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    Ben Collins‏Verified account @oneunderscore__ 21h21 hours ago

    New + exclusive: Trolls posing as gay men on Twitter are trying to falsely link LGBT acceptance to pedophilia. Last week, a "pro-pedophilia" account went viral, receiving 16,000 replies to one tweet, including from some prominent people on the far-right.https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/posing-gay-men-twitter-troll-goes-viral-attempts-falsely-tie-n954721 …

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      2. Ben Collins‏Verified account @oneunderscore__ 21h21 hours ago

        The fake "pro-pedophilia" Twitter trolls are posing as real members of the LGBT community. Karl Krause and Daan Colijn, a gay travel blog couple, had their identities stolen by @vaceyi, which posted pro-pedophilia tweets using their image, and went viral https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/posing-gay-men-twitter-troll-goes-viral-attempts-falsely-tie-n954721 …pic.twitter.com/tzFjmvmWi8

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      3. Ben Collins‏Verified account @oneunderscore__ 21h21 hours ago

        One fake "pro-pedophilia" account posing as a gay man, @vaceyi, duped several prominent members of the far-right, including Curt Schilling and Jack Posobiec. Posobiec tweeted about the troll account, saying "“Many warned this day would come.” https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/posing-gay-men-twitter-troll-goes-viral-attempts-falsely-tie-n954721 …pic.twitter.com/vxPAIdEzJF

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      4. Ben Collins‏Verified account @oneunderscore__ 21h21 hours ago

        The "slippery slope" argument attempting to tie homosexuality to pedophilia is one of the oldest slurs and efforts to dehumanize the LGBT community. It has no scientific basis. Still, 4chan trolls are posing as gay men on Twitter to spread the slur. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/posing-gay-men-twitter-troll-goes-viral-attempts-falsely-tie-n954721 …pic.twitter.com/R3h7zUzwwO

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      5. Ben Collins‏Verified account @oneunderscore__ 21h21 hours ago

        4chan trolls have been posing as pro-pedophilia gay men on Twitter since at least 2016. The effort was ramped up last month after rightwing sites claimed pro-pedophilia messages on Twitter are allowed. That's not true.https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/posing-gay-men-twitter-troll-goes-viral-attempts-falsely-tie-n954721 …

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      6. Ben Collins‏Verified account @oneunderscore__ 21h21 hours ago

        Breitbart ran the headline "Twitter allows self-proclaimed pedophiles to spread their message on its platform." It's not true—Twitter bans all child exploitation. Still, days later, the pro-pedophilia troll account, @vaceyi, was born. Then it went viral.https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/posing-gay-men-twitter-troll-goes-viral-attempts-falsely-tie-n954721 …

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      7. Ben Collins‏Verified account @oneunderscore__ 21h21 hours ago

        The most viral Twitter fake LGBT pro-pedophilia account, @Vaceyi, is dead now. We alerted Twitter to it last night and they said they're looking to take steps to stamp it out. Disinformation ops against protected classes will keep happening. Whack-a-mole.https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/posing-gay-men-twitter-troll-goes-viral-attempts-falsely-tie-n954721 …

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      8. Ben Collins‏Verified account @oneunderscore__ 20h20 hours ago

        New statement from Twitter on this story: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/posing-gay-men-twitter-troll-goes-viral-attempts-falsely-tie-n954721 …pic.twitter.com/pkifX0DMXq

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      9. Ben Collins‏Verified account @oneunderscore__ 18h18 hours ago

        Btw, here's the photo trolls stole of Karl and Daan (@coupleofmen) for their viral fake pro-pedophilia account. They are extremely kind people who travel the world and go to gay-owned businesses, then blog about it: http://coupleofmen.com . Stop being terrible to nice people!pic.twitter.com/E0NzoNRNri

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      2. Brynn Tannehill‏ @BrynnTannehill 20h20 hours ago
        Replying to @oneunderscore__

        Actually, Dr. James Cantor is a gay man, anti-trans troll, and a pro-pedophilia advocate. Check out his twitter feed: he wants pedophilia added to LGBT, and he's freaking real. Worse, he's one of the poster children for the religious right in their attacks on trans people.

