Ridicule and mockery defeated early feminist political campaigns

Evidence

Yet Anonymous’s contradictions were impossible to ignore. While supporting Occupy Wall Street, members freely used homophobic slurs. They protested racism in the online game Habbo by arranging a group of Black avatars into a swastika. Their nihilistic pranks often veered into outright cruelty, from harassing grieving families of dead teenagers to targeting epileptics with flashing lights. But in the techno-optimist spirit, these flirtations with fascist imagery were again excused as ironic. — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 271 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

At this point they were still calling themselves suffragists, but after a few years of activism the Daily Mail would dub these new, feisty protestors ‘suffragettes’ – a derisory, diminutive term to distinguish them from women who stuck to peaceful means. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1448 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The French Revolution actively suppressed women’s political participation as unnatural.; Early online activism excused cruelty and fascist imagery as ironic lulz — W. David Marx, Blank Space: A Cultural History of the…, 271; The term ‘suffragettes’ was first used derogatorily to distinguish aggressive activists from peaceful ones. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1448

Broader Connections

• Early online activism excused cruelty and fascist imagery as ironic lulz #exemplifies (0.85) — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 271
• The term ‘suffragettes’ was first used derogatorily to distinguish aggressive activists from peaceful ones. #exemplifies (0.82) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1448