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/pol/ vs. social justice

On Father's Day 2014, members of 4chan's /pol/ board planned and executed a Twitter hashtag campaign to discredit feminists -- women of color in particular. They created hundreds of fake accounts and pumped a hashtag arguing that Fathers' Day was sexist. @sassycrass spotted and exposed it.

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Fiqah @sassycrass
The goal was to reveal how truly terrible us WOC feminists and SJ folks TRULY are by getting us to let our guards down, right? @FuperSuck
Mon, Jun 16 2014 18:48:23
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//twitter.com/sassycrass/status/478610054342385664
— Fiqah (@sassycrass)Mon, Jun 16 2014 18:48:23
Fiqah @sassycrass
I have nothing against satire. To me it is one of the highest, loftiest, and most challenging forms of humor in existence.
Mon, Jun 16 2014 19:31:06
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//twitter.com/sassycrass/status/478620804007985152
— Fiqah (@sassycrass)Mon, Jun 16 2014 19:31:06
Fiqah @sassycrass
Executing satire PROPERLY is hard. Executing satire WELL? Even trickier. Most people cannot do it. Doesn't stop them from trying, though...
Mon, Jun 16 2014 19:32:01
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//twitter.com/sassycrass/status/478621034971553792
— Fiqah (@sassycrass)Mon, Jun 16 2014 19:32:01
Fiqah @sassycrass
The 4Chan trolls had the elements of satire. What they lacked was the intelligence, nuance and restraint it needs to work #YourSlipIsShowing
Mon, Jun 16 2014 19:37:06
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//twitter.com/sassycrass/status/478622312086790145
— Fiqah (@sassycrass)Mon, Jun 16 2014 19:37:06
Backhand Deliveryman @yeloson
@sassycrass I've had to deal a lot with it on Tumblr. And we've seen it as far back as the sockpuppet armies on Livejournal... so.. not new
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Mon, Jun 16 2014 19:56:52
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//twitter.com/yeloson/status/478627289685442560
— Backhand Deliveryman (@yeloson)Mon, Jun 16 2014 19:56:52
screenshot of a 4chan user saying they want to make us"hate each other," & future attacks. #YourSlipIsShowing pic.twitter.com/R2lpu4Jz3D
I'Nasah @so_treu
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Mon, Jun 16 2014 22:08:00
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//twitter.com/so_treu/status/478660287764389888
— I'Nasah (@so_treu)Mon, Jun 16 2014 22:08:00
screenshot from 4chan thread on #YourSlipIsShowing, talks abt getting everyone to hate "black bitches" pic.twitter.com/GhJks64nmY
I'Nasah @so_treu
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Mon, Jun 16 2014 22:09:46
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//twitter.com/so_treu/status/478660732372791296
— I'Nasah (@so_treu)Mon, Jun 16 2014 22:09:46
4chan user hoping that now twitter will think all "social justice" HTs are created by them. #YourSlipIsShowing pic.twitter.com/A0LeSM7Cq2
I'Nasah @so_treu
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Mon, Jun 16 2014 22:15:14
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//twitter.com/so_treu/status/478662109031858176
— I'Nasah (@so_treu)Mon, Jun 16 2014 22:15:14
screenshot of 4chan planning on infiltration, smear campaigns and distrust. #YourSlipIsShowing pic.twitter.com/gyIWgGuH8U
I'Nasah @so_treu
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Mon, Jun 16 2014 22:12:58
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//twitter.com/so_treu/status/478661537998319616
— I'Nasah (@so_treu)Mon, Jun 16 2014 22:12:58
4chan - ppl shld create fake accts around popular HTs and then use that to detail, delegitimize #YourSlipIsShowing pic.twitter.com/qhpdlfXBP3
I'Nasah @so_treu
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Mon, Jun 16 2014 22:18:56
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//twitter.com/so_treu/status/478663039752105985
— I'Nasah (@so_treu)Mon, Jun 16 2014 22:18:56
4chan - on how to be a more convincing troll account. #YourSlipIsShowing pic.twitter.com/WX80ewdCyU
I'Nasah @so_treu
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Mon, Jun 16 2014 22:24:12
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//twitter.com/so_treu/status/478664365894557696
— I'Nasah (@so_treu)Mon, Jun 16 2014 22:24:12
4chan - telling other users that are obv "wmn fags trannies" to take pics 2b used as convincing avatars. pic.twitter.com/KGj2Hr2sf5
I'Nasah @so_treu
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Mon, Jun 16 2014 22:29:22
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//twitter.com/so_treu/status/478665665780277248
— I'Nasah (@so_treu)Mon, Jun 16 2014 22:29:22
in which 4chan makes me howl w laughter by calling me a "white girl" bc "no black person has a name like that." ^_^ pic.twitter.com/VvGSG4zffL
I'Nasah @so_treu
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Mon, Jun 16 2014 22:35:47
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//twitter.com/so_treu/status/478667279354560512
— I'Nasah (@so_treu)Mon, Jun 16 2014 22:35:47
See this from 4chan's board Then read this tweet https://twitter.com/JazzyEssence/status/478628277595017217 … pic.twitter.com/LPy2hRGh0q
Baeminist @FeministaJones
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Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:40:41
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//twitter.com/FeministaJones/status/479000703340666880
— Baeminist (@FeministaJones)Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:40:41
But WHY tho? RT @so_treu: 4chan discussing the HT @NayNayCantStop just used. #YourSlipIsShowing pic.twitter.com/Ow8zx8W7MA
Mel @atinyking
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Tue, Jun 17 2014 15:20:34
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//twitter.com/atinyking/status/478920144287059968
— Mel (@atinyking)Tue, Jun 17 2014 15:20:34
Let the record show that @NayNayCantStop admits to being a man trolling pic.twitter.com/SDwceukhfv
Baeminist @FeministaJones
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Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:58:59
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//twitter.com/FeministaJones/status/479005307851788288
— Baeminist (@FeministaJones)Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:58:59
Rather than engage in convo and express feelings abt it, like anyone with sense, a trolling "campaign" was launched pic.twitter.com/1S3cMEr0Lc
Baeminist @FeministaJones
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Tue, Jun 17 2014 21:02:55
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//twitter.com/FeministaJones/status/479006298756087808
— Baeminist (@FeministaJones)Tue, Jun 17 2014 21:02:55
Let the record also show that this man is psychotic pic.twitter.com/MLMoqEObtr
Baeminist @FeministaJones
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Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:59:40
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//twitter.com/FeministaJones/status/479005479818264577
— Baeminist (@FeministaJones)Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:59:40
I'Nasah @so_treu
think about that. the most trollingest of troll communities think that the key to ending feminism is to discredit Black women.
Mon, Jun 16 2014 23:07:13
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http://twitter.com/so_treu/status/478675189207932928
— I'Nasah (@so_treu)Mon, Jun 16 2014 23:07:13

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