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18 Apr, 4 tweets, 2 min read
This is fucking pathetic.
Some journalists go to war zones. Some confront security state agencies and repressive regimes. Some uncover the fraudulent schemes of Wall Street tycoons. And then some bullies abuse the profession to harass and expose private, powerless people.

I wonder what this journalist would say if someone showed up uninvited at his door to "get his side of the story," and put pictures of the front of his house and posted it on Twitter for all to see?

I know what they would say: we're being harassed! I'm endangered! They would beg social media companies to delete the picture and ban whoever did it.

These journalists think they can do anything they want to private, powerless people and nobody can answer back.

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