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Facebook rape (hate speech) page is back! Please report.

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blackcurrants · 11/12/2011 00:16

The page is called "You know she's playing hard to get when you're chasing her down an alley" - and at the top of the page is a post "Spread the word people! Let's get the page back up, if only to annoy the hysterical RINJers." -
I have no idea who RINJers are, but if they're us, it would be a shame NOT to go over to the page and click "REPORT" for hate speech, wouldn't it? Let's shut it back down, and hope that FB don't take so long this time to remember their ethics policy applies to everyone.
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Drowz0r · 12/12/2011 02:11

I'm a little confused as to why you think more regulation to jokes on facebook is a good idea? Like pages only really show up to people who look for them. It's not as if I put "Free T-shirts" and "I raped my friend for a joke" pages come up instead. Our own televisions have a HUGE amount of worse stuff coming through them than a little old facebook page.

So no, a facebook like page is not a big fish, rallying against feminism or encouraging rape. It's just some person making a little joke - and the only people sharing the joke are those who look for it.

Have you seen the adult channel on your skybox lately? I'm sure there are some rape fantasies on there, which you can watch from your own home, or your children accidental turn over to. At least with facebook you are pretty much aimed into what you typed in.

A facebook like page is not a big issue.

Well TheBrandyButterflyEffect people don't often state "you should focus your energy on other things... like me! I do _" because it sounds arrogant. Have you ever asked someone where you should focus your energy instead? Personally, seeing as you were wondering, when I want to "change the world" so to speak, I do it at election time, join a union or political party, make something viral, build a website, get a fan base... meet with like minded people. I make it for a national or global concern. Here is a comparison.

I would vote for someone who said rape was bad.
I would join a union who discourages rape talks in a professional work environment
I would brain storm ideas to educate others as to why some people would get offended by rape jokes and places you shouldn't say them.

I wouldn't spend my time repeatability reporting a facebook page, which only seems to be encouraging the page creators.

TheBrandyButterflyEffect · 11/12/2011 23:59

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vesuvia · 11/12/2011 23:54

Drowz0r wrote - "you'd accomplish a lot more if ... you'd focus on the big fish instead of some tiny facebook group... It could be some 13 year old kid trolololing with his friends. Is that really the enemy here? Better off focusing your energy on something bigger."

Feminists are focusing on a big fish, namely Facebook. Feminists are tackling Facebook's reluctance to remove such rape jokes and rape myths.

The fact that the multi-billion dollar patriarchal corporate entity of Facebook, allows such content on its website and has a potential readership of several hundred million people is a big issue.

Drowz0r · 11/12/2011 23:20

Actually, you'd accomplish a lot more if you took that view and you'd focus on the big fish instead of some tiny facebook group. People will always make little quips and jokes about everything - some people make a pretty good living out of it and most people do it as a joke rather than to actually deeply hurt someone. It could be some 13 year old kid trolololing with his friends. Is that really the enemy here?

Better off focusing your energy on something bigger.

ElfenorRathbone · 11/12/2011 20:51

Just because other people do and say shit things, doesn't mean we shouldn't deal with this one shit thing.

If you took that approach to everything, no-one would ever tackle anything.

Drowz0r · 11/12/2011 19:57

RINJAS... Reporting Ninjas? Reporting but not showing yourselves? Looks like a merger of words to me but I could be completely off.

There are literally hundreds of pages like that all over facebook, twitter and what not. Comedians on facebook post far worse jokes. TV shows post far worse from quotes from their show. It's not a personal attack or even something from a toilet wall. Just seems an off the cuff joke. There's no discrimination or prejudice...

I wouldn't bother with it personally. If anything, it's just feeding the troll.

TheBrandyButterflyEffect · 11/12/2011 00:54

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