June 23, 2015 - Sargon of Akkad - Carl Benjamin
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| They need your help right now. | |
| Every day, all across the internet, thousands of innocent women are being disagreed with, insulted and even mocked on social media. | |
| And sometimes, it's even worse. | |
| Harassment by sock puppet accounts is reaching epidemic proportions and something needs to be done. | |
| These tweets are real. | |
| Many of them express harmful opinions that lead to surprise, self-doubt, introspection, and eventually, post-traumatic stress disorder. | |
| Hard to imagine, isn't it? | |
| Many of these tweets contain online violence so severe that these poor victims are driven from their homes. | |
| These tweets make women feel unsafe, and this fear becomes their lived experience, which makes the violence in them all the more real. | |
| But it doesn't have to be this way. | |
| You can make a difference. | |
| It only takes a minute to do something incredible. | |
| Your support can help soothe damaged feelings, provide comfort and pay for our victims to become full-time internet activists. | |
| We are there to indulge any claim, no matter how radical. | |
| We are here to listen and believe. | |
| Whenever there is a comment section for trolls to voice their disagreements, we'll make sure it's closed. | |
| All it takes for you to alleviate the burden of your privilege is a small monthly donation. | |
| This donation will help protect the feelings of women online and keep them safe from trolls. | |
| So please, pledge $5 a month or whatever you can. | |
| If enough people like you do it, in our lifetime we could see every woman on the internet kept safe from being sent offensive tweets. |
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