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Comment by Rick554 at 10/07/2015 at 21:38 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The vast majority of Reddit did not resort to calling her a nazi, hitler, or any of the other vulgarities that were tossed around.
No, they just upvoted those posts to the front page. Totally different.
Comment by dsafvdaviafjsdoifjsa at 10/07/2015 at 21:29 UTC
335 upvotes, 24 direct replies
no but a lot of those memes and posts were heavily upvoted, which means that as a majority reddit agreed with them. Not the most brutal ones (death threats) but a lot of highly offensive personal attacks.
Comment by belindamshort at 10/07/2015 at 21:40 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The issue is that every time someone said something terrible, it had an avalanche of upvotes.
Comment by PandaBearShenyu at 10/07/2015 at 21:46 UTC
14 upvotes, 0 direct replies
That's why for about a week all the top posts were her face photoshopped to shit and people calling her hitler right?
Comment by DropItShock at 10/07/2015 at 21:32 UTC
9 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Considering that half the front page for DAYS were posts insulting her, I'd say that its fair to say that at least most of the active redditors didn't handle this well.
Comment by buzzkill_aldrin at 10/07/2015 at 23:11 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The vast majority of Reddit did not resort to calling her a nazi, hitler, or any of the other vulgarities that were tossed around.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
Applies to this whole mess in a bunch of different ways, really, with both positive and negative examples. The silent majority is usually assumed to agree with the folks who speak the loudest.
Comment by Redditapology at 10/07/2015 at 21:38 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
They cetainly weren't called out on their shit, though
Comment by [deleted] at 10/07/2015 at 22:13 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It wasn't just assholes that were out of line on reddit.
Comment by Gh0stw0lf at 10/07/2015 at 21:33 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yeah unfortunately thats mob rule and nothing will change, mob rule has been that way since the beginning of time. (Which I´m not saying you were debating that)
Comment by ntermation at 10/07/2015 at 21:32 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
those posts did get lots of upvotes.
Comment by Reedfrost at 10/07/2015 at 21:30 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Always unfortunate that some of the worst people tend to be the most outspoken.
Comment by gadget_uk at 10/07/2015 at 21:59 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yeah, I think there's a subtle attempt here to bundle anyone critical of Ellen together with the lunatic fringe.
Being in favour of removing Ellen does *not* make one a disgusting troll. It was a perfectly sensible stance for anyone who was concerned about how their favourite website was being stewarded.
The official statement has the taste of sour grapes about it, which doesn't fill me with confidence that the sickness that led to Victoria's sacking has been cured. Time will tell.
Comment by TheRiverStyx at 11/07/2015 at 00:01 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Those Redditors are just bitches anyway. Bitches all the way down.
To quote a friend, who may have been paraphrasing someone else:
People are bastards. Bastard coated bastards with bastard fillings. Except John Stewart. He's a good guy.
Comment by frame_of_mind at 10/07/2015 at 22:41 UTC*
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Did you see the front page last week? Every post was racist, misogynistic, hateful garbage all upvoted to the top. Because I don't think you did.
Comment by Cultjam at 11/07/2015 at 02:03 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I've done a lot of down voting in the past few weeks. The fattening was needed if not handled well but \u\chooter's termination was a kick in the teeth. I still down voted the shit posts about Ellen and I hope we can drive those users off for good.
Comment by Mnawab at 11/07/2015 at 04:05 UTC
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But let's me honest here, ceo's don't step down from people politely telling them to stop, CEOs step down when a mob with crazy eyes and shouting curse words at them while threatening to run into glass windows.
Comment by pandymen at 10/07/2015 at 21:50 UTC
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I may not have called her Hitler myself, but I did chuckle and upvote quite a few of those posts.
Comment by [deleted] at 10/07/2015 at 23:49 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
tact?
She's a horrible, toxic woman, and possibly a criminal.
Comment by iamthegraham at 10/07/2015 at 22:02 UTC
-2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
oh give me a break calling someone a nazi isn't some hate crime. I'm sure too many people crossed the line into harassment etc but that isn't it.