Taylor Lorenz

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

The QTs on my original post are just proving my point. People willfully misrepresenting what I’m saying and what @rebexxxxa’s piece articulates. These type of pile ons on ppl who post dumb replies are cruel, idk what else to say other than I hope ppl grow some empathy — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@NotBulkslabhead No, one person said that (they implied it was racist actually in most of the tweets, not ableist. That was just one tweet so it’s weird to single that out). No one is agreeing with their takes, but the reaction to it is what I take issue with. It’s cruel, just stop! — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@NotMslinehan This type of QT is exactly what I’m talking about. OBVIOUSLY the person making chili is not in the wrong (literally never said that so you’re just lying here). My point is these type of pile ons on ppl who post dumb replies are cruel. Read this https://t.co/CLY2gPr2iw — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

If you’re the 10,000th person to pile on someone with hardly any followers, who’s clearly ND, for saying something dumb, that literally almost everyone else agrees is dumb(!), what are u accomplishing other than furthering a pile on? Just stop and move along like u would IRL — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@BudrykZack Like at some point if ur the 10,000th person to pile on someone with hardly any followers, who’s clearly ND, for saying something dumb, that literally everyone else agrees is dumb, what are u accomplishing other than furthering a pile on? — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@BudrykZack This is my point, ppl pick out these edge cases of someone saying something ridiculous, and proceed to launch a relentless harassment campaign against them. The reaction is so disproportionate to whatever stupid thing they said, it’s unproductive and cruel https://t.co/CLY2gPr2iw https://t.co/4Wrys7DjSN — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@BudrykZack Yes it’s ABSOLUTELY ridiculous. Obviously. Pretty much everyone agrees on that. That doesn’t mean that person deserves days or weeks of vicious harassment and the slurs, doxxing etc that comes with it, at that point it becomes completely cruel — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@SovietSlime Nah read this! It articulated these issues well https://t.co/CLY2gP9Zgw — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@cambrian_era Grudge campaign? It’s just a twitter thread. Or are u saying that person had been harassing that person for years? — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@BudrykZack Like ok, this tiny follower account posted a bunch of dumb tweets, yes their thread was ridiculous, but they do not deserve this level of abuse imo and it’s very worrying how quickly ppl strip others of their humanity. This unpacks these issues pretty well https://t.co/CLY2gP9Zgw — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@BudrykZack Look at the replies where ppl were using slurs against that person and the vicious stuff ppl are saying, it is absolutely an ableist pile on. Whether the OP is ND or not is totally irrelevant. No hate but what ur participating in is a cruel pile on and it’s fucked up — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

“People on the internet create a mostly fictional straw man to represent a certain kind of person they dislike and then project it onto the one in front of them.” https://t.co/CLY2gPr2iw https://t.co/t8mJXIuXky — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@NeptunesProteus Yeah I’m definitely not blaming her! And I’m sure when she saw that thread she was like wtf. The issue is the tens of thousands of people who have spent the time since relentlessly harassing a tiny follower ND person for saying some ridiculous things. Just let that person be imo — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

.@rebexxxxa breaks this issue down. TLDR if some tiny follower account, or someone clearly not in a good headspace, says something ridiculous, just block and move on. Directing a torrent of abuse against them is at best not productive and most often just straight up cruel — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@NeptunesProteus Ok so they both deactivated, that doesn’t change my point that directing days or weeks of harassment against a tiny account who’s posting absurd stuff almost no one would agree with, is just cruel. Block and move on! The root of these pile ons is always anti SJW, why participate — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@sproingus Following matters, bc if a person with almost no followers is going on an absurd rant that literally almost no one would agree with, and is very clearly ND, them block them and move on. No need to harass them for days! It’s just cruel and unproductive — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@NeptunesProteus The person who made the chili? No they’re right there in the replies of that thread still piling on and directing attacks toward the ND person (who was also forced to deactivate for a while) 😵‍💫 — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@BudrykZack @swolecialism So because a sub 1k follower account, from a person who is very clearly ND, didn’t express themself well and is being a “soggy annoying weiner” ur gonna participate in a vicious pile on against them? That’s exactly the problem we’re discussing here, what ur doing is cruel — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

That didn’t happen. But thousands of ppl did launch a vicious harassment campaign against a ND person because they posted some dumb tweets to their sub 1k following. Sometimes ppl don’t articulate themselves well or do a stupid rant, that doesn’t mean they deserve to be crucified — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

RT @wsbgnl: The US has "learned to live with covid" not by effectively addressing the problem, but through a broad deliberate effort to ero… — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

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Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

RT @kennedytcooper: Employers don't pay enough for you to get healthcare but demand you go get healthcare to prove you need a day off https… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JillKrajewski: pivot to video? you mean the thing where platforms over-inflate metrics on a new feature, pressure outlets into layoffs… — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

RT @rontkim: My mother died of COVID last year, and our family knows she caught it working as a cook at Hmart. Instead of blaming workers w… — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

9:20pm seems like a good time to start a story that’s due tomorrow — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

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Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

RT @fmanjoo: wait till they find out that Fauci himself worked in the Trump Administration. https://t.co/LJZtomovbS — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@JayShams Jacob! — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

RT @ThrowbacksGaga: 12 years ago today, Lady Gaga said this instead of denying rumors that she was a hermaphrodite. https://t.co/6tdAzJIgGF — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@professortacox @chrislhayes @hankgreen Unfortunately not, our vaccines are not equally protective, don’t offer sterilizing immunity. Evusheld + every other monoclonal we had has been rendered useless against the latest variants, and Paxlovid has a long list of interactions so many can’t take, impossible to get anyway — PolitiTweet.org