As Twitchy reported, an opinion piece on #Shirtgate by Glenn “Instapundit” Reynolds published in USA Today brought out the crazy in a big way, with people accusing Reynolds of “doxxing” (publishing private information about) Atlantic writer Rose Eveleth, whom he called on his blog a (gasp!) “horrible person” for ruining one of the best days of a man’s life in order to feel important.

One tweeter demonstrated how to downsize false accusations by first accusing Reynolds himself of doxxing Eveleth, then backing off and blaming him for encouraging others to “go after” her, and finally admitting that she “cannot prove otherwise” that Reynolds “wishes no harm to anyone.”

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that libeling a law school professor is a suboptimal life choice — alexandriabrown (@alexthechick) November 15, 2014

However, it’s a choice some just can’t avoid. Here’s another tweeter who started off strong.

Thanks to the deeply unprofessional actions of @instapundit, journalist @roseveleth was doxxed and her family is getting threats. — Alex Wild (@Myrmecos) November 15, 2014

@Myrmecos @roseveleth Quoting and criticizing is not "deeply unprofessional." I called for her to apologize. — Instapundit.com (@instapundit) November 15, 2014

@instapundit You have an odd sense of professionalism. You called her a "horrible person" and encouraged the mob. — Alex Wild (@Myrmecos) November 15, 2014

This sounds familiar.

@instapundit @dschumann0 Indeed it is. People with large followings can de-escalate, if they chose. Or, they can stoke the fire. — Alex Wild (@Myrmecos) November 15, 2014

@instapundit @redsteeze @Myrmecos @dschumann0 The Atlantic has close to 900k Twitter followers. They can defend their writer at any time — Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) November 16, 2014

@Myrmecos I encouraged no mob. I stated my own opinion. — Instapundit.com (@instapundit) November 15, 2014

@instapundit Your opinion was ad hom. "Horrible person" That's unprofessional. And you know full well what your readers do. #instalanche. — Alex Wild (@Myrmecos) November 15, 2014

@Myrmecos My readers aren't known for threatening people. — Instapundit.com (@instapundit) November 15, 2014

@Myrmecos @instapundit @roseveleth Are you accusing Instapundit of doxxing her? Could you provide a cite? — Douglas Levene (@DouglasLevene) November 15, 2014

Instead of a citation, would you settle for a push of the reset button? Hours later …

1. Yes, the doxxing happened.2. No, @instapundit didn't do it, directly. I didn't mean to imply that.3. @instapundit fanned the flames. — Alex Wild (@Myrmecos) November 16, 2014

@Myrmecos @instapundit You didn't imply it. You actually said it, "Thanks to…" — The Forgotten Man (@NWInfidel) November 16, 2014

Saturday night’s new Twitter hotness: accusing Glenn Reynolds of doxxing another writer and then backing off.

Feminists are trying criminalize criticism. Fair enough, we have the guy who just landed a robot on a comet with a sweet shirt on our side — S.M (@redsteeze) November 16, 2014

Not to mention Instapundit.