| Yeah, if you really wanted to know what rape threats read like, you could just Google it. Here's less than 5 mins of Googling for the term "rape threats": Some examples (warning, some may find this content disturbing, turn back now): "This is just the beginning. Over the next couple of weeks I receive a steady stream of violent abuse, including rape and death threats. At its peak I am getting about one threat a minute, with men discussing how they will rape me together, which parts of my body will be penetrated and exactly how they are going to kill me. They are still coming in now – the latest: a death-through gang-rape threat where I’m told to “KISS YOUR PUSSY GOODBYE AS WE BREAK IT IRREPARABLY”."[1] "She wrote on her blog: "I just got one of those Twitter threats... 'Your house will be blown up at 10.47 tonight....'"[2] "You better watch your back....Im gonna rape your ass at 8pm and put the video all over the internet," read one."[3] "A BOMB HAS BEEN PLACED OUTSIDE YOUR HOME. IT WILL GO OFF AT EXACTLY 10:47PM ON A TIMER AND TRIGGER DESTROY EVERYTHING"[4] "i will rape you tomorrow at 9pm .... shall we meet near your house??????< @MPSWForest and again….."[5] Also, they are being reported to the police, the question of why no arrests have been made because of them should rightfully be directed at law enforcement: "Professor Beard had tried to submit an abuse report to Twitter on her mobile phone but found the form refused to submit. She reported the incident to police, explaining to a follower: "Abuse is one thing (that's name and shame stuff), death threats are criminal and for the boys (& girls) in blue."[2] Though it does appear sometimes they do get arrested[6]. Seriously man, if you were actually curious about how bad these threats are, this is trivially easy to discover. This is the internet. And this isn't limited to well-known authors or political figures too. Everytime something sufficiently controversial comes out of the mouth of a woman the violence and rape threats roll in, as if on cue. [1] http://www.newstatesman.com/2013/08/internet-trolls-twitter-... [2] http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/twitter-trolls-send-mar... [3] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jul/29/labour-mp-... [4] http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57596875-93/twitter-updates... [5] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10210324/Scotla... [6] http://gawker.com/man-arrested-over-twitter-rape-threats-to-... |