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UnfairRepresent
08/31/21 9:15:21 AM
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What do you do?









You're with your friends one day when a big black British man called Wesley says he is thinking about remodeling his home. Living Room, Conservatory etc.

When your closest male friend says : "Yeah with a huge ass kitchen for the women to stay in where they belong."

He clearly said it as an off the cuff joke in jest that he didn't think through. Unfortunately he was caught on video by a nearby purple haired girl who was about to make a Tiktok dance video.

The clip is spread everywhere as one of those inexplicably popular internet viral videos/talking points people go mad over for no reason. Gaining more attention than the blue/gold dress. Even getting traction on global news networks as fluff pieces.

People discover who he is and he gets absolutely bombarded and harassed online by 'activists' for being 'the asshole chauvinist misogynist alcoholic pig guy" and even somewhat harassed in person.

He ends up deleting all his social media accounts and going quiet from public.

After that people find out of the identities of the other people in the video including you and start harassing you. You find yourself bombarded with people insulting you and asking why you're friends with sexist jerks and not attacking him. Searching your history for anything you said they can use against you.

Proud boys and alt righters with Trump and Ben Shapiro avatars start sending you praise, support and solidarity as one of them.

Your work is concerned about taking a PR hit due to association with you and ask you to publically distance yourself from your friend.



Do you stick up for your friend or distance yourself from him?
Do you try to fight or appease the brigade harassing you or just ignore it or delete your accounts?

How do you react?
What do you do?


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nfearurspecimn
08/31/21 9:27:03 AM
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I'd delete all my shit, but still stay friends with him.

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MrToothHasYou
08/31/21 9:33:51 AM
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Other: this is the dumbest topic of all time

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UnfairRepresent
09/02/21 6:22:01 AM
#4:


MrToothHasYou posted...
Other: this is the dumbest topic of all time
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Naysaspace
09/02/21 6:25:56 AM
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other: laugh cuz it was probably a good joke

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