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JD Vance backs mass ‘doxing’ campaign to find and harass Charlie Kirk critics (www.theguardian.com)
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A mass “doxing” effort to track down, intimidate and harass people perceived not to have sufficiently mourned the killing of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk was endorsed on Monday by JD Vance.

The US vice-president guest-hosted Kirk’s podcast on Monday and said that people who “see someone celebrating Charlie’s murder” should “call them out”. He added: “Hell, call their employer. We don’t believe in political violence, but we do believe in civility, and there is no civility in the celebration of political assassination.”

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[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 55 points 1 day ago (3 children)

How is it not a violation of the first Amendment for the Vice President to go after people for their speech?

[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, it totally is, but the Supreme Court has already shown they will rubber-stamp anything this administration does, so there's not really anyone that can stop it.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 8 points 23 hours ago

there’s not really anyone that ~~can~~ will stop it.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 7 points 23 hours ago

The VP isn't going after people in this instance. He's saying that civilians going after people is cool with him.