How Would You React?

[SalixIncendium]

I agree that it should be reported to the police. You want to fully document the incident. In addition, it would be helpful to print out the posts and stick them in a file. If harassment continues, you want to be able to establish a clear pattern of behavior over time. This would facilitate getting a restraining order in the future, for example, if that were to become necessary.

I have a collection of screenshots.

 

[MikeF]

I have a collection of screenshots.

I'm sure everyone is thinking, "OK Boomer, he should "print" them out to save in a "file"." Guess I'm showing my age.

 

[SalixIncendium]

I'm sure everyone is thinking, "OK Boomer, he should "print" them out to save in a "file"." Guess I'm showing my age.

Just about everything I have saved document-wise is scanned to a digital file and uploaded to the cloud. I'm bad with paper files.

Genius Scan is my friend.

 

[Revoltingest]

I agree that it should be reported to the police. You want to fully document the incident. In addition, it would be helpful to print out the posts and stick them in a file. If harassment continues, you want to be able to establish a clear pattern of behavior over time. This would facilitate getting a restraining order in the future, for example, if that were to become necessary.

It makes more sense to learn to cope with internet
trolls. It's a lot of effort to document incidents, call
the cops, & build a case, when it'll come to naught.
It's the wrong focus.
The best approach is to manage one's own feelings,
thinking, & conduct. Of course, if ever a threat looks
potentially something that could be acted upon,
then it's worth contacting authorities.

BTW, in social media (even RF) I've been threatened,
& told to die in most grisly fashion. My reaction was
meh....ie, see them for what they are....a foul person
raging from the safety of internet anonymity.
But I still observe some caution. I use my real identity
only on a few sites where everyone else does too, &
we're all civil with each other.

 

[RestlessSoul]

Just about everything I have saved document-wise is scanned to a digital file and uploaded to the cloud. I'm bad with paper files.

Genius Scan is my friend.

I don’t trust the cloud - what happens if it rains?

Would be genuinely interested to hear what action, if any, Facebook take. So would be great if you could provide an update when they respond

 

[Revoltingest]

I'm sure everyone is thinking, "OK Boomer, he should "print" them out to save in a "file"." Guess I'm showing my age.

"Boomer"?
That's a slur against my generation!
Oh, you can bet that I'll save your post
to show to the authorities. They'll soon
be knocking on your door, whippersnapper!

Uh oh....is "whippersnapper" hate speech?

 

[RestlessSoul]

It makes more sense to learn to cope with internet
trolls. Documenting incidents, calling the cops,
building a case....it's a lot of effort that'll come to
naught. And it's the wrong focus.

The best approach is to manage one's own feelings,
thinking, & conduct. Prepare instead to deal with
real world threats to one's safety.

BTW, in social media (even RF) I've been threatened,
& told to die in most grisly fashion. My reaction was
meh....ie, see them for what they are....a foul person
raging from the safety of internet anonymity.
But I still observe some caution. I use my real identity
only on a few sites where everyone else does too, &
we're all civil with each other.

Death threats against a woman and her daughter amounts to more than just trolling, don’t you think?

 

[SalixIncendium]

I don’t trust the cloud - what happens if it rains?

It pours. (I'm sure I've more than dated myself with that reference.)

Would be genuinely interested to hear what action, if any, Facebook take. So would be great if you could provide an update when they respond

Nothing from them yet, and his account is still active. I'll let you know.

The message I sent him still remains unread.

 

[Revoltingest]

Death threats against a woman and her daughter amounts to more than just trolling, don’t you think?

The description didn't sound like a death
threat. Do you believe that's what it was?
Why? Do you believe it was credible?

 

[Stevicus]

I'm sure everyone is thinking, "OK Boomer, he should "print" them out to save in a "file"." Guess I'm showing my age.

Back in my day, we used to have to use file cabinets! And we'd have to do all our filing barefoot in the snow.

A large stack of papers "to be filed" was never my favorite chore.

 

[Secret Chief]

I notice that you post from USA, so the cops have
no legal power to address hate speech. If the cops

You could put that in another thread too. Apparently words don't matter too much.

 

[Revoltingest]

You could put that in another thread too. Apparently words don't matter too much.

?

 

[Secret Chief]

?

Non-crime hate incidents - yet another not-at-all-Orwellian reality​

 

[Revoltingest]

Non-crime hate incidents - yet another not-at-all-Orwellian reality​

OK.

 

[Secret Chief]

OK.

Yes sorry it was more of a comment than a suggestion.

 

[Nakosis]

Last evening, my daughter began screenshotting me messages from both one her Facebook posts that contained a photo of her and my granddaughter and on Facebook messenger from some random racist that contained some very hateful comments about her and my granddaughter. I won't repeat them here, but in summary, they attacked my daughter for having a child with a man of a different race and contained some choice opinions about how my granddaughter should die.

I've already taken steps with advising her on contacting local law enforcement and to disengage and block him, and also advised her to update her privacy and security settings to private. I also dropped the hateful fellow a message letting him know, in so many words, that she has a protective father who is monitoring the exchange.

How would you have reacted in such a situation?

I see in later post this was expressed already, but expressing one's racism isn't a crime.
However acting on it, threats of acting on it or encouraging others to act on it is.

Though, I suspect with law enforcement, the credibility of the threat may be taken into account.
I tend to see the expression of racism as something I'm going to occasionally run into in dealing with people. So it is important to access the credibility of the threat for yourself and take any precautions you are able to and feel is appropriate.

 

[RestlessSoul]

The description didn't sound like a death
threat. Do you believe that's what it was?
Why? Do you believe it was credible?

Did you read the OP? Specifically, “some choice opinions about how my granddaughter should die”?

 

[Revoltingest]

Did you read the OP? Specifically, “some choice opinions about how my granddaughter should die”?

To say how one should die vastly
differs from saying "I will kill you".
Only the latter is a death threat.

 

[RestlessSoul]

To say how one should die vastly
differs from saying "I will kill you".
Only the latter is a death threat.

You think so?

 

[Revoltingest]

You think so?

One is an invective.
The other is intent to act.
Do you see no difference?