

{"id":1822,"date":"2017-04-21T20:43:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T15:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=1822"},"modified":"2018-04-28T15:38:07","modified_gmt":"2018-04-28T10:08:07","slug":"comes-trolling-rana-ayyub-excuse-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/comes-trolling-rana-ayyub-excuse-will\/","title":{"rendered":"When it comes to trolling Rana Ayyub, any excuse will do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abuse from right wing handles is unfortunately an inevitable part twitter experience when you have an ideology that is different from theirs. If one was to draw a list of handles that are the target of most abuse on Twitter, Rana Ayyub will feature very prominently in the list. She ticks all the boxes: Journalist, female, Muslim and an outspoken critic of the BJP government. Every tweet, every word of hers is under scrutiny by scores of right wing handles for whom journalists like her are the sole raison d&#8217;\u00eatre.<\/p>\n<p>It was therefore not surprising when a Twitter user, Sonam Mahajan (@AsYouNotWish) dug out a 2014 tweet of Rana Ayyub.<\/p>\n<p>How delightful it must be for the troll brigade to discover an &#8220;abusive&#8221; tweet from the one who claims to be a target of abuse. Rana Ayyub was recently the focus of much attention when she named and shamed a UAE based abuser who was subsequently fired and deported by his employer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1823 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"826\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/1-2.jpg 826w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/1-2-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/1-2-768x893.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/1-2-696x809.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/1-2-361x420.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite Rana Ayyub&#8217;s clarification that these are not her words and is simply a quoted tweet, hordes of abusers have descended on her twitter timeline. The user account @dhakadjatin, whose tweet was quoted by Rana doesn&#8217;t exist anymore so there is no way to access his original tweet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1824 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"938\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/2.jpg 938w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/2-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/2-768x786.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/2-356x364.jpg 356w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/2-696x712.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/2-410x420.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/2-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/2-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of those who are trolling her may not be aware that way back in 2014, the feature of quoting a tweet was not available and people manually retweeted if they had to add a comment. On the other hand, many may actually be aware of this and still choose to join the mob purely because of who the target is. Twitter introduced the feature to quote tweets in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/twitter\/status\/585225218093932544\" target=\"_blank\">April 2015<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/comes-trolling-rana-ayyub-excuse-will\/selection_21_04_2017_009\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1833\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/Selection_21_04_2017_009-711x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Twitter introduced quote in April 2015\" width=\"640\" height=\"922\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/Selection_21_04_2017_009-711x1024.jpg 711w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/Selection_21_04_2017_009-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/Selection_21_04_2017_009-768x1107.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/Selection_21_04_2017_009-696x1003.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/Selection_21_04_2017_009-291x420.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/Selection_21_04_2017_009.jpg 959w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A look at other tweets of that time show that Rana Ayyub is right when she says she was merely quoting the abuser. If we look at the responses to her tweet in 2014, the flow of events is clear.<\/p>\n<p>Some users have condemned the abuse.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1825 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"944\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/3-1.jpg 944w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/3-1-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/3-1-768x781.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/3-1-696x708.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/3-1-413x420.jpg 413w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/3-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/3-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/3-1-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 944px) 100vw, 944px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Predictably a Hindu Nationalist (HDL) account commended the abuser (@DhakadJatin) for his choice of words.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1826 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"914\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/4-1.jpg 914w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/4-1-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/4-1-768x807.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/4-1-696x731.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/4-1-400x420.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another Right Wing account ( @IntolerantGunda) applauded the guy for his abuses to Rana Ayyub<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1827 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/5-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"893\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/5-1.jpg 893w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/5-1-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/5-1-768x826.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/5-1-696x748.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/5-1-391x420.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another one tweeted that he reported the said account and got it suspended and that she should have done the same.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1828 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/6-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"817\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/6-1.jpg 817w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/6-1-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/6-1-768x902.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/6-1-696x818.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/6-1-357x420.jpg 357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another user commented that by quoting, she is coming across as the guy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1829 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/7-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"804\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/7-1.jpg 804w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/7-1-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/7-1-768x917.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/7-1-696x831.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/7-1-352x420.jpg 352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And one user quotes that she deserves every bit of abuse by @DhakadJatin.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1830 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/8-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/8-768x922.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/8-696x835.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/04\/8-350x420.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the above tweets, it is clear that @dhakadjatin had used abusive language and Rana Ayyub had made that abuse public, just like she did in the recent case of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/indian-employed-uae-fired-sexually-abusive-post-rana-ayyub-bravo-others\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bincy Lal<\/a>. Though his original tweet is not available, people had reacted to Rana Ayyub&#8217;s tweet where she quoted the abuser and had even reported the abuser. Two years later, she is being trolled because the words of the abuser she quoted are being thought of as her own words.<\/p>\n<p>There is nothing in Rana Ayyub&#8217;s tweets over the years that may suggest that the abusive language used was hers. If it was, all hell would have broken loose at the time she tweeted those words. Many of those trolling Rana Ayyub are fully aware of this but still refuse to publicly acknowledge that this is nothing but a quoted tweet. The mindless mob mentality has taken over. Why miss a chance to throw a stone at a favourite target? The bile after all has to find an outlet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abuse from right wing handles is unfortunately an inevitable part twitter experience when you have an ideology that is different from theirs. If one was to draw a list of handles that are the target of most abuse on Twitter, Rana Ayyub will feature very prominently in the list. She ticks all the boxes: Journalist, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":1831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-1822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>When it comes to trolling Rana Ayyub, any excuse will do - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When it comes to trolling Rana Ayyub, any excuse will do - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Abuse from right wing handles is unfortunately an inevitable part twitter experience when you have an ideology that is different from theirs. 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