But are “they” the people who organized these groups, or who were posting in them?
People also seem to often lack consensus about what constitutes harassment. For example, one user who has left BB was complaining some time back about being unable to get their police department to act upon his reports of anti-Semitic threats. So I suggested that he get more confrontational with his local police department. Even to the point of dropping in on them at home. This user was horrified, and loudly decried me as being a terribly unethical person. But as I pointed out to them, being an “officer” is not merely a job, it is a full-time role. Just like how a mayor or CEO don’t cease to hold those offices when the walk out the door at work Friday afternoon. And besides, don’t police often drop in upon people at their homes, in the course of their duties? Why the double-standard? Sometimes there is arguably a duty to confront public figure about their actions - it helps them to see the immediacy of their accountability, instead of smugly thumbing their noses at their constituents from behind a barrier of self-serving false propriety.
