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I didn't say you were attacking her! Obviously you might simply have been misinformed; the angry horde going after women like her tends to repeat a lot of lies and smears like those in hopes that some of them will stick, and I assume some people see those lies and don't think to follow up on the source.

But the point is, she's being attacked because she angered a horde of internet reactionaries by talking out about the way they were harassing women; that's where the stuff you heard about her ultimately originates. People like them hate being exposed, so they try to silence their critics by spreading lies and innuendo. The thing you thought was peculiar was indeed peculiar, because it was a lie; and because it was a lie, it was originally forged as an attempt to attack her character, even if it wasn't, you know, by you.

If it was an honest mistake on your part, well, that's fair! That happens all the time. It's not your fault -- it's hard to double-check things on the internet. But now you know why they were targeting her, and now you know better than to uncritically trust things you hear about her from 4chan and the like in the future. And going forward, when something seems peculiar, you should doubt it and double-check it from a more credible source, not repeat it uncritically on other forums -- that's how smear campaigns like the one she was talking about keep going.

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A truly excellent article. Those stuck in hate are difficult to bring out of it, however.