Web trolls put picture of Down's girl on Facebook with vile caption (yes, that meme) - Polidicks

[QUOTE][IMG]http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01496/Heidi-Crowter-1_1496611a.jpg[/IMG] [B]Cowards ... Heidi Crowter has only just been told about the images[/B] SICK web trolls stole a picture of a young girl with Down’s Syndrome and posted it on Facebook with a caption saying "lose your virginity to a retard". Tearful Heidi Crowter has only just been told about the sexual and derogatory comments being made about an innocent picture of her online. The 16-year-old has been the target of several other sick pages on Facebook bearing her image. The photos of Heidi, from Coventry, as a toddler had been stolen from a website for a parents’ support group. Horrified mum Liz and husband Steve have been bombarding Facebook to take down the sites and so far only one has been removed. Liz, 45, said the internet trolls behind the posts had been using images of her daughter for months and Facebook had made no direct contact with her to resolve the issue. Heidi’s pictures were taken from a local support group website, which Liz ran for about five years. She said pages carrying Heidi’s image are still active despite Liz reporting the problem [B]TWO WEEKS [/B]ago. She said: “It’s almost like Faceless rather than Facebook, we have been repeatedly trying to take these distressing sites down and I have not once had a direct response. “These trolls are cowardly, nasty people who should be punished for the damage they are doing to people with their comments. “They have no right to take Heidi’s image and use it alongside these cruel sites. If you look at the lad who made those comments about Fabrice Muamba online, he was taken to court. “Heidi has told me she is very upset by the sites and she turns her head away when we have them on the computer screen.” [IMG]http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01496/Heidi-Crowter-2_1496613a.jpg[/IMG] [B]Sickening ... Heidi and her mum Liz with the horrible Facebook pages[/B] Liz said one image had been taken down but that another was still active.In September, Liz found her daughter’s picture on a Facebook page which insulted people with Down’s Syndrome and other learning difficulties. The mother-of-four contacted Facebook and West Midlands Police, who she said informed her it was not a matter for officers.Over the weekend Liz was told by friends that Heidi’s picture had been put on a new page which insulted people with Down’s Syndrome. Liz said: “In normal life, in reality if you like, we have never had anyone make any comments to us or insult Heidi. “It’s only because these trolls can hide behind the internet that they do this kind of thing, but it’s just as bad as someone saying it in the street. [B][U] 'Violated' [/U][/B] “I feel violated and violated on Heidi’s behalf. I’m disgusted that people can be so sick. “It’s not just Heidi, it’s photos of other people’s children as well.” Liz said Heidi was a “very independent young lady” who was studying for her GCSEs at a mainstream school and doing a hairdressing course. “She’s funny, stubborn and very kind. “We’re all very upset and it and they [her other children] see her as a lovely sibling that they want to protect and support.” Facebook said that once images were reported using its online link, they were reviewed by its User Operations Team. A spokesman said: “When people on Facebook do find themselves in a situation where they feel uncomfortable, we encourage them to use our reporting tools so the content or activity can be investigated. “We also have a set of rules that set out how people are expected to behave - the Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.” West Midlands Police confirmed it had received a complaint on September 17 but this was withdrawn after the photograph was removed from Facebook. Officers who wanted to reassure the caller arranged to visit them on September 22 “to ensure no offences had been committed”, a spokesman said. [/QUOTE] From our favourite tabloid, [url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4278427/Web-trolls-put-picture-of-Downs-Syndrome-girl-on-Facebook-with-vile-caption.html]The Sun[/url].

What's the source? Assuming the Sun just by the way it's all worded.

Sick web trolls, worse than Hitler. Of course, life still has ups. She just has downs. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Horrible joke" - Jaanus))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=Uber|nooB;35712568]What's the source? Assuming the Sun just by the way it's all worded.[/QUOTE] Spot on.

No one would of ever known it was her until this media attention.

Well, this is fucked up. But a person all the way across the internet who used the picture (as well as the people who post it) won't show sympathy for this finally being seen by the person who it's a picture of. Human sensitivity tends to decrease the more you start looking through things through the internet, which is why certain places will post just about anything derogatory, crude or offensive. They know they can get away with it without being revealed, and they'll probably not really care at who they hurt.

