To Trump's Principal Opponents: Take Good Care!

[MineralMan]

Be careful with your outings in public places. There are people in this country who are completely unhinged, and they are armed. They are dangerous in the extreme, and they do not care about anything but their distorted view of the world.

They are the ones who are sending death threats to people for merely criticizing the Trump administration. They are the people who have been accumulating arms and experiencing fulminating paranoia for years.

Please do not assume that the world outside of your secure places are safe. I fear that some may be moved to do harm to you in the mistaken belief that their actions will somehow benefit Trump and the distorted world they believe exists.

So, please, for the nation's sake, use all caution and care to protect yourselves and those you love. We need your clear voices to speak for us.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. You are on to something about the Threats.

Seeing more and more stories mentioning people being threaten by Trump supporters. Where are these people hiding? Are they coming form a Troll Farm here in the States?

[MineralMan]

2. They're hiding, but only behind fake names on the Internet.

They exist everywhere in this country, and in larger numbers than people think. They could live next door to you, actually. The truly dangerous ones do not broadcast their anger where they will be recognized. Those who are public about it are not the ones to fear. It is the ones who act from hiding that are worrisome.

I'm very concerned for the safety of people who have the information that could bring down the Trump organization. As things ramp up, as they seem to be doing, the risks will get higher, I think.

You can find such people on the Internet, posting madly away under screen names. Most of them are successfully maintaining their anonymity. The careful ones are careful not to be discovered under their real identities. But, they're out there, if you want to go look for them. If you do, just lurk at the places they frequent. Don't be tempted to take them on, even under a screen name.

There's some scary stuff on the web these days. It worries me a lot. I look at it. I see it. It is scary.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. During the 2012 cycle

did find a group of people posting negative stories about the Guy who I was working to get Elected. Stumbled onto this group via a friend who was asked to join them.

Those stories about the 77 bucks per hour are true,at least they were in 2012. We dubbed them the Mommies . Funny thing,they were not very creative,kept repeating the same talking points.

[MineralMan]

6. There are private forums all over the place.

The Internet is full of them. Some are even in back rooms of public internet forums. I've been in a few such places for brief periods, observing. What is written in them is not very similar to what is said on public forums. Scary stuff.

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Suspected this was the case,

when it shows up on other forums,that proved my suspicions.

When I approached one of the of Mommies,who was pointed out to me by my friend,she went ballistic and her mouth turned into a Toilet.

[MineralMan]

10. Well, be careful if you go exploring.

Most people, including myself, are far from anonymous on the Internet. There's a lot of sharing going on, too. Once someone discovers who someone they don't like really is, that information tends to spread pretty quickly from place to place.

I was pretty surprised, one time, to discover how much of my own personal information was stashed here and there around the web. I've never really tried to maintain anonymity, but some folks will dig deeply into personal info and share it. It doesn't really matter to me, since I'm not really in a position where anything about me would be embarrassing, really. I'm pretty boring, really. Still, doxing sucks.

Just saying...

[Wellstone ruled]

11. Same here,been aware of

what is and is not traveling around the net world.

[Atticus]

4. "Who will rid me of this meddlesome porn star"? nt

[MineralMan]

5. Or this former FBI guy.

Yes. That's the idea that is going through some people's heads right now. Trouble is, there are plenty of people who would take up that challenge.

[Atticus]

7. "They walk among us"----at least they do where I live. nt

[MineralMan]

8. They do. But they're usually pretty anti-social.

Typically, nobody knows who they are until they make a big splash somewhere.