[gracesdad]

Come on, we do this sort of thing to all sorts of people, big and small. Look up political donation records; find phone numbers, addresses, and e-mails; search for criminal records, and then post it all over FR. What’s the difference?

[kristinn]

You're wrong on this. Posting private phone numbers and home addresses are discouraged and deleted by the moderators when reported. Business contact info is okay if the person is in the news as a result of their business activity.

Political donations are fair game. I'm not familiar with Freepers digging in to divorce records of people like Joe the Plumber, not am I familiar with Freepers going after private lives like the left does. We've learned to cool our jets on these things. Exposing plants in political situations is one thing, trying to destroy private citizens for speaking out is not something we do.

[astyanax]

Come on, we do this sort of thing to all sorts of people... What’s the difference?

I guess the main difference would be that Freepers don't make stuff up and then have it parroted by the media...