• AngryRobot@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    Sounds like a terrorist threat to me. Unfortunately, our next administration is in bed with the terrorists.

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      10 hours ago

      Doxing is a terrorist threat…?

      Edit: Downvote me if you want, but I legitimately don’t understand. Is there a joke im missing…?

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        Yes, it’s a terrorist threat. The point of the threat is to scare Wikipedia editors away from editing the site so they can fill it with their propoganda.

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          I vaguely remember republicans calling folks terrorists that doxed people for pushing nazi propaganda. Everyone was clowning on them then.

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            When someone is dangerous, like one who spouts Nazi propoganda, I can see a reason for them to be doxxed. But that’s not the case here. China wants to send the reds after the people who write factual information on Wikipedia pages they don’t like.

            If they do that, Wikipedia is going to die because nobody wants to be assaulted for a volunteer gig.

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              Yeah, but that’s not really what im talking about. If doxing is terrorism, then doxing is terrorism. If it isn’t then it isn’t. “Rules for thee but not for me” doesn’t really fly outside of circlejerks.

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                Left wing murderers aim for the rich, right wing murderers aim for the people. Show me the left wing serial killer aiming for fox news indoctrinated neonazis, and we might feel differently.

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                When the state executes a convicted murderer, it is not terrorism. If someone murders their spouse out of jealousy, it’s not terrorism. When a serial killer murders 10 people, it is still not usually terrorism.

                But when a radical minority group wants to push their political/religious agenda and subdue, oppress the general population by randomly murdering a bunch of them - that IS terrorism.

                All of the above are murders, but not all of them are terrorism.

                The same is true for every other type of aggression, including doxing. They can be used for many things in many cases. They can be used as a means of oppression, or the oppressed can use them to fight back against oppression. Almost all forms of aggression can be used for the good of society (e.g. by the police against criminals, or by the revolutionists against their oppressors) and of course for bad reasons as well. It all depends on the situation.

                So no, doxing does NOT equal terrorism. But it can be used as such.

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    It would be a real shame if our furry overlords or some other group retaliated against the heritage foundation

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    Thank you to the Heritage Foundation for reminding me to donate to Wikimedia, almost forgot to do it.

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    Heritage Foundation plans to doxx and target Wikipedia editors in service to Zionism

    Kinda burying the lead with that headline.

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      You can just go to their website. They aren’t hiding.

      But they’re also the friends and scions of the mega-wealthy, put in these positions specifically to fuck with the lower classes. If they’re feeling a bit of impunity right now, you can hardly blame them.

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        I don’t think they’re targeting the board or the ex3acs. They’ll target the volunteers who do the actual editing.

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          I think what he did was exciting. But what he represents?

          He took the School Shooter mentality to Wall Street.

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            It’s not school children ruining our lives, so maybe I’ll just shrug then offer thoughts and prayers if it starts happening regularly.

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              It’s not school children ruining our lives

              It isn’t a single fungible CEOs, either. The problem is systemic, not individualistic.

              Shooting a bunch of Sandy Hook middle schoolers is definitely more horrifying. But the consequences of the action are more of the same.

              More cops, more surveillance, more conspiracy theories, more terror.

              if it starts happening regularly

              It will never happen regularly enough to undermine the profit motive. Not if it’s just random Lone Wolf vigilantes who binge watched Demolition Ranch videos and got delusions of grandeur.

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            What I meant is that he represents a physically dangerous reaction to the kind of oppressive policies they and their ilk support. Right or wrong, people are losing patience with the billionaires and their lickspittles. Maybe the Heritage Foundation with their culture war BS won’t be so much of a target, but the economic interests they represent are obviously no longer able to imagine that they can get away with their thievery without some possibility of a violent reaction.

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    In case anyone doesn’t know, you can download all of Wikipedia of you have 120GB of space. You can download a whole bunch of wikis straight off Kiwix.

    I refuse to let the fascists control knowledge

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    So how do these idiots plan to solve the fact that many editors are not in fact based in the US. Just move edition these articles to any other country?

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      The Heritage Foundation doesn’t care if the people they dox are Americans or not. They care not for borders when it gets in the way of their agenda.

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        Well. I think they can dox someone editing out of Pajala in Sweden, Drenas in Kosovo, Bifuka in Japan or Bella Cola in Canada and it will mean fuck all. Perhaps Cletus in Bumfuck North Carolina will seethe but i will mean nothing

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    The slideshow says the group’s “targeting methodologies” would include creating fake Wikipedia user accounts to try to trick editors into identifying themselves by sharing personal information or clicking on malicious tracking links that can identify people who click on them. It is unclear whether this has begun.

    What a bunch of complete dipshits. That being said, there are ways to request yourself to be allowed to use a VPN when editing if these fascist threats intimidate you.