Chappell
Roan
has
recently
gotten
in
trouble
for
calling
out
the
harassers
that
justify
their
behavior
by
being
“super
fans.”
She’s
totally
right.
Parasocial
obsessions
and
celebrity
worship
is
weird
and
doesn’t
excuse
behavior
that
otherwise
would
be
illegal.
Case
in
point:
threatening
to
kidnap,
assault,
and
kill
people
on
Trump’s
behalf.
His
fans
have
been
doing
this
for
a
while,
remember
the
Zip
Tie
Guy
who
sieged
the
Capitol
with
his
mom
in
tow?
It
would
be
great
if
that
extreme
Trumpism
died
out
in
2021,
but
we
aren’t
in
that
timeline.
We’re
in
the
one
where
people
are
getting
caught
threatening
judges
who
dare
to
hold
Trump
to
the
rule
of
law.
Reuters
has
coverage:
A
man
from
Illinois
has
been
charged
with
making
violent
threats
against
a
federal
judge
in
the
Florida
district
that
has
handled
Donald
Trump’s
classified
documents
case,
according
to
an
indictment
made
public
on
Thursday.Eric
James
Rennert,
65,
is
facing
five
federal
charges
in
the
indictment
which
accuses
him
of
communicating
interstate
threats
and
threatening
to
assault,
kidnap
and
murder
a
federal
judge.
I
know
that
we
all
like
to
play
the
“an
FBI
agent
is
tracking
all
of
the
messages
I
send”
game
whenever
we
compile
a
message
(we
all
just
assume
that
by
now,
right?),
but
if
you
mail
threats
to
a
judge…
the
government
is
definitely
going
to
get
a
hold
of
it!
There
are
better
ways
to
get
catharsis
than
ending
up
in
a
jail
cell.
Like
watching
Josh
Johnson
make
fun
of
Trump.
I
know
that
they’re
at
Trump’s
expense,
but
they
are
just
jokes
after
all.
And
the
reason
he
became
president.
Man
Charged
For
Threatening
US
Judge
In
Florida
District
That
Heard
Trump
Case
[Reuters]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.