This is why I'm unimpressed by people who try to skirt criticism by saying they got threats. I get threats like this all the time and I'm not a public media figure. I'm just some dude with a bunch of followers on social media. 
I'm obviously not downplaying either the seriousness of threats or the seriousness of the emotional distress they cause. But you're not special for getting them and they're definitely not the fault of people who are just criticizing you.
When it's some burner that was opened last week and has three tweets I don't even give it a second thought but this account has been around a decade and it seems like a person using their own name. That stuff feels weirder.
https://twitter.com/jdpls_/status/1432796579946188800
Some guy sent me a threat like this on Facebook and his picture was him and his family smiling in Hawaii with holiday clothes on and I just thought to myself "what the fuck are you doing, dude?"
Just in case you thought I was exaggerating.
Might delete this tweet later because even though he threatened me AND his Facebook page is publicly visible with this picture, I still don't love doing this.
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