'They verbally abuse and rape me': The View's Candace Cameron Bure blasted for comparing internet trolling to sexual assault
- Candace Cameron Bure made the controversial comment on Wednesday's taping of The View
- She became a host on the show in September and says she has received backlash on social media for her conservative views
- Bure said Internet trolls 'verbally abuse me and rape me' after the panel discussed Lena Dunham's actions to hand over control of her Twitter
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During Wednesday's taping of The View, Candace Cameron Bure made a controversial comment comparing Internet trolling to being raped.
The daytime talk show hosts were discussing actress Lena Dunham's decision to hand over control of her Twitter account during the Hot Topics segment.
Dunham announced earlier this week that she received hateful comments after sharing a photo of herself in her boyfriend's underwear, labeling the responses as 'verbal violence.'
Moderator Whoopi Goldberg did not share her opinion about Dunham's assessment, however, she did say that people should know what they're facing on the Internet in this day and age.
'The minute you put yourself out there in someone's underwear, you can't be surprised,' Goldberg said.
Co-host Raven-Symoné agreed with Goldberg, but also saw Dunham's point of view, saying, 'They come hard at people.'
Bure, who is a devout Christian, shared that she has been the target of similar social media attacks and compared Internet trolling to being raped.
The conservative panelist said that internet trolls 'verbally abuse me and rape me' during the discussion.
'I've never been more verbally abused in my life than on Twitter, and specifically in the last few months, having come on this show,' Bure, who joined The View in September as a host, stated.
'A lot of people don't agree with me. That's fine, don't agree with me.
Controversial: During Wednesday's taping of The View, Bure compared Internet trolling to being raped after actress Lena Dunham announced she was handing over the control to her Twitter
'But you don't have to verbally abuse me and rape me. That's what they do to me on Twitter.'
The 39-year-old's fellow panelists did not address her comments on the show, but Paula Faris chimed in with her own experiences with Internet trolling.
She shared that trolls who hide behind anonymous handles on Twitter bother her the most.
'If you're going to dish it out I want to see what you look like,' Faris said.
Twitter user named Courtney C sent Bure the above tweet in response to the comments she made
Twitter user named Turi sent Bure the above tweet in response to the comments she made on The View
Twitter user named Shitagi Nashi sent Bure the above tweet in response to the comments she made
Some Twitter users did not take kindly to Bure's remarks and blasted her on the social media site.
One Twitter user tweeted Bure writing, 'things that are like rape: rape. Perhaps time to get off Twitter since popular opinion does not lean in your direction?'
Another person tweeted her writing, 'when will people stop using 'rape' as a comparison for anything they don't like? @candacebure your statement is ignorant [and] disturbing.'
Bure, who is currently filming Netflix's Full House reboot, has not publicly addressed the comments and did not appear on Thursday's episode of The View.
Bure, who is currently filming Netflix's Full House reboot, has not publicly addressed the comments
- Courtney C on Twitter: "when will people stop using "rape" as a comparison for anything they don't like? @candacecbure your statement is #ignorant #disturbing"
- Turi on Twitter: "@candacecbure things that are like rape: rape. Perhaps time to get off Twitter since popular opinion does not lean in your direction?"
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