Brave hero JREF Saviour ElevatorGATE storifies an “exchange” between two Twitter accounts that use my real name as their handles. No harassment here folks! Public figure! Freeze peach!
Conversation with @OPHELlABENSON and @OpheIiaBenson
Ain’t that funny? Tim Minchin, look to your laurels.
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Anthony K
February 14, 2013 at 4:24 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
‘Nother donation, Ophelia.
Wowbagger, Designated Snarker
February 14, 2013 at 4:26 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Well, I’m sure the antis can come up with examples of where people from FTB/Skepchick/A+ are doing the same to the public figures on their side. I mean, some of those Twitter accounts have to be fake; none of them could be that clueless.
Oh, wait…
tonyinbatavia
February 14, 2013 at 4:32 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Ah, poor whiny shitbrains have their fee-fees hurt because you’re making money off their hate. Meanwhile, you are chalking up the donations and they are still shitbrains. Who whine.
More contributed, this time in their names. Great job, you small, petty, vapid assholes. I know Ophelia appreciates it.
Kelseigh Nieforth
February 14, 2013 at 4:38 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
You are correct. It ain’t funny.
Ophelia Benson
February 14, 2013 at 4:42 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I almost included a final line saying don’t donate this time! It’s not fair to you guize. It’s the one thing I can think of that will really bother them but it’s also perverse – it’s not fair to yooooou.
Ophelia Benson
February 14, 2013 at 4:43 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Oh and thank you for bothering them and for the cookies. THE COOKIES.
Rob
February 14, 2013 at 4:45 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I’ll block book the Town Hall for when they come on their triumphant world comedy tour. I’m sure it’ll be no trouble to sell 2,500 tickets for comedy gold like that.
Martha
February 14, 2013 at 4:50 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Pathetic. They’re just pathetic.
Mattir - now will you PLEASE go your own way already?
February 14, 2013 at 4:50 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Donation. And I think twitter is irretrievably broken.
I took the Desert Tortoises with Bolt Cutters Civility Pledge in your honor.
Anthony K
February 14, 2013 at 4:54 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Meh. Was funnier when Arte Johnson did the German Officer shtick on Laugh-In in the 70s.
PZ Myers
February 14, 2013 at 5:01 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
So…where’s Orac?
PZ Myers
February 14, 2013 at 5:03 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
#10: late 60s, early 70s. I was there. It’s older than you think.
Artemis
February 14, 2013 at 5:05 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Donation from me too. I made the mistake of going over and looking at those Twitter accounts and it made me sick to my stomach.
Ophelia Benson
February 14, 2013 at 5:22 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Come on, it’s so funny. Ophitler – what could be funnier than that?!
leni
February 14, 2013 at 5:24 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Wow. Even the fake German is bad.
tonyinbatavia
February 14, 2013 at 5:30 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
No worries, Ophelia @5. As long as haterz gotta hate, I love that they have absolutely no response to our donations other than invoking Hitler, which is some seriously weak sauce, It must be asploding their neurons that you are profiting from them being perpetual asshats. The beauty of it is that their pea brains will never be able to figure out a decent response. They hate, you profit.
Rob
February 14, 2013 at 5:52 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Never seen/heard him. Seriously funny or you-have-to-be-kidding funny? And, just in case anyone missed it there was a super-sized dose of /s in my comment at 7.
dexitroboper
February 14, 2013 at 5:56 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Ordering us to “figure it out”?!! You’re just like Hitler!!
Lofty
February 14, 2013 at 5:58 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
These stink bugs need nuking. Small donation coming your way for the pest controllers.
Ophelia Benson
February 14, 2013 at 6:32 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Well ok it’s the only way.
Love you all, mean it.
And it was a MILLION DOLLARS so ha, mildewers.
Marcus Ranum
February 14, 2013 at 6:34 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Cha-ching!
Rob
February 14, 2013 at 6:35 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I know dexitroboper, I know. What can I say. Work was really getting in the way of polite discourse and proper HTML syntax. Thanks to Ophelia or whomever for tidying up after my mess. I’ll just go stand in the corner for a while.
UnknownEric is just a spudboy, looking for a quantum tomato.
February 14, 2013 at 6:35 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I just can’t fathom how these people have the time and the energy to devote to this level of assholery. They need a hobby.
AJ Milne
February 14, 2013 at 7:31 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Umm…
Wow.
That’s actually…
Seriously, that’s actually a little painful. Like I almost feel for them, y’know? A bit like watching a standup routine just go horribly flat on amateur night…
Except, yeah, I think worse. Here it’s more like, yeah, guy, we’re afraid you did actually post that, and it is now on the internet, and the internet, we’re afraid, does not quickly forget, and well…
Well, do a lot of folk actually know who you are? This should be your first consideration, I guess… And if it’s not so many the whole thing is likely to spread too far, too fast, I guess you could still have radical plastic surgery, change your name and move to Siberia…
Sure. With any luck, the pseudonymous thing will give you that precious running head start, anyway, and some day, you will find an isolated yaranga out on the steppes where you can dwell…
Yes, and there, at least, in the cold fastness of the permafrost, you may, on occasion be able to show your freshly and strategically modified face out of doors without people shaking their heads and smiling sadly and piteously…
Well, you know. Maybe, anyway.
