Wishing Trump would die of COVID on social media not allowed, but death threats against JKR are fair game

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[–][deleted] 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

UCLA professor Sarah Roberts, when discussing how when normal people get death threats and are doxxed nothing is done, has the audacity to say:

"It's much easier to go and find instances against a major public figure like Trump and erase it than it is with the everyday degradation against everyone else."

So...where was this for JKR? She's about as public of a figure you can get considering Harry Potter's popularity. This is such a shitty excuse.

[–]Feather 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It's not fair. Nobody should ever get death threats, and death threats should never be allowed.

But it's kind of understandable that, if Twitter wants to make an exception about who a person is allowed to wish death upon, the exception would be the President of the United States. For all we know, the Secret Service told Twitter to disallow such Tweets.

And frankly it's for the best, even for the death-wishers: do they really want a visit from the Secret Service? Really?

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I can definitely understand that, him being the president and all. It struck me as odd though because there's quite a difference between hoping someone would die from a disease they (supposedly) already have, vs telling someone to kill themselves, telling them to choke to death on girldick, or outright saying they'd murder her themselves as people have done to JKR recently.

[–]Feather 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's true.

I can't say anything in Twitter's favor about them allowing that.

[–]redditbegay 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I can definitely understand that, him being the president and all. It struck me as odd though because there's quite a difference between hoping someone would die from a disease they (supposedly) already have, vs telling someone to kill themselves, telling them to choke to death on girldick, or outright saying they'd murder her themselves as people have done to JKR recently.

I think theyre nearly the same, and its only a matter a degrees, but no better, a wish of either of them.

[–]ClandestineAHF 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Trump is the JK Rowling on politics.

[–]worried19 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's understandable, though, that social media would crack down on death being wished on the sitting U.S. president.

Not that it excuses Twitter and company allowing death threats against other public figures.