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New York Times racism row: how Twitter comes back to haunt you
Sunday, August 5, 2018 6:12 PM
JAYNEZTOWN
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 11:56 AM
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 3:19 PM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Quote:Jeong compared “dumbass f-----g white people” to dogs, said that “old white men” were “lemmings,” opined that white people would “go extinct soon,” and used the hashtag #CancelWhitePeople.
Quote:“I engaged in what I thought of at the time as counter-trolling. While it was intended as satire, I deeply regret that I mimicked the language of my harassers. These comments were not aimed at a general audience, because general audiences do not engage in harassment campaigns. I can understand how hurtful these posts are out of context, and would not do it again,” Jeong wrote.
Wednesday, August 8, 2018 12:00 AM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Wednesday, August 8, 2018 12:26 AM
REAVERFAN
Wednesday, August 8, 2018 1:28 AM
Quote:Originally posted by reaverfan: My, what an earth-shaking story!
Quote:And how to explain Twitter's response when black conservative Candace Owen tweeted the EXACT SAME THING as Jeong, substituting the words "Black" and Jew" instead. “Black people are only fit to live underground like groveling goblins. They have stopped breeding and will all go extinct soon. I enjoy being cruel to old black women,” and "Jewish people are bullshit, like dogs pissing on fire hydrants. Are Jewish people genetically predisposed to burn faster in the sun"? (a tweet which she since deleted.) However, in THIS case Owen was banned. It looks like nothing so much as "disparate treatment" by Twitter.
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