HMS_Irruncible:
This is so willfully ignorant on multiple levels.
First, the post that names someone is infinitely more harmful than a post that doesn’t, even a child can see this.
Second, since the name hasn’t been officially released, we don’t actually know if that’s the name of the whistleblower. It could be fake shit from Breitbart, famous for its fabrications.
But it doesn’t actually matter if it’s the real name or not. The consequence of the release is that person will be exposed to terroristic threats. This is exactly why people want the name released, so that others will be tempted to stay silent.
By letting this stand, SDMB is not only participating in the terrorizing of possibly uninvolved people, it’s also lending credibility to a news outlet known for confirmed politically-motivated fabrications. And all of this from a poster with a history of working the refs and who cheerfully admits he’s only here to aggravate political opponents.
We should bookmark this thread the next time someone says this site is oh so hostile to conservatives. You let chronic offenders get away with participating in large-scale harassment of a private person without so much as a slap on the wrist, and in justifying it you are complicit.
Just to correct the record again, I don’t recall ever cheerfully admitting that I’m “only here to aggravate political opponents” and I don’t consider it an accurate characterization of why I’m here.
And secondly, I have no idea why Breitbart keeps getting brought up. None of the sources that I cited in this post were from Breitbart:
ETA: ninja’d by Bone