Over the last few hours, 2 things have been circulating at the same time, and both honestly made me think and sad.
People have been talking about ZachXBT allegedly being doxxed, and people have also been commenting on @chooserich going through cancer treatment and some made fun of it.
These are 2 different situations, but for me they touch the same basic line: personal safety and human health should never become weapons, content, entertainment, or a reason for people to celebrate someone else’s suffering.
To be clear about Zach, the information being discussed was not exactly new.
A lot of it had already been floating around for a long time, at least for people who already knew where to look.
But that does not make it right to weaponize it, amplify it, circulate it again, or act like exposing someone’s private life is some kind of moral achievement.
And to be clear about @chooserich, I have criticized him before.
I strongly disagreed with parts of his crypto politics, including his Trump dinner support and more.
I still believe people should be able to criticize public opinions, public behaviour, hypocrisy, bad takes, harmful narratives, and the way people use their influence.
But I have also seen people making cruel, mocking, and almost joyful comments about his cancer treatment.
That is where it stops for me ffs.
You do not have to like someone to understand that cancer is not content. You do not have to agree with someone politically to understand that illness is not a victory lap. You do not have to be on the same side to keep a basic level of human decency.
You do not have to agree with Zach and his Binance-link. You do not have to like him. You can criticize him, question him, disagree with him, or challenge him publicly.
I have done that myself. But he also does work in this space that many people cannot do, will not do, or are simply too afraid to do.
Turning someone’s personal safety into ammunition is not justice. It is not “research”. It is cowardice.
This space is already brutal enough.
We expose scams, fraud, manipulation, hypocrisy, paid shills, insider games, and corruption because that work is necessary.
But if we start celebrating illness, threats, doxxing, or personal danger, then we are no longer fighting for a better space.
We are just becoming part of the ugliness we claim to hate.
Criticize ideas. Criticize actions. Criticize public behaviour. Criticize influence, narratives, incentives, corruption, and hypocrisy.
But when it comes to health and personal safety, stay human.
And again: the thread about Zach does not appear to contain anything truly new, at least not for those who already knew. That is exactly why I am saying this again.
Use your common sense. Turn it on for 5 seconds.
Not everything that can be used against someone should be used.
Some lines should still exist.
