[ SECRET POST #3153 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3153 ⌋

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Comments

Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[(Anonymous)]

What are some internet "scandals" you can recall that ended up being blown out of proportion in hindsight? (Fandom or otherwise.)

Mine below (also as examples in case this isn't clear.)

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[(Anonymous)]

- When a five year old dog attack victim was apparently turned away from a KFC in Missouri, and everyone left horrible reviews. Turned out to be a complete hoax.

- I'm not sure if this was actually how it turned out, but remember how Amazon ended up supposedly censoring gay literature years ago, and everyone got upset? IIRC they realized it probably really was a glitch because a lot of other books were censored/removed as well, and the issue was more bad PR because the person who responded to the initial query used a form letter of sorts. I think that's what everyone surmised once it blew over.

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[(Anonymous)]

Pretty much this in regards to the Amazon story.

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[(Anonymous)]

Lena Dunham-gate

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah no, she's still a shitty-ass person who deserves to be called out for her bullshit and the double standards that surround it.

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[(Anonymous)]

She's not a rapist or a child molester, though

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah but it SHOULD have been one >:(

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[(Anonymous)]

Wait, what happened?

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[(Anonymous)]

Nothing.

Amy Schumer's got a much better claim on being a rapist, but we've all decided we like her and we don't like Lena, so whatever Lena's done is bad and whatever Amy's done is fine.

If this sounds like junior high school to you, you're not alone.

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[(Anonymous)]

This is exactly my feeling about it.

Although I have convinced myself that Amy Schumer was joking with that story, for the sake of my sanity. But she still told an absolutely execrable rape joke.

But people decided they don't like Dunham's humor or aesthetic or politics or something, so.

It's just such an insincere thing.

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[(Anonymous)]

She and Amy Shumer are rapist whores who should be stoned. End of Story.

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[(Anonymous)]

MRAS HATE MAD MAX!!1!1 Except they don't.
And honestly, I love the movie, but that controversy seemed more like viral marketing to me.

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[dethtoll]

Having met actual MRAs throwing a whiny fit over the movie, trust me, it's not viral marketing.

It probably wasn't a manosphere-wide phenomenon though.

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[caerbannog]

I doubt it was as big as the media made it out to be, but there's definitely the nutty MRAs of that opinion.

_{The novel discovery that an old coworker on FB is one}

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[(Anonymous)]

The lady who said that people refused to top and wrote a nasty note because she was gay. They didn't.

Also the lady who said the same thing but about being black.

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[(Anonymous)]

That's one reason alone call-out culture is dangerous, though IIRC no names were used in either case. But what happens if someone does use names? People's lives could be ruined for something they never did. O_o

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[(Anonymous)]

Tip.

Not top.

TIP.

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[diet_poison]

lol, amazing typo.

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[(Anonymous)]

Literally just laughed way out loud.

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[dethtoll]

That "relentlessly gay" thing.

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[(Anonymous)]

SO disappointed in that. Granted, it sounded kinda fake to me from the outset, but I was all prepared to adopt "relentlessly gay" as a fun label for my gay family, and now I kinda feel it sucks :/

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[(Anonymous)]

Now I want my house to be relentlessly gay.

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[(Anonymous)]

a lesson in never trusting self-professed "allies"

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[(Anonymous)]

this.

Re: Internet "Scandals" That Weren't

[caerbannog]

That big "twitter" argument between two singers a couple of weeks ago? Where tumblr and the media were all "THEY'RE AT WAR" but then it ended up being an exchange of like 3-4 tweets, one an apology?