Re: "The Okanogan County Snitch List – Inslee’s Informant Herd"
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 11:25 am
Just a follow-up, now that this got mentioned in the Methow Valley News.
I have made Mr. Creighton's acquaintance in the past, and didn't make the connection that he was the person behind this blog until yesterday. He struck me as a decent person and not someone who would willfully endanger his neighbors and other members of the community over a difference of opinion.
Having said that, in an environment where many people seem willing to make death threats or even murder someone over differences of opinion, I think we all have some obligation to keep things cool. In that sense, I do not see what good was being accomplished by publishing that list.
TheMethow and Mr. Creighton absolutely had the right to publish that information (which was available from other sources and has been for many months) but still showed poor judgement by actually doing so.
I have made Mr. Creighton's acquaintance in the past, and didn't make the connection that he was the person behind this blog until yesterday. He struck me as a decent person and not someone who would willfully endanger his neighbors and other members of the community over a difference of opinion.
Having said that, in an environment where many people seem willing to make death threats or even murder someone over differences of opinion, I think we all have some obligation to keep things cool. In that sense, I do not see what good was being accomplished by publishing that list.
TheMethow and Mr. Creighton absolutely had the right to publish that information (which was available from other sources and has been for many months) but still showed poor judgement by actually doing so.