We'll colour me surprised. Not.

[Ravenclawsome]

Over the weekend my colleague and I both shared the same news article to our work Twitter accounts as it was relevant to our jobs.

It was a perfectly normal news report from an established media source ("MSM") but the person who was the subject of it is controversial.

We both expressed the opinion that the person was in the wrong.

One account got three days of abuse, including a threat which had to be reported to the police.

The other account got a few, far milder, comments.

Can you guess the difference between my colleague and I?

Let me guess. The one who had less abuse has a penis?

In the words of Linda Belcher …

Boys are from Mars, girls are from Venus.
I got a yum-yum, you’ve got a penis.

Bloody hell.

Are you alright? What are the police doing about the threat made to you?

Have you shared this information with your colleague?

What news article? Were the opinions shared worded differently or used a different tone?

There isn't much info to go on.

Police didn't consider the threat to be a crime because it wasn't specific enough.

As for the exact wording Margarita, what should that matter?

The sentiment and tone were the same. The person broke the law, was being punished and this was not a mistake or a miscarriage of justice.

If anything I was the more expert voice on this than my colleague as the crime was more adjacent to my specialism than his.

What news article? Were the opinions shared worded differently or used a different tone?

This

As for the exact wording Margarita, what should that matter?*

Well, quite a lot as without knowing exactly what was said, there's nothing to go on and could have come across as completely differently.

Tone was identical.

How awful. I am not suprised though.

Good on you for reporting the threat to the police though. I hope you reported to Twitter too.

I’m not surprised. And I am sorry that the police aren’t taking it seriously.

Could you report it as a hate crime against a protected characteristic? Oh, wait, sex is a protected characteristic in name only. Some characteristics listed in the equality act are more equal than others.

@DifficultBloodyWoman

I’m not surprised. And I am sorry that the police aren’t taking it seriously.

Could you report it as a hate crime against a protected characteristic? Oh, wait, sex is a protected characteristic in name only. Some characteristics listed in the equality act are more equal than others.

Not sure if this person was male or female, but worth noting that much of the abuse came from women - including a couple that said I must be sleeping with my boss.