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Ahh yes, only the people that "deserve it" are subject to extrajudicial threats of violence by the police and lunatics on the internet with lots of guns and too much free time.

Don't play the game of trying shift the focus on what the victim did do "deserve" fearing for their life. If someone, anyone at all, is threatened or harassed they are a victim. They can also be a shitty person but these don't cancel each other out.

The truth is that the people who get harassed and doxxed are fairly arbitrary and have more to do with whatever unlucky soul the host decides to pick on that day rather than any kind of rational process. Trying to figure out how internet bullies choose their targets won't get you a satisfying answer other than "people who look like an easy target to be make fun of."




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