Last week we talked about this thought sewage coming from the Huffington Post, which said that white men should lose the right to vote. It was waaay racist and sexist. All for the sake of tolerance and inclusion, of course. It didn’t take long for HuffPo to promptly become a laughing stock for the nth time that day. After all the rebuttals and tweets, there was a follow up. But first, let’s recap the reaction to this article with Heat Street…

Huffington Post’s South African editors were initially pleased with the reception of Garland’s article. On Saturday night, HuffPostSA editor Sipho Hlongwane bragged that the article had received plenty of traffic while making a tongue-in-cheek complaint about his corrections inbox.

HuffPostSA editor Verashni Pillay wrote an article (archived post) defending its publication. She highlighted examples of complaints sent to the website, and blamed readers for having a poor understanding of the “pretty standard feminist theory” Shelley used.

Pretty standard feminist theory, that has all since been deleted…. because it was a giant hoax. The person who wrote the post? Yeah, she doesn’t exist. It was all an elaborate scheme on behalf of an internet troll. Here, let the hoaxer explain…

The HuffPo 'White men shouldn't vote' article turns out to be a TRO...