Whether Shkreli had it coming to him is irrelevant. The issue is not who but why.
These people start with people we all agree are bad or, at least, have some level of infamy. Then they expand it to anyone who doesn't fall in line with their will.
Here's the pertinent fact. This special snowflake, Lauren Duca, was granted
upon request the banishment of a billionaire from a platform for a photoshop job. Somebody with more power and influence than she will ever sniff, let alone possess. She simply said, "get rid of him" and they did, establishing that photoshopping someone's image constitutes harassment. The media has run with this narrative.
Meanwhile, if you, I, or anyone else not on Duca's side of the fence receive death threats, targeted harassment, or abuse, it'll be a cold day in June before anything is done about it. Let alone someone publishing an article on our "ordeal."
Recall the leftist dweeb from a couple years back who "would have us all banned" from Techspot if he had "his way" for our terribly problematic postings.
Celebrating this is like celebrating a gangbanger's property being seized two hours before they come for yours.
Yeah, the guy is seen to be a bad dude. But they are using that to establish new rules that will directly impact the rest of us for the worse. The Beiber comparison illustrates the point perfectly.
Here's an example. And I will archive it this time if a mod wants to play games again.
This is one of hundreds of messages a follower of mine received for posting a few Tweets about how Muslims need to leave Middle-Eastern norms in the ME if they are going to integrate into America. The girl in question is a Muslim herself, of Persian descent:
Twitter did nothing to this account or others that piled on publicly and via DM. She had to protect it until they got bored. No tech "journalists" or mainstream outlets have written much at all, if anything, about how often and unimpeded this goes on. Although, if you search this site, you'll see they've written plenty about Pepe (see: right wing "harassment") and the great struggles of Zoe Quinn, the black chick from the female Ghost Busters, et. al. Now, compare the above to this:
Shkreli isn't the story. What he deserves isn't the story. The double standard is the story.
He wasn't stalking her. He was trolling her like he does (did?) most snowflake accounts on social media (I'd say to check his feed for similar examples, but Twitter took care of that). The only difference this time is that he finally passed under a bridge too fragile to be ignored.
Note: I could care less about Shkreli. I just think justifying Twitter's action and the version of events being spun here on the basis of him being a bad person ignores the real problem. They are quite literally peddling a fake narrative.
