I appreciate that sentiment. I'm trying to give my handle just the right amount of asshole so that people will be annoyed yet still keep me around :) Seriously though. I don't really feel bad for this dude being outed. He clearly didn't want to be discovered because he knew that what he was engaged in was unethical. I mean 'niggerjailbait' is one of the more offensive things I've read in recent memory. That reminds me. I've been wanting to start a #thenewgreenjailbait tag full of pictures from when tng was between 14 and 19. You mind giving that a jump start?
I think there's a difference between feeling bad for him, and whether or not Chen was in the right to do it. IMO Chen's issue is with Reddit. There are, have been, and will be, others posting similar content on Reddit. It's extremely distasteful, but it is tolerated by Reddit (if not supported), and it isn't illegal.Seriously though. I don't really feel bad for this dude being outed.
Chen seems to really dislike the way this guy uses the internet, and he used his own right to free speech to do something about it. No crime there, either. All free speech does is protect you from prosecution for expressing yourself; it doesn't protect jerkoffs from being outed as jerkoffs. Sure there a lot of consumers of r/jailbate, but this guy was the big fish, so of course he is a target. Consequences exist for actions; lesson learned for violentacrez. On a side note, its a shame that r/Hitler was adopted as an anti-semetic forum. It probably could be a really good history forum for WWII enthusiasts. For that alone I support outing this guy.
I just feel like it was a waste of an opportunity to write about the motivations, psychology and dichotomy of being the "Internets biggest troll". He definitely touches on it but it could be explored more deeply. I recall that he specifically named the company the guy works for, not cool imo. That's straight up vindictive and irrelevant to any point being made.On a side note, its a shame that r/Hitler was adopted as an anti-semetic forum. It probably could be a really good history forum for WWII enthusiasts. For that alone I support outing this guy.
-Awesome point.
I think we are in agreement. It's not my intent to suggest that violentacrez was right where Chen was wrong. My point is that Chen is no more in the right, where he (and Gawker) obviously draws a distinction. I wonder if he discussed this with the stepdaughter before asserting that episode as fact. She was doxxed too.
Good point about his stepdaughter and the reset of his family, for that matter. Many of them are innocent bystanders, and I feel bad for those people. Maybe the karma will come back to bite Chen, too (perhaps in the form of a pissed off redditor sneaking around his life), but he, like violentacrez, made a conscious choice to write what he wrote. He has to live with whatever consequences that brings.
You're right and I agree with you. There is a difference. He can post without litigation and I support the reasoning. Still, can't say I'm feelin' for him.