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Topic	Should people be publicly accountable for what they say anonymously online?
MrMallard 07/10/20 9:37:45 PM #19:	I think it depends on the influence that someone has, and the severity of what they're saying. There's some retail guy grumbling online like "goddamnit my boss at whole foods treats me like a piece of shit, I hate my fucking job" - like whatever, dude is venting about a bad day at work, let him have his space. No info about where he works, no names, just an expression of frustration - whatever. But on the complete opposite end of the spectrum, you have a prominent personality with influence over a large audience - or a head writer for that personality - posting white supremacist buzzwords and racial/sexual slurs on an insulated forum where people are encouraged to be bigoted. That shouldn't be allowed to stand, because who knows how their racial bias is being expressed to their audience? Could be a TV personality, could be an internet personality, could even be a senator trying to appeal to the white nationalist vote and represent their interests in Congress. That shit needs to be exposed. And then there's the unassuming person doing something shitty. Like a few years back, a couple moved into a neighbourhood where a guy had been selling street food for ages, and there's video of them yelling at this guy for having his cart on the side walk, about how he was apparently making it hard for them to walk their dogs. And it came to a head where this stupid chud of a boyfriend fronts on the street vendor, takes the man's cart and tips it over. Like yeah, fuck that random couple who came into a new neighbourhood and started yelling at this dude who had a business there before they ever lived there. If they're going to go around trying to ruin people's livelihoods and act untouchable while they do it, they can go and fuck themselves. It's in the public interest to know the biases and general slant of public figures, as a general rule of thumb. Whereas if you try to expose and doxx that whole foods employee for venting about a bad day, on a private handle, in a way that isn't actively slagging the company off - that's a shitty thing to do. But then there's a middle area where some nobody is being a turd - and while doxxing would be extreme, I don't think there's any harm in shaming someone's behavior when they're unambiguously being a piece of shit and actively harming someone else with their actions. Naming, maybe not. Shaming - hell yes --- Are you proud to be a Mayonnaise American? <cite>MrMallard posted [p:941952621] in Should peo... [t:78838503]...</cite> <quote>I think it depends on the influence that someone has, and the severity of what they're saying. There's some retail guy grumbling online like "goddamnit my boss at whole foods treats me like a piece of shit, I hate my fucking job" - like whatever, dude is venting about a bad day at work, let him have his space. No info about where he works, no names, just an expression of frustration - whatever. But on the complete opposite end of the spectrum, you have a prominent personality with influence over a large audience - or a head writer for that personality - posting white supremacist buzzwords and racial/sexual slurs on an insulated forum where people are encouraged to be bigoted. That shouldn't be allowed to stand, because who knows how their racial bias is being expressed to their audience? Could be a TV personality, could be an internet personality, could even be a senator trying to appeal to the white nationalist vote and represent their interests in Congress. That shit needs to be exposed. And then there's the unassuming person doing something shitty. Like a few years back, a couple moved into a neighbourhood where a guy had been selling street food for ages, and there's video of them yelling at this guy for having his cart on the side walk, about how he was apparently making it hard for them to walk their dogs. And it came to a head where this stupid chud of a boyfriend fronts on the street vendor, takes the man's cart and tips it over. Like yeah, fuck that random couple who came into a new neighbourhood and started yelling at this dude who had a business there before they ever lived there. If they're going to go around trying to ruin people's livelihoods and act untouchable while they do it, they can go and fuck themselves. It's in the public interest to know the biases and general slant of public figures, as a general rule of thumb. Whereas if you try to expose and doxx that whole foods employee for venting about a bad day, on a private handle, in a way that isn't actively slagging the company off - that's a shitty thing to do. But then there's a middle area where some nobody is being a turd - and while doxxing would be extreme, I don't think there's any harm in shaming someone's behavior when they're unambiguously being a piece of shit and actively harming someone else with their actions. Naming, maybe not. Shaming - hell yes --- Are you proud to be a Mayonnaise American?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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