
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Baseless attacks against LGBTQ Americans by online trolls — whether anonymous or by well-known politicians and public figures — have created a "cascade of … hate, underpinned by dangerous misinformation and outright lies against the LGBTQ+ community," according to recently released research .
That's the top-line finding of a new report, jointly released by the Center for Countering Digital Hate and the Human Rights Campaign that calls on the social media giants Twitter and Meta , which owns Facebook and Instagram , to act on hate speech, even as they profited from LGBTQ users during Pride Month observances and at other times of the year.
And that online hate has reinforced offline violence and hate, with, for instance, members of the far-right Proud Boys launching a verbal assault during a 'drag queen story hour' at a Bay Area library in June, employing many of the same slurs found online.
"After decades of hard-won progress, the recent surge in violence and anti-LGBTQ+ hate serve as a reminder of how fragile that progress might be, and that there remain determined and capable opponents," Imran Ahmed, the CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate , wrote in the report's introduction.
Much of the hate focused on the baseless claim that LGBTQ individuals "groom" young children — a line of attack that's also been used to undermine the teaching of sex education in schools across the country .
The data in the report underscores just how common that slur has become in some quarters of social media.
Researchers found that:
- Tweets mentioning the 'OK groomer' slur surged by 2,465 percent.
- The Walt Disney Co. was targeted with 345,152 tweets about 'grooming.'
- The 500 most influential hateful 'grooming' tweets were seen 72 million times.
- 'Grooming' tweets from just ten key figures were viewed 48 million times.
- Twitter is failing to act on 99 percent of hateful 'grooming' tweets.
Looking at conversations about LGBTQ people between January and July of this year, researchers found that tweets using the 'grooming' slur shot up by 406 percent in the month after Florida passed its 'Don't Say Gay' bill .
U.S. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. , and Lauren Boebert, R-Colo. , were among the top purveyors of hate speech online, according to the analysis.
The report further notes that the hate speech is not exclusive to Twitter , but also was spread on Facebook , where researchers found 59 ads, viewed more than 2.1 million times, promoting the false 'grooming' narrative
"The ads were purchased and ran between March and August 2022 during the height of Florida's ' Don't Say Gay or Trans ' bill controversy and often focused on Disney's opposition to the bill, with language that claims opponents of ' Don't Say Gay or Trans ' are protecting pedophiles or that teaching about LGBTQ+ issues in schools amounts to 'radical sexual grooming,' according to the report.
"Having spoken out against the bill, Disney became a target in this narrative and was the subject of over half of the Facebook ads in this study. The company has also been targeted on Twitter , where 345,152 tweets mentioning Disney appear alongside slurs like 'predator', 'pedophilia', and 'grooming,'" Ahmed noted.
In July, Twitter , Meta , and TikTok said slandering LGBTQ people as 'groomers' violated its existing policies, the Los Angeles Blade reported .
But "as social media companies fail to crack down on the posting and sharing of content that violates their own policies, politically motivated extremists are becoming increasingly unfettered and unhinged online — further inflaming and radicalizing their followers, emboldening extremists to focus their ire on LGBTQ+ people, and doing so with virtually no boundaries or limitations," Joni Madison , the interim president of the Human Rights Campaign , wrote in prefacing remarks.
As the 2022 midterms approach, social media companies are obligated to "recognize their responsibility to stop the spread of extremist and hateful misinformation, including the grooming narrative," Madison wrote. "These companies must act swiftly and transparently, providing clarity on how they're interpreting their own policies. And given their lack of action thus far, we also ask lawmakers to hold these companies to higher standards."
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It isn't just LGTBQ facing hate, but immigrants too!
Let's get it right....
Most Americans do not like ILLEGAL immigrants simply jumping our border then expecting a comfortable livelihood off the backs of citizens and legal immigrants.
LEGAL Migrants are perfectly fine and welcome here.
Some on the left can see no difference between legal and illegal when it comes to aliens.
What explains online hate for LGTBQ persons?
To be fair, some do.
I'm sure you saw how fast those elite liberals did the "get the fuck out of here" to the massive 50 illegals that were dropped in their backyard by the great governor DeSantis.
Of course, since the island is essentially 90 percent white liberal, I'm sure they would have probably done that to any brown person that showed up there.....legal or not.
I can't explain or understand online hate for any group, LGTBQ, Southerners, Christians, Liberals, firearm owners, etc.
I don't know, however, I do know that the black community has the greatest hate towards that community.
