There's a difference between freedom of speech and starting shit for no reason.
Not if that "starting shit" is simply free speech. Arguably there is a reason, we presume bennington is capable of such higher cognition - though there IS reason to doubt it.
Putting a megaphone in public and saying 'nigger nigger' is not the same as
I agree, but noise ordinance laws will often take care of that megaphone - leaving you with just the free speech.
breaking someone's window and directing it into their house.
Again, vandalism should cover that. Their freedom to unencumbered speech is and should be guaranteed, their right to noise pollute and vandalism - not so much.
I hear you, and it does feel a bit like they "kicked in the door to your hovel" - and certainly hacking conpro (assuming that happened) is an example of that for which they arguably should face punishment. Likewise the repeated harassment of users through clear and wonton abuse of the tag function, and the express/ostensible intent to dox and harass users whose names they collected here ought to equally be swiftly punished.
Still, the right to come here, start shit, and collect usernames (without explicitly announcing plans to use them for illegal purposes) ought to be fine. That's all freedom of speech, and freely available information.
We are equally free to brigade the shit out of them, make endless work for them and their mod teams, express our displeasure in almost any way we please (as long as it is through our shared freedom of speech) and by far the best approach - block, ignore, and report them til the cows come home.
Always starve a troll. They thrive on conflict. (Or give them heaping helpings of kindness; they can't tolerate it.)
There's a difference between freedom of speech and starting shit for no reason.
Putting a megaphone in public and saying 'nigger nigger' is not the same as breaking someone's window and directing it into their house.
Not if that "starting shit" is simply free speech. Arguably there is a reason, we presume bennington is capable of such higher cognition - though there IS reason to doubt it.
I agree, but noise ordinance laws will often take care of that megaphone - leaving you with just the free speech.
Again, vandalism should cover that. Their freedom to unencumbered speech is and should be guaranteed, their right to noise pollute and vandalism - not so much.
I hear you, and it does feel a bit like they "kicked in the door to your hovel" - and certainly hacking conpro (assuming that happened) is an example of that for which they arguably should face punishment. Likewise the repeated harassment of users through clear and wonton abuse of the tag function, and the express/ostensible intent to dox and harass users whose names they collected here ought to equally be swiftly punished.
Still, the right to come here, start shit, and collect usernames (without explicitly announcing plans to use them for illegal purposes) ought to be fine. That's all freedom of speech, and freely available information.
We are equally free to brigade the shit out of them, make endless work for them and their mod teams, express our displeasure in almost any way we please (as long as it is through our shared freedom of speech) and by far the best approach - block, ignore, and report them til the cows come home.
Always starve a troll. They thrive on conflict. (Or give them heaping helpings of kindness; they can't tolerate it.)