Mod users in FFXIV are getting out of control

[HyoMinPark]

I'm not arguing that what should happen is reporting and blacklisting those who are sending those tells, or that the crusade against mods is going too far, nor that it's not equal to someone posting "revenge porn"(as a lot of the sharing of intimate photos of one's ex partner is often referred to in the media). The parts I'm disputing are the people that are dismissing the harassment side of it because it’s “just pixels, get over it”. Bullying/harassment is still bullying/harassment, no matter how you slice it.

I believe where people are dismssing the complaints are not with regards to the /tells, but with regards to comments like this from the OP:

I feel like I am being seen nude without consent and I do not appreciate that!

I feel violated and unable to wear some of my favorite outfits in public anymore knowing that they show off my parts.

Feels like my peers around me have X-Ray eyes and are always starring at my chest.

Secondly, to all those saying it's not harassment and it's just pixels. Why would it be any different if someone posted an irl nude of me on their tumblr? Because it's digital it's suddenly acceptable and I should just get over it? Some of us do like to treat our characters as extensions of ourselves.

They’re very clearly taking the idea of their character too far. By this, I mean that it seems like they are forgetting the fact that:
1. They are not their character.
2. Their character is not them.
3. They seem to think it’s even remotely comparable to compare pictures of a nude, virtual characters to real nude pictures of themselves online.

These are all aside from the fact that they want to punish the majority of modders just because a few are acting like two-year-olds. The three I listed are the reasons why I disagree with the OP. They are not their character, and their character is not them. I find it silly they way that they are talking as such. Aside from the fact that I have seen no definitive proof yet that they have actually received harassing messages depicting their character in naked and/or compromising positions—the only things I have seen are the screenshots of that one tell, and their word that people are supposedly contacting them in-game to discuss about this thread (the only other post that could have had any “evidence” of “wrong-doing” or “ill-will” was deleted by them, so it probably didn’t have much “evidence” to begin with); quite frankly, it’s hard to take them at their word when they keep deleting posts and are posting from multiple accounts—I can understand the need for the latter if they desire privacy, but if you have a legitimate concern, why are you deleting every other post you make?

To start telling everyone “to be careful” about something that, quite frankly, is not a common occurrence equates to little more than fear-mongering, in my opinion. When you approach a topic with views like the OP has, you are going to be met with resistence.