Being a gay black male is the epitome of outcast in the black community.
Maybe they are the ones posting the hate.
Actually, who cares what is said online.
If someone is triggered by what someone said about them online by an anonymous idiot, then that person has some serious issues to deal with.
Why care? Because online hate, racist and sexist trolling, motivates sick individuals to commit violent hate crimes!
Gee, maybe the Office of Disinformation can sort it all out.
Or far more common, someone claiming a hate crime, then proven that it was a hoax.
This happened many, many times during the Trump administration and even before it began.
I'm sure you have heard of the Duke volleyball player?
And HOW do you know this?
Unfortunately MOST REPUBLICANS do not differentiate between illegal immigrants and asylum seekers.
Given the hyper-masculine ideals that young black boys grow up in combined with homophobia of the black church makes it likely.
It looks like you have not been here for a few days.
It would have been much more accurate if you had replaced Republican with democrat on your post.
I HIGHLY recommend you go back through some of the posts on other seeds addressing this very thing.
We Republicans have been schooling leftists on the difference.
Fortunately, MOST REPUBLICANS recognize that the majority of asylum seekers are denied.
Fortunately, MOST REPUBLICANS don't support sanctuary policies that are going against our immigration laws, and don't encourage policies which promote illegal immigration.
Fortunately, MOST REPUBLICANS are more than willing to cooperate with immigration authorities, unlike some of their Democratic counterparts.
It's called being alive and paying attention, Ozzwald.
You can google some of the papers and articles written about it.
Aren't most of the migrants, smart enough now, to ask for asylum?
Here is a little educational reading for you
Shhhhhh.
The left's attacks on Christians never quite seem to include a large portion of their base.
Now we have gone from something you "KNOW", to something you claim is likely. So, once again, show me why you think it is "likely".
And before you start with more rhetoric, show me how a black church is more homophobic than a white one. They use the same homophobic, racist, misogynistic bible.
Meaningless statement. But goes to prove my point that MOST REPUBLICANS do not care about the difference between illegal immigrants and asylum seekers
Wow! You found an opinion by 1 guy about his own personal feelings. Congrats, but it doesn't further any argument.
No, it does not prove any imagined point you 'thought' you had.
OK here is a NPR article that gets deeper in detail.
Your point is meaningless because, as mentioned before, we republicans have been schooling leftists on this very subject on other seeds.
Maybe you should take a look.
I never claimed to “KNOW”!
Somewhere, somehow somebody
Must have kicked you around some
Who knows, maybe you were kidnapped
Tied up, taken away and held for ransom, honey
It don't really matter to me baby
Everybody's had to fight to be free
You see you don't have to live like a refugee (don't have to live like a refugee)
No you don't have to live like a refugee (don't have to live like a refugee)
You don't have to live like a refugee (don't have to live like a refugee)
Oh, oh, oh
So, now black churches are responsible for online trolling and hate speech? That is an interesting thesis. Care to prove it?
Well, the article he cited seems to prove it.
He himself did not say it.
"Go ahead and hate you neighbor
Go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of heaven
You can justify it in the end
For there won't be any Trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day
On the bloody morning after
One tin soldier rides away"...
One Tin Soldier by Original Cast from the movie Billy Jack
I’ve spoken nothing of hate, but good song choice.
The way I see it, based on our online contributions we are all seen as either forces for truth, honor and human decency, or we are not. It is Elves, Humans, Dwarves and Hobbits versus the Orks.
The Orks being online trolls...
I doesn't surprise me that you see it as a fantasy.
I was trying to explain it in a way a surly teen can understand.
Your response is something I would expect of an adolescent.
Why, they aren’t here.
Yes, your biases running away with you again.
So make them all legal and you won't have anything to complain about.
Much of it comes from left wingers
That is exactly what Democrats want--mass amnesty.
Yea that's the ticket.
Lets allow millions of unvetted illegal migrants flood the border, get automatic legality that will authorize them to collect welfare and other tax payer paid benefits, overwhelming the system, not that it is already heavy with many lazy Americans.
Would you be willing to take in some of those newly minted legal residents that no one has any idea where they came from, what kind of crimes they may have committed in the past, including murder or simply absolutely nothing about them?
My gut feelings say you would decline the opportunity,
So keep them illegal so we can just use their labor, make them pretend citizens who just pay taxes and receive no benefits, and deport them at will.
Sounds like a great idea. Not.
