“Hot take: I’ve never found Norm Macdonald funny and was pretty sure all my comedy friends who did were either nuts or screwing with me”
Personally, I do not understand why that’s worth harassing the guy. There are strange people out there.
This is not to defend the terrible things being done to this guy, but if he just went dark people would lose interest/age out of fucking with him. What gives a lolcow longevity and notability is their continuance to post weird stuff and actively engage with their bullies.
It's my understanding that he flagrantly disregards law-enforcement's advice. Any time he is tweeted at — let alone SWATed — he makes a large public spectacle. He often compulsively replies to every single person on Twitter, including branded company accounts, accusing them of being criminal stalkers.
To reiterate, that is in no way a defense of what people are doing to him, but he is by no means doing himself any favours by how he reacts. Though, how a police department can be so incompetent that they continually respond to phony calls is beyond me.
Can we please just stop victim blaming here?
Everyone has the right to defend themselves, but however they act can have potentially unintended effects beyond their control on the other party.
The main takeaway here is that it might be beneficial to consider these social mechanisms in ones reaction, independent of the fairness aspect.
With torswats in custody, hopefully no one else is dumb enough to pick up where he left off.
> Their relief was short-lived. A new Telegram channel named “Torswats Return” was created by someone claiming that their “partner has been arrested”, according to posts viewed by The Independent.
> The channel stated that it would continue offering “swats” for as little as $40, and offered returning customers a discounted rate. It also posted derogatory photographs and text about Mr Tomlinson — noting that there would be no charge for requested swats against him.
> “And of course swats to Patrick… are free,” read the Telegram message.
Anyone can create a Telegram channel and post messages, that just reads like the work of an edgy troll. I suppose only time will tell.
Putting the blame on Lolcows is classic victim blaming, and a capitulation before an online mob. Quite often actively or passivley supported by courts, judges and police.
But he is dead (by his own hand), so...
So 'terminally online people' are accusing other 'terminally online people' being 'terminally online'?
The way to make it make sense: there is a large group of people out there who essentially, have failed to launch. They are unemployed or have deadend jobs. They watch tons of internet porn but may have never had sexual intercourse with a woman. They have few or zero real life friends. They are obese or feeble-bodied. They have no real life skills or vital energy. The one way they can feel alive, like a "player character," is by hitting someone, but not in a boxing gym (see above), on the Internet.
The Norm Macdonald tweet isn't "triggering," they've already been triggered and are looking for their next victim. The Norm Macdonald Tweet is like raising your hand and saying "it's me."