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Have you ever been on the receiving end of internet outrage (video of you posted, comment you make gets a ton of angry responses, etc.)? || How well would you/have you emotionally handle being the butt end of internet outrage?

Yes || okay I guess
21%
Yes || not that well
9.2%
No || okay I guess
31.1%
No || not that well
38.7%

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7:32 PM · Sep 25, 2019

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I get really neurotic about it so I avoid if possible

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Many times and I have sometimes handled it well, sometimes had a complete meltdown.

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Yes, several times, and quite poorly indeed. Though my case is a bit different (and maybe more hurtful) than most for a couple reasons. 1) It was on FB, so a lot of it came from people I know. 1/

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I got called out as one of the bad guys from WW2 for daring to imply that the West has made positive cultural contributions to the world. As you can imagine, that was a hilarious but ultimately unproductive discussion.

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I mean what is the point that the pedophile had? I mean you said pedo had a point about forcing children into sex slavery, so let us hear it.

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I'm politically in the centre and I love offensive humour so WHOA BOY I have been on the receiving end of outrage. I'm fine with it but its peoples unwillingness to listen or discuss that really gets to me.

Ava Eva Thornton

@AvaEvaThornton

Sep 26, 2019

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@Aella_Girl

Depends which time you're talking about.

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You certainly have been taken to task. I'm curious as to how long it will be that you'll get actively dismissive/ nasty shutdown comments. After some time/distance it might be interesting to dig in to the stats

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Yes. Not great

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