The border is as "secure" as it has ever been. The amount of migrants crossing is not a function of border security, it is a function of how many people feel that life would be better here than where they are or came from. IMO, the reason more people are crossing now as opposed to during Trump's tenure is because not as many people wanted to get into the country because they saw it as being not good enough to take the risks of the journey. That's right, not good enough reason to take the risks. America became less desirable than Venezuela or wherever else they started from.
We call ourselves a nation of immigrants, but what we should really be saying is "we don't want any more immigrants unless they are willing to wait forever. I agree that the immigration system is broken, but I don't agree that keeping people out of the country is the way to "fix" the problem. If someone shows up at the border because they want to better their lives, let them in. Keeping them out only shows the worse side of ourselves.
No, keep them illegal so we can deport them as should be.
"The border is as "secure" as it has ever been. The amount of migrants crossing is not a function of border security, it is a function of how many people feel that life would be better here than where they are or came from. IMO, the reason more people are crossing now as opposed to during Trump's tenure is because not as many people wanted to get into the country because they saw it as being not good enough to take the risks of the journey. That's right, not good enough reason to take the risks. America became less desirable than Venezuela or wherever else they started from."
The border is not secure. The amount of migrants is based on who is in charge here and what their policies on illegal migration is.
Trump has the remain in Mexico which stopped most illegals from coming in if they were claiming asylum, and staying ion Mexico until their hearing date. Mexico agreed to this policy.
Biden came on the scene, stopped the remain in Mexico policy on day one and essentially opened the flood gates to anyone and everyone setting policies that drastically reduced deportation.
I hardly believe that the immigrants are more comfortable coming across because of high prices. They are coming because Biden said "come one, come all, with little to no repercussions.
Trump told them to stay in Mexico. THAT is the reason why there was far less crossings during his term and far more during this POS term.
"If someone shows up at the border because they want to better their lives, let them in."
Biden is doing that. Problem is our infrastructure cannot handle an unlimited number of illegals.
I ask again....
How many of these illegals are you willing to take into your home with no federal support for financing them, because that is what is essentially happening with all of the cities the POS in the White House is doing with secret flights into red cities/states?
“No, keep them illegal so we can deport them as should be.”
Then deport them. Or perhaps be willing to be a part of the solution rather than take it upon yourself to be a petty, partisan politician and spending tax payer money for private charters…promising jobs, rent assistance, etc. to human beings treated as pawns in a ridiculous game of one-upmanship.
We would like to, but the current clown-show of an Administration in DC doesn't seem too interested in that.
The VP is talking about amnesty, so how far away from deportation can you get?
Define this, "We"" you that speak of because last I checked it included white supremacists, skin heads, the KKK, Neo-Nazis and the Aryan Nations in wanting to deport poor people who come here seeking refuge from communism, cartels, drug lords, forced prostitution, wars, starvation and certain death!
Thus, your comment drips of the milk of human kindness...
Hate? Schmate! Ain't no hating goin on down round Texas!
Am I right or am I right? Ain't nothing but love and sunshine.
"Y'all come! Take your shoes off. Sit a spell. Come back now!
Prove that!!
That's Biden's job.
Like everything else he has touched, he failed.
Republicans and others who support enforcement of immigration laws opposed to a practically open border.
Blah, blah, blah.
Thanks!
From what you have posted, rarely if ever.
There he goes .....
No proof of any republican governor doing this, only hearsay from money hungry lawyers that are representing these illegal aliens that should not have been in the country in the first place.
However, if you think that is petty and partisan, what do you think of Biden loading up hundreds of thousands of illegals, promising them nothing, and dropping them off in red cities/states for those cities/states to take care of them with no federal assistance?
I stand by what I said. It is up to you to prove me wrong...
Then you should be able to prove it.
"It is up to you to prove me wrong..."
Nope....You made the claim. It is your responsibility to show the proof.
New signs at Martha's vinyard
And yet, many of the residents of Martha's Vineyard are immigrants
And heavily white
No, they are not.
Where did you pull this mythical "info" from????????
Why insist on publishing false claims?
I know you are interested in the truth, so here it is:
Martha's Vineyard, MA Household Income, Population & Demographics | Point2 (point2homes.com)
Hard to believe people will make silly claims and not expect anyone else to research it for 5 seconds.
Thank you for being an arbiter of truth on here.
It truly is refreshing.
One of the things that stood out to me was the number 864....the number of those living below the poverty line. That number could have jumped to 914, but the predominate white liberals were sure to have those unwanted illegals jettisoned off the island in a hurry.
