I don’t think anyone is saying that the average woman should take being called a cunt as an opportunity to lend a helping hand to the attacker.

Well that seems like a reasonable comparison.

99% of the awful people that attack Ms. Silverman the way this kid did would come back with an even more awful tweet. Clearly this guy was that one exception, and DAMN did she ever have the insight and compassion to help someone in physical and emotional pain. He’ll probably never abuse someone like that ever again.…

It would be nice if you could not use the slur “tard.”

LOL she still sucks But way to take a stand for the upper dog. God knows she’d never speak up for you.

Who hurt you growing up? Because you have this thing for caping for racist white women and its weird...

She’s someone with one of the biggest platforms in the world and has never used it to speak against the president or any of his policies. Fuck that white privileged bitch and the shitty music she makes.

i think you know that weren’t a answer.

And seeing how many people on here are repeating the same old lines about building girls up, or just saying no, or maybe the girls like it, or moms should do better, makes me feel really hopeless about it getting better. Why do we have to rigorously ensure that every single living female person is fully versed in the…

I get to the point where I sometimes think that people who constantly try to discourage ladies from traveling alone are just ... jealous.

I am moments away from turning 40 and you described me. About 8 years ago I just stopped “looking” and started just doing things I wanted to do some times with friends some times alone. And it hasn’t been the end of my world and I enjoy traveling alone (which mostly people don’t get and think I am faking) maybe it…

Why is that not a thing?! Sometimes I have overshare regret or clap back regret and it’s just there forever.

That doesn’t mean the word isn’t a racial slur though. Part of the reason Roma are characterized as being nomadic is because they’re usually not welcome to stay anywhere for any length of time. In many places in Europe today it’s still considered acceptable to discriminate against the Roma; as recently as 2009/2010…

I appreciate your vulnerability in writing all this.

Very, White feminists so woke until they have to do anything resembling actual work and change. Activism so selfish.

The point being “gypsy” is a derogatory term for Romani people. Unfortunately, they have about as much of a public voice as Native Americans, so they’re never heard, and if they are, it’s by people degrading them and asking, “Why is it a problem *only now*”, because with most people, if they’ve never heard of a…

I think the issue is less...they did this thing back then. And more...why don’t they admit they were wrong when they’re called on it now?

This is White Feminism in a nutshell.

Here’s a Storify with a better accounting of how the situation unfolded. I’ll be doing a Medium piece about it:

Thing is, there is no evidence that Cher is part Cherokee, so it’s not her slur to reclaim.