rocko2466 wrote:justinvacula wrote:http://i.imgur.com/oNxwa.jpg
Interesting, interesting. The internet was the judge and jury for my 'doxxing' of Surly Amy (which wasn't).
Also, can we please have the police or courts to fill in on these claims of 'rape threats' and 'harassment' Melody and company raise?
She's the only one I've seen threatening. Though I don't think anyone should be concerned because (as far I've seen) there's been no harassment that's been going on.
I'll explain to you exactly how this will go down. Remember, I've experienced this before and much of what Greg Laden did consisted almost entirely of reading the online remnants of the last doxxing.
Let's say, for the sake of argument, that Melody Hensley or Ophelia Benson decide to initiate. Their goal will be to protect their cushy little scam. So, from their point of view they are fighting for their lives. Not because they think I'm a credible physical threat, but because they already feel their position slipping. The whole "replace the old white guys" move, whether the white guy in question is Dawkins or Kurtz, isn't going exactly to plan.
Thing is, Melody Hensley is vulnerable. Despite her protestations to the contrary, she has traded off her position at CFI into cred points in the greater skeptical community. Something which she is squandering with every ill-thought move. Even if the CFI leadership is not taking note, and they seem to be circle the wagon types, she knows she can't put her name on this.
Of course, they don't have to. This will be done by proxy, and anonymously, and framed as threats of personal harm against women. Whatever claims they make don't have to be true, or credible or even make much sense. They are intended to be harassing and inconvenient. And even if they go no where, they can always claim, after the fact, any accusation as if it has substance.
Even if their doxxing and accusations come back to bite them, and they will, and open up them up to scrutiny, they can't not do it. Their egos are entirely depended on it. They will do it to spite their face. They will do it even if it destroys them because, if you look at their past behavior, it has a sort of grim momentum, as if once they get started they just can't help themselves.
And in the short term, they hope, it will have a chilling effect. It might not do much to me, but it might serve as a warning to the more timid. This, like their fears, is mostly theater.
Look at Melody Hensley: Contactly me directly with the creepy name dropping, "we know who you are" and not very plausibly deniable threat was just about the stupidest thing she could have done. But so was they false flagging and account suspensions she is involved in. She has the impulse control of a six year old. How many people go out of their way to contact and provoke their supposed stalker?
Also, if you know anything about this, a stalker contacting the police accusing their target of stalking just to muddy the water is very common. Hensley seems to be following this tactic.
So, it's not if, it's when. Look at Laden a week ago when he claimed he was backing off when it was obviously he was just passing the onus on to someone else. To them, this seems clever rather than obvious.
Most important, they exist in an echo chamber that will always enable and amplify their worst tendencies.
We aren't dealing with people who are particularly smart, cunning or rational actors.
They just can't help themselves.
I mean, seriously, they just can't.
