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Internet Trolls Have Tormented This Sci-Fi Writer for Years—and He Can’t Stop Them<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Handout/Getty</p> <p>Four years ago, Patrick Tomlinson tweeted out that he never found <em>Saturday Night Live</em> legend Norm Macdonald funny.</p> <p>That largely innocuous hot take has since resulted in a yearslong mass harassment campaign, culminating in the sci-fi author receiving countless death threats and being on the receiving end of multiple “swatting” attempts—hoaxing a serious law-enforcement emergency at a target’s home—the last of which was just days ago.</p> <p>Worse yet, his anonymous tormentors are protected by the law.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/internet-trolls-have-tormented-patrick-tomlinson-for-years-and-he-cant-stop-them?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Handout/Getty

Four years ago, Patrick Tomlinson tweeted out that he never found Saturday Night Live legend Norm Macdonald funny.

That largely innocuous hot take has since resulted in a yearslong mass harassment campaign, culminating in the sci-fi author receiving countless death threats and being on the receiving end of multiple “swatting” attempts—hoaxing a serious law-enforcement emergency at a target’s home—the last of which was just days ago.

Worse yet, his anonymous tormentors are protected by the law.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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