public Nazis, ethics, doxing, question
serious question to which I would like serious discussion/answers: is it ethical to dox Nazis? like, taking pictures of the Seattle Nazi crew (and their cars, and their buddies), posting them to the internet, finding out where they live/work and posting that to the internet, that kind of thing?
I'm fine with Nazi-punching, and in practice doxing has worked to silence them. I'm curious what y'all think on the subject.
public Nazis, ethics, doxing, question
@green without directly answering you, I think as a more general matter the internet has allowed people to be "private" nazis, and a lot of what allows the marketplace of ideas to work is subjecting ideas to public scrutiny and being willing to stand by them in public.
So the way nazism is "succeeding" now is by circumventing the vetting of ideas by public exposure which is supposed to be a normal part of the process.
public Nazis, ethics, doxing, question
@abbenm yep. after the "lol we can be Nazis in public and not wear masks or anything!" led directly to "qq why are we getting fired/having family members disown us/being publicly reviled?" it's been interesting to note how those willing to do Nazi shit in public have also become much less willing to be easily identified. I'm thinking of a guide to non-confrontationally documenting public Nazi behavior for subsequent identification and shaming.
public Nazis, ethics, doxing, question
@green we don't need to discuss why nazi stuff is bad. We need to inform people who believe such a debate is necessary that they are disqualified from conversation