Independence Day Invasion

Independence Day Invasion
Part of the 4chan - Tumblr War
Date	4 July 2014
Location	Tumblr
Result	Decisive 4chan victory
Belligerents
	4chan
	Tumblr
Commanders
	/pol/ - Politically Incorrect
	/b/ - Random
	Various prominent feminists and bloggers
Strength
	~20 shitposters
	500+ feminists, hamplanets, hipsters and beta whiteknights
Casualties and losses
	~2 hours of time 9001 sides
	37 resurfaced awful memories 16 large-scale panic attacks ~3 alleged suicides

Masses of feminists and beta whiteknights weep the tears of anal annihilation.

The Independence Day Invasion was a counter-raid of Tumblr by 4chan that occurred on July 4th, 2014 in response to an alleged attempt by Tumblr to "correct" /b/ - Random. It began when feminists and whiteknights, prompted by Shutdown4chan, went to /b/ and started shitposting about feminism. 4chan would later respond by posting triggering content such as gore, porn, and rape to Tumblr's most popular tags, including #feminism, #fatacceptance, and various fandom tags.

Tumblr's attempt to raid and Politically correct /b/ went about as well as you'd expect.

Beginning of the Battle

The battle began when the /pol/ forum board of 4Chan decided that it would disrupt the activities of Tumblr. In an attempt to do this, they manipulated the /b/ forum board of 4Chan (/b/ is the main posting forum) by posting a message on Tumblr. This post made it appear as though Tumblr wished to "raid" 4Chan. Many internet users saw through the ruse, but the majority of /b/ that knew chose instead to enjoy the excuse for chaos.

/b/ begins the raids

/b/ chose to retaliate to the obviously false threat by posting pictures of "extreme" pornography and gore. Tumblr reacted in return by making many attention-whoring claims that the raiding had caused PTSD, trauma, and several false rumors of suicide surfaced.

External spectators

While the conflict was, for the most part, between the two groups, other sites chose to get involved by posting typically humorous remarks about the event. The main sites involved in this were the sites Reddit.com and Imgur.com, posting gifs, stories, and images to mock and summarize the events of the battle. http://i.imgur.com/jjTwR9l.gif :One Imugurains take on the events in GIF format http://i.imgur.com/C3fZKHX.gif :Another remake of a popular GIF to fit the event http://i.imgur.com/chdgavW.jpg :An attempted retaliation from Tumblr

Le Reddit summarizes the events

Several Reddit users summarized the entire battle as it was occurring. Rather than attempt to transcribe the entire text, an Imgurian screen capped the entire Reddit text, as seen here in the following citations. (There is no gore or pornography at these links.) http://i.imgur.com/mu0nyOI.png" http://i.imgur.com/VRzl4GU.png http://i.imgur.com/jRKBtc0.png http://i.imgur.com/aHhJMJe.png

Summary

In summary, the /pol/ board of 4Chan wished for chaos, as it does in general. /b/ went along with the scam unknowingly, and those that did know enjoyed the opportunity for chaos. Tumblr was raided, and feebly attempted to defend itself (unsuccessfully). One of the best summaries can be found on Imgur: http://imgur.com/gallery/1376pJm

See also

Shutdown4chan

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