When being a writer is met with hate … it takes alot of energy to spew hate.
“After all, it’s not illegal to reach elbow-deep into someone’s memories and touch them and twist them and weaponise them …
He said that, at the time, he felt fat, unloved, “passionless” and purposeless. For some reason, he found it “easy” to take that out on women online.
I asked why. What made women easy targets? Why was it so satisfying to hurt us? Why didn’t he automatically see us as human beings?
For all his self-reflection, that’s the one thing he never managed to articulate – how anger at one woman translated into hatred of women in general. Why, when men hate themselves, it’s women who take the beatings.”
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/02/what-happened-confronted-cruellest-troll-lindy-west
Thank you so much for posting this. Lindy’s bravery is truly amazing. Her words should be read everywhere. I’ve reposted this on my Linked In account.
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A lesson in love. A lesson in kindness. We could use more love and compassion in the world.
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