It's like watching a train wreck - you just can't stop!

[layla]

So it turns out that LJ advisory board candidate legomymalfoy received actual death threats urging her to drop out of the race. Rather than let the bastards win, she's staying in.

Former candidate (and buddy of jameth) cambler, who was losing anyway, dropped out yesterday over a rumor of death threats against an unspecified LJ-er. Now that it turns out he's not the target, rather than offering sympathy to legomymalfoy like a decent human being, he's accusing her of not caring about her family's safety and whining like a five-year-old that he was unfairly forced to drop out of the race [ETA: post is now locked] and that LJ should invalidate the whole election on his behalf. (Wahhhhh! Mommeeeeee! They made me drop out! It's somebody else's faaaauuuult!) And the commenters, who are pretty much the same group of Jameth-supporting trolls who have been acting like fuckwits all over every OTHER election post, are quick to claim the death threat's a fraud and any rise in her vote count at this point must be due to sockpuppetry. (Please note in regards to that last comment thread, the only "flak for cheating" that she's been getting, that I've seen, is from Jameth's camp's unsupported claims that she's been cheating, which is rather a different thing.)

I'm alternately horrified at these people's utter lack of human decency, and horrified at myself because I can't seem to leave it alone.

Here's a link to the voting page again, because god, I do not want to see this batch of scum win this election.

EDIT (5/30): The election's over, I'm about snarked out for a while, and so, I'm stepping away from this discussion for the moment. Non-friend comments are still screened, and I may be (very) tardy to unscreen/reply.

Comments

[polarbee.livejournal.com]

And keep our toes toasty. I'm still waiting for something resembling warmth.

I was actually curious as to how long it would take for you to get targeted. And then I said, surely they can't be that bad. I mean, how much spare time can one group have?

Apparently way too much.

[laylalawlor.livejournal.com]

You can see why I'm speaking up against these people. They've been doing this for the last week to anyone who posts anything they don't approve of. I enjoy it here on LJ, but I don't want to have to look over my shoulder for rabid hyenas whenever I post anything.

I'm still waiting for something resembling warmth.

Yeah ... where is this "summer" of which I've heard?

[tulleandtiaras.livejournal.com]

Now I have a mental image of hyenas crocheting toe hats. It may be time to get some sleep.