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Re: Columbia University has a doxxing problem

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If you participate in a public event you can’t really expect to keep that activity secret. (One could also argue that the fact you want to indicates you feel there is something wrong about your actions) I wouldn’t really say this is doxing, since that usually refers to revealing a private online identity.

Per the article: people who were not involved in any of the protesting and who hadn't made any statements were falsely named as anti-semites. I'd say thats doxxing - what do you call it?

This is the key reason: doxxing here has the glaringly obvious purpose of harassing the protesters. Nevertheless, while vile and immoral, and double so when it's likely a propaganda operation, it's a risk protesters should be willing to take, along with unlawful use of force. It has been this way historically.

Re: Columbia University has a doxxing problem

#42

If you participate in a public event you can’t really expect to keep that activity secret. (One could also argue that the fact you want to indicates you feel there is something wrong about your actions) I wouldn’t really say this is doxing, since that usually refers to revealing a private online identity.

Per the article: people who were not involved in any of the protesting and who hadn't made any statements were falsely named as anti-semites. I'd say thats doxxing - what do you call it?

If someone calls you an antisemite with no evidence, that's slander, not doxxing.

Re: Columbia University has a doxxing problem

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These kids are anti-Putin, but there's no point in protesting someone who is an enemy of the US (at least as long as Trump is out of office). The protests aren't just generic anti-war stuff. They're specifically against US support for the war.

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The US has no new enemies under Biden that it did not have under Trump. In fact, Trump re-antagonized Iran, undoing Obama's diplomacy with them.

Even going along with your premise, that Trump was better friends with dictators like Putin and Xi than Biden is, I would still prefer Biden to be in office. We don't need a "Manchurian candidate" in the White House.

Re: Columbia University has a doxxing problem

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> He did nothing about the BLM and Antifa riots.

I suspect you don't actually care about being factual, but on the off chance that you do, Trump:

- tear-gassed protestors[1][2] to clear them out for a photo-op

- used the National Guard against BLM protestors[3]

- threatened to personally use the military against protestors unless governors acted themselves (which they largely did) [4]

1. https://www.npr.org/2020/06/01/867532070/trumps-unannounced-...

2. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/national-guard-troops-deploy...

3. https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-barr-used-loopho...

4. https://apnews.com/article/mo-state-wire-in-state-wire-mi-st...

Re: Columbia University has a doxxing problem

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> He did nothing about the BLM and Antifa riots. I suspect you don't actually care about being factual, but on the off chance that you do, Trump: - tear-gassed protestors[1][2] to clear them out for a photo-op - used the National Guard against BLM protestors[3] - threatened to personally use the military against protestors unless governors acted themselves (which they largely did) [4] 1. https://www.npr.org/2020/06/0…

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Re: Columbia University has a doxxing problem

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The US has no new enemies under Biden that it did not have under Trump. In fact, Trump re-antagonized Iran, undoing Obama's diplomacy with them. Even going along with your premise, that Trump was better friends with dictators like Putin and Xi than Biden is, I would still prefer Biden to be in office. We don't need a "Manchurian candidate" in the White House.

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Re: Columbia University has a doxxing problem

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> He did nothing about the BLM and Antifa riots. I suspect you don't actually care about being factual, but on the off chance that you do, Trump: - tear-gassed protestors[1][2] to clear them out for a photo-op - used the National Guard against BLM protestors[3] - threatened to personally use the military against protestors unless governors acted themselves (which they largely did) [4] 1. https://www.npr.org/2020/06/0…

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>There was a mob that picketed the White House and attacked the security detail. The president had to be evacuated.

Correct. The Secret Service did not, unlike the Capitol Police, inexplicably allow protesters to enter the White House.

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>There was a mob that picketed the White House and attacked the security detail. The president had to be evacuated. Correct. The Secret Service did not, unlike the Capitol Police, inexplicably allow protesters to enter the White House.

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Re: Columbia University has a doxxing problem

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> The student, who did not wish to be identified for fairly obvious reasons, said her name was listed on the truck because a club she was no longer a part of had signed onto an open letter urging Columbia to cut ties with Israel. So she signed an open letter, but didn't want her name to be attached to it? Isn't that the whole point of an open letter? And then she has the opportunity to speak with the press, and asks…

> I don't know what's going on with these kids.

If you do not know, maybe you should learn first before making assumptions.

You have probably missed in the article:

> ...said her name was listed on the truck because a club she was no longer a part of had signed onto an open letter...

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