Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-26206931-20151028045953/@comment-508329-20151115200057

From what I've heard, it really doesn't sound like "oversensitive people who overreacted", and it doesn't sound like "activists going too far", it sounds like a small group of bullies and trolls using gossip, slander, distorted rumours and outright lies to make her look bad and stir up an internet hate mob against her.

(As for the hate mob's motivations, while some of them might've been genuine extremists, I'm guessing that they were mostly bullies and trolls who went after her because they thought they could get away with it or angry, gullible dupes who believed the awful rumours and were too lazy to fact check.)

So what can we do to prevent something like this from happening in the future? Don't spread gossip. Don't trust hateblogs. Don't follow hateblogs. Don't believe everything you read on the internet. Don't send hatemail. Don't blame huge groups of people for the actions of a few jerks. It all adds up, every little bit counts.