This is exactly what people mean when they talk about the danger of parasocial hate.
All it takes is one person ,one who’s been fed a constant stream of “she’s a stalker,” “she’s a threat,” “she’s ruining his life,” to take that rhetoric seriously and escalate it. And suddenly it’s not “just harmless gossip” anymore , it’s someone making threats on her life.
Words don’t exist in a vacuum. When you repeatedly dehumanize someone, strip them down to a villain in your narrative, and encourage others to dogpile, you create an environment where this kind of behaviour feels justified to the wrong person And no, you don’t get to wash your hands of it and say “well I didn’t tell them to do that.” If your content is built on harassment, conspiracy, and constant hostility, you are contributing to that pipeline whether you like it or not.
We’ve seen how this ends before public figures being stalked, attacked, harmed because online spaces convinced unstable individuals that they were the problem that needed to be “dealt with.”
And let’s be very clear: using Cincinnati or the Bengals as part of a threat is not the flex you think it is. The people of that city take pride in their team and community they are not going to look kindly on someone weaponizing their city or their QB’s personal life to threaten a woman.
This is a real person. With a real life. Real safety concerns. Real consequences.
At some point you have to ask yourselves: is this worth it? Because this is creating a situation where someone could get seriously hurt.