Anti Auckland abuse and hatred, and stereotypes.
Each region, towns and cities does receive abuse from other regions - such as Hamilton, with an unsavory stereotype of being referred to as "the city with STD'S", or Queenstown, being on the receiving end of abuse for being a wealthy city. However, nothing comes close to Auckland, which receives the most abuse from people living in other regions - and perhaps even overseas people. We have documented KYE, in which one of her friends has called me a "pussy who lives in Auckland".
We will be calling out abuse and hatred towards Aucklanders on this page, be it from far right trolls such as Know Your Enemy, or people who don't live in Auckland, or keyboard warriors.
A terrorist threat
Sadly, it seems some people haven't learnt from the Christchurch Mosque attacks about the potential for offline harm when it comes to incitement of violence. Here is "William" making a threat encouraging people to "burn Auckland". We reported him to Facebook, who correctly saw this as a violent threat and terrorism, and took it down.
He should be glad that he did not make this remark at an airport, or in a government building, because it is not only a criminal offense to do so, but it could have severe repercussions for him - a huge fine, imprisonment, and he could also be barred from traveling on any flight due to him being a flight and a security risk.
Facebook deleted the comment, but we will pass this on to the police for them to investigate, and for public safety. Making threats on Facebook is bad enough, and have resulted in some people getting charged for it. We will also include a screenshot of his profile, in case he deletes it, or Facebook disables his account. Unfortunately, archiving Facebook profiles is very hard, almost impossible to do.
Facebook deleted the comment, but we will pass this on to the police for them to investigate, and for public safety. Making threats on Facebook is bad enough, and have resulted in some people getting charged for it. We will also include a screenshot of his profile, in case he deletes it, or Facebook disables his account. Unfortunately, archiving Facebook profiles is very hard, almost impossible to do.
For articles relating to threatening behavior that resulted in charges:
A man charged with threatening to kill Simon Bridges
A man charged with threatening to kill Simon Bridges
An abusive person goes on a vile Twitter rampage
As always, a userhandle with an 8 digit code is a huge red flag. And this applies to this New Zealander, who can't help him or herself except to bully and harass Aucklanders. And also shows absolutely no regard for the Twitter Rules, as all of these Tweets are actually in violation of the rules against abuse and harassment.
Oh, and he has made quite an abusive tweet about me adding him to a list that warns other people to block, report and avoid him...
We have reported this to Twitter. We will also make further reports about his abusive tweets, in accordance with the Twitter Rules.
It seems that he is not scared of losing his Twitter account, as repeated violations can lead to a permanent suspension. It also seems that he can't use Twitter without engaging in abusive behavior.
I will archive this tweet, in the event that his tweet - and even perhaps his account gets removed by Twitter. The archive can be viewed here.
UPDATE: It appears that his account has now been deactivated. Let's hope it stays that way, as we are still keeping an eye out for him, as he has broken the Twitter rules at least fifteen times.
It seems that he is not scared of losing his Twitter account, as repeated violations can lead to a permanent suspension. It also seems that he can't use Twitter without engaging in abusive behavior.
I will archive this tweet, in the event that his tweet - and even perhaps his account gets removed by Twitter. The archive can be viewed here.
UPDATE: It appears that his account has now been deactivated. Let's hope it stays that way, as we are still keeping an eye out for him, as he has broken the Twitter rules at least fifteen times.
Somebody who just judges another region without looking at their own region's problems first
Maybe if you're from the Waikato or anywhere that is not Auckland - you should just be quiet and focus on your own problems, such as the Whangamata riots or the Hamilton brawl....