But there is one particular type of anti-Semitic troll that I find particularly pernicious: the racists who use their accounts to impersonate Jews and defame them. The con goes like this: The troll finds a picture of a very Jewish-looking person online—typically a Hasidic Jew in full regalia—and makes it his avatar. He puts a bunch of very Jewish descriptors in his bio (“Orthodox,” “Zionist,” “enemy of the alt-right”). He then proceeds to insert himself into conversations with prominent Twitter users—conversations that will often be read by tens of thousands of followers—and say horrifically racist things. Thus, it appears to unsuspecting readers that Jews are outlandishly bigoted. The same has been done with other minorities, from Latinos to African-Americans to Muslims.
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The problem is, most casual social media users aren’t even aware that this sort of racist deception is being perpetrated, let alone trained to be vigilant for it. And Twitter isn’t really capable of the detective work to identify these accounts and take them down as they spring up.So the question becomes: How can users fight back? Can this insidious tool of anti-Semitic harassment be defanged like the (((echoes))) that were previously used by internet bigots? The answer is yes, and it takes the form of a Twitter bot.Working with developer Neal Chandra, we created an automated Twitter account that exposes these imposters in real-time. Meet Imposter Buster, social media’s new sheriff. He is programmed with an updated database of impersonator accounts, and every time one of them tweets, he automatically replies and exposes them with pre-programmed evidence:
The bot is kind of amazing. And Rosenberg wants more jobs for it.
So, have you encountered a racist troll impersonating a Jew, African-American, Latino, Muslim, or other minority on Twitter? Send it my way at yrosenberg@tabletmag.com and we’ll put the bot on the case. And do be sure to follow Imposter Buster and his exploits on Twitter!
“it was all a coma/dying dream” twist: boring cop-out with extra Edge
“it was all a drug induced hallucination” twist: boring cop out with extra edge and bad understanding of how drugs work
“it was all a dream of a mental patient in an asylum” twist: bboring cop-out with extra Ableism.
“it was all a dream of a sentient evil pizza” twist: Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius season 1, episode 30
That’s because that was a twist with a twist. it subverted the “it was all a dream” trope by making it the dream of the villain whom is something that would would not expect to even exist without the context of what happened within the dream let alone his wife.
Just a reminder that Bethesda actually thought this was an acceptable way to end a story.
“But I’m going to die horribly!” “Yeah man, and I wouldn’t miss that for the world!”
Fawkes, you’re a pal but you can go fuck yourself for ditching me when I needed you most
Me: I'm a bad bitch! I don't take shit from anyone! I'm not nice!
Also me: well I can't just leave this cart in the middle of the parking lot. I have to take it to the cart return. I'm not an animal. Those employees work hard.
Looks like D.Va just got freindzoned XDDD I draw this based on >>this picture<< of D.Va and Genji voice actor people say that it was a “manner hand” in Korea and Genji’s VA is just being sweet and a gentleman but I think it would be funny to intepret it this way LOL XD
I’ve made a prequel(?) to this!! XD So yeah! Here’s the reason behind Genji’s legendary hoverhand!
Didn’t know Genji’s cybernetics included hover technology.
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