SOMEbody certainly needs to be here!
Your link says that 7.9% of Vineyard residents are immigrants!
So, is Martha's Vineyard really unwelcoming to all immigrants?
Considering that 7.9% is significant, I stand by my statement...
And THAT constitutes "many" to you??!!!??
Don't know, ask them how many immigrants they have welcomed there.
Okay, you consider 7.9% of about 17,000 to be 'significant'.
LMAO!
That 7.9 is probably significantly overwhelmingly white and European liberal.
No one said Martha's Vineyard was unwelcoming to migrants, however, they have once again exposed the liberal hypocrisy by claiming they are a sanctuary city/state and that all migrants are welcome.
Fifty brown illegals sure did freak them the fuck out.
If you consider 7.9 many. Other’s think of many as a larger number or the majority.
Perhaps the locals, to include local immigrants didn’t want this group to stay.
The overwhelming majority of the permanent population of Martha's Vineyard, 88.1%, is white. People of mixed racial heritage make up the next largest population group at 4.8%, while African Americans comprise 3.7%, and Hispanic & Latinos 1.7%. More than 90% of the island's residents were born in the United States.
These numbers are not in line with the numbers overall in that state.
Laughable crap there.
That number is about HALF the percentage of immigrants in Massachusetts.
So, it is not all immigrants you hate, just poor non-white ones?
From what I saw the people of the Vineyard were welcoming...
Where did you imagine that from?
"From what I saw the people of the Vineyard were welcoming..."
You might want to look again. Those "welcoming" residents hurriedly put those migrants back on buses and shipped them straight off the island, after declaring an emergency of the existence of 50 illegals.
Would these white liberals have done the same if the illegals were white?
Maybe.....but probably not quite as quickly.
Lol Some of the richest people in America called the arrival of 50 immigrants a humanitarian crises, said they couldn't help them and packed them onto buses within a day.
Somehow I feel that if those migrants were white, they would now be living in someone's summer home.
How many are still there today?
oooooooo ooooooo oooooooooo Pick me Mr Kotter
Answer.....
Zero
Wow, only 2 nights, that is a very short Martha's Vineyard vacation.
What an asinine comment. The MV churches were all over these people within an hour with food, clothing and aid.
First of all they were a collection of white and mestizo Venezuelans, some as pale as any Caucasian Eruopean, others tan like SA or NA Indians.
Secondly, they have legal asylum status. Do you really think the brave Governors of Texas or Florida would commit immigration crimes by providing transportation for undocumented individuals?
The only freaking the fuck out I see is right here in black and white.
Perhaps the next bus should go to Chappaqua, NY, the Clintons, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand live there. It is in dire need of increased diversity with 79.1% White (Non-Hispanic), Asian,16.1%, Hispanic 2.1%, Black ?%.
The media never gives the atheist aid groups credit in stories like these.
That is a complete mischaracterization of what went down. It was a cruel political stunt by Desantis that used immigrants as human pawns. There are jobs and housing and relatives awaiting most new refugees all across America. Tricking them into boarding busses and planes to Manhattan, DC and Martha's Vineyard is plainly reprehensible and obviously motivated by hate!
Jobs they haven't applied for and may not be qualified for. Are they all approved to work legally in the US?
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Then why hasn't the Biden/Harris clown show taken them TO those places???
Then apparently you have missed the news with blue-state-and-city officials whining about receiving a few hundred or thousand immigrants.
Hell, didn't sanctuary city mayor of DC declare a state of fucking emergency???????????????????
Maybe Hillary needs something wiped, like with a cloth or something?
It is exactly what down.
Some of the the richest people in America, who bask in their moral righteousness by offering so called sanctuary, called up the national guard and bused them off the island ASAP.
Maybe if they were white Ukrainians they could have found room for them. At least for longer than a weekend.
That is exactly what local authorities in all those places are doing as quickly and efficiently as possible. All Americans with basic human decency are sympathetic to humans suffering...
It's long past time, they should thank Texas for helping them get off of their ass and to get busy.
As if New York did not have immigrants coming in already?
Then the same community booted them off the island within 48 hours
"First of all they were a collection of white and mestizo Venezuelans, some as pale as any Caucasian Eruopean, others tan like SA or NA Indians".
So what? In the white liberal enclave of Martha's Vineyard, the overwhelming language spoken is English. The white English speaking liberals probably freaked out that someone other than their hired help spoke a different language than them.
