If a really famous blogger says something like "I wish so-and-so would die in a fire - in fact, I wish I could pour gasoline over him and light a match myself" - it will cause a major shitstorm and there will be people who take it seriously even when it obviously is not.
Now, to the degree that ACM doesn't care what other people say about her, maybe she can get away with continuing to be that vitriolic even as her fame increases. But at a certain point, she's likely to become famous as the person who threatens to throw acid in people's faces rather than the person who is famous for writing eviscerating book reviews.
Also, I just plain don't think it's okay to threaten violence unless you really mean it, and would actually back it up.
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Date: 2012-08-04 03:37 am (UTC)Now, to the degree that ACM doesn't care what other people say about her, maybe she can get away with continuing to be that vitriolic even as her fame increases. But at a certain point, she's likely to become famous as the person who threatens to throw acid in people's faces rather than the person who is famous for writing eviscerating book reviews.
Also, I just plain don't think it's okay to threaten violence unless you really mean it, and would actually back it up.