You are a fan of a musician. You buy a ticket to hear that musician perform her music live at a local venue. You go to the show and hear music. Then, suddenly, with no warning, the musician preaches condemnation and hate. She speaks about homosexuality leading to the end times. She verbally attacks members of the audience with gaybashing.
What do you do?
One brave woman cried out. Correction, more than one brave woman cried out, but Anile was the first. It is her voice you can hear in the bootleg audio, questioning Michelle Shocked, demanding answers, and holding Michelle accountable for her own words. On Twitter, Anile continued to confront Michelle Shocked. As Shocked hid behind lie after lie, insult after insult, Anile kept fighting for her fellow offended fans. She fought for the LGBT community. She fought for the other minorities Michelle Shocked targeted online. She fought for strangers.
And now this brave woman is afraid. Why? Because Jeff Bruce Cohn, a man who has repeatedly threatened to rape women who oppose Michelle Shocked, now knows her name and where she works.
Because Michelle Shocked, who has endorsed violence by Jeff Bruce Cohn in the past, now knows her name and where she works.
Because a coward known only as Jaimito, who tried to locate my contact information to give to Jeff Bruce Cohn so he could rape me, now knows her name and where she works.
She continues to spread lies and hate speech while Twitter gives her a free pass, which is ironic considering Michelle Shocked claims to despise social media.
But I do not despair. Because since March of 2013, Michelle Shocked has not received money to sing. She appeared at a nursery for free (where she frightened innocent children), and the nursery owner said she regretted it. She leapt onto a stage without the permission of a venue owner a few months ago, and the venue owner publicly stated she was not to do so again. Every venue that booked Michelle subsequent to her Yoshi's rant has rescinded their booking. That is the legacy of Anile, the first woman to take a stand against Michelle Shocked. Michelle's hate speech doesn't move beyond her smattering of sycophants, because scores of people work independently towards the same goal: Preventing Michelle Shocked from hurting anyone else.
Michelle Shocked is gloating today about having intentionally targeted and frightened an innocent woman whose only crime was buying a ticket to hear Michelle Shocked sing. To Michelle, it is all a game and her former fans are cannon fodder. And as Michelle Shocked continues targeting innocents, she seems oblivious that the person most injured by her hatred is herself.
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