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Mention the "POV you're a TERF in my mentions" trend.
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After McLean's tweet was reported for hate speech, Twitter initially decided that it [[:File:Sonicfox2.png|did not break their rules]].  Only after continued protest and many more reports did Twitter react, by removing the tweet and issuing SonicFox a mere 24-hour ban.
After McLean's tweet was reported for hate speech, Twitter initially decided that it [[:File:Sonicfox2.png|did not break their rules]].  Only after continued protest and many more reports did Twitter react, by removing the tweet and issuing SonicFox a mere 24-hour ban.
In late 2019, a social media trend dubbed "POV you're a TERF in my mentions" started, in which trans activists would pose with a weapon (baseball bat, sword, machete, or the like), sometimes preparing to strike or showing them mid-strike, taken as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-of-view_shot point-of-view (POV) shot] and captioned with the phrase "POV you're a TERF in my mentions" or variations thereof.<ref name=pov-terf/>  The pictures are supposed to represent the point-of-view (POV) of a "TERF" being assaulted by the depicted person.  In other words, women called "TERF" who look at the pictures are supposed to imagine themselves being violently assaulted.


=== Real-life vandalism, harassment, and assaults ===
=== Real-life vandalism, harassment, and assaults ===
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|title=Celebrity TERF Ronda Rousey to play Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat 11
|title=Celebrity TERF Ronda Rousey to play Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat 11
|website=reddit
|website=reddit
}}
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<ref name=pov-terf>
{{cite web
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019184351/https://radfemrebecca.wordpress.com/2019/10/06/terfinmymentions/amp/
|title=“This is what I want to do to you” – Dissecting the ‘POV ur a TERF in my mentions’ trend.
|author=Rebecca
|date=October 6, 2019
|website=radfemrebecca.wordpress.com
}}
}}
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