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Shaun King is getting destroyed on Twitter rn
- Thread starter SHØGVN
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Didn't he already throw one of his editors under the bus after he plagerized entire paragraphs of text from other sites on a column he was writing?
Dude's been trash for awhile, as far as I knew.
Dude's been trash for awhile, as far as I knew.
Yea this has always been a problem with King and someone that people have accused him of for years. He's never been transparent about any of this shit.
I'm a bit confused. Are there any links to what her tweet said or Shaun's tweets? I don't even really know how to find this stuff on twitter
I'm in the same boat.
I'm not of the Twitter world, so I have no idea how to track these chains down usually.
Would anybody more versed post some more exchanges possibly?
Supposedly she made a false claim, then never said she made such claim, and then got caught deleting said claim on Twitter?
I'll be honest I haven't been following any of this so I'm out of the loop. Feels like two different camps going at it from quick Twitter glance.
I'll be honest I haven't been following any of this so I'm out of the loop. Feels like two different camps going at it from quick Twitter glance.
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She said she removed her tweet already exactly because of this. I guess someone would have to do some digging to find it.
EDIT: NVM it's above
Basically this.
King has some thick skin to put up with the legit criticism and mundane abuse he gets on the regular, but he isn't shy about vigorously defending himself when accused of something criminal.
Thanks! I don't see him encouraging people to dox her, unless she's saying that him having her handle constitutes that. And it actually seems like she was in the wrong and didn't want to admit to it for some reason. She deleted her original post then posted another one saying that deleting it doesn't mean she's retracting her statement? Why??
He blocked me on Twitter for calling him out on some shady comments he made (can't recall context).
He always struck me as a fraud.
He always struck me as a fraud.
Shaun King is out of control, man. Has been for quite a while
in the past couple of months, he's wrongly sparked and encouraged harassment campaigns and (inadvertently) spread false info about innocent people. He'd probably lose his job if he was working with any normal employer.
in the past couple of months, he's wrongly sparked and encouraged harassment campaigns and (inadvertently) spread false info about innocent people. He'd probably lose his job if he was working with any normal employer.
I mean, Shaun King has objectively done good work in tracking down some racist assholes and making sure justice applies to them as well, but this isn't the first time hearing some controversy around him. I want to believe Shaun King is on the right path, but stuff like this keeps me vigilant about him.
Um the claim was false and shes retracted what she said but now that hes defending himself hes a bully? So getting destroyed over an internet mob crew predicated on BS isn't really indicative of the OP.
Oh no a left leaning site critical of the left, how dare they! Theres good work at the intercept and they have some of the best political podcasts on the internet.
Something that's been going around is this Daily Beast article asking the same thing
https://www.thedailybeast.com/goldi...aun-king-raised-for-black-lives-go?ref=scroll
It's a weird situation
https://www.thedailybeast.com/goldi...aun-king-raised-for-black-lives-go?ref=scroll
It's a weird situation
She didn't even really. She deleted her tweet and at some point made another that said that wasn't retraction. What a weird situation
I guess, where is OP getting hes encouraging doxxing and harassment of her tho?
EDIT: just her statement and nothing to back that up either?
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Because he's putting their Twitter IDs on blast to his 1million+ followers while accusing them of slander, the norm is to black out the quoted accounts in these situations.
There's a reason why Shaun king isn't friendly with literally any other visible activist from the initial era of BLM. That group of people have their own set of beefs yet all of them pretty uniformly don't fuck with him.
Seeing this makes me feel OP has an agenda with the Tweets they used?
I've always supported Shaun King, but for some reason I've always been somewhat skeptical of him. He's done a lot of good work but I can't really justify or explain why I have a 'feeling' about him.
The abuse he gets on the regular is so disheartening though. Try searching his handle or look at the replies to his tweets. Fighting for black justice makes you a massive target, but I'm glad it's never stopped him.
So is this another case of the internet lynch mob convicting someone of something without proper evidence and no trial? Seems that way.
Some believe that an account with lots of followers, usually a public figure, calling out a much smaller account is an inherently aggressive action.
