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Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by r00fus on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @04:38PM (#8626523)
Really? You don't know anyone who has a special-needs child? The public at large can be very unkind to any who aren't "normal". And that's leaving alone those disturbed individuals who just like to "break things" and are just looking for a target.

Even simply exposing that information is a threat, possibly causing a chilling effect - which is exactly what this Uber exec wants.

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Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by Dylan16807 on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @06:46PM (#8627172)
Knowing that a child exists with special needs doesn't hurt the child...

>disturbed individuals [...] looking for a target

What??? Where did you get here from "digging up dirt". (For one, you don't need dirt to post someone's name on /b/ or whatever you have in mind.) The level of hyperbole on this submission is awful and pains me to read.

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