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    Ari Schwartz: Dark Lord of the SnarkErin Gloria Ryan
    6/13/14 8:40pm

    This is like... one of the least offensive things to come out of 4chan since... like ever?

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      Let'sBeRationalAri Schwartz: Dark Lord of the Snark
      6/13/14 8:54pm

      Ari, master of 4chan because he went there once or twice, not for him to brag or anything, just saying of course.

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      Rooo sez BISH PLZAri Schwartz: Dark Lord of the Snark
      6/13/14 9:02pm

      *scans the road*

      But - buuuut - but ... I don't see Reddit.

      *runs away*

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    DizErin Gloria Ryan
    6/13/14 8:57pm

    Hoax or not, lets not pretend that the trend didn't get rolling hardcore thanks to certain feminist groups. Are you really going to try to dodge this just because trolls started it and you ended up looking like fools?

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      Let'sBeRationalDiz
      6/13/14 8:59pm

      Yep, I said the exact same thing. 100 or so people started it, thousands of people on twitter made it trend.

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      CleisthenesDiz
      6/14/14 2:16am

      Now sweetie, for the last time, feminists aren't out to get you and Andrea Dworken is not hiding under your bed so please try to get some sleep. Here, I'll leave your nightlight on. Is that better? Uh-huh, sure it is.

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    Mireille is German for The Bart, TheErin Gloria Ryan
    6/13/14 8:34pm

    Of course the hashtag was ridiculous, but for reals I get annoyed at all the e-mails I get about gifts my dad will love for father's day... He died 9 years ago, please stop assuming I have a dad to get something for, dumb retail spammers!

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      AnirtakMireille is German for The Bart, The
      6/13/14 8:40pm

      My dad died in March and I'm dreading Fathers Day this year (it's not until September here). I better not get spammed, that's really not cool.

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      MrsTankToYouMireille is German for The Bart, The
      6/13/14 8:41pm

      Agreed. Even when he was alive he didn't want anything. I sure as shit don't want to be reminded of needing to buy something for Father's Day until my husband becomes a father.

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    fartgodErin Gloria Ryan
    6/13/14 8:31pm

    Does... does this really surprise anyone?

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      Ari Schwartz: Dark Lord of the Snarkfartgod
      6/13/14 8:44pm

      I am shocked. And appalled. And... no... not at all.

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      Bad Decision Bettyfartgod
      6/13/14 9:33pm

      Man I guess I really don't spend enough time on the internetz these days because I was genuinely surprised. UGHHHHH. My innocence has been robbed! The worst part is, is that I actually let this discourse get to me, I didn't explode tweets all over the place but I did put my opinion out there and now it just feels foolish and I have since deleted them because the whole thing isn't worth my time. But its just SO WRONG !!! GRRRR. All of your guys' non-surprisedness just makes me even more sad and apparently hopeless really. So what its just OK and EXPECTED that trolls will attempt to twist the values and identity of a movement that generations of women AND men have fought for tooth and nail?! We have come so far just to let them appropriate the entire concept of Feminism?! No, you know what. FUCK THEM. FUCK 4CHAN FUCK THE TROLLS and FUCK PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT GENDER EQUALITY. THEY FUCKING SUCK AND I AM SURPRISED AND ANGRY. ahhh godamnit.

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    YoanaErin Gloria Ryan
    6/14/14 6:35am

    Oh that must be the MRA activism one MRA was trying to tell me about yesterday, that feminists are always trying to shut down. He couldn't give any examples when I asked, I should go and link them to this article.

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      cheeseonmykneesYoana
      6/14/14 8:46pm

      http://www.mindingthecampus.com/originals/2013...

      http://metronews.ca/news/ottawa/10...

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      Yoanacheeseonmyknees
      6/15/14 3:30am

      A lady giving a lecture is the most activist-like event you could come up with? Thanks for proving my point for me.

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    blaze06Erin Gloria Ryan
    6/13/14 10:37pm

    Of course this hashtag doesn't represent the movement. I just think it's ironic that the reaction to it was essentially #NotAllFeminists, because we know there are extremists of every movement out there who really are hateful. The other topic of much debate and frustration has been #NotAllMen, and the frustration some express with the generalizing and negative rhetoric. So this was a ridiculous hashtag, started by ridiculous nuts and/or trolls. But people bought into it, in part to what many see as radical and extreme rhetoric as of late. I think that's worth reflecting on rather than dismissing as well. Or, it can just be dismissed as a simple need to "get educated" because people are just imagining the negative rhetoric

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      Dizblaze06
      6/13/14 10:48pm

      That's very, very true. #notallwomen?

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      Bertie.Wblaze06
      6/14/14 2:45am

      So, all these words just to say "I know this is fake but pretending it is real better suits my worldview so I'm just going to do that anyway, mmmk?"

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    GELLA - LLAPErin Gloria Ryan
    6/13/14 9:01pm

    ok you sillies let's cancel all holidays, including your birthdays.

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      Emma GolddiggerGELLA - LLAP
      6/13/14 9:57pm

      Are you a Jehovah's Witness?

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      GELLA - LLAPEmma Golddigger
      6/13/14 10:14pm

      HA HA HA NO

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    Yun_wamboErin Gloria Ryan
    6/13/14 8:38pm

    One less present I have to work on

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      Yun_wamboErin Gloria Ryan
      6/13/14 9:23pm

      Also Father's Day is intensely gendered so. There's an editorial on Huff Po to that effect

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