07-16-2022, 09:53 AM
(07-16-2022, 08:04 AM)David Horn Wrote:(07-15-2022, 12:01 AM)JasonBlack Wrote:(07-14-2022, 11:52 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Sounds like kinda the opposite of censorship; revealing personal information. More like a revenge or intimidation tactic. Millennials are more likely to use this because they are more tech savvy. But that's also part of their version of collegeality and ability to organize, often called networking-- typical of civics.
If the purpose of doxxing is to threaten people who post unpopular opinions, then that is indeed a form of censorship, albeit censorship via mob, rather than censorship via institution.
Doxxing isn't censorsip, though the purpose is to silence the one being doxxed. Look at the poor OB/GYN from Indiana who was totally outraged by the need to perfom an abortion on a 10 year old rape victim from Ohio, because Ohio had made the procedure illegal even in a case so obviously jusified. First, she was called a liar and a fabulist by the conservative media -- virtually of them, including the Wall Street Journal. When the rapist was apprehended and confessed, that didn't stop. Instead, she was 'charged' with being a self-promoting jerk -- never mind that the story was important and true. Next, the Attorney General of Indiana decided that she need to be investigated, on what basis is a total mystery. She's hired an attorney; she may be forced to move.
This isn't just about Millennials. Every scumbag is doing it if he (mostly ''he') tinks it gets him something. It's slander just this side of illegal. The dividing line needs to be moved to make it legally what is in fact: slander, pure and simple. BTW, don't hold your breath.
Doxxing is scummy and immoral (a veritable rape of privacy). If I know details about someone that could hurt an innocent person if exposed, I at least have the decency to keep quiet about it. People are violating personal privacy at times with such tricks as putting a hidden camera in a toilet stall. I can't understand why anyone would be interested, but some people have their fetishes. Even if it is legal or indetectable it is horribly wrong and hurtful.
As for abortion -- it is time for the adults to take charge, meaning the people who contemplate the issue before making moral pronouncements as blanket statements. Sure, I am pro-choice, but I could imagine trying to talk someone out of having an abortion (you can put the baby up for adoption!) if such is a valid option. On the other hand if a woman was raped or tricked into a pregnancy by some scummy sociopath I might not be so certain. Inviability, threat to the life or health (including reproductive health!) of the woman or girl? Don't get me into that argument against abortion.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.