Today I logged onto Tumblr to find that your staff, in what I must assume is a grave oversight, has deleted the blog “dontneedfeminism” over accusations of harassment.
I have been following this blog for many months now, and while its content is very provocative and contains opinions counter to the mainstream, I have never seen any evidence of harassment or inappropriate behavior on part of its user, at all. In fact, DNF is probably one of the most level-headed users of the site among those who regularly engage in controversial political discourse. His arguments are always well-sourced and logically sound.
And because of that, those whose views stand in stark contrast to his see him as a threat. I have no doubt that you’ve received many reports from users claiming to have been harassed by DNF, but I also have no doubt that you have the ability to determine that these reports are not substantiated. It’s very clear to those of us that know DNF that you’ve deleted his blog on the basis of these unsubstantiated reports.
If, by some chance, there is truth to these claims of harassment, we’d like to see the evidence as such. But more than that, we would hope that you could apply these rules equally to other users, some of whom have repeatedly sent other users messages encouraging suicide and self-harm, wishing rape and death upon them, or otherwise engaged in blatant harassment that is far, far more egregious than anything DNF has ever done. There are literally neo-Nazi and white-supremacist blogs on your website that attack users that they deem racially inferior. It’s curious that you instead choose to ban a user who makes calm, rational, evidenced arguments simply because they’ve received claims of harassment.
If you have any commitment to transparency or free speech at all, you should either provide evidence of wrongdoing on DNF’s part, or restore his former blog.
I hate condescending gun humpers. You’re not smart. You’re not educating me. I don’t know what moral deficiency motivates your obsession with defending guns and I don’t care. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but the majority of the country doesn’t live in your insanity bubble, although you seem to think they do. Just shut the fuck up and get off my post so I can stop reading your stupid opinions
Actually gun ownership is on the rise.
Also Tumblr is a public forum.. So.. Any body can reply on your posts if they want to.. Don’t like it.. Then maybe stick to Facebook where you can chose who sees your posts.
This^
The great thing about rights is that it doesn’t matter if the majority of a country agrees with you; they can’t take those rights away.
So I made a different version of this. It’s more Halloweeny in comparison to the “Champagne Super Nova” one. Plus I really like the patterns on their gourds. Which do you like better?
After Gerod Roth, also known as Geris Hilton, posted to Facebook an image of himself with his colleague’s 3-year-old son Cayden, accompanied by racist comments both from his friends and himself, people were justifiably pissed. Sydney Jade, Cayden’s mom, started the hashtag #HisNameIsCayden in defiance of the derogatory and objectifying remarks — and it took off. Roth was promptly fired — but he that didn’t stop him from making excuses and claiming to be a victim.
“If you are reading this, there is a fairly good chance you think I am deplorable, and with good reason. But before you further the hate that you’ve heard, please hear me out. Over the last week, I have been subject to the harsh words of the masses, locally, nationally as well as internationally, over a picture I had made as my public profile photo. The picture in question, harmlessly enough, depicted me with a co-worker’s son, the little boy’s name was Cayden. Cayden’s mother, Sydney, was an employee of the Polaris Marketing Group office I managed hiring and HR operations for, an employee which I had personally sought out to screen, interview, and hire as a full-time staff member. Sydney would regularly bring Cayden in to the office after daycare, he would run around and play, sit quietly and play games on his mother’s phone, or interact and play with myself and my own daughter when she was in the office. One day, after work, Sydney brought Cayden into the office as per usual, while she went in to the conference room for a meeting I watched Cayden for her. We played catch, chased each other around the office, and played the Minions game on my phone. Cayden asked to take a picture with me, so I obliged and snapped a selfie of us. A couple days later, my lovely girlfriend was going through her final interview process for a large, prestigious company, she asked me to remove the picture of her from my profile pic as she was doing a social media blackout while they researched her online. Being the well-trained boyfriend that I am, I willingly participated. Considering I like to capture most of my favorite life moments on film, my camera roll is filled with over 10k pictures, most of her and I together, the closest picture to the end without her in it, was none other than the one I took of Cayden and myself. I made the picture my profile photo, having zero knowledge or premonition that he would be viciously ripped apart and demonized by random internet acquaintances. It was at this time that Cayden was ruthlessly torn into by those on my friends list, although they made jokes, it was entirely uncalled for. The top or second comment had someone asking “whose adorable kid is that”, in which I replied “It’s my coworkers son, I am watching him while she is in a meeting”, to which they reply “You mean to tell me you just have random kids running wild in your office suite?” and I stated “He was feral”. Never, in a million years, would I ever put any connotation or insinuate that he was feral based off the color of his skin, the nature of his ethnicity, or his descent. The following statement, was meant to be light and playful, and in NO WAY racist or prejudice, I have referred to my own daughter as wild or feral on many instances when she is running around, merely just being the child that she is. It was at that point in time that this comment was cropped out of said photo to edit and doctor the original post to maliciously skew my image as a vile person and open racist, again, this post was doctored and taken out of it’s context in it’s entirety. Upon the slew of commenters from all ethnicities blindly cracking jokes at Cayden’s expense, I put my foot down and stated that people need to stop, due to the fact that they were commenting on a public profile