In Defense of Doxing Nazis
With a new DOJ likely to ignore right-wing terror, citizens will have to use every tool to stop fascists, including this one
If you’re uncomfortable with the title of this essay, join the club.
Despite my intention to defend it over the next thousand or so words, I am, too.
My discomfort stems not from any particular concerns I have for the feelings of Nazis. Rest assured, I possess no such concerns.
That said, I still feel conflicted about the title.
I know of the potential abuses of doxing — releasing personal information about people online, like their places of employment, addresses, or phone numbers — because it’s happened to me many times.
As it turns out, though, it is precisely that experience and the consequences of it that have converted me into a believer in doxing when it comes to these people: Nazis, white nationalists, and fascists of all flavors.
Especially those who plot violence from behind the safety of anonymous social media avatars or streaming platform personas, as so many of these cowards do.
Two weeks ago, I discovered I had been one of several dozen people on the hit list of the Terrorgram Collective, a white…