As to the endless repetition, umm…
Oh. I know. Mebbe it’s like a mandatory element? You know how in skating and gymnastics and all that stuff how you’ve got to do a back flip or a Triple Salchow or somethin’ as a requirement in the routine?
That must be it. And here, of course, we see the mandatory Quadruple Godwin.
Anthony K
February 14, 2013 at 7:53 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Remember when flat-out Godwinning was a thing skeptics called creationists on?
Anthony K
February 14, 2013 at 9:07 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
You know, if you leave the ‘p’ out of Ophitler and Google the remainder, you get paranoid Tea-Party Religious Right wingnut screeds.
One letter away.
hjhornbeck
February 14, 2013 at 9:41 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Note to self: next time, do a string of small donations instead of one big one.
I sorta love that this is what your haters are reduced to. Do they link to a time you behaved exactly like Hitler? Nope. How about a moment where you tried to control everyone? Can’t do it. Maybe an off-colour remark or something? Not even that. A link to help bring newcomers up to speed? Nah. Instead, their efforts at swaying the world to their side consist of speaking in funny accents.
Brilliant tactic, you two. Keep hanging yourself with that rope.
Bjarte Foshaug
February 14, 2013 at 10:06 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
“Disagreement” my ass…
Maureen Brian
February 14, 2013 at 10:58 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Donation.
mildlymagnificent
February 15, 2013 at 1:33 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Ok. I’ve donated small amount. Need to control it because I can’t afford to support their obsession if they continue and I’m giving a “usual” donation amount. But I’m putting them on notice that I absolutely will keep on doing it.
This might get ridiculous – but it’s the right kind of ridiculous. I don’t care if you get rich from it or if your favourite charities do well out of it, either way, these clowns are going to do s.o.m.e. good in the world despite themselves.
Either they’ll shut up and leave you in peace, Win! or you and your favoured interests will get money out of it, Another kind of Win!
Giliell, professional cynic
February 15, 2013 at 2:41 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Where can I file a complaint on behalf of the German language
But Ophelia, I’m sure you’ll be glad to hear that over at Dan Ficke’s some of the pitters said that you only had to stop your nasty behaviour. Isn’t that progress?
hyperdeath
February 15, 2013 at 4:27 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
They’re like maladjusted children who believe that kicking somebody and being kicked are fundamentally different. The former doesn’t hurt, so there’s nothing wrong with it. The latter does hurt, so it’s cruel and evil.
thetalkingstove
February 15, 2013 at 4:38 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I just don’t know how they have the time to do this pathetic, pointless shit. Don’t they have hobbies, friends, partners?
Oh well, (small) donation made!
JoeBuddha
February 15, 2013 at 4:49 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Rob @17 – Seriously funny: Arte Johnson was one of my favorite comedians. Also, Laugh-In was great fun; used to watch it religiously.
JoeBuddha
February 15, 2013 at 4:58 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Oh, and it’s nice to see our Palainian friends so ably represented… [/derail]
sheila
February 15, 2013 at 5:44 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Right, that’s another donation headed your way. Enjoy the cookies.
rnilsson
February 15, 2013 at 7:00 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Oh Ophelia, this will ruin me! And watch out eating all those cookies.
That’s the way to do it: Money for nothing and the chips for free
A Hermit
February 15, 2013 at 7:10 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I finally joined Twitter just so I could be a “crypto faSSIst” and block Dean Esmay. Can’t say I feel like I’ve been missing much…
glodson
February 15, 2013 at 8:18 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
First: that was supposed to be funny? Or even witty?
Second: Shut up and take my money! Okay, I wish I could say that, but I’m really lacking money right now.
Ophelia Benson
February 15, 2013 at 9:20 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Good morning.
At Dan Fincke’s? They are?
Oy.
fastlane
February 15, 2013 at 11:12 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Can’t access paypal from work, but I am going to send donations to you, Stephanie, AND Natalie…maybe even that terrible evil Rebecca Watson as well (Hey, I’m at least doing ok enough to share the love a bit, I remember what it was like).
Shut up and take my money!
Ophelia Benson
February 15, 2013 at 11:29 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Ok!
And thanks from all of us.
catwhisperer
February 15, 2013 at 11:40 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Is it not kind of… encouraging to see how weak their “criticism” ( I use the word loosely) is? I’m asking because today I was told by someone that the latest complaint about me by a person who has been hassling me in work for more than 10 years is that ” I love attention”. I was tickled pink, it’s the the most childish insult imaginable and here I was, worrying that she might be saying things about me that would actually be hurtful.
There should be a counter showing the number of donations. it’d be fun to watch it ticking upwards.
Ryan Long
February 15, 2013 at 11:42 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
So how lucrative has complaining about twitter comments been for you Ophelia?
Ophelia Benson
February 15, 2013 at 11:57 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Why do you ask, Ryan?
Anthony K
February 15, 2013 at 12:02 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I understand every cent is going to building a FEMA camp in which to intern those who merely disagree.
