Urban v's the Commentariat

[phildwyer]

Apparently trolls are being mean about Laurie Penny's book...

Laurie Penny characterises the criticism of the book as sexist, and a brief glance at Amazon confirms that. Clearly this sort of behaviour is totally unacceptable and needs to be dealt with.

However, the mercenary way in which Laurie Penny is happy to monetize these attacks as an opportunity is just breath taking.

This is seriously what she recommends people do in response



I wonder if Penny is going to offer to send a book for free to the wageless follower who bought it, god knows she could afford it.

Wow. Her Amazon stats show 85 five-star ratings, 76 one-star ratings, and absolutely nothing in between. That's what you call dividing opinion.

 

[butchersapron]

Wow. Her Amazon stats show 85 five-star ratings, 76 one-star ratings, and absolutely nothing in between. That's what you call dividing opinion.

Is that better than one single 4 star review that is clearly by yourself?

 

[equationgirl]

Is that better than one single 4 star review that is clearly by yourself?

She didn't

 

[butchersapron]

She didn't

Oh no, only one poster on here is shameless enough to do such a thing.

 

[phildwyer]

Is that better than one single 4 star review that is clearly by yourself?

Of course not.

 

[Bakunin]

Wow. Her Amazon stats show 85 five-star ratings, 76 one-star ratings, and absolutely nothing in between. That's what you call dividing opinion.

Shame that she and her followers aren't as good at spotting the difference between legitimate criticism and misogynist abuse then, isn't it?

http://robertwalshwriter.wordpress.com/2014/07/21/bullying-bigotry-and-book-sales/

 

[Theisticle]

I browsed for some anti-Semitic abuse she mentioned and thankfully found none on Twitter. Perhaps it was posted elsewhere.

 

[Theisticle]

BUY MY BOOK!!

 

[Rural]

I browsed for some anti-Semitic abuse she mentioned and thankfully found none on Twitter. Perhaps it was posted elsewhere.

What is her fb name? Maybe it's there. Really hope she is being truthful this time :/

 

[fogbat]

Oh no, only one poster on here is shameless enough to do such a thing.

Only four stars? You have to admire Phil's humility.

 

[DotCommunist]

Only four stars? You have to admire Phil's humility.

He comes to us as the son of man, to serve not to lead.

 

[fogbat]

Bonathan would have given 5s for sure.

 

[equationgirl]

Shame that she and her followers aren't as good at spotting the difference between legitimate criticism and misogynist abuse then, isn't it?

http://robertwalshwriter.wordpress.com/2014/07/21/bullying-bigotry-and-book-sales/

Great article Bakunin.

 

[Bakunin]

Great article Bakunin.

Cheers. Bunged up another today regarding cyberbullying in general.

 

[fogbat]

Shame that she and her followers aren't as good at spotting the difference between legitimate criticism and misogynist abuse then, isn't it?

http://robertwalshwriter.wordpress.com/2014/07/21/bullying-bigotry-and-book-sales/

Mansplaining, clearly.

 

[equationgirl]

Cheers. Bunged up another today regarding cyberbullying in general.

Liked that one too, nice work

 

[ViolentPanda]

Bonathan would have given 5s for sure.

phildwyer is no Bonathan Jizzmop.

 

[Rural]

One page of 1* reviews none of which seem like trolling to me.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-rev...?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addOneStar&showViewpoints=0

Asking her pals to manipulate voting just about sums up her honesty. Some ppl would rather climb a tree to tell a lie than stand on the ground & tell the truth.

 

[Idris2002]

He comes to us as the son of man, to serve not to lead.

Just don't drink his Kool-aid.

 

[Theisticle]

James Bloodworth, eh? What a dick.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices...ary-tourism-than-actual-politics-9604934.html

 

[Theisticle]

 

[equationgirl]

If people are taunting her because of ill health that's not very nice. Ill health is not something that can be controlled for the most part, although I will say it's hard to be sympathetic when she's such a drama queen.

 

[Theisticle]

Original [now deleted tweet]: "Woke up so sick from heat that it would be extremely stupid to push my body harder. So I can't go to the Gaza protest today. Feel guilty."

 

[weepiper]

 

[MAD-T-REX]

James Bloodworth, eh? What a dick.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices...ary-tourism-than-actual-politics-9604934.html

"What you are saying has been said before"

This section of his article really narks me (more so than the rest). Virtually everything said today has been said before.

Something that struck me when reading histories of Rome was that contemporary commentators were as insightful and articulate as any person alive. This doesn't undermine or devalue people speaking up in their own time. Slavery was obviously wrong and had many opponents throughout recorded history, but Lincoln wasn't just a fashionable twat for banging on about it and neither is someone who points out obvious solutions to the I/P conflict (such as treating Palestinians with basic human dignity). Just because it has been repeated (and ignored) doesn't mean it isn't true or constructive.

 

[benedict]

Original [now deleted tweet]: "Woke up so sick from heat that it would be extremely stupid to push my body harder. So I can't go to the Gaza protest today. Feel guilty."

There is a growing amount of evidence and allegation for her being oftentimes genuinely deceitful. Very strange pattern of behavior, given she's broadcasting this all to circa 95k Twitter followers.

 

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There is a growing amount of evidence and allegation for her being oftentimes genuinely deceitful. Very strange pattern of behavior, given she's broadcasting this all to circa 95k Twitter followers.

i think ti's her attempting to cover up her numerous fuck ups, while she tries to maintain the pretense she has a fucking clue what she's talking about

 

[toggle]

Great article Bakunin.

it's not bad.

he's got a couple of bad writing habits that drive me potty when i read them. but he's getting a lot better, and ti's really nice living with a bloke who really gets this stuff all on his own.

 

[rekil]

The moral basis for Israel’s persecution of the Palestinian people is eroding fast.

Persecution within reason? First that MP and his murderous fantasies, now this. We need to talk about LibDems.

 

[Bakunin]

Mansplaining, clearly.

Yep, as one of her admirers was keen to point out while telling me to fuck off for stating that online harassment affects everybody and so is everybody's problem, not to be claimed as the property of any single group.

If people are taunting her because of ill health that's not very nice. Ill health is not something that can be controlled for the most part, although I will say it's hard to be sympathetic when she's such a drama queen.

Despite being so ill, she still found time to put out two or three more 'epic articles.

i think ti's her attempting to cover up her numerous fuck ups, while she tries to maintain the pretense she has a fucking clue what she's talking about

Not with me, she doesn't. Blocked and not a single question acknowledged, let alone answered.