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Culture War Roundup for the week of February 20, 2023

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Trans television presenter India Willoughby also received a threatening letter attributed to National Action.

They didn't. If you read their tweet, they claim the letter was sent to their accountant. That is what inclines me to believe it wasn't real and is an attempt to jump on the bandwagon of "Me persecuted too!"

You tell me what online nutcase threatener of death and torture bothers sending their threats to the target's accountant rather than, you know, the target directly:

In response to Mos-Shogbamimu’s tweet, Willoughby wrote: ‘My accountant just called.

‘He’s received a letter today – hand delivered – no stamp. Threatening to kill me. Because I’m trans. Full of graphic detail about what they are going to do. Passed on to the police. This is what Brit media, the GC [gender-critical] movement and the gov have done.’

She continued: ‘[He] says it’s like a letter from a horror film. He’s obviously worried too, given how it was delivered.’

I bet sixty quatloos Willoughby cut'n'pasted it themself and slipped it through the letterbox in a Jussie Smollett move.

threats to the target's accountant rather than, you know, the target directly:

Well, firstly it's possible that the perpetrator was able to get the address of the accountant (which in fairness could plausibly be easier to find out) and not Willoughby's home address. In any case though, surely by the same logic that it's odd for someone sending threatening letters to an accountant, it also would be odd for Willoughby to claim she had a letter sent there rather than her home if it was a hoax. Why add in that odd detail, especially when a letter to one's home would presumably be more troubling?

I did see the part about the accountant earlier and was going to address it but it didn't seem terribly relevant. But since you brought it up, I don't think it's bandwagon jumping because she Tweeted about receiving her letter 10 minutes before Shola Tweeted about receiving hers. If anyone is jumping on a sympathy bandwagon, it's Shola, though it seems unlikely that she'd see the Tweet and then fabricate her own letter within the span of ten minutes. The reason an online nutcase might deliver the message to the accountant may be because the only address they could find was a business address, and the accountant is some kind of business manager. A few months ago I was trying to get an autographed picture of sportscaster Greg Gumbel to use as a fantasy league prize and online information told me that all inquiries should be sent to his agent. If Willoughby's accountant is handling her business affairs, it makes sense that a nutjob would end up there.

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