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In reply to the discussion: The chilling effect of misogynistic trolls [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)1) a bunch of formerly priviledged people ever more eager to hit people, not thinking that maybe the people they should be angry at are the some rich idiots in suits that have been leading them by the nose since well before 1776.
2) said powers that be realzing that the info game is key, and that they need to pay trolls to stir the pot.
3) the fact that for many people, the internet is where you go toe scape from society. I love the fact that you can explore things you never would on your own, that I can read papers and talk to poeple I would not have known, but the illusion that you do not have to be civil just because you are not within punchign distance of someone HAS TO STOP.
Amd yes, it is happening everywhere, but yes, we can, should and will hold DU to a higher standard since if so many LIBERALS, note I said LIBERALS did not give skinner money, there would not be a DU, or that awful site that rhymes with "reductionist."