AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

Factual content being what someone else already posted?

woodguru

The right is claiming such a high degree of victimhood they sound like a sniveling bunch of panty waists, everything is being stolen from them, their rights, their freedoms, their guns, their country...

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

In this instance, it progressives claiming a high degree of victimhood when their own videos are reposted.

Parky60 Loc: People's Republic of Illinois

There are very few stories that pop up and go through so many twists and turns in so short a time as the Washington Post’s attempt to dox the creator of Libs of TikTok. Follow me closely, and I’ll attempt to bring you up to speed as quickly as possible.

Libs of TikTok is a Twitter account that makes the left look dangerous and ridiculous, not by attacking them or spreading “disinformation,” but by simply reposting things they put onto social media themselves. It’s enraged the left because it’s started being noticed by influential people, like conservative reporters and parents who are shocked to see teachers openly bragging about flying their freak flags in the faces of first graders.

In time-honored “kill the messenger” form, liberal politicians and media figures aren’t angry at the people who expose their lunacy to the world, they’re angry at the Twitter account for shining a brighter spotlight on it. The account has already been suspended a couple of times by Twitter (even though, again, it simply retweets posts from leftist accounts that weren’t suspended – you couldn’t cut the hypocrisy with a chainsaw.)

So, this week, in an attempt to intimidate the anonymous private citizen behind the Libs of TikTok account into silence, Washington Post “tech reporter” (i.e., blogger) Taylor Lorenz ran an article that was a thinly disguised attempt to dox her – that is, to reveal details of her identity so that unhinged leftists could threaten her and her family, demand she be fired, and all the other loathsome things online leftist mobs have become notorious for. Lorenz even went to the home of the woman’s relatives.

https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/04/wapo-taylor-lorenz-wants-to-expose-the-woman-behind-libs-of-tiktok-harasses-her-relatives/

This rightly ignited major blowback, especially since Lorenz herself had recently been literally crying in a TV interview about how people’s mean tweets to her were “horrifying” and amounted to harassment of women.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-taylor-lorenz-libs-of-tiktok

Instead of apologizing for this outrageous breach of ethics, WaPo defended it, in the process telling outright lies, like claiming the creator’s identity was already public knowledge and that they didn’t publish any private details about her (it wasn’t and they did.) Quickly removing it after being called on it didn’t change the reality.

https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2022/04/19/washington-post-digs-an-even-deeper-hole-in-response-to-backlash-against-taylor-lorenz-n552713

All this journalistic malpractice and bullying got the attention of Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, who asked some uncomfortable questions of WaPo about the source of the private information they used to try to dox the site creator. Carlson connected their source to a German-based intelligence operation that he said is trying to “silence and intimidate an American citizen,” and asked if that’s legal and if Lorenz is registered as a foreign agent.

https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2022/04/19/tucker-carlson-trounces-the-wapo-over-libs-of-tik-tok-doxxing-as-only-he-can-reveals-disturbing-info-n552792

Libs of TikTok’s creator said she’s been forced to flee her residence because of the doxing and threats, but she refuses to be intimidated into silence, and she’s garnered even greater attention and support. So, it appears that an attempt to bully another conservative has blown up in WaPo’s face like one of Wile E. Coyote’s Acme Roadrunner Missiles.

Putting a cherry on top, the CEO of the satirical site The Babylon Bee (which has also been suspended by Twitter for running humorous pieces that were too truthful) announced that he’s struck a deal with the creator of Libs of TikTok to “turn her heroic, high-risk work into a career.”

So, a cancel culture leftist set out to silence someone for exposing the truth about the left, inadvertently exposed the ugly truth about herself and her employer, and it all ends up with her intended victim getting a career, a big boost of attention, and an even bigger public platform.

Who says stories these days never have happy endings?

moldyoldy

Searching for crazy content that can be used to fire up the ignorant and easily led people on the right. Then when fox picks it up, it gets repeated by all the nuts no matter how crazy it is.

“Libs of TikTok is basically acting as a wire service for the broader right-wing media ecosystem,” said Ari Drennen, LGBTQ program director for the watchdog group Media Matters. “It’s been shaping public policy in a real way, and affecting teachers’ ability to feel safe in their classrooms.”

moldyoldy

The actual revelation is, as you might expect, pretty banal. The brains behind the hate account belong to a conservative woman who has a day job in real estate but has flitted from one conspiracy theory to the next—including stints with QAnon "sex trafficking" claims to anti-pandemic disinformation to claims of election conspiracies before landing on new claims of there being LGBT "groomers" absolutely everywhere—and would turn her anonymous conspiracy beliefs into internet fame points redeemable on Fox News and other conspiracy-eager outlets.

There's not much to it, and if you're going to devote your life to posting video clips directing angry mobs toward random schoolteachers because you, personally, like to spread conspiracy theories about them, then yeah, at some point, you're going to want to invest in anti-leopard insurance yourself.

WEBCO

Libs of tic toc is simply exposing the left wing nut job activists that masquerade as educators. Parents being upset about this exposure of their children's teachers lunacy is both righteous and well deserved. If these teachers "don't feel safe" in their classrooms anymore, GOOD. They shouldn't be in a classroom anyway.

WEBCO

How is reposting "their" videos a conspiracy theory or misinformation?

Can't wait to hear your spin on this simple question

moldyoldy

If they were exposing real things it would not be a problem. Claiming elementary school teachers are grooming kids for sex is sick. A gop sicko accused a colleague of grooming, she should be sued.

https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/michigan-state-senator-blasts-colleague-for-accusing-her-of-grooming-and-sexualizing-children-in-fundraising-email/amp_articleshow/90944883.cms

WEBCO

It simply "RE POSTED" videos, so it WAS/IS exposing real things. So therefore it's not a problem.

Teachers grooming students into sexual identities and exposing 5 to 8 year Olds to sexual identities is sick. There is no one claiming this...it's actually happening. Don't get upset at the person shining the light on these despicable people, get mad at the people doing these things.

WEBCO

If they are discussing gender identity with 5 year olds...then they are grooming them. Can't sue someone for telling the truth

moldyoldy

Can you show any evidence of this happening?

WEBCO

That's what Libs of tic to is. You really want more evidence then the teachers telling you what they are doing?

Ricktloml

Oh no! Leftist teachers no longer feel safe indoctrinating our children/ridiculing parental/Christian beliefs anymore. I don't know if I can hold back the tears.

WEBCO

Re read the article YOU posted...it states that LGBTQ issues are being discussed in kindergarten. That means 5 year olds