organizations give the same flattery. […] The John Birch Society emulates Communist cells and quasi-secret operation through “front” groups, and preaches a ruthless prosecution of the ideological war along lines very similar to those it finds in the Communist enemy.”

That Zoë Quinn monitored the discussion group where her attackers plotted against her (and speculated about her relationships and mental health in vile terms) adds a weirdly circular through-the-looking-glass quality to this particular cognitive distortion of the paranoid style. Her actions could inevitably only reinforce to them the need for secretive organization and compartmentalization, despite only being triggered by the dramatic nature of the attacks on her and her friends.

Less overtly hostile members of the anti-Sarkeesian and anti-Quinn cohort disclaim particularly vicious attacks or death threats as the worktaken 11 years ago, near to Goldcliff, Newport/Casnewydd, Great Britain

Goldcliff Pill

This is the one of the two main channels which drain the Goldcliff and Whitson's reens into the sea. The smaller Easterly channel enters through a sluice behind The Grove and is fed by Chapel Lane Reen. The larger Westerly channel enters through a sluice at The Gout is fed by Goldcliff Pill proper after passing Goldcliff Common and the top of Clifton Common. Also known as The Monksditch, The Pill has its origin several miles away at Llanwern. Local legend holds that the banks of the Pill are laced with smugglers' brandy.