*giant, earth-shaking eye roll*https://twitter.com/bessbell/status/1097897255904829440 …
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This person has been a writer for Jimmy Kimmel, The Emmys, The Oscars, The New Yorker, Hillary Clinton (of course), and has a novel coming out with a major publishing house, but she's being "silenced" by some anonymous Twitter commenters. Hilarious victimhood complex
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Replying to @mtracey
I don't feel silenced. At all. I just don't want to deal with an onslaught of (weirdly IMMEDIATELY personal) abuse that comes from saying "I agree with everything Bernie says, I just don't think he should be the candidate in 2020." Read my mentions for a taste.
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Replying to @bessbell
Everyone with a large platform who makes provocative political statements online receives onslaughts of abuse, including myself. I understand it can be heavily gendered and that's not fair, but associating this phenomenon specifically with Bernie is cheap and misleading.
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Replying to @mtracey
This is a tested phenomenon. If I criticize him even remotely I trend on reddit and then get people going through my instagram. This isn't by ALL Bernie supporters. It's by SOME. Loud ones. Mean ones. It sucks. It makes my heart race.
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Replying to @bessbell
Let me assure you that Hillary supporters have done similarly to me, though again I appreciate the discrepant gendered aspect. However, I would not try to associate such conduct specifically with Hillary, because that would be unfair. It's a general online phenomenon.
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Replying to @mtracey
I do not hold Bernie Sanders responsible for the tsunami of vitriol that comes from some of his fiercest supporters. And it doesn't discount the shittiness of other candidates' most loyal followers. It just happened to me and a lot of other people apparently. You can see it.
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Replying to @bessbell
Again, as someone who has also been on the receiving end of tsunamis of vitriol, I think it's more prudent to attribute that behavior to the generally vitriolic tenor of online political discourse, rather than to any one particular candidate.
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Replying to @mtracey
Want me to test it and you can see what happens in the mentions? If we're calling "online discourse" the variable, and not the candidate, the same tweet about Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris should, by your assumption, get the same type of engagement.
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Replying to @bessbell
No, because it depends on various obscure algorithmic factors that would not be evident in whatever "test" you run right now. Do you not believe me when I say Hillary supporters have engaged in similar conduct?
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Anyway, I think this is a necessary discussion to have and I appreciate you engaging. Sorry if my initial tweet was overly derogatory.
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Replying to @mtracey
It's an instinct I'll never be able to stop in internet men. The worst one was when you used my hard-fought, unlikely-as-shit resume against me. Look at how many likes you got! How many lulz! Ah, what a cesspool. May it rot. May we all. Good day. May we defeat Trump in the end.
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