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One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Post by pycassa »

sorry for being off topic, but twitters pic flagging algorithms are crap in my experience.

I searched for huntermoore in twitter and I came across a nsfw picture of a man trying to cut his testicles. https://twitter.com/search?q=huntermoore&src=typd

twitter's safe picture algorithm is a fail in my experience, it fails to tag these gross gore and nsfw pictures but it tags all the pictures uploaded by fernando alonso formula 1 racer as nsfw by default, I never understood that.

https://twitter.com/alo_oficial click on any twitpicture and you will get a warning. make sure you have your profile set to not view tagged pictures by default, "tweet media settings"

I always found this annoying being a fernando alonso fan.

Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Post by [deleted] »

PeterisP wrote: post #160
ebiester wrote: post #79

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...and if you are fired because someone sees your naked photo? If someone comes up to you in a store and says, "I've seen you naked?" Both of these were examples of the harassment women go through regularly after an event like this.

Stop right there - "...and if you're fired because someone sees your naked photo" by itself is a separate unexcusable problem that needs to be solved. Someone seeing your naked photo should never, ever be an acceptable reason for firing someone, no matter where you work. The original article discusses on how to prevent the naked photos from being spread; but we also need to fix this issue as well.

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Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Post by dennisgorelik »

yummyfajitas wrote: post #163
DanBC wrote: post #155

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> Meanwhile, back in a free society, people are allowed to freely associate with whoever they choose even if we disagree with their opinions. Except employers are not free to hire and fire, even in weird societies where that's seen as a good idea. They're not allowed to discriminate against people with protected characteristics. In this situation it's possible the employers are vulnerable to sexual discrimination law…

I'm well aware that the US is not a free society once you choose to engage in commerce. And as of next year, you won't even be free not to engage in commerce.

What would happen next year?

Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Post by dinkumthinkum »

tluyben2 wrote: post #142
dinkumthinkum wrote: post #130

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Exactly, this level of over propping up of Europe and anti-Americanism s ridiculous. I suppose Alan Turing would have thought of Europe as quite "sane" on sexuality as everyone seems to!

Nothing to do with anti Americanism. To 'us' (in the EU in this case) it just seems weird that when there is acted sex and fuck-and-such in a movie during daytime on normal (not pay tv) television, in the US this is considered porn, is beeped away or not aired in the first place. You don't call that prude; while no-one here would blink an eye, young or old, over there it needs to be censored? How is that anti-America…

But isn't that just blah blah and not the point here? The constant boogeyman in this thread is that Moore's abuse based upon sexual mores would be impossible in Europe. I think that is nonsense.

Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Post by dinkumthinkum »

bowlofpetunias wrote: post #144
dinkumthinkum wrote: post #124

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Eh this is anti-American jibber jabber. Where is this fantastic enlightened country of which you speak? So you mean to say in the UK, Norway, or whatever mythical country you are implying about, no women there would be upset to have people surreptitiously posting nude pictures of them? I call shenanigans on this and all the other nonsense anti-American rants.

You should really get out more. And I mean out of America. Nobody likes private pictures of them posted without their consent, but in countries were topless sunbathing is the norm and nudity is a non-issue, women would be upset as in being pissed off, not as in "oh my god, my life is ruined".

I don't see what I have said that implies I am whatever it is you are implying ... Maybe I am just poking real holes in thus argument and you don't like it so you play this game? :(

You are being too simplistic with this nude beach stuff. What occurs on a nude beach or to people that attend such a beach may be different from what happens to individuals away from such beaches even in the same country.

Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Post by oh_sigh »

gw wrote: post #24
marvin wrote: post #10

A somewhat related note is that America's culture of sex-negativity, shame and general hysteria around nudity is a required prerequisite for this type of bullying and abuse. Look at the following paragraph: > Jill became hysterical, repeating, "Oh, my God. No. Oh, my God. No." This is, obviously, the reaction of someone who fears repercussions from others. And this is for completely harmless acts (taking nude photos)…

Absolutely spot on. I have no sympathy for the villain, but this story sums up modern America: 1. A prudish culture in which women are fired for the slightest revealing photo. 2. A litigious culture in which courts and police are heavily relied on to solve disputes. 3. An infantilized youth remaining under the wings of their parents long after reaching adulthood. 4. A burgeoning labyrinth of overly-specific laws bein…

Do you think a man wouldn't be fired if people were passing around an image he took of himself exposing his genitalia?

Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Post by bowlofpetunias »

dinkumthinkum wrote: post #185
bowlofpetunias wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You should really get out more. And I mean out of America. Nobody likes private pictures of them posted without their consent, but in countries were topless sunbathing is the norm and nudity is a non-issue, women would be upset as in being pissed off, not as in "oh my god, my life is ruined".

I don't see what I have said that implies I am whatever it is you are implying ... Maybe I am just poking real holes in thus argument and you don't like it so you play this game? :( You are being too simplistic with this nude beach stuff. What occurs on a nude beach or to people that attend such a beach may be different from what happens to individuals away from such beaches even in the same country.

I repeat: you should get out more.

You really think that in the rest of the free world being topless is confined to certain types of people on "nude beaches"?

Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Post by scotty79 »

ars wrote: post #121
aaron695 wrote: post #27

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I think the fact, as per the article, a victim teaching at a school was treated like the perpetrator is partially what they are referring to. Just like the good old days where the rape victims were the ones at fault. Society has a lot to blame for here as well.

> victim teaching at a school was treated like the perpetrator I thought the problem was people calling (i.e. harassing) the school about her? I would hope they gave her some time to deal with things, then let her back in her job.

>> victim teaching at a school was treated like the perpetrator > I thought the problem was people calling (i.e. harassing) the school about her?

No. People calling was problem of the school. Treating her like perpetrator was her problem and her workplace was at fault there.

Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Post by scotty79 »

dinkumthinkum wrote: post #128
marquis wrote: post #78

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In decent societies nudity isn't even something considered worth taking pictures over. Try visiting Austria for example during the summer and taking a swim. Good luck find any non-naked beaches (at least partial), where anyone cares.

Not everyone in Austria takes part in nude beaches, etc, etc ... Is this really where we are at HN? We are going to pretend that big bad America is the only place in the world where there are any people that assign any sort of charge to sexuality?

Noone says it's only America. Only that it's not sane.

Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Post by scotty79 »

knackernews wrote: post #140
ars wrote: post #17

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Presumably both of you will now go ahead and post naked pictures of yourself since you don't care if anyone sees them? Perhaps follow up with bank and medical records? Or do you feel that privacy only applies to things other than nudity? Oh and I'm sure you wouldn't mind hundreds of people contacting you and your employer and calling you all sorts of names.

> Presumably both of you will now go ahead and post naked pictures of yourself since you don't care if anyone sees them? Don't get your hopes up. Everyone has a lot to say on this topic and why 'Our culture is bad. Everyone should grow up - having your nudes online is not a big deal', but they'll never deliver themselves.

Well. 12% of the photos of the victims that she was trying to locate were self uploads so there are people who not only don't care if their nudity gets published. They actually want it.
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