I don't even know who or what you're referring to. I didn't "point my followers" at anyone or "direct" harassment. You're ascribing intentionality that doesn't exist. Twitter is an open platform and I'm allowed to comment critically on the conduct of journalists
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I refuse to believe you're a stupid person and someone who doesn't understand that a not insubstantial amount of your followers come from the extreme right. You're certainly welcome to do whatever you want, but let's not pretend you're posting in a vacuum.
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Replying to @EoinHiggins_
Yeah, I like to think I'm not a stupid person, which is why I'll never accept the stupid logic that anyone is responsible for what random people over whom they have no control do online. Just never going to accept that nonsensical bullshit, sorry.
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Replying to @mtracey
No, but you do have responsibility over what you choose to do online. And in this case, you decided to take an action that could add to harassment of someone. Sure, you aren't *making* anyone do it, but you're providing an avenue for those followers you have to target this person
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Replying to @EoinHiggins_
You haven't even specified what you're referring to. Virtually any action one could take on this website could theoretically contribute to "harassment" in some form. Not a workable standard. BTW, what's your position on Tom McKay fabricating claims about my employment history?
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Replying to @mtracey
I'm referring to your posts about the journalist whose class at NYU was canceled. Re your other question, now that I have you on the line, did you ask Dershowitz about Epstein in your chat yesterday?
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Replying to @EoinHiggins_
Oh please, I wasn't directing "harassment" at anyone. I was linking to a news article. Do you think Tom McKay of Gizmodo should take "responsibility" for fabricating defamatory, provably false claims about my employment history? Or is that now acceptable conduct for journalists?
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Replying to @mtracey
No, you linked to a news—and that word's doing a lot more work than it really can here—story and then followed up on it with screenshots which, intended or not, provoked your right wing fans.
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Replying to @EoinHiggins_
Because the person in question, a professional journalist who had been hired by a prominent university and posts her views online, had issued a series of demented tweets that I found amusing. What's your answer to the question about Tom McKay?
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Replying to @mtracey
You don't feel that, given the history of anti-Semitic attacks and other abuse that person has endured on this platform by people, you piling on her might be contributing to harassment?
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I answered your question about the posts where I linked to a news article and then screenshotted the deranged series of tweets issued by a professional adult journalist. Can you answer the question about whether you think the conduct of Tom McKay (making up facts) is acceptable?
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Replying to @EoinHiggins_
Right, so you're not going to answer the question about a journalist fabricating defamatory and provably false claims about my employment history -- the reason this thread exists in the first place -- perhaps because you crave the validation of the NYC online media crowd. Thanks.
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