Sooooooo, this showed up in my inbox this morning...

[BiscuitHammer]

Mostly posted for the amusement of others, but also to let anyone else out there receiving such cowardly nonsense that you're not alone. The following is a cut & paste from a private review...

"Fucking faggot tranny lover, you delete my comments I will find you and fucking slit your throat. Your stories are garbage and they deserve to sit in the garbage next to your dead body."

Fortunately, the troll was pants-on-head retarded enough to message me from his email address, which I now have.

I won't doxx the little bed-wetter, because I'd be no better than him, then.

But since this email showed up after my post here last night about trolls tanking my ratings, I'm assuming he can see this.

Little boy, who lives in fear of people who are different, chances are that you behave this way because you're so deep in the closet that you've found Narnia. Speaking as a cishet white male of many decades, I say stop fighting and raging against your true self, it's harmful to you and others. Embrace your true self and let's all celebrate it. Get a hug from your mommy, that'll make everything better.

Oh, and if you are still determined to slit my throat because you're oh-so-very angry at the world, let me narrow down your search for you...

I'm on Canada's west coast.

Good luck, Skippy!

- Management

 

[49greg]

I wonder if a death threat would be enough for Laurel to ban him from Lit?

 

[HeyAll]

Yeah, you should take a screenshot and show it to Laurel to get his account banned, preferrably an IP block if they have that.

 

[lovecraft68]

I would forget about lit and I would send it to your local police. Not sure how much they would do, but if they get a location they may forward it to the trolls local police.

 

[HeyAll]

LOL i just got a message from the guy after posting in this thread.

It was through Feedback. Meaning, that might not actually be his email. With the Feedback, you could put anyone's email. So unless he emailed you directly, it could be anyone.

 

[Kantarii]

There's a lot of words there that suggest his intelligence level... haha I wonder if he knows how to spell transexual or transvestite? Heaven forbid he have to spell homosexual. People like him I pay no mind to. I wonder what he would think about the garbage I write? Let me go check my emails for a copy and paste replica of that message... I need a good laugh today

 

[R. Richard]

I would forget about lit and I would send it to your local police. Not sure how much they would do, but if they get a location they may forward it to the trolls local police.

What LC said.

 

[BiscuitHammer]

Ooooh, an update...

"Stupid fag, these come from lit, not from my e-mail, or did you think my name was 'feedback', fucking retard SJW cuck. No wonder you're canadian, no real man uses SJW shit terms like 'cishet' I'm not going to slit your throat, I'll pick you off at a distance with a rifle, you won't even see it coming fucking idot."

Didn't capitalize 'Canadian', misspelled 'idiot'. Now not going to slit my throat, that requires too much bravery. Now it's a sniper rifle from a distance. I guess he's hoping all those thousands of CoD hours in mom's basement will pay off.

Clearly he's reading this. What a coward...

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

Denny

Just ignore it and don't let it bother you. It will go away as soon as it finds someone else to bother.

 

[lovecraft68]

We obviously have a 'real man' among us.

Probably has a 3" dick, lives in his mother's basement and reads stories about "Tranny's and fags" then starts spewing because they turn him on. All that hate is thou doth protest to loudly

Or he's just a pathetic cuck slinging hate while his wife fucks actual men.

Either way, equally pathetic.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Ah, yes, the bottom of the cesspool. Every once in awhile a real turd get stirred up to the top, but it soon sinks to the bottom.


And if he is doing it via feedback, unless you have anon turned off, you won't see his email address and if you do, he can enter any email he likes. Lit doesn't check them like most websites do.

 

[OliviaM]

Oh wow. Sorry you had this happen. May it never happen again. I would definitely report him to Lit and make sure they know to flag that email. If the threats continue, then it should definitely go to the police (just to get it on record, at the very least).

It's just so sad. Guys like this feel so threatened by their sexual feelings that they can't even process it except by lashing out with sheer venom. I guess your story woke something up in them that they're ashamed of. And as sad as their situation is, I have no sympathy for them. They need to grow up.

 

[OliviaM]

We obviously have a 'real man' among us.

Probably has a 3" dick, lives in his mother's basement and reads stories about "Tranny's and fags" then starts spewing because they turn him on. All that hate is thou doth protest to loudly

Or he's just a pathetic cuck slinging hate while his wife fucks actual men.

Either way, equally pathetic.

A man's virility or masculinity is not correlated with dick size. Indeed, some men do not have that sort of plumbing.

Don't encourage the use of "cuck" as an insult. Don't reinforce the idea that there are weak men and "actual men".

All of these comments are supporting a poisonously patriarchal worldview that causes men like this to act out in the first place. If you're going to insult MRAs, try not to reinforce their worldview while doing it.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Report it to Laurel. You may not be the only person he's harassing.

 

[sr71plt]

Yes, report it to Laurel, giving any account names being used. I think we all know you aren't going to take it to the police, though, or that they would/could do much about anonymous-on-anonymous death threats on a site like this.

 

[HandsInTheDark]

It's just so sad. Guys like this feel so threatened by their sexual feelings that they can't even process it except by lashing out with sheer venom. I guess your story woke something up in them that they're ashamed of.

Honestly I doubt it. As fun as it is to assume that every gay-hater is terrified of his own homosexuality, every transgender hater is insecure in his own masculinity, etc., it's usually a lot simpler than that. Some people are just addicted to hate, and they don't care what guise they have to wear to indulge their addiction. The same guy insulting gays here is probably lashing out at he-man heteros somewhere else, because the more you hate the more you need to hate, and so the more outlets you develop. It may be some fear that led him to hate, once, but hate becomes a reward of sorts, a delusional sense of relevance that in the end can't be attained any other way. "Haters gonna hate" is more than a cute saying.

Bottom line, anyone making death threats to complete strangers across the internet... that's a level of illness you leave to the police if possible, site admins always, and otherwise ignore. Don't engage, don't taunt, just set the equivalent of ignore and serenely move on.

 

[jsmiam]

Someone with decent technical skills could match up the IP address to the online forms in lits web server logs. It wouldn't work if the perpetrator knew how to hide certain things (let's not offer up how-to tips here though), but its possible that it would work, not all internet trolls have advanced expertise. Not all websites have advanced internet expertise either, though...

 

[NotWise]

There's a saying almost as old as the internet itself.

"Don't feed the trolls."

 

[BiscuitHammer]

I gotta admit...

I'm finding his antics amusing, personally. I guess I could feel bad for a twisted little soul that's so full of rage and hate, but he might be harassing and harming other authors and board members less self-possessed than I am and that bothers me.

But baiting him and reading his messages in funny voices is quite hilarious. Pity he needs real help, though.

Thank you all for your thoughts, comments and support. May your trolls be funny and your ratings Hot.

 

[sr71plt]

Well, then, don't complain about getting e-mails from him.

 

[CyranoJ]

May your trolls be funny and your ratings Hot.

Amen to that.

Oh, and fuck that worthless, filthy coward and the Alt Reich horse he rode in on.

 

[T3ckTon1k]

I think it would be a good idea to sign him up on a few trans/gay forums and sites.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I think it would be a good idea to sign him up on a few trans/gay forums and sites.

He didn't give his real email address.

 

[JacksonLow]

...............

 

[NOIRTRASH]

We obviously have a 'real man' among us.

Probably has a 3" dick, lives in his mother's basement and reads stories about "Tranny's and fags" then starts spewing because they turn him on. All that hate is thou doth protest to loudly

Or he's just a pathetic cuck slinging hate while his wife fucks actual men.

Either way, equally pathetic.

Tell us all about REAL MEN.