@Limerick1914 The exhibits in the US case against Douglass Mackey, which are basically the organizing threads for their effort to destroy rational debate, are really instructive on this.
Prosecutorial Discretion in the Age of Shitlords and "Psychological loldongs Terrorism" - emptywheel
I'm working on one more post integrating materials from the Douglass Mackey trial.But first I want to comment about some investigative and prosecutorial details about the case.I've made a timeline showing what got introduced in the troll chatrooms as evidence, other known activities of Mackey and the cooperating witness Microchip, and investigative details here.