picture, which all of the people in my professional network on FB as well as Sydney herself can see. Upon stating this, these individuals we’re removed from my friend’s list asap as to not associate. A day passed and I was able to change my profile picture back to usual, my mistake itself was not deleting the picture itself or the comments, this left me vulnerable and open to be targeted for a “Troll”. After a 6 day trip with very limited cellular coverage, I came back to Atlanta and resumed to normal life as usual for about a day. On Tuesday, I started noticing a large influx of friend requests with no mutual friends, although odd, I though nothing of it and continued on with my day. Waking up Wednesday morning was when all of the pieces finally started coming together. Upon waking up, I noticed that Facebook had removed the photo after numerous reports from users. My friend request inbox was up to the brim of unknowns trying to make their way into my profile, as well as my “other messages” inbox was spewing with dismay and hate from people far and wide. After a barrage of texts and calls from people telling me what was going on, I took to Twitter, only to find the doctored screenshots from the original profile picture, skewed, misconstrued, falsified and aimed directly at me, targeting myself as the canvas for racism and bigotry, as well as poor Cayden being victimized to the general public. My first emotions were overwhelming, I was angry, betrayed, disappointed, saddened and scared, I honestly did not know what to think. My first thought was “Who dislikes me to the extent where they would go out of their way to falsify the content of my character and depict me as some type of bigoted monster” and my second thought was “why me…”. After over 100k retweets, trends on Twitter, Insta and FB and mostly all major news outlets picking the story up, as well as the loss of jobs, I was left in the shadows and made a victim of someone’s malicious intent to bully myself for unwarranted reasons, and doing their all to ruin my reputation, name and livelihood over something that was inaccurate and completely fake. At this point and time, I have numerous interviews with major media sources waiting to be conducted as well as published, the only thing I can do to help slow the roll of this by offering whatever I can to help Sydney as well as Cayden. They are both people that I consider friends and a part of our work family. I have reached out to Sydney twice now, stating my regret and apologizing sincerely, and offered to do anything possible to make amends. In the future I would love to see this turn into something positive for both Sydney and Cayden, I would like nothing more than to our collective online presence turn this into something beneficial for both of them as well as to help curb both online bullying and remove the veil of anonymity that many hide behind whilst ridiculing or harassing people on the internet for any reason. For anyone who this has affected in a negative manner either in my personal and professional life, I am beyond words by how sorry I am of the outcome. I can say that I truly did try my best to curb the racism in the thread and took every opportunity available to to take a stand and tell others to stop. I am sorry to the employers who have had this negative and falsified impression of myself tied or affiliated with their respective businesses in any way. I am sorry to the people who were heartbroken to see Cayden victimized in that manner, I am right there with you. I am sorry to the friends and family who immediately contacted me out of fear and worry over the situation. But most of all, I am sorry to Sydney and Cayden, this entire fiasco was never meant to cause any harm,bigotry, racism, or negative demeanor from anyone for any reason whatsoever, and know that I did do my all to stop people from making these comments. I know my apology will take a long time to be accepted, but I wanted my side to be known. To the friends, family, and acquaintances that have reached out to me, confident in my character and fully knowing that I would NEVER allow this to happen on my public profile or any other social media platform, I tremendously appreciate your love and support. Those that know me or are barely even acquainted with me are fully aware that I am an open, accepting human being, someone who would never discriminate against anyone for any reason and is always willing to give a person the benefit of the doubt. Not only have these cherished people revealed their support and shown me love in undesirable conditions, they vouched for my character and truly gave me the support I needed when the entire world was out to get me. However on the contrary, the true colors of people I have long considered to be “friends” or “on my side” have followed suit with the popular trend of everyone else forwarding information blindly without any verification or even asking me what is going on, throwing accusations, considering myself as a”failure" or “someone to be weary of”. Fair-weather friendship is common practice, but I never realized that some of the closest people to me would heed the words of random instigators online as opposed to coming to me personally and asking me about the situation. I have always been one to forgive and forget, but it will take a considerable amount of time considering those individuals abandoned me in my darkest hour, and instead of throwing a life vest, threw an anvil on top of me. To the culprits who are already under investigation for cropping the photos and making this go viral, as well as the independent news sources who blindly forwarded and ran the story with 0 acknowledgement, you will pay for your actions to the fullest extent of the law. Libel and Slander are serious issues, especially when they negatively affect the livelihood and future of an individual who did nothing wrong and was targeted for the sole purpose of online bullying and harassment. The day will come when my PR and legal team can rest, where I can look back without the fear of going outside, people constantly sending death threats, or people showing up to my house, treating the safety of myself and my family. The storm will pass, but it starts with being open-minded and willing to accept the side of the story not yet told and severely overlooked. Together we can achieve something greater, and turn this into something positive, not just for Cayden, but for future generations. Thank You. #HisNameIsCayden #GerisHilton #GerodRoth”
My goodness, if what he says is true, that is absolutely vile. I’m speechless.
