Internet Shaming Culture (food for thought)

[burn_this_city]

How have they not engaged in criminal harassment of this guy? His case against them would be more compelling than the garbage they're using.

[Erick Estrada]

So if a jaded woman decides you have a “creepy glint” in your eye you are instantly classified as a threat to women? Sigh.

[troutman]

Unless there is more to this case than reported, I can't see how the Crown would ever decide to prosecute it. Weak.

http://news.nationalpost.com/full-co...the-same-cloth

On Wednesday night, planning to attend the trial, I emailed a colleague to ask what she thought of alleged victim and alleged perp.

My colleague is a brilliant observer of the human condition and replied with this: “I think they should marry each other.”

I had no idea what that meant until I saw Mr. Elliott and Ms. Guthrie in action: They are cut from the same cloth, sure that every thought that flits into their heads ought to be expressed; prolific tweeters (if not so much as one of the other alleged victims, who has sent out almost 170,000 tweets, which is roughly one per breath), and what my old friend Moose calls high maintenance.

[Itse]

The part where these women gathered to actively plan their shaming campaign is really the most damning part for me, as it points to something that has been feared but thought unreasonable.

SJW:s using feminism as a weapon is less like a beast out of control, and more like nuclear weapons we have handed over to schoolyard bullies and mean girls of the world.

[Itse]

Originally Posted by troutman

Unless there is more to this case than reported, I can't see how the Crown would ever decide prosecute it. Weak.

Three alternative explanations come to mind:

1) The prosecutors sees a career opportunity. A very public case, indirectly advocating for one of the largest political interest groups right now.

2) The prosecutor fears repercussions if she throws the case out. These are women proven to be spiteful, petty and actively trying to destroy people's careers. A prosecutors career is vulnerable to attacks on reputation, and we know the court of social media needs no proof.

3) Putting the case to court opens up much better possibilities of countercharges for harassment...

[Fighting Banana Slug]

Wow. This is an exceedingly rare example of where:
1) The slipperly slope argument actually works. They are aready half way down the slope if this is considered harassment. As noted, any contrary position could be considered harassment; and
2) both free speech advocates and harassment victims stand to lose in this one. I am sure there are many examples of twitter actions that could be reasonably seen as harassment, and this case made it to trial? Why wouldn't the first trial be one where, you know, an actual threat was uttered? Brutal.

[WhiteTiger]

A good article on how this is getting out of hand

http://www.vox.com/2015/7/30/9074865...er-mob-justice

[Locke]