The fact a small number of commentators genuinely try to attract abuse online ourely so they can complain about it and secure more media attention is genuinely reprehensible given how many people struggle with mountains of abuse on social media, via email, and in real life.
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Conflating criticism with hate speech and abuse does no one any favours & the whole tedious argument about “cancel culture” ignores this replicating problem on social media, which affects everyone, not just journalists. People who fight back against abuse are just subject to more
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Professional contrarians who make deliberately inflammatory remarks to court abuse for media slots are doing an injustice to people who are genuinely silenced, knowing that responding to abuse will cause grim individuals to amp up the hate speech. It’s depressing as hell.
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