The sad thing is that I can totally see such falsification coming from pitiful excuses for media like Buzzfeed and Mic. Gross. Gross all around, but If what this man says is true, he is truly the victim here.
On the menu for Maggie tonight is puréed sweet potato, puréed brown rice, sprouted organic tofu, chia seeds, and digestive enzymes. Does she look excited? She is!
This dog does not look excited, this dog looks malnourished.
The diet you are feeding your dog places a huge burden entirely on the pancreas, forcing it to produce large amounts of amylase to deal with the starch, cellulose, and carbohydrates in plant matter. (yes, even with your supplements) The carnivore’s pancreas does not secrete cellulase to split the cellulose into glucose molecules, nor have dogs become efficient at digesting and assimilating and utilizing plant material as a source of high quality protein.
When this stuff sits in the pet’s intestine (yes even with your supplemented enzymes) it not only irritates the lining of the bowels but also provides the perfect warm, wet environment with plenty of undigested sugars and starches as food for bacteria.
I respect your choice in leading a vegan lifestyle, but please do not force this on your pet who does not recognize the difference, your dog absolutely needs a healthier diet or it is going to develop health issues and I guarantee you, will not live as long as it could otherwise.
side reminder that some dogs can have vegan meat and be completely nourished and content, loving and excited over their meals. See: Onision’s two dogs, Dobs and Leelu. Actually, his name is Greg. He, his wife Lainey, and their two dogs are all vegetarian, and both Dobs and Leelu thrive. They look very well nourished, are energetic, very loving towards both Greg and Lainey, and they are fed vegetarian foods. Do dogs and cats eat meat? Absolutely. With the right nourishments, can they live, thrive, and live a happy and healthy life without it? You bet your sweet ass theycan. Stop bagging on this person for feeding this to their dog. I may advise offering meaty treats to your pet, perhaps chop some chicken or throw in some cooked red meat, but your dog seems very okay to me. The meat would be an added bonus that may please your pooch and also provide additional protein and minerals. He/She seems healthy to me, and also seems interested in the food you’re about to feed them. Do not let these people tell you that you’re abusing your dog. If you choose to continue their diet in this way, I would definitely look more into different kinds of treats that would help with the digestion more, though I don’t know too much in that area. Best of luck to both you and your puppy dog!
Hi hello you seem new to veterinary science and animal welfare in general so let me educate you on some topics that you are completely wrong about
1) “side reminder that some dogs can have vegan meat and be completely nourished and content, loving and excited over their meals.”
This is an assumption. The assumption that dogs are omnivores remains to be proven, whereas the truth about dogs being natural carnivores is very well-supported by the evidence available to us and is understood by many science welfare groups, universities, and doctors of veterinary science.
Dogs and wolves share 99.8% of their mitochondrial DNA, those who insist dogs did not descend from wolves must disprove the litany of scientific evidence that concludes wolves are the ancestors of dogs. And guess what? The wolf is a carnivore. Since a dog’s internal physiology does not differ from a wolf, dogs have the same physiological and nutritional needs as those carnivorous predators.
By stating otherwise you are ignoring and disregarding the work of contributing doctors, educators, and researchers who have compiled over 300 years of research and observations of the wild canine.
2) Do dogs and cats eat meat? Absolutely. With the right nourishments, can they live, thrive, and live a happy and healthy life without it?
