Claiming 4chan or reddit unanimously support the Emma Watson stuff is stupid. You can be a very heavy user of 4chan, not hang out in /b/, and be completely unaware of the Emma Watson site. Similarly with reddit.

   The site threatening Watson was greeted with glee on 4chan and Reddit, where 
   commenters explicitly stated their hope that the threats would force her to 
   abandon her feminist campaigning.

The plural of anecdote is not data. There are misogynist commenters on 4chan and reddit, but using a handful of idiots to characterize everyone on those boards verges on nutpicking. And Amanda, if you're reading this, I'd bet good money the reason people don't argue with the misogynists on those sites is the same reason you don't wrestle with pigs. I assume moot uses /b/ as an asshole sink: the assholes go there, make a lot of noise, and hopefully leave the rest of 4chan alone.

I agree with the rest of her article -- the US and world are often quite hostile to women, and it's still true that a woman who sleeps around is a slut but a guy who sleeps around is a stud. Hopefully the Emma site is just some dickhead with $7 for godaddy and too much time on his hands who figured out a way to troll a ton of people.

I wish I knew the correct response to the people who deluge outspoken women with rape threats. Perhaps part of the answer is George Tierney of South Carolina [1].

[1] http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2012/05/20/internet-man-does-no...