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Twitter threats
So, I'm like, 100% freaked out.
So, I've had a Twitter account since hmmm, 2009 I think. I'm not like, super active on it, and I only have about 200 followers, but last night I got really freaked out over something that someone said to me.
Sunday afternoon I tweeted "Elle Woods is my feminist hero", and last night I had a notification that someone had responded. It went a little something like this: "You will be raped you disgusting pig. I will wrap a f***ing bag over your face first you ugly little c**t."
Sunday afternoon I tweeted "Elle Woods is my feminist hero", and last night I had a notification that someone had responded. It went a little something like this: "You will be raped you disgusting pig. I will wrap a f***ing bag over your face first you ugly little c**t."
I was super freaked out because I have NEVER been personally attacked like that over the internet. I took a look at their account and they had zero information, but I did notice that whoever it was targeted some other women I know who had tweeted about feminism. Threats that were made to my friends included:
"I will f***ing humiliate and degrade you. I'll make you f***ing pose while I take pictures. Die you f***ing slug."
"You look like the kind of c**t who has been raped. C**ts like you have that face. One that deserves to be f***ing plugged."
I also noticed that the person also directly used our names in some of the tweets, not just our user names. They also mentioned something along the lines of "I can find out where you live". Unfortunately, I didn't get a screen-cap of that before their account was suspended.
Myself and lots of others have reported the user & their account has been suspended, but that's not stopping them from just going and making another account to use to threaten and verbally abuse women. I know it's just some random asshole behind a computer screen, but the thing that struck me the most was that the person said they could find out where we lived. I've considered stopping by my local police department on my way home from work today, but I'm not sure if I have any legal grounds to do anything other than ask them to do a couple drive by's through my neighborhood (I live in a really small city).
"I will f***ing humiliate and degrade you. I'll make you f***ing pose while I take pictures. Die you f***ing slug."
"You look like the kind of c**t who has been raped. C**ts like you have that face. One that deserves to be f***ing plugged."
I also noticed that the person also directly used our names in some of the tweets, not just our user names. They also mentioned something along the lines of "I can find out where you live". Unfortunately, I didn't get a screen-cap of that before their account was suspended.
Myself and lots of others have reported the user & their account has been suspended, but that's not stopping them from just going and making another account to use to threaten and verbally abuse women. I know it's just some random asshole behind a computer screen, but the thing that struck me the most was that the person said they could find out where we lived. I've considered stopping by my local police department on my way home from work today, but I'm not sure if I have any legal grounds to do anything other than ask them to do a couple drive by's through my neighborhood (I live in a really small city).
Has this ever happened to anyone else? I know right now it's just internet harassment, but it's still pretty creepy.
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Re: Twitter threats
--William Shakespeare (Sonnet 25)
That is fucked up.
Just another reason I don't have twitter.
I am so sorry. Some people are just terrible people. Did you tweet anything back? I would have been tempted said something about coming at me and you will end up Bobbit style (any remember Lorena Bobbit?) But I am also a terrible person and could never take the high road.
ETA: That is scary and I'm sorry this happened to you. WTF.
And I'm honestly considering deleting my entire Twitter account. Totally not worth the harassment.
Also, I am truly sorry this has happened to you. Scum will be scum, but do whatever it takes to make yourself feel safer in your home.
But rape culture and sexism aren't real things. That's just made up shit from the feminist movement to keep men down.
I'm sorry this happened to you. It's fucking shitty as fucking hell.
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Right!? This situation is a prime example of why I'm a feminist asshole. It's fricking terrifying being a woman sometimes.
I also noticed throughout the ordeal that social media refused to cooperate, and that my case progressed slowly until the direct threat to kill me with was made. Prior to the death threat, the profiles were reported then closed, but they wouldnt tag the IP address and another account would pop up in its place a few hours later.
I would recruit a techie friend to retrieve the previous responses from the person and bring it to the police's attention. It's now a matter of public safety as this person has threatened you and several of your friends and implied that they knew where you lived and would find you. It's fucked up and no one should have to go through this.