This isn't anything new.

A lot of you are just now being exposed to the hypocrisy and "scorched Earth" tactics used by various political groups. And, without going into a history lesson or arguing semantics, doxing has and always will be a part of the "shaming and blame" sub-culture found within political movements. There are a lot of examples, like name and shaming found in the 60s on college campuses with posters of "bigots" and "racists".

It doesn't matter who or what the supposed offender is, what matters is they didn't toe the line. They dissented or voiced an different opinion or belief, ergo they're practicing "Wrong think" or a "Thought crime". this isn't wholly uncommon, just not as public as it is now with the internet. This is one reason why I'm constantly shouting "PROPER OPSEC!" at people online, but I digress.

The issue here is that they aren't truly committing any grievous act since your true doxing is usually more fleshed out than just having publicly available information like a full name, age, birthdate, home address, phone number or email address. So, in a sense, they didn't truly dox anyone, however they did post information that many view as personal when it isn't.

Rule of thumb here being: Can it be found on Google or the Phone books?

Basically info you can buy, find or checkout at records or your local government office.

So the issue at hand is that you're now seeing how we've no real anonymity online without taking an active role in ensuring that we lower our data footprint.

Now, I do agree this shouldn't have happened. And with the current political environment, this does put the woman in question in harm's way as many people treat anyone with a slightly right leaning political PoV as something to be extinguished. She needs to start working toward cleaning her online presence and doing a complete overhaul of her offline security. I mean, ensure her locks are bump key proof, get blackout curtains, switch her voice mail message on all her phones (landline and cell) to the default robotic voice. She'll even want to look into getting a P.O. box to ensure no one can snag her mail when she isn't there to get it right away.

Since she is a political figurehead, in a sense, people will look toward ruining her life and potentially her ability to work and be independent. This means they'll attack not only her but also her friends, family and work. People will go out of their way to do things like sign her up hookup sites, mail things to her and even go as far as to poison her animals if she has any.

I'd offer up an anti-dox guide that I'm helping do research for, however it's quite... Americentric and only does so much for a non-American citizen (as in the opt-outs). She may be able to find some good info in there, like blurring out her house on various map sites, yet the only she can do now is doubledown and start battening down the hatches.

In the end, this can only serve as a good example for everyone that sees it: No matter who or what you are, you're in a position to be targeted. Take care and work on lowering your online footprint through opting out various services and databases. Work on lowering your social media presence, and always use different usernames and email addresses for each account.

It also serves to show you how the Left more likely than the Right will resort to outright dropping names and information in order to send their following into a mad frenzy. Sort of like how Fascists or Communists would name and blame people who were against them, you now have the Left doing the exact same thing in order to put any dissidents into harm's way to serve as a reminder that dissent means the removal of safety.