But can she count to potato?

[QUOTE=peterson;35712585]No one would of ever known it was her until this media attention.[/QUOTE] I guess we could say they dug her grave and threw her down [sp]sorry[/sp]

Of course you people know that by making this a news story, she will be elevated into super-memedom where /b/ is going to have a field day making billions of these and laughing at the Sun Tabloid ineffectively try to stop the SICK trolls.

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;35712665]Of course you people know that by making this a news story, she will be elevated into super-memedom where /b/ is going to have a field day making billions of these and laughing at the Sun Tabloid ineffectively try to stop the SICK trolls.[/QUOTE]The Sun doesn't try to stop shit. Like any tabloid, if they could they'd start some more so they've got something to write about

Incoming Streisand effect.

I rated heart, read the article and then rated funny instead.

You know seeing pictures of that girl frowning makes me realize how big a role facial expression plays in "retarded" memes.

What's with the artistic photos used in the article, I thought this was serious for them. [img]http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01496/Heidi-Crowter-1_1496611a.jpg[/img] It's like something out of iStock Photo. Also that laptop needs some serious dusting, god damn.

[QUOTE=Electrocuter;35712741]Also that laptop needs some serious dusting, god damn.[/QUOTE] Well what'ya expect from a gloss coated device? They're per-definition dust and fingerprint magnets. Matte black master race (because grey/metal and white is boring).

[img] http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01496/Heidi-Crowter-2_1496613a.jpg[/img] the mother is not amused. You better be scared, you SICK trolls.

This meme is, what, [I]years[/I] old? It's virtually impossible to get rid of. People will just have to not use it for a long time, and it'll be forgotten.

[QUOTE=Van-man;35712775]Well what'ya expect from a gloss coated device? They're per-definition dust and fingerprint magnets. Matte black master race (because grey/metal and white is boring).[/QUOTE] True but still, it looks like it has a dust cover the same height as the ones you find on the top of high furniture, even the screen looks like shit. My gloss laptop never looked that bad.

I have a feeling the pictures in the article will get used as memes.

YOU SICK TROLLS SHOULD ALL BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES. YOU ARE EVERYTHING BAD IN SOCIETY. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE

I can't take this seriously with those pictures... and the melodramatic video

Oh god this is only going to make things worse for her. She is going to get a new meme with her updated face now. Good going idiot.

Oh man, if only she knew how popular the meme actually is/was.

[QUOTE=Jackald;35713474]If I saw her, i'd never know she was that meme. Now I do. Way to go idiot.[/QUOTE] I wouldn't. Everyone with downs looks the same.

"Liz, 45, said the internet trolls behind the posts had been using images of her daughter for [B]months[/B]" months? its been around for like 4 years... I love how they're blaming Facebook too, like they could do anything about it.

It's not like Facebook was the first place people started using her image anyway. I'm going to laugh if these new photos get turned into another meme, it'd serve her right for the publicity stunt. :downs: But wait a second, her mom reported the image on Facebook [B]TWO WEEKS AGO!![/B] Why hasn't every single picture of her been removed, and all the websites/harddrives carrying the photo been wiped yet by Facebook??? None of this makes sense.. :downs:

Just went to 4chan, and literally the first thread was this: [IMG]http://puu.sh/rsyG[/IMG] edit: [IMG]http://puu.sh/rszt[/IMG] it begins edit: Thread for the curious ones: [URL="http://boards.4chan.org/b/res/395718632"]http://boards.4chan.org/b/res/395718632[/URL]

~internet trollers~

I just saw that "Count to Potato" picture a week ago. I laughed, and then I took a good look at myself in the mirror.

Stupid bitches don't know that you don't make a deal out of this kinda shit if you happen to find it. The girl pretty much had anonymity, because it's hard to tell from that picture that it's her. It pretty much could be any other downs kids. But now that they bring this to the press with the face and image she has now, she will become a more memely(word?) figure and ruin her life and she'll end up killing herself. I rest my case.