I think you’re overestimating the amount of effort that it takes to find someone’s email or Twitter account and send them a message. And I pretty much guarantee that the kind of person that sends them has already been spewing that kind of hatred verbally, at a drop of a hat, for quite some time. It’s not a creative process, it’s just anger given a voice.
Already existing anger issues and lack of consequences for spreading vitriol online. Couple that with marketing that pushes products, entertainment etc. as a life style and some people fall very deep into the hole.
I think you’re overestimating the amount of effort that it takes to find someone’s email or Twitter account and send them a message. And I pretty much guarantee that the kind of person that sends them has already been spewing that kind of hatred verbally, at a drop of a hat, for quite some time. It’s not a creative process, it’s just anger given a voice.
I meant more like what it would take to become one of those people. I imagine after the first one it becomes much easier to send another.
Already existing anger issues and lack of consequences for spreading vitriol online. Couple that with marketing that pushes products, entertainment etc. as a life style and some people fall very deep into the hole.
IDK, I would probably only be willing to put about 10s of effort into harassing anyone before I stop myself to decide if it’s worth the effort.
Then again, I don’t have anger issues and am pretty chill in general.