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The "bait" this comment is referring to is that a Sheriff publicly denounced in a press conference a bunch of neo-nazi messaging spread around his town during a racecar event.

https://www.jta.org/2023/04/27/united-states/a-florida-sheri...

The sheriff's parents' house was swatted. These are the 4chan posts which were included in the various news articles.

https://sports.yahoo.com/4chan-2-men-used-online-170958670.h...

> "It's too bad Mike Chitwood isn’t safe now that I'm planning to kill him. I'm going to shoot Mike Chitwood. I'm going to kill him by shooting him to death."

> "Just shoot Chitwood in the head and he stops being a problem. They have to find a new guy to be the problem. But shooting Chitwood in the head solves an immediate problem permanently. Just shoot Chitwood in the head and murder him."

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/04/20/3rd-4chan...

> “I WILL KILL CHITWOOD, MARK MY WORDS.”



Yes for specific threatening posts. You cannot see a difference, I guess?


"This comment" is referring to lbatross13, not to you. I'm uninterested in talking to lbatross13; I was adding context for other readers.




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