Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

2016 Postmortem

Nanjeanne

(5,021 posts)

4. Good one. But seriously in this day of social media and anonymous comments if

Reply to GreatGazoo (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 06:08 PM

Apr 2016

these people write and put something out there, why do they feel the need to complain when "people" respond. There are complainers everywhere. Some are professional trolls. Surely as a reporter with a newspaper, they can suck it up a little. What a bunch of crybabies. Too bad they aren't a woman and can't cry sexism.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

19 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Washington Post Reporter Doxxed For Writing Critical Article About Bernie Sanders [View all] workinclasszero Apr 2016 OP

tell it to Susan Sarandon GreatGazoo Apr 2016 #1

+1 mmonk Apr 2016 #3

Good one. But seriously in this day of social media and anonymous comments if Nanjeanne Apr 2016 #4

Obviously the goal is to smear Sanders because, allegedly, random people GreatGazoo Apr 2016 #6

How do you dox a public figure ? DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2016 #7

We don't often agree, but on this we do. Fawke Em Apr 2016 #8

I know of instances where the wrong person was doxed. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2016 #9

Me, too. Fawke Em Apr 2016 #12

My friend had to take down his facebook page. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2016 #16

Facebook is the evil. Fawke Em Apr 2016 #19

... Electric Monk Apr 2016 #2

That's not being "doxxed." Fawke Em Apr 2016 #5

Hold the phone, when did "not that hard to find" become the standard for doxxing? nemo137 Apr 2016 #11

Not if he had a publicly listed address. Fawke Em Apr 2016 #14

You think it's ok to publish a reporter's home address? yardwork Apr 2016 #15

"Irrational fury" ... exactly. NurseJackie Apr 2016 #10

Childish babies. yardwork Apr 2016 #13

We are adults. We realize doing the same thing over and over and expecting Fawke Em Apr 2016 #18

Washington Post has been shameless in its shilling for Clinton. It *used* to be a paper of record. Romulox Apr 2016 #17