Ophelia Benson pushes back against characterizations of Freethought Blogs as a haven for bullies: http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterfliesandwheels/2012/06/bullies/
21 Jun 2012
Richard Sanderson coins the new hashtag:
23 Jun 2012
Jeremy Stangroom jumps in
01 Jul 2012
Ophelia and friends join the party, and the hash-crash begins
Also on July 1st, Paula Kirby publishes Sisterhood of the Oppressed, thereby sealing her fate with respect to certain blogging collectives.
03 Jul 2012
Paula Kirby joins the fray on Twitter.
04 Jul 2012
Greta Christina and Jason Thibeault boast (without any apparent sense of self-awareness) about how they leveraged the size of FtB's loyal following to dilute out the original message of the hashtag, which was mostly people complaining about how FtB finds various ways to prevent the dissemination of dissent. At this point, the hypocrisy circuit on my personal irony meter completely blows out and causes collateral damage to both my sense of humor and my wireless router.
The ongoing hash crash becomes ever more intense, mostly consisting of lighthearted nonsense and occasionally sparkling satire. If you're going to shout down grouchy dissenters, hey, at least make it entertaining.
Finally, someone calling himself "dysomniak" apparently has in his hand a list of names of known misogynists:
No evidence is forthcoming, but the smear does the trick. People calling themselves skeptics block the accused without asking for evidence. Further blacklisting ensues. I include this last not because dysomniak is anyone special at FtB, but because he is representative of a certain kind of angry Pharyngulite, for whom the ends completely justify the means.
After this point, there are still a few feeble attempts to discuss actual cyberbullying on (and from) both sides, but for the most part the hash degenerated into name calling and mutual recrimination. Final recap video posted here.
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