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forest-spirit on 06 July 2020
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Immersiveunreality said:
forest-spirit said:

Not reacting to these scum is the worst thing we could possibly do.  This kind of behaviour is in no way, shape or form acceptable and the more people calling it out the better as far as I'm concerned.

When the reaction is important for the victim or make the idiots that make those threats think they can face consequences and stop doing these things as a result then yes,when it is just people putting their own emotions in front of the safety of the victims themselves then no.

Getting the police at their doorfront would be the best reaction and mostly the most silent in the beginning.

It would take a very serious threat for the police to get involved. Or do you seriously believe that someone writing "I will stab you" will get a visit by the police? And if they did, such actions by the police would get huge reactions from every defender of free speech out there. So not only would calling the cops only work for a handful of comments, it most certainly wouldn't do much keeping things silent either.

And what about people that write hateful comments without coming close to breaking any laws? Saying "I hope you and your family gets cancer and dies" isn't illegal but sure as fuck shouldn't be met with silence.