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The WaPo triggers the Streisand effect for Libs of TokTok
American Thinker ^ | 20 Apr, 2022 | Andrea Widburg

Posted on 04/20/2022 4:29:38 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Yes, it doxed her and it deserves legal and economic consequences, but there may be an unexpected benefit to the WaPo’s unprincipled, dangerous conduct.

The Washington Post attacked Libs of TikTok (“LOTT”), not because it wants to debate the merits of the leftist-made videos the Twitter account exposes to a wider audience, but because it wants to silence anonytmous woman who runs it. Ironically, in a new form of the Streisand effect, the Washington Post seems to have exposed LOTT’s material to literally hundreds of thousands more people.

The current saga of LOTT can be summed up quickly.

LOTT locates videos that leftists voluntarily place on social media about race, gender, and other forms of wokism and then republishes the same material on the LOTT account. I’ve been following the account for months now, maybe even a year, because it’s a window into the core leftism that underlies the Biden administration, the media, academia, and much of K-12 education across America.

The account started acquiring extra traction when Florida’s Parental Rights Act (aka The Anti-Groomer Bill; aka the “Don’t Say Gay” bill) became a matter of national news. For those trying to make the point that bad things are happening in classrooms, LOTT was a goldmine.

And again, LOTT did not create material, did not fake material, and did not dox people. Instead, what LOTT did was republish material that others had already placed in the public domain. Material like this:

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: bidenvoters; censorship; communism; dontsaygay; libsoftiktok; lott; tiktok

1 posted on 04/20/2022 4:29:38 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Ridicule is a powerful weapon against the left.


2 posted on 04/20/2022 4:29:50 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on mycreen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

It’s either disintegration or spiritual revival for this country.


3 posted on 04/20/2022 4:40:58 AM PDT by beejaa
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To: MtnClimber
Related...

German government funds 'research' project that doxxed Libs of Tik Tok

4 posted on 04/20/2022 4:45:14 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: beejaa
It’s either disintegration or spiritual revival for this country.

Just yesterday, I told a friend that I thought that Bishop Sheen and Billy Graham should return from their resting places and initiate a nation-wide revival.

5 posted on 04/20/2022 5:00:15 AM PDT by Salvey
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To: MtnClimber
TIL Taylor Lorenz is actually 49 years old and not a millennial in her early 30s like she claims. She seems to be very sensitive about her age so please don't post this all over the internet, as a reporter blatantly lying about such a trivial matter could irreparably damage their credibility
6 posted on 04/20/2022 5:06:53 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: MtnClimber

Good points here, but Andrea needs some composition lessons and a proofreader.


7 posted on 04/20/2022 5:12:41 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: beejaa

We can’t seem to rally around much these days. The Right have always been bad at collectivizing as it’s against our nature. Some sort of Christian-based movement I think would get millions onboard. Who knows…. They organize, we don’t…. That’s why we lose.


8 posted on 04/20/2022 5:30:56 AM PDT by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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To: MtnClimber

I sure am happy that I deleted all of my social media accounts several years ago. The last to go was my Twitter account with over 20k followers - deleted it the day the banned President Trump.

Reading this article reminds me of why I left - it is such a trash heap.


9 posted on 04/20/2022 5:36:24 AM PDT by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: MtnClimber

If lies are exposed it’s curtains for the left.


10 posted on 04/20/2022 6:06:18 AM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: MtnClimber

Those people in those videos need millstones around their necks. Seriously, who would allow any of those people around children? The herd needs culling.


11 posted on 04/20/2022 6:08:49 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: MtnClimber

I’m not sure what the dust-up is all about. These freaks and mental patients have uploaded material for all to see, yet someone who shows it is the problem?


12 posted on 04/20/2022 6:11:47 AM PDT by Magnatron
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Bttt


13 posted on 04/20/2022 6:12:48 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: Magnatron

The problem is these Freaks and mental patients are dangerous. It seems the only solution is to expose them even more. Backing off it’s the wrong thing to do


14 posted on 04/20/2022 6:55:16 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: MtnClimber

Has anyone seen anything indicating that some legal action is going to be taken against the post?


15 posted on 04/20/2022 9:57:23 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

It happened very recently so probably too soon to tell if there will be legal action. I am not sure doxxing someone violates any laws. It is just that the reporter that did the doxxing was crying when people complained about her reporting and made her feel “unsafe”.


16 posted on 04/20/2022 10:08:05 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on mycreen name for my FR home page.)
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