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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.

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This is an inane argument. If one were to, for example, attend a public protest of Scientology, one might rightly fear for one's safety and be entirely convinced that one is in the right, regardless.

Might, or fear thereof, does not make right.

Not a compelling argument.

These people are putting their bodies on the line. It is a public protest. I cannot infer anything other than that they’re willing to risk everything, including their privacy to defend their ideas.

I, for one, would like to know who shows up to rallies where they chant “Burn Tel Aviv to the ground!”

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.

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

Tell me you didn't read the article without telling me you didn't read the article.

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