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Former MLB Pitcher Doxes Internet Trolls, Delivers Real-World Consequences
An anonymous reader writes: When Twitter trolls began posting obscene, sexually explicit comments about his teenage daughter, former MLB pitcher Curt Schilling responded by recording their comments and gathering personal information readily available to the public. He then doxxed two of them on his blog, resulting in one being suspended from his community college and the other being fired from his part-time job as a ticket seller for the New York Yankees. There were seven others in Curt's crosshairs, all college athletes, but although he hasn't publicly doxxed those individuals, he hints, "I found it rather funny at how quickly tone changed when I heard via email from a few athletes who'd been suspended by their coaches. Gone was the tough guy tweeter, replaced by the 'I'm so sorry' apology used by those only sorry because they got caught."
This is why we have police departments.
And what happens when the police departments show complete disinterest to your problem?
Seriously in some regards screw em. I've been robbed and then told by the police that they won't investigate because I'm covered by insurance anyway. Then I see them standing by the road side spending all their time making sure people don't drive more than 1km/h over the speed limit.
Police departments are great when they work, but often they don't. If someone tries to stab me and I get away, I'd go to the police. If someone hurts my feelings online I'll try to get revenge online.
This is itself a fairly sociopathic post. If someone is ignorant, educate them. If they refuse to be educated, others will still learn from what you're saying. The clowns in this story weren't ignorant, they were just assholes.