On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 8:07 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am pretty tolerant of comments that genuinely were attempts at humor, no > matter how far they miss the mark. My interest here is in public comments > that are not really jokes but are then justified as jokes, just because > they were made on Twitter. In this particular case I don't think apology is > the most important consideration, as Lange seems to be mentally ill, and > these were more symptoms than either jokes or attacks. > > Let me then ask the braintrust, what does one do when the mentally ill target you (or someone else) on the internet (and in real life)? I've mentioned before that my criticism of Michelle Shocked has led to her trolling me using multiple accounts. She's clearly nuts, she has called places where she thinks I work (she found a disused LinkedIn account of mine) to harass me there. She filed a lawsuit (since dismissed) against me and others. She encouraged her few remaining fans to engage in physical violence against me and others (she actively tried to get some of her female critics raped). Getting her Twitter account suspended did nothing except cause her to have not one but three new Twitter accounts. She's also targeted me on Instagram, Facebook, and elsewhere where the standards of suspension are even worse.
I get that we are supposed to have sympathy for the mentally ill, and all this started because I begged Shocked to get off Twitter and seek help as she was clearly off her nut. But at what point do we stop excusing the deranged and start holding them accountable when they try to harm themselves or others? The specific events I've experienced apparently don't qualify as criminal offenses, and since Shocked has tried desperately to be in the same room as me a few times, I've no interest in civil litigation where I have to sit across from a crazy lady in a mediation or a courtroom. So what do Lange's victims of verbal abuse do? What do I do? Are we supposed to just sit there and take it just because the person dishing it out has mental problems? -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
