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palestinianliberator:

So the man who murdered 5 people at the Capital Gazette newspaper had a long-running feud with the publication – a feud born of a lawsuit that stemmed from his stalking and harassment of a woman that wanted nothing to do with him.

The newspaper ran a story about his harassment against her, and how she nearly lost her job because of the calls he’d make to her place of of work.

Jayne Miller, an investigative reporter at WBAL, tweeted that the woman told her Ramos became “fixated” on her for no obvious reason — causing her to move three times, change her name and even sleep with a gun out of fear.

I see many headlines stating that the gunman, Jarrod Ramos, had a personal feud with the paper, but I have yet to see headlines that contextualize this entire feud for what it is – male entitlement, misogyny, and harassment. 

I’ve attached a screenshot of the original article that prompted this rampage of is. In it, it’s reported that he randomly added a woman he went to High School with because she was the “only person to ever say hello or be nice to him in school”. After some friendly suggestions on her part that he should seek concealing, he began his stalking and harassment campaign against her. 

The original article:

A cursory glance at his now suspended Twitter reveals a string of angry tweets targeting all of those involved in the lawsuit against him, including comments like this:

Frankly, I wouldn’t be surprised at all if it comes out that he frequented incel forums and websites. 

Another possible connection is how the repugnant Milo Yiannopoulos just days ago called for “gunning down journalists”. Given the extreme fragility of these types of men, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if those comments are connected and Ramos acted on them.

Regardless, at the end of the day, Jarrod Ramos is just the latest high-profile manifestation of misogyny & male-entitlement, and I’d love to see more articles explicitly pointing it out as such.

Here’s the document outlining the rejection of Ramos’s defamation suit that is screencapped in the op. He tried to sue the newspaper for reporting on his crime of harassing the woman, but the judge rejected it. Ever since, he harbored hatred for the newspaper, leading to the shooting.