• Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Why? It created a nation of blithering idiots willing to threaten people with murder over daring to mention something they refuse to understand.

      its working exactly as it was intended to.

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    In a better world, the cops would have given a shit and tracked down the assholes threatening a TV meteorologist.

    “It was ‘I am going to kill you’ written in a very deliberate way in a long letter and followed by obsessive emails,” said Gloninger. His critic demanded that he “go the hell back to where you came from DOUCHEBAG!!!” and demanded “what’s your home address, we conservative Iowans would like to give you an Iowan welcome you will never forget.” The emails attacked Gloninger for pushing a “liberal conspiracy theory on the weather”, calling climate change a “Biden hoax”.

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      You mean when they projected their evil on others, to make them the enemy?

      yeah, I remember. They’ve been doing it in some form for decades.

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    Wow he got a death threat in an email, which also asked for his address lmao.

    Poor guy. First day on the internet must be tough.

    If you receive a death threat that you think is real, you contact the police and the FBI. But considering that the man who was threatening him didn’t even know his address, I struggle to think how he thought it was an actionable threat.

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      it’s not hard to stalk someone enough to find their address and then beat the shit out of them. it doesn’t take intelligence it just takes obsession. police (as well as anyone else) should take this seriously