Full Reichstag Fire

[Whiskey]

Seems like Whiskey is happy to contemplate other people suffering.

Hurt feelings and revenge both seem to be key components of a lot of MAGA mindsets.

Correct. Now fix MAGA's feelings.

[Some Schmo]

Hurt feelings and revenge both seem to be key components of a lot of MAGA mindsets.

Whiney bitches voted for the whiney bitch in chief.

damned snowflakes. Facts don't care about your exceptionally fragile feelings, you damned babies.

[canpakes]

Hurt feelings and revenge both seem to be key components of a lot of MAGA mindsets.

Correct. Now fix MAGA's feelings.

Ready. Please step forward.

[Whiskey]

Hurt feelings and revenge both seem to be key components of a lot of MAGA mindsets.

Whiney bitches voted for the whiney bitch in chief.

damned snowflakes. Facts don't care about your exceptionally fragile feelings, you damned babies.

Do you feel upset?

[Moksha]

Correct. Now fix MAGA's feelings.

Can't that be done through the gaudiness of the Golden White House? They will take on a royal demeanor.

[Kishkumen]

No. Do you not know what a derringer is, Kish?

Um, yeah, I am familiar with the derringer. Haven't shot one, sadly, but I do know what one is. In fact, I don't have any pistol experience. Plenty of rifle experience, but no experience with pistols of any kind. Makes me sad.

[Whiskey]

No. Do you not know what a derringer is, Kish?

Um, yeah, I am familiar with the derringer. Haven't shot one, sadly, but I do know what one is. In fact, I don't have any pistol experience. Plenty of rifle experience, but no experience with pistols of any kind. Makes me sad.

They are belly gun novelties.

Come on over. Any reason to go shoot pistols is a good reason. We can borrow my wife’s collection.

[Kishkumen]

They are belly gun novelties.

Come on over. Any reason to go shoot pistols is a good reason. We can borrow my wife’s collection.

Wish I could! That would be a lot of fun. I miss shooting.

[canpakes]

They are belly gun novelties.

Come on over. Any reason to go shoot pistols is a good reason. We can borrow my wife’s collection.

Wish I could! That would be a lot of fun. I miss shooting.

Apparently, so do a lot of other folks these days.

[Res Ipsa]

Next section:

These campaigns often begin by isolating and dehumanizing specific targets to justify murder or other violent action against them. They do so through a variety of fora, including anonymous chat forums, in-person meetings, social media, and even educational institutions. These campaigns then escalate to organized doxing, where the private or identifying information of their targets (such as home addresses, phone numbers, or other personal information) is exposed to the public with the explicit intent of encouraging others to harass, intimidate, or violently assault them. As in the case of several ICE agents in Los Angeles being doxed, the goal of these campaigns can be to obstruct the operations of the Federal Government as well as aid and abet criminal activity the Federal Government is lawfully pursuing. These campaigns are coordinated and perpetrated by actors who have developed a comprehensive strategy to achieve specific policy goals through radicalization and violent intimidation.

This section stitches together some things that actually happen and tries to create a vast conspiracy that doesn’t exist. It begins with a massive example of projection. Donald Trump and JD Vance, as well as other leaders on the right, have engaged in a mass campaign of dehumanization against their chosen scapegoats (immigrants and transgender people) and anyone not on board with MAGA. They routinely describe any Democrat as Marxist or Communist. Likewise, they accuse them of trying to destroy America. This dehumanization has gone on for decades, beginning with Rush Limbaugh. While those on the right seize on a single remark made by a politician on the left (deplorable, clinging to God and guns), they ignore the torrent of violent and dehumanizing rhetoric issuing from the mouths of leaders on the right. It’s not some randos on the Internet that weaponize dehumanizing rhetoric — it’s political and opinion leaders. Their dehumanizing rhetoric gives their followers permission to treat their opponents as subhuman or not human.

As far as doxxing, it exploded during gamergate and is employed by the right as often as as on the left. The biggest, most organized doxxing campaign I’ve seen to date was revenge on people who used politically incorrect speech about Charlie Kirk, which cost hundreds of people their jobs. Doxxing, swatting, pizza ordering are all revenge tactics deployed by bad people of all ideologies. They aren’t confined to the left.

I’ve read about lots of incidents of doxxing. I’ve seen no evidence of a doxxing strategy other than punishing someone that someone’s mad at. If the administration wanted to seriously pursue doxxing and swatting as crimes, more power to it. But not under a policy that ignores the same conduct by the right.