Reddit admins just had a fucking MOMENT

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[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 5 fun5 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 5 fun -  (8 children)

Not that I know much about this, but what I can see in the Spectator (https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-green-party-s-growing-contempt-for-women-s-rights) and on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimee_Challenor) and in the recent Reddit activity is that there are serious, professional attacks against Aimee, at least some of which appear to be unfounded. The Specator is the Tory/alt-right announcement board for many, which is naturally attacking Aimee and the Green Party. It's what they do. Her Wikipedia page is obviously written by someone who wants to write mainly about her father, rather than about her, and is a remarkably professional direct attack on Aimee. If she's guilty of anything illegal, this should be addressed in a court of law. Perhaps she's a terrible person (I don't know), but the attacks on her are much more obvious, and show that there are some well-paid writers who are helping to remove her from politics, and if possible, from Reddit. As for Reddit mod policy, doxing should not be tolerated, so it seems /r/ukpolitics made the right decision.

[–]slushpilot 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Silencing & threatening people seems to be Challenor's MO for a long time.

These don't sound like good qualifications for a community admin or political candidate. This person needs psychological help, not a position of power & influence. We'll see if it works out as well for Reddit as it did for the Greens and the LibDems. Seems right on track so far.

http://transcrimeuk.com/2018/06/27/aimee-challenor/

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

She was being doxxed on a subreddit.

I get it: Saiditors and others want to hate Reddit, and her and trans people. But there is no evidence of wrongdoing on her part.

[–]slushpilot 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Linking to an article with a public person's name—unrelated to Reddit—is not doxxing.

It's the hypersensitive overreaction that's the story here.

It's not about hating "trans people", it's people with a narcissistic personality disorder. "Needs help" ... I'm not the first to suggest it either.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

A brilliant video - I agree with every word. Thanks for sharing it.

And unless Aimee has done something that is illegal or especially abusive to others (other than asking for a subreddit intervention on her behalf), I would think she should be left alone to get on with her life.

[–]Happy_Blueberry3910 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I would think she should be left alone to get on with her life.

That's why some people join the politics, right?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Seems she was literally pushed out of two parties and politics altogether.

[–]Happy_Blueberry3910 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I will just quote a comment from Reddit:

She's in the news for recruiting someone who literally tortured and raped a 10 year old girl in his attic. None of that is personal/confidential information by any means. The "doxxing" excuse for banning people who talk about it is Reddit's poor attempt at covering for the sick person they hired. Anybody who has children should be deeply disturbed by this.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes - though I do not know the circumstances of the recruitment, when it happend, what the father was expected to do, why he was recruited, &c. Even if we can assume the worst about this, it's over. She's moved on, one would think. And I think it was because of this that she was pushed out of politics. So, should it haunt her at Reddit and the rest of her life? I don't know. Seems that one concern at Saidit is that the past deeds of ours (eg. a post on Twitter &c) should not ruin our lives, that freedom of speech is important (if not abusive).