It has come to our attention that certain people (i.e. the GR bullies who attacked Lauren) are questioning her claim that she received threats of rape, sodomy, and murder on Goodreads simply because she didn’t have screenshots to prove it.  Of course she didn’t have screenshots!  She was new to the website and didn’t know she would need to prove this to anyone or that the whole thing would blow up like it did.  She didn’t even know that reviewers were allowed to review her book pre-release!  Only those who’ve had years of experience with these people (i.e. us) know that you need to immediately screencap everything before you report them.  You need to be able to prove what they’ve done.

So, since we arrived late on the scene, we went looking for proof.  What we’ve found so far is TinaNicole’s sodomy-by-lawn-sculpture shelf (which has since been deleted by GR) and a witness to the event that we found on The Passive Voice.  It is Anne R. Allen, the writer who authored Gangs of New Media that we have featured on our sidebar.  On the Passive Voice, she says:

Witness

This comment was in response to Issendai (who is a member of the GR bullies) when she tried to call Lauren’s claims into question.  Anne stepped in to set the record straight.

We’d also like to let everyone know that PG had to shut down the discussion thread on his post early and clear out some of the nastier comments left by the trolls who swarmed in to attack his usual blog readers.  This is the third time he’s had to do that with these trolls, so he’s used to it.

PG’s good like that.  He cleans house quick :).

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