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Malicious tweet gives journalist Kurt Eichenwald an epileptic seizure

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Re: Malicious tweet gives journalist Kurt Eichenwald an epileptic seizure

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Twitter has a prominent checkbox in the setting allowing you to turn off autoplaying of videos and GIFs. Given that most are not epileptic, and that Eichenwald is, he should have had the mindfulness to check whether the platform could be adapted to his needs.

You are implying that it is Eichenwald's fault and the attacker should be exonerated. Right?

No. Please avoid two-dimensional thinking. The attacker is still responsible.

Re: Malicious tweet gives journalist Kurt Eichenwald an epileptic seizure

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Wow, this is equivalent to sending someone a mail "bomb" that doesn't explode but electrocutes them severely. I hope the offender ends up with a reasonable length prison sentence. There's a clear line, and the intentional infliction of physical harm is well beyond it.

So to be clear, you want someone to be imprisoned because they sent a tweet.

Re: Malicious tweet gives journalist Kurt Eichenwald an epileptic seizure

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Wow, this is equivalent to sending someone a mail "bomb" that doesn't explode but electrocutes them severely. I hope the offender ends up with a reasonable length prison sentence. There's a clear line, and the intentional infliction of physical harm is well beyond it.

So to be clear, you want someone to be imprisoned because they sent a tweet.

"Intent" is the operative word here.

Re: Malicious tweet gives journalist Kurt Eichenwald an epileptic seizure

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Wow, this is equivalent to sending someone a mail "bomb" that doesn't explode but electrocutes them severely. I hope the offender ends up with a reasonable length prison sentence. There's a clear line, and the intentional infliction of physical harm is well beyond it.

So to be clear, you want someone to be imprisoned because they sent a tweet.

With the intent of harming someone.

Re: Malicious tweet gives journalist Kurt Eichenwald an epileptic seizure

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Wow, this is equivalent to sending someone a mail "bomb" that doesn't explode but electrocutes them severely. I hope the offender ends up with a reasonable length prison sentence. There's a clear line, and the intentional infliction of physical harm is well beyond it.

So to be clear, you want someone to be imprisoned because they sent a tweet.

The target could have died. The actions of the attacker were deliberate in trying to induce a seizure that could have killed him. That's attempted murder, and whether it's via a tweet or not is irrelevant.

Re: Malicious tweet gives journalist Kurt Eichenwald an epileptic seizure

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

So to be clear, you want someone to be imprisoned because they sent a tweet.

"Intent" is the operative word here.

I think it's irresponsible of Eichenwald when confronting notorious trolls which he condemns in his articles, to not take precautions and I think you're quite foolish for buying into his victim card.

Re: Malicious tweet gives journalist Kurt Eichenwald an epileptic seizure

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Wow, this is equivalent to sending someone a mail "bomb" that doesn't explode but electrocutes them severely. I hope the offender ends up with a reasonable length prison sentence. There's a clear line, and the intentional infliction of physical harm is well beyond it.

So to be clear, you want someone to be imprisoned because they sent a tweet.

Yes. This is akin to shouting fire in a crowded theatre [1] or phoning in a bomb threat. In the United States, freedom of speech is limited in certain cases where the harm caused by the speech outweighs the damage of limiting freedom.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_the...

Re: Malicious tweet gives journalist Kurt Eichenwald an epileptic seizure

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Wow, this is equivalent to sending someone a mail "bomb" that doesn't explode but electrocutes them severely. I hope the offender ends up with a reasonable length prison sentence. There's a clear line, and the intentional infliction of physical harm is well beyond it.

So to be clear, you want someone to be imprisoned because they sent a tweet.

Grand mal seizures can be deadly. Intentionally attempting to trigger one in someone with epilepsy is assault at a minimum.
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