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Link Posted: 7/5/2017 8:31:03 AM EDT
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Bam!!
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 8:35:56 AM EDT
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HOLY SHIT - CNN just stated on air that they are PROTECTING the Reddit user
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 8:38:57 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/5/2017 8:48:42 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By notrega:
HOLY SHIT - CNN just stated on air that they are PROTECTING the Reddit user
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Link Posted: 7/5/2017 8:50:05 AM EDT
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You done fucked up CNN
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 9:01:18 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/5/2017 9:03:29 AM EDT
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Watch the video. 
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Link Posted: 7/5/2017 9:04:19 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By notrega:
HOLY SHIT - CNN just stated on air that they are PROTECTING the Reddit user
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Too late CNN, you have already lost.
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 9:05:13 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Rick-OShay:
Good.  Let him go home and clean up his fucked-up country.
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Originally Posted By Rick-OShay:
Good.  Let him go home and clean up his fucked-up country.
*gasp* go watch the movie

Super Troopers They Think I'm Mexican
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 9:18:39 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Miami_JBT:
CNN threatened to do a 15 year old over free speech for using a gif. 

Oh boy...... the internet will not be sweet and gentle.
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Originally Posted By Miami_JBT:
Originally Posted By Tankdawg0057:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/04/politics/kfile-reddit-user-trump-tweet/index.html

cold link to story.  They are threating him.  May all fuck be upon CNN
CNN threatened to do a 15 year old over free speech for using a gif. 

Oh boy...... the internet will not be sweet and gentle.
from the CNN link:

CNN is not publishing "HanA**holeSolo's" name because he is a private citizen who has issued an extensive statement of apology, showed his remorse by saying he has taken down all his offending posts, and because he said he is not going to repeat this ugly behavior on social media again. In addition, he said his statement could serve as an example to others not to do the same.

CNN reserves the right to publish his identity should any of that change.
 [Jules] That is some fucked-up repugnant shit! [/Jules]
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 9:27:01 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By irishtech:


Too late CNN, you have already lost.
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I bet they felt pretty fucking huge threatening a high school freshman.
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 9:38:24 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/5/2017 9:52:42 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By notrega:

HOLY SHIT - CNN just stated on air that they are PROTECTING the Reddit user
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Protection talk starts around 1:10
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 9:53:14 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Captain_Morgan:
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This will be an epic week...
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 9:59:11 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/5/2017 10:01:13 AM EDT
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Off topic from CNN, but another video giving some social media / VidCon backstory.


Link Posted: 7/5/2017 10:06:24 AM EDT
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This thread is not safe to browse while sipping coffee at your desk...

But I just can't stop myself.
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 10:10:00 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/5/2017 10:15:40 AM EDT
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Holy shit, CNN just went full retard. Christmas came early this year!
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 10:15:51 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/5/2017 10:19:51 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/5/2017 10:21:19 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By CarmelBytheSea:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DDilJb1WAAYDrtU?format=jpg poor girl is getting trashed online, any suggested memes? I only found 1 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DDmA0y1W0AAL5Dj?format=jpg
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To be fair there would be another president with a star on Hollywood Boulevard if they gave out stars for shoving cigars up a snatch.
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 10:24:03 AM EDT
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OK answer me this. 

Why would CNN threaten this 15yo? Are they that filled with hatred that they will try to harm anyone that is a Trump supporter? 

What do they have to gain from  doing this?
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 10:25:53 AM EDT
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Very apropos this time of year.
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 10:38:55 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/5/2017 10:49:00 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By TripleC:



OK answer me this. 

Why would CNN threaten this 15yo? Are they that filled with hatred that they will try to harm anyone that is a Trump supporter? 

What do they have to gain from  doing this?
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Well first off they didn't know it was a juvenile- they assumed that something like that HAD to be made by an adult. And there are other reports floating around that some CNN employees are still saying the author is a middle aged man.
They acted without doing proper research and now are paying the price for it.
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 10:49:34 AM EDT
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Apparently NOT a 15 year old, reportedly a 51 year old. That explains how they could get to him - doxxing could get him fired, loss of income, financial straits, issues.

A 15 year old is pretty immune to that. A 15 year old meming on the internet? Whadya gonna do, take away muh 'puter?

Should be obvious by now CNN has, as someone else put it, slipped a hornet's nest into their pants.

Dis gon be gud.
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 10:49:49 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/5/2017 10:51:16 AM EDT
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AWESOME!
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 10:51:30 AM EDT
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Okay, I'm freaking out.

Link Posted: 7/5/2017 10:54:15 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By tirod:
Apparently NOT a 15 year old, reportedly a 51 year old. That explains how they could get to him - doxxing could get him fired, loss of income, financial straits, issues.

A 15 year old is pretty immune to that. A 15 year old meming on the internet? Whadya gonna do, take away muh 'puter?

Should be obvious by now CNN has, as someone else put it, slipped a hornet's nest into their pants.

Dis gon be gud.
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So which is the spin?  Is it CNN trying to claim they are dealing with an adult as damage control? Or was it always a 51 year old and someone wanting to put the nail in CNNs coffin spun it to be a teenager- if for no other reason to get 4chan on their side in attacking CNN?
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 10:58:56 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By TripleC:



OK answer me this. 