        2 replies . 3 retweets 12 likes
      3. Brynn Tannehill‏ @BrynnTannehill 20h20 hours ago
        Replying to @BrynnTannehill @oneunderscore__

        And... here's the screenshot. In summary: yes, this is a push to discredit LGBT people using trolls. But there are a few real ones, like @JamesCantorPhD.pic.twitter.com/SI9iezMk4b

        1 reply . 1 retweet 4 likes
      4. Aubrey Gilleran‏ @AubreyGilleran 18h18 hours ago
        Replying to @BrynnTannehill @oneunderscore__ @JamesCantorPhD

        But Cantor's idea is that pedophilia, like other sexual orientations, has a biological/neurological basis. Unlike the troll, he's not pushing for the legitimization of sex with minors. His research is meant to keep pedophiles from offending, not excuse their offenses.

        2 replies . 1 retweet 7 likes
      5. Gaye Goodyke #MegMurphy‏ @my_real_name 18h18 hours ago
        Replying to @AubreyGilleran @BrynnTannehill and

        Then why is he arguing to include them in the alphabet?

        2 replies . 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Aubrey Gilleran‏ @AubreyGilleran 16h16 hours ago
        Replying to @my_real_name @BrynnTannehill and

        From what I can tell based on Cantor's work, he views every sexual desire, from paraphilias on up, as deserving of a spot in the alphabet. While it may be true that all sexual desires share a neurological and even genetic etiology, he seems to ignore that LGBTQ is about 1/

        1 reply . 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Aubrey Gilleran‏ @AubreyGilleran 16h16 hours ago
        Replying to @AubreyGilleran @my_real_name and

        organizing to achieve political goals. It's not a scientific term. I laud people who want to help non-offending pedophiles get good psychological treatment, but I think Cantor often goes about it the wrong way. 2/2

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      8. Dr. James Cantor‏ @JamesCantorPhD 16h16 hours ago
        Replying to @AubreyGilleran @my_real_name and

        I cannot say mine is the only or correct way. I am, however, open to alternatives. (Yes, I think everyone should be in the alphabet, so we can address the many and varying needs of everyone in the alphabet. There exist people, however, who think that means things it doesn't.)

        6 replies . 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Aubrey Gilleran‏ @AubreyGilleran 16h16 hours ago
        Replying to @JamesCantorPhD @my_real_name and

        But what political commonality is there between, say, a gay man and a pedophile? The former needs marriage equality and public accommodations equality. The latter needs better access to effective treatment in order to prevent offending. The needs simply aren't the same.

        3 replies . 2 retweets 17 likes
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      2. Greg Fish‏ @GregAFish 21h21 hours ago
        Replying to @oneunderscore__

        It’s not surprising that trolls hijack homophobes’ confirmation bias. They don’t care if the tweets are fake, they just care that it confirms their prejudices.

        1 reply . 2 retweets 31 likes
      3. Derek Leo‏ @derekmke 21h21 hours ago
        Replying to @GregAFish @oneunderscore__

        The “post-truth” phenomenon basically means as long as something “feels true” then it must be true even if a particular example turns out to be false.

        0 replies . 0 retweets 18 likes
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      1. Rutherford B. Goode‏ @RPDtweets 21h21 hours ago
        Replying to @oneunderscore__

        This is straight from the Putin playbook and so scarily effective. CC: @TimothyDSnyder and “The Road to Unfreedom”

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      1. Pathological Incorrect Claimer‏ @drance 13h13 hours ago
        Replying to @oneunderscore__

        Kudos for citing Posobiec’s response without linking to him. (Seriously, more like this please.)

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