Leslie Jones (Ghostbusters actress) leaves Twitter after trolls continue to harass her vigorously
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[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;50737408]This post is actually disgusting.[/QUOTE]
Leslie Jones: "[slurs, sexism, hate]"
Internet: "[slurs, sexism, hate]"
Leslie Jones: "waah guys, I'm getting cyberbullied!"
Her being black/female/famous doesn't give her the right to be an asshole to others. If she has the right to behave this way towards others, then others have the right to behave that way towards her.
[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;50737359]It's from the archive.is of her feed I linked so yes it's real
[editline]19th July 2016[/editline]
Does it really matter when she's trying to paint herself as a feminist role model and hero with this movie? But the mentions suggest it was probably someone defending Nero[/QUOTE]
No probably not, I'm just curious.
[QUOTE=Monkah;50737427]Leslie Jones: "[slurs, sexism, hate]"
Internet: "[slurs, sexism, hate]"
Leslie Jones: "waah guys, I'm getting cyberbullied!"
Her being black/female/famous doesn't give her the right to be an asshole to others. If she has the right to behave this way towards others, then others have the right to behave that way towards her.[/QUOTE]
Not even saying that black/female/famous doesn't give her the right to be an asshole to others.
Has she really in the past called men the equivalent of "nigger" or "ape", has she in the past, expressed that men are inferior to women?
What has she said that warrants and JUSTIFIES this response?
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;50737423]She should've ignored it but I don't think it's fair to criticise her for that considering that she's new to fame. When it comes to internet she, she's between the stages of "Regular Human Being" and "Celebrity Who Just Doesn't Give A Shit"[/QUOTE]
When people start the transition from not famous to famous their agents should insist on them not using public social media for a while.
I mean unless you have thick skin you are going to feel bad no matter what. There's very little to gain with personal social media accounts, and a whole lot to loose with one misinterpreted tweet.
[QUOTE=kapin_krunch;50737441]When people start the transition from not famous to famous their agents should insist on them not using public social media for a while.
I mean unless you have thick skin you are going to feel bad no matter what. There's very little to gain with personal social media accounts, and a whole lot to loose with one misinterpreted tweet.[/QUOTE]
Either she's not famous enough to have a good agent for he/she to tell her this, or she willfully ignored this advice.
Either way, I can't imagine that she deserves this at all. The only way I can ever say "deserved it" is if she implied that men are worse than woman, or that men deserve harm and or hatred.
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;50737423]She should've ignored it but I don't think it's fair to criticise her for that considering that she's new to fame. When it comes to internet she, she's between the stages of "Regular Human Being" and "Celebrity Who Just Doesn't Give A Shit"[/QUOTE]
Yeah but all of us already know that and most of us are somewhat relatively normal people sometimes so one would think it common sense.
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;50737457]Either she's not famous enough to have a good agent for he/she to tell her this, or she willfully ignored this advice.
Either way, I can't imagine that she deserves this at all. The only way I can ever say "deserved it" is if she implied that men are worse than woman, or that men deserve harm and or hatred.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, no one deserves this sort of shit even if they did voice their opinions on a touch subject, but her even just replying just makes the rabbit hole deeper and deeper. There is no winning with this sort of thing.
[QUOTE=Kyle902;50737460]Yeah but all of us already know that and most of us are somewhat relatively normal people sometimes so one would think it common sense.[/QUOTE]
Is this really common sense, though? Is this not something that is learned? As someone using the internet for the first time, did you really know the phrase "Don't feed the trolls?"
[QUOTE=kapin_krunch;50737469]Yeah, no one deserves this sort of shit even if they did voice their opinions on a touch subject, but her even just replying just makes the rabbit hole deeper and deeper. There is no winning with this sort of thing.[/QUOTE]
Everyone is in agreeance that she is unintentionally digging a hole for herself by replying to these tweets. What I'm disagreeing with the fact is that she somehow deserved the amount of hatred she's gotten from people.
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;50737471]Is this really common sense, though? Is this not something that is learned? As someone using the internet for the first time, did you really know the phrase "Don't feed the trolls?"
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The concept of not feeding into it isn't something that the internet invented. Its something I learned and was taught in elementary school.
[QUOTE=Kyle902;50737477]The concept of not feeding into it isn't something that the internet invented. Its something I learned and was taught in elementary school.[/QUOTE]
I was never taught that. I was taught that only when it happened. It's a difficult thing to learn especially when you're vulnerable to attacks. I don't think social media for that matter was a thing when she was in elementary school, or in high school.
It's evident by her responses that she did not know not to feed the trolls.
[QUOTE=Primigenes;50737485]Fuck that, you literally posted in the last Ghostbusters thread in the Videos and Movies section and you were like the only poster to straight up say "She's ugly" out of fucking nowhere when no one was really talking about her appearance.
It's no wonder you're like the only person seriously defending these guys when you might as well be the same person.[/QUOTE]
Thinking someone's unattractive is racist apparently
You're also omitting that I said she's inflammatory and untalented in the same post, and even stated that looks don't really matter.
