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About

#VerifiedBullies is a hashtag campaign founded by teenage entrepreneur CJ Pearson to expose verified Twitter users who bully, harass users or send threats towards other people. The hashtag gained traction as a backlash to an online controversy surrounding a viral video involving students from Covington High School engaging with a Native American activist and has been promoted by the conservative media startup company Culttture.

Origin

On January 18th, 2019, Instagram user @ka_ya11 posted video footage of a Covington High School student wearing a "Make American Great Again" hat and smiling in front of Native American veteran Nathan Phillips drumming while singing a prayer chant (shown below).

On January 20th, Pearson created a Google Doc[2] form titled "Verified Bullying – MAGA Youth," calling for viewers to submit instances of verified Twitter users who posted tweets attacking the Covington High School students (shown below).

Verified Bullying MAGA Youth Students were maligned by Media yesterday for the thought crime of wearing MAGA hats. Media said they bullied a Native American veteran when that wasn't the case. Let's track who said and did what. Please use this form to submit all instances from Twitter. Please also archive or screenshot these tweets. https:/archive.org/webl Thank you.- @Ali and @TheCJPearson * Required Media Person's or Verified's Name* Your answer Media Person's or Verified's Twitter handle* Your answer

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That evening, Pearson posted a video of the database, claiming it was "1800+ tweets strong" (shown below). Within 72 hours, the video gained over 22,800 likes and 10,100 retweets.


The following day, Twitter user Ali Alexander posted a tweet promoting the hashtag #VerifiedBullies along with a Change.org[3] petition titled "The Students Of Covington Catholic Are Facing Expulsion and Need Our Help" (shown below).


Meanwhile, the @Culttture[4] feed posted a tweet directed to @TwitterSafety, featuring a tweet by Twitter user @HouseShoes calling for fans to "fire on any of these red hat bitches when you see them" (shown below, left). That same day, Pearson tweeted[5] a screenshot of a tweet by Twitter user Jack Morrissey saying "#MAGAkids go screaming, hats first, into the woodchippter" (shown below, right).

HOUSE SHOES Uncle Shoes @HouseShoes If you are a true fan of Shoesl want you to fire on any of these red hat bitches when you see them. On sight. HOUSESHOES #VERIFIEDBULLIES Culttture @culttture Dear @TwitterSafety: this violates the Terms of Service and warrants a permanent ban This was done for the "M4OL" Parkland kids, why not #CovingtonCatholic? #VerifiedBullies have no place on the platform. + ++@HouseShoes must be banned! 358 11:57 AM- Jan 21, 2019 >287 people are talking about this
Jack Morrissey @Jack Morrissey #MAGAkids go screaming, hats first, into the woodchipper. X QJACK_ MORRISSEY #VERIFIEDBULLIES CJ Pearson @thecipearson These are the types of tweets our #VerifiedBullies database catalogued yesterday Each and everyone one of these individuals will be served and punished to the fullest of the law. #StandWithCovington by signing this petition: bit.ly/2W9Lh7N 4,854 12:01 PM - Jan 21, 2019 2,876 people are talking about this

On January 22nd, The Daily Dot[6] published an article about the campaign titled "Why Culttture came to the defense of the MAGA teens--and what it has planned next."

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[1] Twitter – @thecjpearson

[2] Google Docs – Verified Bullying – MAGA Youth

[3] Change.org – The Students Of Covington Catholic Are Facing Expulsion and Need Our Help

[4] Twitter – @culturrre

[5] Twitter – @thecjpearson

[6] The Daily Dot – Why Culttture came to the defense of the MAGA teens--and what it has planned next

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About

#VerifiedBullies is a hashtag campaign founded by teenage entrepreneur CJ Pearson to expose verified Twitter users who bully, harass users or send threats towards other people. The hashtag gained traction as a backlash to an online controversy surrounding a viral video involving students from Covington High School engaging with a Native American activist and has been promoted by the conservative media startup company Culttture.

Origin

On January 18th, 2019, Instagram user @ka_ya11 posted video footage of a Covington High School student wearing a "Make American Great Again" hat and smiling in front of Native American veteran Nathan Phillips drumming while singing a prayer chant (shown below).



On January 20th, Pearson created a Google Doc[2] form titled "Verified Bullying – MAGA Youth," calling for viewers to submit instances of verified Twitter users who posted tweets attacking the Covington High School students (shown below).


Verified Bullying MAGA Youth Students were maligned by Media yesterday for the thought crime of wearing MAGA hats. Media said they bullied a Native American veteran when that wasn't the case. Let's track who said and did what. Please use this form to submit all instances from Twitter. Please also archive or screenshot these tweets. https:/archive.org/webl Thank you.- @Ali and @TheCJPearson * Required Media Person's or Verified's Name* Your answer Media Person's or Verified's Twitter handle* Your answer

Spread

That evening, Pearson posted a video of the database, claiming it was "1800+ tweets strong" (shown below). Within 72 hours, the video gained over 22,800 likes and 10,100 retweets.




The following day, Twitter user Ali Alexander posted a tweet promoting the hashtag #VerifiedBullies along with a Change.org[3] petition titled "The Students Of Covington Catholic Are Facing Expulsion and Need Our Help" (shown below).




Meanwhile, the @Culttture[4] feed posted a tweet directed to @TwitterSafety, featuring a tweet by Twitter user @HouseShoes calling for fans to "fire on any of these red hat bitches when you see them" (shown below, left). That same day, Pearson tweeted[5] a screenshot of a tweet by Twitter user Jack Morrissey saying "#MAGAkids go screaming, hats first, into the woodchippter" (shown below, right).


HOUSE SHOES Uncle Shoes @HouseShoes If you are a true fan of Shoesl want you to fire on any of these red hat bitches when you see them. On sight. HOUSESHOES #VERIFIEDBULLIES Culttture @culttture Dear @TwitterSafety: this violates the Terms of Service and warrants a permanent ban This was done for the "M4OL" Parkland kids, why not #CovingtonCatholic? #VerifiedBullies have no place on the platform. + ++@HouseShoes must be banned! 358 11:57 AM- Jan 21, 2019 >287 people are talking about this Jack Morrissey @Jack Morrissey #MAGAkids go screaming, hats first, into the woodchipper. X QJACK_ MORRISSEY #VERIFIEDBULLIES CJ Pearson @thecipearson These are the types of tweets our #VerifiedBullies database catalogued yesterday Each and everyone one of these individuals will be served and punished to the fullest of the law. #StandWithCovington by signing this petition: bit.ly/2W9Lh7N 4,854 12:01 PM - Jan 21, 2019 2,876 people are talking about this

On January 22nd, The Daily Dot[6] published an article about the campaign titled "Why Culttture came to the defense of the MAGA teens--and what it has planned next."

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External References

[1] Twitter – @thecjpearson

[2] Google Docs – Verified Bullying – MAGA Youth

[3] Change.org – The Students Of Covington Catholic Are Facing Expulsion and Need Our Help

[4] Twitter – @culturrre

[5] Twitter – @thecjpearson

[6] The Daily Dot – Why Culttture came to the defense of the MAGA teens--and what it has planned next

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