No. But congratulations, you got one thing right, dogs and cats eat meat. Can they live a happy and healthy life without it? No they cannot. Cats and dogs health is largely dependent on the body’s ability to digest and make use of the food that is a part of their natural diet that is supplemented from meats. By creating a lack of naturally produced (meat, not supplements) protein in the body of the animal, you are putting your animals at risk for something called protein-losing enteropathy. Although this condition can affect any breed or age of dog, some dog breeds are more likely than others. That being said, feeding your dog and cat an all vegan or vegetarian diet and expecting them to thrive on it is a gamble at best.
There is an entire array of problems that can arise from a lack of natural protein.
Occasional bouts of diarrhea
Chronic diarrhea
Weight loss
Lack of energy (lethargy)
Difficulty breathing (dyspnea)
Enlarged abdomen
Legs and feet may be puffy or swollen (edema)
Cancer in the intestines
Infection in the intestines
Bacteria such as salmonella(from rotting plant material)
Fungal infection
Intestinal parasites like hookworms and whipworms
Inflammation of the intestines (inflammatory bowel disease)
Food Allergies
Stomach or intestinal ulcers
Congestive heart failure
Problems with the movement of lymphatic fluid out of the intestines (lymphangiectasia)
3) “He/She seems healthy to me, and also seems interested in the food you’re about to feed them.”
Hey, wrong again. This dogs nose is dried out, it is almost a pale white pink, this is an indication of dehydration or something more serious. The eyes are not clear and bright as they should be, they are red and puffy around the edges, the lining of the eyelids should be pink rather than red. This dog also has a blank stare on its face, and the nose is not pointing at the food, this means the dog is uninterested and is a sign of lethargy. This dog is begging for this meal to be something nutritious. I work at a highly respected veterinary hospital and I see this more often than you would think, I know how to tell when a dog looks malnourished, and so would you if you worked and studied every day in the field of veterinary medicine.
Next time I hope you will take the initiative to educate yourself on these and other important topics on the care for your animal, before you preach something you have no idea about.
Not to mention with cats specifically, they NEEDaprotein called taurine. Taurine is found in fish, meat and human breast milk. Without enough taurine your cat will fucking go blind. They can’t even eat dog food without going blind because it doesn’t have a high enough taurine content. Cat’s (neutered) need around 25% of their diet to consist of protein to be healthy and that protein MUST BE chicken, fish, or beef or they will go blind and eventually die from malnutrition. Cats also must have plenty of fat in their diet because they can’t produce their own. Bottom line if your feeding your cat (or dog but that was discussed more above) a vegan diet, you’re murdering your animal and causing it to suffer immensely in the process.
How could the OP even bullshit themselves into thinking their dog looks even remotely excited? Pretty sure that’s a Lab, and I’ve had two at my house for the past 12 years. They look absolutely nothing like that when it’s their dinnertime. They’re full of energy, with wagging tails and bouncing impatience and eagerly dig into their bowls.
That is the most apathetic look about a meal I have ever seen a dog have.
I’m glad to see this post back on my dash because it means people are still spreading this around. And this is super important information.
Dogs and cats cannot be vegan or vegetarian. If you want a pet that can, get a fucking gerbil.
Idiots starving and abusing their pets in the name of being against animal cruelty.
People like op piss me off and shouldn’t be allowed to own pets
Amen to that. You think there’s any way we can start a petition to see about making it illegal to do this kind of shit? I mean by all rights, this is animal abuse.
I’d be willing to concede that someone should shy away from relationships with someone who is under the legal limit for their country or state. It’s a bit iffy, since some states allow for marriage with parental consent that’s lower than the age of sexual consent. But the point is, as long as someone is not breaking the law IT’S NONE OF YOUR FUCKING BUISNESS. Full stop.
Sorry, I know far too may successful age-gap marriages and I’m also in one, to think any different. Keep away from me with your Feminist/SJW hateful hogwash. Not buying it.
I could see where asking a teenager to keep something secret that is a big part of his or her life (such as a relationship) would be a cause for undue emotional stress while trying to finish school and live a “normal” life, whatever the hey that means. Plus Bubba’s Byatch time for the offending adult. So I’d say stick by the laws and you’ll be safe as you need to be.
But when I read how men who go for girls 18ish or over are creeps just because he’s what… 24 (OMFFFGDDDD!!!) I have just one word for you: Bigot. Keep your “advice” to yourself, the world will be a much better place without it.