Why would CNN threaten this 15yo? Are they that filled with hatred that they will try to harm anyone that is a Trump supporter? 

What do they have to gain from  doing this?
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They're trying to silence dissent.  It's simple mob tactics (mob, as in organized crime, not a large crowd of people).

They (correctly) identified that Trump's populist power is asymmetric and decentralized.  In fact, Kekistan's power predates Trump's candidacy - but the application of meme combat power arose with a symbiotic relationship between the two.

CNN failed to observe the previous failures of the shitlibs, though.  Consider Hildog's deplorables/irredeemables, Pepe is white supremacy frog, etc.  Unmitigated disaster, right?  Quite possibly lost her the election, or at least marked the turning point, right?  Don't do that again, ever, right?

Well, not so much, apparently.  CNN thought it could just apply a little muscle, and probably used ISP records/timestamps through their Time Warner connections to find HanAssholeSolo.  They broke the conventions of the ceasefire, and abused their power...  all for what?  To intimidate the internet?


This is the last desperate act of a bully.  To try to isolate one target and make an example of them.  I pray it fails.

CNN is still dangerous, and we may yet take casualties.  But this is a fight that needs to happen.  Bullies need to get put down hard.  It's the only language they understand.
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 11:01:32 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By tirod:
Apparently NOT a 15 year old, reportedly a 51 year old. That explains how they could get to him - doxxing could get him fired, loss of income, financial straits, issues.

A 15 year old is pretty immune to that. A 15 year old meming on the internet? Whadya gonna do, take away muh 'puter?

Should be obvious by now CNN has, as someone else put it, slipped a hornet's nest into their pants.

Dis gon be gud.
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I've also seen someone claiming it was made by a pro-trump 37 y/o gay dude from Tennessee... so I'd say the 'truth' is still up in the air.

Regardless of age, a national media organization playing 'heavy' with a private citizen is beyond shitty.
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 11:02:23 AM EDT
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What 50-year-old calls themselves HanAssholeSolo?  

Come on.  That's a teenager for sure.
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 11:04:51 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/5/2017 11:04:58 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By TrojanMan:
What 50-year-old calls themselves HanAssholeSolo?  

Come on.  That's a teenager for sure.
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What 50-year-old calls themselves TrojanMan?  

Come on. That's a teenager for sure.
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 11:09:54 AM EDT
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CNN picked a fight with the whole internet.  LOL
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 11:13:51 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By TripleC:



OK answer me this. 

Why would CNN threaten this 15yo? Are they that filled with hatred that they will try to harm anyone that is a Trump supporter? 

What do they have to gain from  doing this?
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They thought they could scare other gif-makers and memers by making an example out of this guy, and fall back on "he also posted racist stuff," as a safety net.  Why? Because that works in their world.

They do not realize that the Internet plays by different rules.  Cries of racism are so overused that the Internet ignores them now.  CNN did not realize that it would piss of the weaponized autistics and would motivate them to swarm against CNN and create more gifs, not scare them.

Plus, I doubt everyone at CNN agreed to this.  For all we know, Zucker the CEO may be feverishly dialing his lawyers while screaming at the KFile staff for doing this.
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 11:21:49 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/5/2017 11:37:30 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Schark:
What 50-year-old calls themselves TrojanMan?  

Come on. That's a teenager for sure.
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Originally Posted By Schark:
Originally Posted By TrojanMan:
What 50-year-old calls themselves HanAssholeSolo?  

Come on.  That's a teenager for sure.
What 50-year-old calls themselves TrojanMan?  

Come on. That's a teenager for sure.
TrojanMan is a teenager.

(mostly)
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 11:42:52 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/5/2017 12:10:06 PM EDT
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I would say CNN poked the hornets nest, but that analogy is a bit too weak for the situation.


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Originally Posted By TripleC:



OK answer me this. 

Why would CNN threaten this 15yo? Are they that filled with hatred that they will try to harm anyone that is a Trump supporter? 

What do they have to gain from  doing this?
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To add to the answers above, CNN is convinced of both their own moral superiority, and that they were completely the aggrieved party. They seriously saw the gif as a threat to themselves, and they had segments and segments about how it was a threat. From the synopsis of their reporting I've seen, they just weren't playing it for ratings and attention or anything like that, they really thought that it was some sort of "call to violence" against them.

And I'll mention the blatant hypocrisy of this. CNN has burned and revealed sources, and has many times broadcast information that has put people in danger. I think Greg Gutfeld (sp?) did a segment on all the times CNN has published stuff that endangered people "because its news". Funny how they get really concerned when they think its their ass on the line. I hope what they've managed to unleash has them wearing depends b/c they're wetting themselves so much.
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 12:10:49 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/5/2017 12:14:35 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Captain_Morgan:
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I cant stop watching it.
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 12:16:08 PM EDT
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Awesome...
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 12:17:19 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/5/2017 12:19:13 PM EDT
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 That is glorious!
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 12:51:30 PM EDT
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This is actually BETTER than election night...and that is saying alot.
Link Posted: 7/5/2017 12:55:41 PM EDT
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If you want to see some yummy stuff go get "the list" of Fake News Networks sponsors twitter accounts 


Link Posted: 7/5/2017 1:04:01 PM EDT
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