And he doesn’t seem to care who gets hurt.

Let’s talk about how doxxing works in 2025: it’s not always about dropping someone’s home address. Sometimes, it’s sneakier—and just as dangerous.

In the Facebook group Denton Free Speech Matters, the moderator is allowing a group of right-wing trolls, led by people like Keith Shugart, to dox by association. Their target? Aleksander Constatinoropolous, a controversial voice in the Eastern Orthodox world who isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo.

The twist? They can’t actually find Aleks online. So instead, they’re trying to silence him by falsely claiming I—David Riewe—am him.

Yep. Because I helped Aleks set up his Substack and some backend systems, and because I show up in Google and Aleks doesn’t, they’re trying to tie me to everything he says. The logic? If they can drag my name through the mud, they can pressure Aleks into shutting up.

That’s not just lazy. It’s dangerous.

And the moderator, who’s supposed to be moderating the group, is doing absolutely nothing about it.

He’s letting them name-drop me, imply things that aren’t true, and intentionally blur the line between me and Aleks, all while pretending it’s just “free speech.” That’s not free speech. That’s cowardly intimidation wrapped in plausible deniability.

Let’s be real: this is how online mobs operate. When they can’t shut someone down directly, they start going after the people around them—friends, tech support, even casual acquaintances—hoping someone breaks under the pressure. And when group admins like Scott look the other way, they’re not being neutral. They’re complicit.

This isn’t just a petty online beef. It puts real people—like me—at risk. And the fact that Scott won’t take a basic stand against it says a lot about the kind of “free speech” Denton Free Speech Matters is really protecting.

Screenshots are coming. Receipts are being organized. And if you’re in that group, you deserve to see what’s really going on.

Because if they can do it to me, they can do it to anyone.