I don't recall any being of scary or abusive nature. That says to me this just isn't about ideology. It's about something else. @emptywheel
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@Susan_Hennessey FWIW, I have gotten some abusive comments. Most strident critics just call me "empty head." But I think I'm exception bc1 reply 3 retweets 7 likes -
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@Susan_Hennessey 1) I have a very "male" voice (for years people believed emptywheel was male)1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes -
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@Susan_Hennessey 2) I'm willing to turn male attacks back onto people in very male way, which actually tends to cow a lot of people.5 replies 1 retweet 15 likes -
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@Susan_Hennessey 3) I have an American flag and a little girl picture in my avatar, which I think makes a huge difference, actually.3 replies 1 retweet 22 likes -
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@Susan_Hennessey But there are tons of women similarly situated to me politically that get horrible attacks, so it's not my politics6 replies 2 retweets 7 likes -
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Maybe it's because I'm not well known, but the crap I've gotten for writing about the alt-right has been min.
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Which is weird given both my politics and appearance.
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Yup. But you have gotten bashed for other things, IIRC? No?
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Yeah. New Atheists and some other alt-right stuff. Worst I got from the latter was IRL, though, to be honest.
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I imagine that's when your appearance would become a trigger. @Susan_Hennessey
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Yep--it me, the genderless blob!
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