Comments on: Look what Jessica Ahlquist just got in the mail

By: hamkap

hamkap — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:35:07 +0000

If you close your eyes, you could swear it’s Jesus talking.

By: Nathaniel

Nathaniel — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:59:40 +0000

Hey, under Florida Law, could you shoot that person through the door?

Only if they're black.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:06:51 +0000

I do feel that while an internet threat is rather bad, one being sent to you in person is worse.

That has been my experience. In this case, if the threat was personally delivered (I had not realized that) it is 10 times worse. That would mean that a person involved in making the threat was inches away, outside, on your property.

Hey, under Florida Law, could you shoot that person through the door?

By: Avicenna

Avicenna — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:07:48 +0000

I thought Jessica had her threat pushed through her door? (I meant the main post not the later comments). Men’s Rights Reddit is a cesspit of madness.

@Azkyroth Well? Internet threats are a dime a dozen. Something about the anonymity that makes it easy to threaten someone.

But most are impotent threats. When Dr. Steven Best threatens to Vivisect me I know that his threat is empty because his threats are “internet based”. The vast majority of said threats are really all talk and no trousers and invective rather than a concerted plan to kill people who mock him. It is wrong but the relative severity (In my opinion) is not the same as him sending an actual letter in the mail or shoved into my letter box.

I do feel that while an internet threat is rather bad, one being sent to you in person is worse.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:50:05 +0000

All the things I mentioned are on the internet

By: Azkyroth, Former Growing Toaster Oven

Azkyroth, Former Growing Toaster Oven — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:29:33 +0000

Well, one is on the internet

So.

Fucking.

What.

By: Avicenna

Avicenna — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:17:06 +0000

@greg

Well, one is on the internet and is (generally) a moronic and impotent threat that damages the user more than the person it is aimed at while the other is a letter delivered by hand in order to inspire fear. I am not defending MRA’s just saying that their vile dickery is not the same as a genuine death threat that’s been shoved through your letterbox.

It always amazes me how inventive these people are in their threats. I do hope the perpetrator is caught and sentenced.

By: d cwilson

d cwilson — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:06:23 +0000

Well, there’s a reason why I avoid Reddit like the plague.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:20:27 +0000

And now, I ask you, what is the difference between this and, say, the crap on r/atheist or ERV or anywhere else where the misogynists and the MRA’s hang out?

By: Bill Dauphin, avec fromage

Bill Dauphin, avec fromage — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:17:19 +0000

This is horrific. That said, “get the fuck out of RI” doesn’t seem like bad advice on its face, given what I’ve seen and heard of the place.