A Washington Post article decrying the treatment of feminists on the Internet caught the attention of one of the most outspoken female voices on Twitter.
Conservative pundit Michelle Malkin, the founder of the website Twitchy which was called out in the piece, slammed the article for only focusing on the vitriol liberal women face, while abuses against conservative women are routinely ignored by the mainstream media.
“Once again, MSM sheds tears for Internet abuse of lib women. Prog h8 against conservative women ignored,” she tweeted.
Once again, MSM sheds tears for Internet abuse of lib women. Prog h8 against conservative women ignored==> http://t.co/uecTGQWKLd
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) February 21, 2015
“While digital media has amplified feminist voices, it has also extracted a steep psychic price. Women, urged to tell their stories, are being ferociously punished when they do,” the article’s author Michelle Goldberg wrote.
“Some — particularly women who have the audacity to criticize sexism in the video-game world — have been driven from their homes or forced to cancel public appearances. Fake ads soliciting rough sex have been placed in their names. And, of course, the Twitter harassment never stops.”
Malkin was right. The article said feminists were retiring because of the backlash they receive online by “men’s rights group” and “right-wing Twitter account(s),” but made no mention of the vitriol conservative women who don’t identify as “feminists” like Malkin, Dana Loesch, Katie Pavlich, S.E. Cupp, Megyn Kelly and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin routinely face from liberal flame throwers.
Malkin’s tweet gained the attention of Comedy Central’s “Daily Show” co-creator Lizz Winstead and CNN anchor Jake Tapper.
That article you're correct. @michellemalkin BUT you take no responsibility for the abuse we get from YOUR website Twitchy @jaketapper
— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) February 21, 2015
If I see sexist hate aimed at con women I tweet things like this- Do you do the same for lib women? @michellemalkin pic.twitter.com/lbGK3wKg4P
— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) February 21, 2015
Oh @lizzwinstead Don't break your arm patting yourself on the back. Conservative women don't need you grandstanding on their behalf.
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) February 21, 2015
@lizzwinstead Classic femme-a-oguge tactic: Conflate real rape/death threats with snarky political disagreement. @jaketapper
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) February 21, 2015
@michellemalkin @lizzwinstead both of you face misogynistic vitriol that makes me sick. The commonality isn't your politics.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 21, 2015
@jaketapper @michellemalkin / CORRECT.
— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) February 21, 2015
@lizzwinstead @jaketapper Yes he is. And I'm glad Jake RTed my tweet spotlighting that women in WaPo piece all came from 1 side of spectrum.
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) February 21, 2015
@jaketapper @michellemalkin @lizzwinstead But selective media indignation is all about politics.
— Instapundit.com (@instapundit) February 21, 2015
Others from the Twitterverse chimed in and slammed the blatant media bias.
@michellemalkin You mean, they're all leftists and promote the agenda of the left? Nah, it's not true. They're fair, and balanced: – (
— Deus Ex Machina (@billcsongradi) February 22, 2015
@michellemalkin @TwitchyTeam it's pathetic. MSM is just an arm of the DNC. So biased and unashamed.
— Matt Clifford (@mclifford34) February 22, 2015
@michellemalkin @Frogman147 #WAPO and other #MSM can & will get much worse! Journalism today is about appealing to "Dumb & Dumber"
— Ken (@FbcLlc) February 22, 2015
@michellemalkin Just when you think the liberal media can't get any more stupid, the prove your wrong.
— The Idle Swordsman ⚔ (@DannMarquardt) February 22, 2015
@michellemalkin @lizzwinstead @jaketapper Women from both sides of politics get sexist abuse, but media only shows victims from one side.
— Tony E Coyote (@tonybalogna) February 21, 2015
@michellemalkin " But the incessant, violent, sneering, sexualized hatred their successors absorb is harder to escape." How about Palin??
— lifebythecreek (@lifebythecreek) February 21, 2015
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