"Secondly, they have legal asylum status"
Sure they do because dumb fuck Biden gives everyone asylum status no matter where they came into the country from....a direct illegal action.
The governors of Florida and Texas did the right thing by booting these illegals out of their (my) states.
Here is a question for you SP....
How many of these "asylum seekers" have you accepted into your home?
Doesn’t NY state have an outmigration problem? Aren’t you losing more people than you gain? You should have lots of room for more migrants.
No, that was a COVID phenomenon. NYC is booming, again!
COVID in 2019, hardly:
Your info is already old. People are moving to NYC in droves. The average rental in Manhattan is now over $5,000 a month!
“Some of the the richest people in America, who bask in their moral righteousness by offering so called sanctuary, called up the national guard and bused them off the island ASAP.”
Those liberal elites really know how to take out the trash!
Rents are going up everywhere. If my cited info is old, cite new info that proves that the state is gaining population.
This article is only 2 months old
New York has had the second largest percentage of decrease in population, second only to San Francisco, which is another liberal cesspool.
Then it must be the millions of immigrant foreigners who overstay their visas here who are not being counted because real estate professionals testify that the demand for housing is booming here which means people are moving back. Like they always do. New York City is The Capital of the World, as it should be!
Good!!!
We here in Florida are sick and tired of seeing those ugly ass orange and black license plates.
Good riddance.
Florida is doing its best to ruin its reputation for friendliness.
I was writing of the state not the city and I see that you have nothing to cite again.
Unlike NY state, COVID or no COVID, Florida's population increased 11 out of the 11 years between year 2010 and year 2021. Between 2010 and 2021, the state grew by an average of 1.3% per year.
Yea...ok
Take a look at 2.1.45 to see how wrong you are...
again
Only to the triggered.
An article about controlling internet trolls triggered trolls?
Yes, I guess that was to be expected. Practically troll bait...
The projection at work in that comment is egregious, outrageous and just plain sad .....
It is true and you can't claim ignorance because I just told you!
So prove it and then explain why your hero Joe the Bumbler hasn't started transporting them TO those places you claim exist.
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73% of the jobs in American agribusinesses are filled by non-citizen immigrant laborers. Those jobs are available now...
I asked you to prove something and you gave me THAT?
Give me a break!
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The author proposes that social media which tolerates trolls and hateful racist, sexist and homophobic comments must be held responsible...
Such content motivates hate crimes against minority communities!
Misinformation and disinformation should not ever be encouraged.
Free expression is one thing but tolerance of hateful content and comments in our public arenas is harmful to society in general...
Well, that is certainly the author's opinion.
IS that like tricking immigrants by claiming you offer sanctuary and then rounding up with the national guard and bussing them far away?
Like the daily, prolific weekday rants, about trumpturds, impotent Repubs, right winger homosexual acts, etc. that can be seen here?
Hey, those often pass as 'wit' to a few folks.
No, but it is revealing you conflate those things with hate speech.
So because that speech is aimed at conservatives and republicans, you find it to be acceptable.
BTW...when are you going to list the posts you claim I made that were racist, misogynist?
Speech? Drinker is referring to some comments made by an individual member. Yes, she snipes about Trump and the gop the same as you pester and abuse Democrats. On the other hand, her comments are opposed to racism, sexism and the homophobic hate often seen in the comments left on social media sites. I cannot identity any comments you have made that amount to a bucket of spit or have any redeeming value.
Given your and others posting history, why would you ever believe he's only referring to one poster?
Because 100% of the examples he sites were by one person.
See Comment Number Five below by the Drinker in the Wry...
Are you are so intent on dogging liberals you can't see that?
Again......cite any post that I have made that are racist or misogynist or apologize for making the accusations and STFU.
I don't even have to research who made those comments because it is very easy to recognize. That person has never made a comment on here that furthers a debate....only snide comments and insults towards conservatives.
"her comments are opposed to racism, sexism and the homophobic hate often seen in the comments left on social media sites"
I'd be happy to send you PNs she has sent me to prove yo otherwise.
Can you show even one non-hostile comment you made to her?
Or, to me...
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Then please do [kindly[deleted]This] is my seeded article which makes you my guest. You do not get to boss, troll and harass me here. Every single person reading this knows you have never been decent or made one non-hostile not angry comment to me or her.
Who in hell died and gave you the authority to make demands?
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I am not the topic. The topic here is about online trolls who propagate hate for the LGTBQ and others oppressed minority groups. You wouldn't want to be seen doing that. Would you?