What? Didn't she start this publicly by posting his info first and foremost to which he responded in kind? I dont have twitter so I have no idea what decorum dictates but even posting her public profile publicly is hardly a campaign of doxing or harassment. I highly doubt people following King are people alt right scum bags who would do that.
So any large platform mentioning a smaller one, even in response, is an act of intentional doxing and harassment? Thats a pretty huge leap.
Anybody who follows Shaun knows that he begs for money like every other hour. The man is constantly fundraising for something and several people independent of each other has claimed he fudges the raised money.
This particular woman probably got cyntoia brown mixed up with jazmine Barnes and King Decided to make an example out of her. Even if she was false about this particular claim, there's ton of other credible claims out there that the man steals money. 🤷🏾♂️
This particular woman probably got cyntoia brown mixed up with jazmine Barnes and King Decided to make an example out of her. Even if she was false about this particular claim, there's ton of other credible claims out there that the man steals money. 🤷🏾♂️
I'm having difficulty understanding what was wrong with what he did.
I only spent 10 minutes skimming twitter but from what I gathered:
1. Clarissa accused Shaun King of raising money for Cyntia Brown and basically stealing it.
2. He says he has never raised money for her. He contacted her privately about apologizing on her platform and correcting a false accusation about him. He also threatens her and others with legal action.
3. She refused to apologize publicly. But she did delete the tweet. He then went public about her to correct what he says is a a lie about his character.
4. She puts out this statement saying he and his million followers are bullying a queer woman of color (even though he publicly critized a male writer for the same thing) but never addressing if what she originally posted about him was a lie or not.
5. People start the #isupportclarissa hashtag supporting a young queer woman and denouncing King for handling the situation like a thin skinned bully that doesn't respect women.
If I'm wrong please correct me. But is this the gist of where we are?
I only spent 10 minutes skimming twitter but from what I gathered:
1. Clarissa accused Shaun King of raising money for Cyntia Brown and basically stealing it.
2. He says he has never raised money for her. He contacted her privately about apologizing on her platform and correcting a false accusation about him. He also threatens her and others with legal action.
3. She refused to apologize publicly. But she did delete the tweet. He then went public about her to correct what he says is a a lie about his character.
4. She puts out this statement saying he and his million followers are bullying a queer woman of color (even though he publicly critized a male writer for the same thing) but never addressing if what she originally posted about him was a lie or not.
5. People start the #isupportclarissa hashtag supporting a young queer woman and denouncing King for handling the situation like a thin skinned bully that doesn't respect women.
If I'm wrong please correct me. But is this the gist of where we are?
Don't start shit won't be shit. if you go at someone on a public forum they have every right to defend themselves.
Also, I don't see what her being queer has to do with anything besides adding another comma to the sob story. Did he slander her for BEING queer?
You don't fight back against people less privileged than you, everyone knows that
yeah this definitely seems like a wait and see thing for me. this would be super shitty if true though but his legal moves and public tweet about it seem like something an innocent person would do. that's how it seems to me, at least. I doubt he'd be poking the beehive that is social media and essentially daring them to prove wrong doing if he was actually guilty.
It's been a common nickname since he started with his "activism" since he goes to great lengths to discredit his entirely white family that's all on record. It's something.
Then there's the terrible work, Greenwald is there and how they're bad at hiding sources from getting caught by authorities (Reality Winner).
I'm old and don't get this Twitter beef shit, but are you saying he has no right to defend himself because she's Black?
King literally outs a white supremacist almost every day on social media it seems so I have no idea why you would act like hes taking time out of his day to get away from doing something he is quite literally known for, or acting like correcting false statements about his actions is somehow going after black folks. This is pretty absurd narrative youre pushing here.
Is that worth outright condemnation from anyone who ever wrote for them or had previously done work for them? No.
Maybe if you want to see it that way, but it should be clear that there's a big difference between being called out by a fellow activist and a community of people who regularly post slander and lies and aren't believed anyway. The former holds more weight because the latter has no credibility. Not to mention it's erroneous to claim he doesn't go after white supremacists
Here's a Washington Post story about the funds raised for Tamir Rice: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...oney-go/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d84238666442
