Mini AOC' ends parody videos after receiving 'death threats,' 'harassment' from the left, family says
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The 8-year-old child actor who went viral for impersonating Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY , is no longer going to make videos due to death threats and harassment she and her family have received.
Earlier this year, Ava Martinez , known as "Mini AOC," brought joy to her fans with several videos poking fun at the socialist darling, collecting millions of views on social media.
The Left's Harassment and death threats have gone too far for our family. We have been getting calls on our personal phone numbers," Martinez's stepfather Salvatore Schachter tweeted. "For our safety and for our child's safety, we deleted all Mini AOC accounts."
Schachter told Fox News that the feedback from "Mini AOC" was overwhelmingly positive, but the negativity "became too much" after she reenacted photographs the congresswoman had taken at the southern border last year, adding that the comments were "increasingly personal, dark, and dangerous."
"She's disappointed at not doing Mini AOC going forward but we explained that this is for the best and she's okay with it," Schachter said.
Ava's family had one message for those on the left who harassed her and her family.
"The world has seen Ava's beauty, talent, and charm, which was the whole reason for Mini AOC to begin with and no amount of hate or anger will change that," Schachter told Fox News. "Also, like Ava says, 'try using your words.'"
People are fuckin dumb. Social media is the worst thing to ever happen to our species.
One of the rare things we are 100% in agreement on.
Isn't NT social media?
In its most basic form. But I don't get any NT updates on my phone. Or hear anything from anyone outside of this place, which is how it should be. When I log out, you all and this entire forum disappears. The only time I ever see anything and dumbass posts here is when I decide to punish myself and log in.
I miss the vine.
I'll take that even further - the internet is not such a good thing either.
That is where we disagree. The internet itself is the only thing that can save our species. The question is who gets to use it lol.
Who gets to use it, who gets to control it, and how it is used is very much the question, and so far the answer is not a good one, and I don't think it will change. In fact, IMO, the monster will grow.
It makes "Big Brother is watching you" an expected reality.
Amen to that.
This does NOT excuse what happened to her but, she's a child and who encouraged her to do it. Who filled her head with parody nonsense at such a young age. Shame on her parents. And shame on social media and the idiots who threatened her. And shame on Trump who always whines and threatens NBC and SNL and the populace follow his lead like lemmings.
No. There isn't any "but".
"Nonsense"??? Riiiiight. Because humor should be discouraged.
What the actual fuck? Are you listening to yourself??
When has Trump threatened somebody's life? How is that remotely comparable? How insane is that?
So, when should we expect death threats against Stephen Colbert, Conan O'Brien, and every single other comedian that has made fun of politicians? The moment you go after a kid, I frankly believe that you should immediately go to jail. You want to blame the parents, when you should be blaming the people who are so filled with hate that they have to go after a kid.
Comedians have had their share of death threats from far right wingers. Seems far right wingers lack a sense of humor.
Who do you think was filming this kid?
Who wrote the script?
Her parents used her for their own ends.
I call that child abuse.
It's child abuse for letting a child do something that she wants that is not harming anyone?
Yeah I'm sure an 8 year old kid was just dying to "parody" a U.S. congresswoman. It was her child's life ambition.
Her right wing parents either bribed her or threatened her to get her to do it. Or told her it will fill up her piggy bank. 8 year olds are not capable of true political comedy. Period. End of story.
Pretty damn funny that some left-wing nutjobs got so upset over a freaking PARODY that they would threaten a child.
Bunch of freaking, hypocritical morons.
Time for the cupcakes to GET OVER IT.
You obviously have no kids. Or only dumb ones.
Being Hispanic, her parents are probably Democrats poking fun at some people in their party who are demeaning, trivializing, and making a mockery of it.
Posting videos on the internet is not all fame and adoring fans. People need to be careful, especially when posting parodies and or attacks on specific individuals. Along with fame and adoring fans you typically get trolls and stalkers. If you're not ready for backlash, regardless of ideology, maybe it's not a very good idea. Certainly not for an 8 year old. It's too bad she had to stop doing it but maybe it can be a life lesson for her.
Couldn't have said it better.
Life lesson:
Idiots abound and a young age doesn't matter to them, they just want a chance to spew their venom.
Would you damn Shirley Temple's parents as well?
How was Shirley Temple controversial? Pretty sure the studio avoided that.
Who decides what's controversial in a country that prides itself over its freedom of speech and expression?
on this site?
a biased site that checks the bias of other sites.
possibly the biggest joke I have ever seen.
Actually, there was a big controversy when she held the hand of a black man in one of her movies.
The left needs to provide a scoring card of what they think is indoctrination.
This according to the left is not indoctrination:
It is only indoctrination, brainwashing, and not funny when the it it is against anyone with a D behind their names. If it is anti R, or better still pro D, then it is the truth; and everyone needs to back off!
It's not all right or all left for many of us. We independents see a lot of gray area in between.
Tend to be liberal (ish) on most human rights issues but still carry a gun.
Which one?
"The Left's Harassment and death threats have gone too far for our family. We have been getting calls on our personal phone numbers," Martinez's stepfather Salvatore Schachter tweeted. "For our safety and for our child's safety, we deleted all Mini AOC accounts."
The family should "PAY" an unrelated neighbor to take her across to mexico, and then re-cross the border through the desert with that un-related neighbor so she can redo the vid.. The "Nutty Left" will love her then.
What’s wrong with left wingers?
obsessing about parades and threatening kids.....sad
You do realize we are talking about her parents right?
Sending your child into harm's way is right wing dumb.
What a wonderful unique opportunity this young girl has been given. She got to experience exactly what the real person she was mocking goes through from trump's base.
Hopefully she will learn from this experience. Hopefully her parents have also learned something........