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(moved from Spun death threat. see Countries for dead South-Korean labor activists, not to mention the activists that have been assasinated. Some sense into article naming please) |
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A '''spun threat''' is a common tactic on poorly managed public Internet forums, by which a clique of people supporting their friends can subvert almost any [[due process]]. | A '''spun threat''' is a common tactic on poorly managed public Internet forums, by which a clique of people supporting their friends can subvert almost any [[due process]]. | ||
The tactic begins with an ambiguous or political statement that, to some | The tactic begins with an ambiguous or political statement that, to some biased or hidden-agenda'd readers, appears threatening - usually to their agenda, which they '''spin''' into a perceived threat against their person. To a randomly chosen sample of readers, however, it reads just like an ambiguous or political statement. Any attempt to clarify the statement by the author of it, is almost always censored under some excuse, by the same tactics as other [[ad hominem delete]]s are excused. | ||
The use of the '''ST''' indicates [[groupthink]] and [[juggling misrepresentations]] are in play, and is usually deliberately employed to bolster a [[power structure]] that seeks to control [[sysop power structure]]. | The use of the '''ST''' indicates [[groupthink]] and [[juggling misrepresentations]] are in play, and is usually deliberately employed to bolster a [[power structure]] that seeks to control [[sysop power structure]]. | ||