March 1, 2007 -
According to a post on presidential candidate John Edwards' official blog, the Democrat's Second Life campaign headquarters was trashed, apparently by Republican gamers:Shortly before midnight (CST) on Monday, February 26, a group of republican Second Life users, some sporting "Bush '08" tags, vandalized the John Edwards Second Life HQ. They plastered the area with Marxist/Lenninist posters and slogans, a feces spewing obsenity, and a photoshopped picture of John in blackface, all the while harrassing visitors with right-wing nonsense and obsenity-laden abuse of Democrats in general and John in particular.
The author of the blog post, identified only as robinrising, was apparently a witness to the incident and provided screen shots and chat logs to SL publisher Linden Lab for possible disciplinary action.



Comments
Wrong and wrong. We've destroyed the furries over nine thousand times, and do it daily.
Because being a disruptive moron in real life isn't enough for some people......
It's second life, exactly how people have the nerve to act surprised at this is beyond me.
Also: mudkips, desu, etc.
Also: Ebaums did it.
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I despise this kind of jumping to conclusions when republicans do it and it only disgusts me more when a democrat does it. Not just any democrat, one that I've respected and wanted to see in the white house since 04.
He's going to have to do quite a bit to earn back some respect.
Either pick up a few books on U.S. legal code, or learn the scientific method before you ever use the word "This just proves...." in a sentence again.
Your basis of evidence is "some article you read on some blog on the internet about some incident of which you have no direct knowledge." And somehow you feel that justifies the conclusion: "It just goes to show that (insert group name here) who I make prejudicial and stereotypical statements about rather than judging each individual on their own faults and merits are living up to the self fulfilling prophecy I just made up. Anyone who doesn't believe my BS is just 'ignorant.'"
I am so sick of hearing "... oh you know... so and so must be up to no good, because we SUSPECTED them of being up to no good before, so it's a pattern!" Rely on proof... not every editorial you read on 'teh intrawebz!' (see first paragraph for definition of 'proof')
And for all the SUPER-uninformed out there, BOTH parties contain INDIVIDUALS who have DIFFERING opinions about racial relations. While I agree someone who offers a "whites only" scholarship is a racist... so is someone who offers a "minorities only" scholarship, so you can cram it about one party being more racist than the other. Both are equally guilty/innocent. Scholarships should be based on merit, effort, and maybe economic need provided the former two are met. Period. No one wants to succeed ONLY because they happen to be a minority... individuals want to succeed because they feel they deserve to, and self-esteem is an integral part of success.
NEVER judge someone based on race, either for bad OR good. Every individual should have the OPPORTUNITY (only) to do what they want with their lives, successful or not, and it has nothing to do with the color of their skin, or who they vote for like mindless sheep, but their internal moral fibre and the guidance of their parents. The word opportunity is very specific in definition. No one is "Guaranteed" any RIGHT to SUCCEED, nor does anyone have the RIGHT to go through life without ever seeing anything they might find offenseive. How boring would it be if everyone lived in THAT bubble?
Neither party is right "more often" than the other... as it was pointed out individual people change party affiliation all the time. Parties constituents constantly change, and therefore the viewpoints constantly change.
Please understand the irony in stating as proven fact: "If you don't believe my stereotypical statement that a given group always makes stereotypical assessements of the other group as 'ignorant,' then you are 'ignorant.'" The only proven fact here is that you are an ignorant stereotypist!
Seriously the IQ level of about half the posters seems to be about half of the level of the perpetrators. I'm angrier at you than some wierdos in some VR world that I don't care about. It's not worth my time to lambast you each individually, so sadly I must resign myself that most of you will just go on with your vitriolic existence assuming that this post "must not apply" to you. GP IS a proper place to discuss political matters... but learn some logic and keep an open mind if you intend to command any respect in presenting the issues of gamers to the outside world.
It appears to have worked in this case.
It’s rather unlikely that the raiders actually believed that Bush could be re-elected in ‘08 - it’s much more likely they chose it because it’s so ridiculous.'
Undoubtedly true, but it's also already being turned into something more 'meaningful' by both Linden Labs and the Political offices themselves. Regardless of the intention behind the act, any ammunition for promoting yourself and attacking your 'enemy' will be used. In politics this is even more the case.
The simple act of 'vandalising' (for want of a better word) something that has political ties will automatically be considered a statement by the opposite party, whether it was intended by the people who did it to be a statement or just because they could.
It's rather unlikely that the raiders actually believed that Bush could be re-elected in '08 - it's much more likely they chose it because it's so ridiculous.
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Doin' it for the lulz since 2006.
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Not only "FIRST!" but also, other people's negative and positive feedback. And since its the intraweb you can say what you want. : \
I still find it humerous.
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Dont kid yourselves though. Dont act like polititians dont do this in the first place anyway. Dont ignore whats already there, and plain to see. Just because you dont believe in it in your mind set, doesnt mean it doesnt exisit.
Could be any Bush not necessarily George W
This is /B/ vandalism we're talking about. This is NORMAL.
Something tells me you guys have never heard of Fort Longcat.
Ty
Seriously, the guy wants to turn america into a communist nation
News to Edwards, communism is a broken system, it can't work!
Wait no looked at the wrong post again. I did misread yours. Once again sorry about that.
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@CaptainObvious
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@mark
@others
Enough with the "Republicans/conservatives did it" bullshit. What would anyone in the political arena who wanted some kind of chance to run do this for.
If this got traced back to the support staff of any big name candidate on EITHER side of the aisle he or she could lose considerable face over it. Shit like this is great media fodder. They love to criticize smear campaigns while do it to their chosen opponents.
What a great news flash, "Xcanidate defaces Ycanidates online campaign".
Hell a good news network could play it up past that. Hell they would love for a chance to do a special on it and stir up some controversy.
Hell this looks like simple vandalism for the hell of it. Some people go out and grief others in ANY MMO, that is what they do for fun.
I don't know about the rest of the people who stand near the middle but I am fucking tired of the shit being thrown by the fringes flying over my head. Hell you hit your own "team" almost as much as you hit the other "team". If your gonna to continue to throw it why don't you go off to the side and throw it without other being caught in between you. We would like a chance to do things in a calm intelligent non knee jerk manner.
Damnit haven't been this mad with someone on this site in a while.
On a calmer note
Someone mentioned the phone thing in 04, Rove, and Nixon. Doesn't that make it more likely they didn't do it. When a republican fucks up they do something that gets their whole party in trouble. They fuck up big time, nothing in half measures.
Read my post again before you try to call me out.
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