Also pretending I'm defending trolling because you're still burned over old threads
This is really unnecessary... They should have laid off after she posted that her feeling were legitimately hurt. If that was what they were trying to accomplish, they succeeded and should have fucked off afterwards.
It's not cool to blatantly hurt someone's feelings when they haven't done shit to you. She literally did nothing to anyone, and to get this constant bombardment of racist shit is unacceptable.
[QUOTE=IceTea;50737517]This is really unnecessary... They should have laid off after she posted that her feeling were legitimately hurt. If that was what they were trying to accomplish, they succeeded and should have fucked off afterwards.
It's not cool to blatantly hurt someone's feelings when they haven't done shit to you. She literally did nothing to anyone, and to get this constant bombardment of racist shit is unacceptable.[/QUOTE]
I think you're a little optimistic when it comes to the intent of people involved. Leslie Jones posting that her feelings were hurt is pretty much like their parents actually appreciating them.
You replied to me saying to stop playing race card so?
[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;50737528]You replied to me saying to stop playing race card so?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Primigenes;50737485]Fuck that, you literally posted in the last Ghostbusters thread in the Videos and Movies section and you were like the only poster to straight up say "She's ugly" out of fucking nowhere when no one was really talking about her appearance.
It's no wonder you're like the only person seriously defending these guys when you might as well be the same person.[/QUOTE]
where the race card in this quote
[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;50737156]I find it interesting how they chose to harass the black one out of the other three.[/QUOTE]
Right here, reading comprehension of zero
[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;50737528]You replied to me saying to stop playing race card so?[/QUOTE]
no playing the race card
its not allowed
[editline]19th July 2016[/editline]
ever :v:
[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;50737536]Right here, reading comprehension of zero[/QUOTE]
That's not Primigenes...
[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;50737183]I don't think it's just ghostbusters. It's also her awful standup and SNL work as well as saying stupid shit like how her criticizers are just racist nerds and that clever comedians suck[/QUOTE]
I mean, she has to defend her 'not being funny' somehow
what better way to do it than to insult ACTUALLY funny people
[editline]19th July 2016[/editline]
Her "You're just a sexist" defense is bizarro and whacky I have no idea why she goes to it so quickly thinking it'll protect her
[QUOTE=Primigenes;50737553]Its a good thing I made that post. Because I am Daniel Smith and not Primigenes. That post is definitely me[/QUOTE]
Quit shitposting
You know what you did
You replied to me saying that to him
[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;50737562]Quit shitposting
You know what you did
You replied to me saying that to him[/QUOTE]
does my brain have high ping or something because i don't understand this post
"you replied to me saying that to him"
[editline]19th July 2016[/editline]
-wrong-
[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;50737562]Quit shitposting
You know what you did
You replied to me saying that to him[/QUOTE]
Y-yeah, Primigenes, you know what you did! Stop that!
... what is Primigenes doing again?
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;50737568]
LMAO YOU FUCKING CHANGED THE QUOTE[/QUOTE]
did he?
[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;50737156]I find it interesting how they chose to harass the black one out of the other three.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;50737169]Lets not pretend it's not because she's the least talented and most inflammatory please[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Primigenes;50737485]Fuck that, you literally posted in the last Gho[/QUOTE]
Edit:
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;50737568]does my brain have high ping or something because i don't understand this post
"you replied to me saying that to him"
[editline]19th July 2016[/editline]
LMAO YOU FUCKING CHANGED THE QUOTE[/QUOTE]
What quote?
Stop comparing this to actual harassment.
She's no saint in this. She baits the trolls, flames the attackers etc
And most important of all, she doesn't know them in real life. If she deletes her account for a month while this controversy storm with ghostbusters passes, things go back to normal.
[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;50737562]Quit shitposting
You know what you did
You replied to me saying that to him[/QUOTE]
So you think people are calling her ape and nigger because she made some controversial twitter posts, not because they're racists and she's black?
[QUOTE=bunguer;50737578]Stop comparing this to actual harassment.
She's no saint in this. She baits the trolls, flames the attackers etc
And most important of all, she doesn't know them in real life. If she deletes her account for a month while this controversy storm with ghostbusters passes, things go back to normal.[/QUOTE]
No one saying this is real harassment (ie physical harassment), who the hell is comparing this to real/actual harassment so I can point and laugh?
[QUOTE=J!NX;50737554]I mean, she has to defend her 'not being funny' somehow
what better way to do it than to insult ACTUALLY funny people
[editline]19th July 2016[/editline]
Her "You're just a sexist" defense is bizarro and whacky I have no idea why she goes to it so quickly thinking it'll protect her[/QUOTE]
I don't think I can blame her for using the "you're just sexist" defense, no doubt it works very well in real life and she doesn't know any better why it doesn't work on the internet.
This thread is a shitshow wow
No one in this twitter argument is coming off looking brilliant. I imagine it's really hard to take so much abuse, even on the internet, and it's totally wrong, but seriously, take a moment to calm down and get yourself a cup of tea or something. You don't have to sit there and read it, you can just block and move on
I didn't change anything and I really don't understand what you're talking about
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