Vigilante "lockdown breakers/name and Shame fb"

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So today I learned that on our local fb groups people have set up a group and are encouraging people to go on their daily exercise and photograph people in their gardens if you feel that they could be breaking lock down rules . Then the photos and address would be posted in the public fb group and also would be sent to the police. Luckily this vigilantism was closed down really quickly but people are screaming and baying for blood from people that they assume have broken lock down.

It's almost as scary as the virus. If these pious "I quarantine better than you " people were in Europe during the 2nd world war under German occupation then I dread to think how many more people would have been killed for no reason. Instead of just looking after their own household half the nation seems to have become obsessed with curtain twitching and reporting people for any perceived flaws to an already over stretched police force.

The government caused this massive spread of disease by their inaction in dealing with it. And the government has turned it back on the people and relying on public shame to cover their ineffective treatment and prevention of spread. THEY allowed this to blossom and now for every good deed there is a bitter twisted person reporting people.

Aibu saying there should be no place for these antics when we should be focusing on our own household?

I have just seen someone in here post a picture they took of a mum, dad and baby at a park.

I can understand walking past someone and wondering why they are doing something, but to then go out of your way to take a photo, then to go further still and start posting it online is just

Twats...the vigilantes that is.

Sorry, but I'm probably being thick, but how could someone OUTSIDE on a walk be in a better position to doing the right thing than someone who is AT HOME??

To be doing ....

Eh? Since when are you not allowed in private gardens?

Just to be clear, I dont mean there is anything wrong with going outside. I go for a walk everyday but what on earth is the logic that allows a walker to snitch on someone at home? I know vigilantes are nutters but what mad logic is this?

So they are out and about taking pictures of other people in their gardens 🤔 fucking hell it gets worse and worse.

Yup. It’s insane. And I agree - these are the people who would have given up a family hiding behind a staircase or similar. They are appalling.

I don't understand their logic. What's wrong with being in your garden?

Making it my lockdown mission to get my face on as many of these groups as I can. While they're vilifying me they're leaving others alone.

Yes to this! I've seen similar on my local Facebook pages. People are becoming utterly obsessed with shaming people who are doing it 'wrong.' For example gleefully reporting that they saw lots of people out in the park when they went out for their daily run etc. As if their run is more valid somehow than the family groups having a walk! Surely as long as you are maintaining socal distancing then nobody's exercise is more important than anyone else's?! It's becoming so competitive and really quite nasty. I keep saying I must stop looking on Facebook as it's just depressing me, but I can't help looking as I'm sort of fascinated by it at the same time. Oh, and the nasty posts are always littered with spelling/ grammar errors such as 'they weren't keeping there distance/they should of stayed at home/they should be ashamed of there selfs" etc 😂

Some people just have an overinflated sense of self-importance and are using the new rules to bolster that. I was out on my bicycle earlier, doing volunteer grocery shopping for elderly residents. Cycling through a park, I stopped for approximately three minutes to repack the uncomfortable tins in my rucksack which were digging into my back and to look up the address of the next person I was delivering to and put it in my satnav. Cue some woman charging across from the other side of the park to shout that I was selfish to be enjoying leisure time, stopping exercise at any time whilst out in public wasn’t allowed and I had to move on immediately or she’d take my photo and report me to the safer neighbourhoods team. I just laughed and put my earphones back in my ears and let her carry on yelling.

If history has taught us anything it's that these preachy holier than thou curtain twitches probably break the rules as often as those they find themselves judging

stopping exercise at any time whilst out in public wasn’t allowed

Better hope you don’t get a stitch while out running, you could get arrested

Basically on the group I saw today if you suspect that people other than the home owners/tenants are in their gardens then you should take a photo and share that and the address.

I'm a carer for a family member and help with a specific therapy that I had been wonderful for them. As part of receiving careers allowance I am not only allowed to travel to see them ( providing in healthy etc) but am expected to spend 35 hours a week with them. But the mum is incredibly worried that me being seen coming and going is going to trigger not only one of these reports but also then trigger photos of the children being posted online. A lot of the stuff we do is in the garden ( weather permitting) and I'm now in a position where I have to follow the request of the head of the house hold and stay away as she fears her privacy being breached. One of the immediate neighbours knows of my roll, the other does not. And the gardens are over looked and there is a horrible feeling in the area we live in.

I have full proof etc, of my careers allowance but why should I have to justify any of this to a random at the expense of our own privacy?

They are all ducking barking with mental health issues. Unless they've
actually got round to building a witch burners bonfire just laugh at them. If they think they're being given any credence at all, it just encourages them to further madness. These people are always with us, busybodying away, knowing what's best for everyone else because God wants it, or because it's in the Book, or it's the Law or because Teacher said so but always so they can enjoy the sense of schadenfreude that thrills their unsatisfactory lives. They are the people who are rarely permitted to wear a uniform yet line up in droves to sign up for any opportunity to attempt to do so, boosting their fragile egos at the expense of others. Don't take these loons seriously, they are simply village gossips that social media has kindly loosed upon the rest of us. Before that they got their pleasure from sending anonymous letters reporting neighbours for assorted fabricated infractions of their 'rules'. I thought Brexit was bad, now look at these Stasi wannabees.

Helicopter flew over today while myself and the kids were walking to the school to get their free school meal (we walk down to get exercise combining exercises and food) someone was taking our fucking picture from a helicopter fucking WHY? You are allowed out the house for four reasons we were doing two at once

YANBU. Someone in a local group has decided she’s going to photograph, name & shame, anyone who walks down the rural road she lives on, despite it being next to a big housing estate therefore perfect walk/run location.

They obviously think the advice is don't leave your house unless, but it's actually don't leave your property so whatever you are doing in your garden is fine ( obviously not for certain thing)

This is fucking chilling.

I’m be tempted to name and shame the idiots “reporting” things. Who are these sad wankers?

Fortunately I’ve only heard this on MN or I’d be nervous of going out for my run.

Who are these sad wankers?

The only question worth asking, really. I'm not a fan of dictatorships but I can see there is scope here for some sort of re-eduction programme for them.

OP I can’t seem to link to it, but there’s an organisation in the UK called Privacy International, might be worth alerting them to this, just in case they have advice.

I’ve just reported my neighbour to the housing association for the numerous random people going their day and night. I know it’s going to come back and bite me in the ass, but when I go out to the bins or use the back gate and random people walk around the corner directly into me, there’s only so many times and now my patience has gone. No doubt I will shortly be making a post about harassment from my neighbours friends!