What size bunk will you require, Ryan Long?
rnilsson
February 15, 2013 at 12:05 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Carp, do I have to stay up all night spending my moneys? Eh?
glodson
February 15, 2013 at 12:08 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I would imagine that if cutting off the harassment and threats would damage her booming business. Imagine if people stopped with that, she would be broke! How could she possibly write any more posts without the valuable contributions of a bunch of harassing morons?
tonyinbatavia
February 15, 2013 at 12:11 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Ryan Long, you are the latest reason for me to donate to Ophelia, which I have just done again, this time on your behalf. Congratulations!
“You hate, Ophelia profits.”
hotshoe, now with more boltcutters
February 15, 2013 at 12:24 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Isn’t Ryan Long a follower of the mildew mob?
It’s not likely Ryan has an innocent or justifiable motive for asking about the “filthy lucre”. At best, it’s to slyly imply that Ophelia doesn’t deserve income.
Well, of course, she doesn’t deserve harassment, either, but none of that mob would ever imply that, much less admit it out loud.
If they would at least shut the fuck up, the world would be immeasurably better.
Anthony K
February 15, 2013 at 12:32 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
How many TruSkepticPoints™ did your drive-by earn you at the pit, Ryan?
Ophelia Benson
February 15, 2013 at 12:33 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Oh yes, Ryan is one of the mildew gang. Has been for ages, ever since Greta did a Facebook post on the magic, the horrible stupid magic, by which any mention of Rebecca Watson triggers an avalanche of hatred and bile, and Ryan had to pop in to say “But I hate Rebecca Watson too, what about meeeeee?”
He failed to get affection and respect in return, so he went full mildew. Of course. What else can one do?
Caveat Imperator
February 15, 2013 at 1:02 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
So if you’re supposed to be Hitler, does this make PZ Goering (since he’s FTB’s attack dog) or Quisling (since he’s supposed to be opposed to feminism like a Real Man and instead chose to collaborate)?
That’s how this insane breed of logic works, right?
SallyStrange: Brigadier General. Yes, of THAT Brigade.
February 15, 2013 at 1:05 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Hey, not to be crassly commercial or anything, but I’m trying to raise travel funds so I can take advantage of the Surly Amy grant I won to go to the American Atheist convention in Austin TX. If you want to contribute, you can use Stephanie Zvan’s Paypal. I’ve been trying to put a link to her paypal up on my blog, but I’m a n00b, so I’ve been having trouble. But if you just go to her blog, you can send her a note that it’s for the Send Sally to Austin fund. I’ve got a post up about it on my blog, which is linked at my ‘nym.
Josh, Official Spokesgay
February 15, 2013 at 1:45 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
“Full mildew”. . .it’s been five minutes and I’m still snorting.
oolon
February 15, 2013 at 1:49 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
How did Ryan manage to not mention his “Womens studies” course? Has Ophelia banned him…
Anthony K
February 15, 2013 at 1:55 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Done, SallyStrange.
noxiousnan
February 15, 2013 at 2:23 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Do you mean funny ha-ha or funny please-stab-my-eyes-out-to-protect-them-from-this-banality?
I’d feel the same way. But consider how heartened you feel when you get to give to a charity or cause that is important to you, especially when there’s the added bonus of pissing off pissants. I was going to make my donation in the name of Pitchguest, whom I’ve sparred with on YT, and whom was noticeably absent from your latest post on harassment in gaming. But he’ll have to wait for the next one, alas.
This one is for Ryan Long.
noxiousnan
February 15, 2013 at 2:27 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Hey Ophelia, maybe you should go ahead and say don’t donate. Based on my own disposition, I think donations would come in anyway, and that would really piss em off.
(Okay, now I’m just being childish.)
Stacy
February 15, 2013 at 6:54 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Ophelia Benson
February 15, 2013 at 7:00 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
And how did Ryan manage not to answer my question?
bad Jim
February 15, 2013 at 10:43 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
So I can donate, even without a PayPal account. Good to know.
Let me suggest you use this sudden spate of donations for a new pair of shoes, if only to infuriate the most unhinged of your … admirers, who seem to have an issue with footwear. Something for your trip to Dublin, perhaps. Boring old hippie that I am, I’d suggest comfortable walking shoes, but knee-high boots are all the rage here in Southern California, and maybe you ought to treat yourself to something kick-ass, just for fun.
Aratina Cage
February 15, 2013 at 11:15 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Considering they have her confused with Hitler and Pope Ratzinger, I’d say they are out of their gourds.
But you don’t understand. Long cannot go full-mildew (lovely term by the way ^_^)–he took a Women’s Studies class! So that screenshot showing him going full-mildew must be all in our heads, right? And he doesn’t pop up in every single frucking thread to remind us of his precious sensibilities, does he? I must be imagining it all. It’s like being a theist again, but this time God is Ryan Long not being there to tell you his credentials and not going full-mildew.
Maybe it’s because we all got the hang of it and do it for him now. *waves hands wildly* STOP TALKING! RYAN TOOK A WOMEN’S STUDIES COURSE!!!!
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