I hope that those vigilantes are doing their research and only taking out the really nasty and vile offenders. I have no issue with a man/woman who beat/raped another person to be pushed off a cliff.
That is the same attitude that anti-zoos have about zoos.
I still think that public sex offender registries are wrong, for the reasons mentioned; they can ensnare zoos, they can be used for small things (such as public nudity), they are public shaming tools, and they ruin people's lives -- also, people who have been wrongly accused of things can end up on those registries as well.
Sex offender registries make it hard for people to become a functioning part of society again: for example, they make it hard to get jobs and good housing. "Banishment" (not being able to live in certain areas) is another factor.
Many new anti-zoo laws mandate sex offender registration for zoos who are caught, such as in Texas and New Hampshire. And for those unlucky zoos, their real name and real street address is now on a public website for all the anti-zoos to see (and anti-zoo vigilantes can stalk them now).
The ACLU believes that public sex offender registries are unconstitutional. (The ACLU, by the way, may be one of the few organizations that can defend zoos).
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