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Owen Jones sent revolting homophobic abuse

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tabbycatstripy · 22/05/2022 18:48

Owen Jones has posted some terrible homophobic abuse he received on Twitter. It’s ugly stuff. Apparently he knows who sent it (the person made no effort to hide her identity) so I hope he has informed the police.

He’s blaming it on GC ‘anti-trans’ ‘radicalisation’ anyway.

Maybe we could all list below how many times we’ve sent people abusive, threatening messages online (of any sort)?

I’ll start: 0

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nepeta · 22/05/2022 19:05

All abusive and threatening messages are vile, homophobic messages are vile, and I condemn them all.

It feels so odd to write that down as I take it for granted. I want civil debate and courteous conversations which see all participants as human beings (assuming no aliens from outer space are involved, then different respect terms should be used).

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tabbycatstripy · 22/05/2022 19:05

Of course not. Like someone has said, if this isn’t a hacked account the police should charge someone. It’s appalling behaviour.

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RoseslnTheHospital · 22/05/2022 19:03

Ah, I'm not suggesting you were qualifying it @tabbycatstripy, just that no one else should try to.

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tabbycatstripy · 22/05/2022 19:01

Leni - nah, that’s fine!

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TastefulRainbowUnicorn · 22/05/2022 19:00

The woman’s account has been dormant for months, and suddenly started sending vile abusive messages to a variety of people last night. As Owen points out himself, the previous posting history is all completely innocent and the woman’s name, face and workplace are right there on the account. The account is not yet locked despite the attention it’s getting.

The messages are vile and I condemn them utterly. I hope Owen Jones did his due diligence as a journalist (lol) and confirmed they actually came from the person he sicced his flying monkeys on, because it looks like a hacked account to me.

nepeta · 22/05/2022 18:59

I have never sent abusive or threatening messages to anyone, not online, not by any other means either. On the other hand, I have received threats and abusive messages, almost all focused on my sex.

Theeyeballsinthefuckingsky · 22/05/2022 18:57

obviously LOJ shouldn’t be sent homophobic abuse but somehow I doubt GC women are behind it

Theeyeballsinthefuckingsky · 22/05/2022 18:56

That’s awful! It’s a good thing that women don’t get sent appalling rape & death threats on line when they disagree with the likes of LOJ

oh wait

ScreamingMeMe · 22/05/2022 18:55

How disgusting. Nobody deserves to be abused like that. Of course everyone on here and most GC people (a lot of whom are part of the LGB community themselves) condemn this.

LeniGray · 22/05/2022 18:55

Online messages - 0

I did send an ex of mine a text calling him a ‘lying, cheating coward’ once, about 4 years ago… does that count if it was an accurate description?! 🤔

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tabbycatstripy · 22/05/2022 18:53

I haven’t qualified it. Qualification would be like, ‘It’s wrong but if he didn’t...’

I called it revolting and ugly.

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RoseslnTheHospital · 22/05/2022 18:50

I see what you're getting at but it won't make any difference to what Jones believes about women who disagree with him. I think the only possible response is to thoroughly condemn the actions of the woman who sent the abuse, without any qualification.

Helleofabore · 22/05/2022 18:49

Damn… where did my zero go?

Helleofabore · 22/05/2022 18:48