Unfollowed and reported. Go threaten somebody else.

iamanartichoke:

I mean, like, sorry to have made you go through the trouble of clicking the unfollow/report button, I guess. It bears mentioning that I didn’t threaten anyone, whatsoever. I stuck up for a mutual and told a bully to go outside. If that’s considered threatening … I mean, okay? I don’t even know what to do with that. 

Look, threatening to spread pamphlets around tumblr about someone’s negative opinions on Ragnarok is bullying. Being ridiculously nasty to someone who reblogs your public post and adds an opinion on it that you don’t like is bullying. 

Make all the positive Ragnarok/Taika Waititi posts you want. I don’t care. But if all you want is an echo chamber of people who will agree with you, well, you’re not going to find that on Tumblr. You’re just not. That’s not my problem, that’s just the way the public internet works. 

Anyway, if you’re following me and you’re cool with bullying, just go ahead and click Unfollow, I’m sure I won’t miss you. I said my piece. I don’t care to engage with bullies who are incapable of critical thought. I won’t be addressing this again, nor am I going to turn off anon because I have nice anons who talk to me, but if you feel like sending more hate, go off, I guess, I’m just gonna delete it.

This definitely strikes me as a “No puppet, no puppet, you’re the puppet” moment. The only person in that thread who was doing any threatening was the person this anon is defending. Just because *you* feel threatened by criticism, of either your views or behavior, doesn’t mean that any actual threat was issued.

By the way, making frivolous reports of “abuse” is definitely bullying. And apparently our friend is recruiting followers to make such frivolous reports. This is straight out of the anti playbook: trying to harass people they disagree with off the internet by making their online lives unbearable… and apparently anyone who calls them on their bullying behavior. Ironic that it’s the “pro” side of a dispute that’s using such anti tactics.