Leave Andrew alone! Protest outside the Kaczynski home is something everyone should resist

As Twitchy reported, the #CNNBlackmail hashtag began to trend nationally after it looked like CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski had tracked down the creator of that Trump vs. CNN clip and promised him conditional anonymity — CNN reserved the right to go public with his name “should he repeat this ugly social behavior.”

CNN source on the "reserve the right to publish" line: "Someone did it as a safeguard and it backfired" https://t.co/6CbpKM8MtW

— Steven Perlberg (@perlberg) July 5, 2017

BuzzFeed later talked to a CNN source who said the problematic “reserve the right to publish” line was added during the editing process as a safeguard, “and it backfired.”

It backfired in such a large way, in fact, that BuzzFeed noted “Kaczynski and his family are the subject of an ongoing harassment campaign,” and a protest outside Kaczynski’s New York home had been announced.

Awful: CNN edited in the line as a precaution,now Kacynski is getting threats,will have protesters outside his house https://t.co/ubuTDlowxz pic.twitter.com/lPyuMlktOd

— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) July 5, 2017

We live in incredibly dumb and mean-spirited times. https://t.co/wIUuhOXWJr

— Ken Gardner (@KenGardner11) July 5, 2017

But seriously, folks: stuff like holding queer dance protests outside people’s houses is more progressives’ speed.

So now people are calling to protest outside Andrew Kaczynski’s house?

People have taken douchebaggery to a whole new level.

— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) July 5, 2017

So appalled by doxxing that they doxx. That fits the climate. https://t.co/DER0GeKKWx

— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) July 5, 2017

https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/882695722096840706

https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/882695933158449152

Is there a zone between "this person is vile" and "this person is vile and their life should be ruined"? I say yes, and it's a giant zone.

— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) July 5, 2017