Also, since this is my seed, please do link us to just one kind or even one remotely civil comment you have ever made to me...
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Perhaps you can entice Tessylo to explain herself to you...
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Hilarious...
You claim the above, then post this to me...
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Oh, the irony...
"Who in hell died and gave you the authority to make demands?"
Maybe you don't understand the concept of seeding an article. You seed the article, and if the article is bullshit, as this one is, then the seeder will receive criticism for the info in that article, or the article itself will be debunked, as this one has.
People have back and forth, sometime agreeing , most times not, but eventually everyone will move on.
Now, for the third time....
Produce a post I have made that has been racist, misogynist, or any of the other isms you claimed I have posted on here, or,.......
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Yes, that is typical of how you treat all the liberal members...
You are correct on every single comment you've made here jbb 100% on the spot correct
Lol
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To everyone in this thread, stop with the personal meta and get on the topic. Only warning.
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How twisted is it to blame you, and me, for organized online hate and the trolling of minorities, immigrants and LGTBQ people?
Who knew not bowing down to Trump makes us responsible.
They can't help it. We made them do it. We justify their hate...
You might want to take a look at the leftist breakdown over Pat Sajak posing with Marjorie Taylor Green. You might be able to change your belief in who is actually doing the hating online.
Also, I invite you to ask any black conservative what type of reception they received when they came out conservative.
The hate wasn't from conservatives.
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As I said, haters gotta hate ...... always.
Do leftist trolls spread hate for minorities, gays and immigrants?
This is not about me nor is it about you, unless you make it so...
Yes, you said that before. It was lame and trite the first time!
Do you deny online trolls spread hate towards LGTB people?
Yes I did and it’s still true and unfortunately always will be. Look no further than this thread for proof of that.
More empirical evidence to prove my point.
Nope. Never have. Some do. Do you deny that the LGTB community also spreads hate and divisiveness towards the straight community?
YES!!!
Like I said...
Take a good look at the online responses from verified blue check liberals after any of the three categories above come out as republican to escape the liberal plantation.
Haters Gotta Hate...
It it brilliant when I say so too or only with irony, like you?
Nope.
I do not believe that is most, or even any, people's experience.
Whether you personally accept facts or not is irrelevant.
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And, for the last time, the topic is trolley trolls who troll...
Again, I'm not the topic, no matter how you try to make me so.
Do you characterize this as love speech:
Yup but I call them trumpturd enablers/supporters But a turd by any other name . . .
Of course the really goods ones have been deleted. Some of these were addressed to you but you had no issue with them.
Every single person reading this recognizes of whom you speak and knows you and a few others gang up on, bully and relentlessly troll that individual. Perhaps she is sometimes impolite in her responses, but nothing she says compared with the racist, homophobic, sexist and xenophobic hate speech and organized trolling being discussed.
If your personal animosity is what motivates your behavior and you don't want to be perceived as you are being perceived, that's on you.
How about showing some of what you claim and be specific in why you believe so...
Feelings don't count.
It's that distinctive?
When multiple folks here criticize my comments, are you and they "ganging" up on me?
Perhaps? LoL Sometimes, no most times.
She has grouped and spoken despairingly of white men, especially older, white men. She has accused me of engaging in homosexual activity.
If you can't discern it as trolling and hate speech, it must be your personal biases running away with you.
At least read the article. If you disagree tell everyone why?
As for personal examples, let us start with your comments.
I can see why you take that so personally. What can I say?
OK....Let's start. Show any of my comments that are what you claimed above.
No, I though it illustrative of of your seed's summary:
Are you that fragile? Does the mean lady hurt your feelings?
It is amusing that prosperous white men identity as victims.
Have you been repressed like racial minorities and LGTBQ?
No, no.
I haven’t done that, are you back in your fantasy land?
No silly, are you unable to see hate speech or trolling when issued by a self-identified progressive?
Sorry, but I am not qualified to address your personal issues
In real life I try to avoid toxic bitter vindictive personalities...
What personal issues? What are you qualified to address?
Really, you asked her to stop replying to you?
Normally I say to ask a friend. Don't you have a pastor or doctor?
What you revealed of yourself above is disjointed from all reality.
“In real life I try to avoid toxic bitter vindictive personalities...”
Good idea, more than one of those in a group is usually a recipe for disaster.
Ask a friend about what? I have several doctors but no pastor as I’m an atheist.
How so?
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