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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:57 pm 
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http://now.msn.com/violentacrez-reddit-moderator-fired-from-job-after-being-outed-by-gawker

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Notorious Reddit moderator fired after Gawker story

On Friday, Gawker’s Adrian Chen outed the notorious Reddit user Violentacrez in a lengthy, detailed profile of the man labeled “The Biggest Troll on the Web.” Chen’s piece confirmed Violentacrez’s identity as Michael Brutsch, a 49-year-old financial services employee from Arlington, Texas. The story catalogued Brutsch’s long history as a controversial volunteer moderator on Reddit and the numerous trolling subreddits he moderated. Chen’s story quickly went viral -- it currently has more than 800,000 views -- and Reddit drew criticism for banning the story from its site. Over the weekend, Brutsch’s new-found notoriety caught up to him and he was fired from his job.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 6:12 pm 
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The lawsuits should be interesting.

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Not really. Texas is an at-will state, so unless he had a specific contract specifying otherwise, they can absolutely fire him for being a douchebag.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:22 am 
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Is that the guy who ran all those kiddie porn reddit forums?

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:56 am 
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Stathol wrote:
Not really. Texas is an at-will state, so unless he had a specific contract specifying otherwise, they can absolutely fire him for being a douchebag.

Yeah, that always sounds good in theory.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:42 pm 
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I feel bad for the guy's situation, but this line cracks me up:

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"My wife is disabled. I got a home and a mortgage, and if this hits the fan, I believe this will affect negatively on my employment," Brutsch told Chen. "I do my job, go home watch TV, and go on the internet. I just like riling people up in my spare time."


"I just never thought being a giant douchebag would catch up with me."


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:59 pm 
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Nice quote. He's a prick, he knows he's a prick, and he knew he was risking his job.


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:52 pm 
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But he was behind 7 proxies!

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:40 pm 
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He should've got the trace busta busta busta busta!


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Darkroland wrote:
He should've got the trace busta busta busta busta!

YES

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Hopwin wrote:
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He should've got the trace busta busta busta busta!

YES


I knew someone would get it, and I'm glad it's you Hop. :)


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