Pardon my naivety, but what is this '/b/' they cite?
http://boards.4chan.org/b/ (most def. NSFW)
What Happens When You Taunt 4Chan: Story of Lacey Vicich
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#12Reminds me of a quote by Stephen Colbert (at 1:35): http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/37542...
My exact thoughts. The quote for those who don't have access to watch the video:
"Anonymous is a hornet's nest, and Barr said, 'I'm gonna put my penis in that thing.'"
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#13"I think I will poke this bear with this pointed stick I'm holding ... what could go wrong?" Not defending 4Chan here but, wow, this is "walking alone in the bad part of town at midnight" type of stupid.
Actually, I kind of like this analogy. If 4chan are bears, that means they don't have any moral responsibility, and it's okay to shoot them.
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#14"I think I will poke this bear with this pointed stick I'm holding ... what could go wrong?" Not defending 4Chan here but, wow, this is "walking alone in the bad part of town at midnight" type of stupid.
That's not even dangerously close to blaming the victim; that is blaming the victim.
At what point is it OK to blame the victim? Blame on the victim doesn't have to mean the attacker(s) are blameless, or that they aren't complete assholes. She attempted to provoke a reaction out of a group of strangers some of whom are known for reacting this way, surely there's no way of looking at this without thinking her somewhat naive/idiotic?
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#15"I think I will poke this bear with this pointed stick I'm holding ... what could go wrong?" Not defending 4Chan here but, wow, this is "walking alone in the bad part of town at midnight" type of stupid.
That's not even dangerously close to blaming the victim; that is blaming the victim.
You are conflating two independent ideas: was it wise to behave as she did, and was 4chan's response OK. The answer to both is "no". It was unwise for her to do what she did, but that does not justify the response. Don't accuse people of blaming the victim for pointing out her unwise behavior.
If I go for a walk in a minefield, it sucks that my leg got blown off...but I could have perhaps exercised better judgment regarding the location of my evening constitutional. That doesn't make it OK to deploy land mines, that just makes me an idiot for walking into the minefield.
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#16Pardon my naivety, but what is this '/b/' they cite?
boards.4chan.org/b/ [nsfw]
4chan has different boards which pertain to different subject matter. For example, /mu/ for music, /sp/ for sports and /v/ for video games. /b/ is the "random" board where essentially anything goes. It is also the most popular board on the 4chan. /b/ is sometimes referred to as "the asshole of the internet" proceed there at your own risk.
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#17Pardon my naivety, but what is this '/b/' they cite?
it's a board on 4chan. a massive piece of random stuff, some find it entertaining, some everything but that.
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#18I think if you go around calling people "fags", you probably shouldn't expect a positive result nor much sympathy. She's an asshole for that, but the rest of the blame goes to 4chan obviously.
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#19"I think I will poke this bear with this pointed stick I'm holding ... what could go wrong?" Not defending 4Chan here but, wow, this is "walking alone in the bad part of town at midnight" type of stupid.
That's not even dangerously close to blaming the victim; that is blaming the victim.
Blaming the victim involves some variation of:
"the stupid bitch deserved it"
I don't think she deserves any of this, just observing that it's a predictable outcome and she was stupid not to foresee.
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#20without looking too much into this... she runs a porn channel, has an understanding of how /b/ works, and is now getting a ton of publicity?
am I missing a detail here or is she getting exactly what she wants