What The Unmasking Of StoneToss Should Teach Writers
A Nazi comic artist got doxxed. What does this mean for you?
Lately, I’ve been doing a deep dive on one of the most well-known and most controversial comic artists on the internet: StoneToss. StoneToss, for those not initiated, is a comic book artist who has his own site with comic strips that make fun of politics.
Unfortunately, it’s not the lighthearted jibber-jabber of typical comics who make fun of Biden’s gait or Trump’s orangeness. His humor is not about punching up or mocking the clearly crazy side of politics.
StoneToss is an artist who regularly espouses misogyny, antisemitism, racism, and homophobia. He’s also transphobic as hell and has been linked to Holocaust denialism.
StoneToss is one of those artists who have a massive following but also cause serious problems.
I mean, let’s be honest here. Those views are bad. Like…#sorrynotsorry, but you can’t sit there and spew hate and expect people to like you. Hate is wrong. Live and let live. Why is tolerance so hard for StoneToss? I don’t know, but he’s pretty awful.
He’s so awful, there’s an entire Reddit forum called StoneToss is a Nazi. Do you know how bad you have to be to get a full Reddit forum about how Nazi-like you are? It has almost 10,000 followers. That’s big.
I’ll be real here: if I was an employer and saw this Tweet from an employee, they would be fired immediately. I would see that as a sign that this person does not align with our company values and could alienate clients. Therefore, they’d be dismissed.
If I still was interested in dating men and found out that a date wrote this? Yep. Date canceled. I’m not alone in this. Only 35 percent of women would be willing to date someone who has opposing political views and AFAB women lean left overall.
Then again, I don't think this dude is getting much ass.
Just saying. If I saw that as a comic prior to a date, I’d cancel immediately and wash myself in a tub because that just is so scavy.
For years, StoneToss was able to publish hate without it interfering in his daily life.
Not for nothing, but the dude hid himself very well. He had better OpSec than most porn stars I know. Eventually, though, it caught up with him. A Twitter group finally found out who he was and doxxed him.
Well, there goes his anonymity. His name blew up on Twitter with a 99-part thread telling everything from where he lives, where he’s visited, to what he does for a living. Over 17,000 likes and 3 million views were logged in.
It became such a big deal that even Elon Musk got involved. He personally stepped in to decry the doxx and suspend both users and journalists who helped bring out his identity. (I mean, it is Elon.)
Just like that, StoneToss lost his ability to live a normal life.
No matter where he goes, people will know who he is. People will know what he thinks about them. Women will know that he thinks they’re not marriage material if they have sex. Everyone. Will. Know.
I almost entirely guarantee that this guy is now unhirable. His life is ruined. No one around him will look at him the same way again. Even if he has an amazing redemption arc, people likely won’t believe it’s real.
What do writers need to learn from this?
It’s simple. If you are a writer, you need to remember that your work will follow you. People will look back at your writing and see if it aged well or if it aged poorly. Hateful content might get you subscribers and even paid subs.
I mean, Substack has a lot of paid Nazi content makers. You don’t have to look far for it. However, that doesn’t mean that the money you make will be worth the fallout you’ll experience.
People can and will find out who you are online. What you do and say online WILL matter. It WILL impact your future. So if you want to make money by posting hate, think twice. I guarantee you that the price you pay will be far higher than you expect it to be.